Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Inspirational Pouch and Card Gift Set with New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! My mom always instilled in me a love of gift-giving. She always did such an incredible job of creating the loveliest, coordinating gift sets for us, matching themes and color palettes, even on such a limited budget. It became emblematic of her care of us, that she took such time and made such effort to curate thoughtful birthday and Christmas gifts. As a creative adult, I love to do the same when curating a gift for a friend, trying to match themes and color palettes that I feel represent the essence of the recipient. I created this matching gift set with some new (and older!) goodies from the Simon Says Stamp Shine On release! (click HERE to see the full release!). Let’s get started with the details!

Both of the pieces of my gift set started with the older Beautiful Flowers stamp set, which recently received a bit of a glow-up during the Shine On release with the addition of some simple stencils, so that you can enjoy this set with or without coloring mediums! It’s so detailed that the images stand beautifully on their own, but the addition of the stencils really helps to add another level of customization to your projects without adding a ton of time to your crafty session.

For the card, I stamped the large floral swag from Beautiful Flowers onto some white cardstock using Nocturne black pigment ink, then added some White Satin Pearl embossing powder over the top to create a lovely pearlescent charcoal effect. Once I had finished stamping, I used the new Beautiful Flowers Stencils with Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Shark, Cheeky, and Blush to add some lovely blush to the blooms and silvery gray to the foliage. (Do you like to use non-traditional colors for foliage? I find it so striking!) Stenciling is super easy with my Stencil Station; I keep a Craft Tacky Mat on a Magnetic Glass mat at all times, just waiting for my next stenciling project. After everything was finished, I used the coordinating dies to die cut the large floral swag.

To create the card base, I die cut some of the new Circle Frames from some coordinating deep gray cardstock, then adhered two of them to the white card front, offsetting them slightly so that they partially hung over the edge. I trimmed the excess with my scissors, then cut my floral swag in half and arranged the blooms around the circle die cuts, creating a Secret Garden-esque background for my sentiment. For the greeting, I stamped some of the sentiment stamps from the Beautiful Flowers stamp set using the same black pigment ink/pearlescent embossing powder combination and trimmed them down with my trimmer. I popped the sentiments up with a double layer of foam adhesive to give them extra height, then added some sparkling Peachy Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to finish everything off!

For the pouch, I began by stamping several of the individual blooms from Beautiful Flowers onto a plain canvas zippered pouch using both silver pigment and black pigment inks, creating a lovely floral backdrop upon which I could layer my felt butterflies! I die cut two of the new Flourish Beautiful Butterfly from some blushy felt and adhered them to the canvas pouch with felt adhesive, placing some heavy glass paperweights atop the butterflies while they dried to ensure that they were securely attached to the canvas.

After the butterflies were dry, I added some Gunmetal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to the flourishes on the butterflies’ wings, then added an inspirational sentiment from Beautiful Flowers with black pigment ink. Finally, I added a simple loop of ribbon to the zipper to create a coordinating blush-colored zipper pull.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Creating coordinating gift sets like these is one of my favorite ways to use my crafting supplies. It’s such an exhilarating feeling to be able to say “I made that!”, and hopefully the recipient feels loved as they see the hard work that went into creating their gift. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Ahoy with New Simon Says Stamp Shine On Release!

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Hi friends! Simon Says Stamp has a fabulous new release, called Shine On, and it’s available and shipping NOW! Click HERE to see the full release. It’s chock full of summertime imagery, with ocean themes, flowers, fun (and a little sassy!) sentiments, beautiful stencils…. so much crafty goodness to feast your eyes on!

I am always up for a good excuse to play with my felt and fabric, and I thought the new Happy Seagull, Weathered Pilings, and Flying Gulls dies would work so nicely together to create a cute nautical wall hanging! I pulled out a 6″ embroidery hoop, some red and white striped fabric, and my felt and got to work. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

To begin, I used a gray, white, and yellow felt to die cut the different pieces of the Happy Seagull die set, layering them together with felt glue and placing them beneath a stack of stamping blocks as they dried to ensure that the glue was distributed evenly. I also die cut the pieces for the Weathered Pilings from some light brown felt and gunmetal metallic felt. I used more felt glue to add lines of twine for “rope” around these wooden cylinders that you find on a pier or boardwalk. I also die cut a few pale gray seagull silhouettes using the new Flying Gulls die set to help finish off the scene.

Once the glue had dried on the large seagull and the pilings, I arranged the die cuts on the fabric in a dock scene, adhering them with plenty of felt glue. I also die cut a fun “ahoy” sentiment using alphabet dies to help fill in the design.

Once I had adhered all of the pieces to the hoop, I decided to add a little extra texture and interest to the scene. I added a gray gem to the eye of the large seagull, then tied a a few pieces of twine into a bow as well as a piece of silky red ribbon. I layered the two bows together and added them to the top of the hoop with my hot glue gun.

Well, that’s all for my project today! As always, the new release will be celebrated with a fabulous two day blog hop featuring tons of inspiration using these new products. You can check out the Simon Says Stamp blog to get started tomorrow morning! And you can check out the new Shine On release HERE ! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Fun with Felt: Floral Duckling Using New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I am back with another quintessentially springy project for you today using some super sweet dies from the new Simon Says Stamp In My Heart release! (Click HERE to see the entire new release!) I shared a similar project HERE using the darling little duckling die, but I thought I’d take this one a few steps further with some more florals, some beading, and a touch of embroidery. This is so perfect for a baby gift, I think! Let’s get started with the details!

To start, I fitted an embroidery hoop with some lovely blue and white patterned fabric from my stash. I then die cut the different elements from the precious Cute Duckling die set. When I am working with delicate dies and felt, I try to make sure that I’m using 100% wool felt. The fibers in the 100% wool felt are a bit more tightly woven, and so hold their shape more easily than felt blends. The felt blends do work nicely for larger, solid shapes like the main body of the duckling. I adhered the pieces of the duckling together with liquid felt adhesive, adding a sweet little bowtie from the new Little Bows set. I also added a sparkling gem to his eye using a Pawsitively Dazzling Gems Gunmetal.

To embellish my duckling and make a little wreath for him to sit on, I created an arrangement using some new floral dies from the In My Heart release. I die cut the flowers from the Fresh Crocus Duo and the Jaunty Stem die sets, cutting white crocuses and a yellow blossom to start my wreath, then added foliage from the Fresh Crocus set as well as the Honeybell Floral. I adhered the die cut pieces with more felt glue, arranging them around my duckling.

To add a little shimmer to my arrangement, I used some metallic embroidery floss and beads to add some berry sprigs in my floral arrangement, as well as adding yellow beads to the stamens of the blooms. I cleaned up the back of the hoop by hot glueing the excess fabric on the back as well as a felt die cut circle, cut using the Simon Says Stamp Nested Circles dies and adhered with my hot glue gun. I think this turned out so cute and would make perfect nursery decor!

Well, that’s all for my project today! I love playing with felt and finding new ways to use my papercrafting dies. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Ducklings for Babies with New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I am back with a pair of sweet baby projects featuring some darling new goodies from the  In My Heart release from Simon Says Stamp! (Click HERE to see the entire new release!) The release is filled with springtime imagery, including this absolutely precious Cute Duckling die set. I am a sucker for ducklings; their fuzzy feathers and delicate little “peeps” are so sweet! My baby shower for my big twins was duckling-themed, with “Make Way for Ducklings” as the inspiration. We even had all of the guests sign the book as a keepsake for us! I decided that I would create a sweet baby shower gift with this darling new die set: a felted embroidery hoop piece for some nursery decor and a matching card. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

The Cute Duckling die set is only three pieces, which makes it incredibly simple to use. I thought it would be absolutely perfect to create a customized twin baby card! As someone with two sets of twins, I know firsthand how difficult it can be to find twin-themed gifts, so I knew that this die set would make the perfect twin card and coordinating gift.

To begin my card, I die cut the Cute Duckling set twice for each component, using buttery yellow and vibrant orange cardstock. I wanted to create a dark eye, and the piece for top of the head/beak helpfully provides a depression where the eye will eventually be adhered, so I used a dark gray alcohol marker to add some quick color to that spot on my orange cardstock. The assembly for this die set is super simple… score! I die cut two blue bows from the new Little Bows set and added them on my duckies’ necks. It would be super easy to customize this for whatever gender you need!!

Behind my little duckies, I added the new Garden Fence, cutting the full fence die and the detail pieces both from white cardstock. I layered them together lickety split with liquid adhesive, then popped the finished die cut up on the center of my horizontal A2 card front using foam adhesive squares. I added some pretty French country blue blooms with minty green foliage cut using dies from the Country Basket Bouquet, adhering them with both liquid and foam adhesive. I used a double layer of foam adhesive to add my duckies, finally finishing the project with a simple “congratulations” sentiment from the new A Mother’s Love stamp set, which I stamped using dark silver ink and fussy cut with my sharp scissors. Isn’t this card just darling? It could be easily customized to fit any number of babies and color palettes, too!!

For my coordinating gift, I again die cut the Cute Duckling die set, this time using felt. I also die cut several floral accents from the same shade of French Country Blue felt, as well as minty green foliage using the new Jaunty Stem die set and the Country Basket Bouquet. I filled my embroidery hoop with some lovely blue and white toile fabric and arranged the felt pieces on the fabric, creating a fluffy bow at the top with a double layer of felt bows from the Little Bows and adding a wreath of felt florals. I used felt glue and the Place and Pierce Tool from Simon Says Stamp to adhere all of the felt pieces, finally adding a touch of sparkle with a single Dusk Pawsitively Dazzling Gem for the duck’s eye!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! The new release is absolutely smashing, right? The Simon Says Stamp Blog is also hosting the first day of the two-day blog hop with tons of inspiration using this new release; check it out HERE. Don’t forget to come back here tomorrow to see more inspiration using these new products for day 2 of the hop!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Fun With Felt: Stitched Bunny Tag with New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I am back today with a sweet little gift tag that I created using some springtime felt colors and the new Stitching Bunny die set from the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Moments release! (Check out the full Beautiful Moments release HERE!) I love using my felt to create handmade gifts, and this little tag could be an ornament, a door hanger, or just a little snippet of springtime decoration after being used to adorn a gift bag or basket. Using felt rather than just cardstock makes it feel more permanent, at least to me. Let’s get started on the details!

To begin, I die cut the components of the new Stitching Bunny from cream and blush felt. I also die cut a rosy felt egg using the new Basic Shapes Nested Eggs. Before placing my bunny on the egg, I used felt glue and embroidery floss to add the extras: sequined eyes, floss whiskers, and the pink toe beans and ears. Once I had finished adding all of the extras, I stitched the bunny to the egg in the center, leaving the head unattached so that I could add a small amount of fluff to help the bunny pop up nicely!

Because I had placed my bunny in the center of my generously-sized felt egg, I had some room on either side to add some embellishment. I die cut a flower and some foliage from Wildflower Bucket twice each, using the same pale pink for the flower that I’d used for the ears to provide continuity for each element. I adhered these felt die cuts to the egg using felt glue. I added a bit of shimmering embellishment with some stitched sequins and beads, as well.

Once I had finished adhering all of the felt die cuts to the front of the egg, I die cut a backer using the same size of egg die from Simon Says Stamp Mega Thick cardstock. This 120 lb weight cardstock is perfect for adding extra stability to your tags! I adhered it to the back of the felt egg with more felt glue, then created a tag hanger with one of the dies from the Layered Scallop Tags set, which I cut from metallic felt twice. I sandwiched the felt/cardstock egg between the two tag hangers, adding plenty of felt adhesive to make sure that it stayed put, and placed it under a heavy glass paperweight to dry. Once dry, I added a coordinating sage green ribbon hanger and bow and added the to and from information on the back before hanging it on my gift bag!!

Well, that’s all for my project today! How adorable would these be on Easter baskets?? A decoration and keepsake all in one little felt package! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!