Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Adore Frame for Valentine’s Day with Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends, and Happy Valentine’s Day! As a busy mom, sometimes it’s hard to get organized enough to decorate for each holiday. I am usually able to do some major Christmas decorating, and some autumnal switches, but outside of that… our decor remains pretty neutral throughout the year. I have ambitions to change that, and so have been trying to create more home decor items with my crafting supplies. I went to my local dollar store and found the most adorable wooden frames that are perfect for customizing based on the season! I want to make a series of them that we can easily switch out for each mini-holiday, starting with Valentine’s Day. I covered this frame with pink, hearts, and lots of sparkle, so let’s get started with the details!

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To begin my project, I painted the wooden frame with Tim Holtz Distress Picked Raspberry Distress Paint, creating a perfectly pink base on which to decorate with my stencils and dies! As it was drying, I used Bubblegum, Taffy, and Sweets Pawsitively Saturated Inks with Dragonfruit ink from Concord and 9th to blend the sweet pattern from the Heart Banners Stencil set onto some pale pink cardstock. I love the variated shades of pink on this background!

After my frame had finished drying, I adhered the stenciled heart background panel inside (the original frame comes with a little chalkboard, but that’s easy enough to cover up with some Tear-rifically Tacky Tape!), then die cut the detail layer of the Adore die from some Magenta Glitter Cardstock and the shadow from a leftover piece of the same pale pink used for the background. I popped the sentiment up with foam adhesive, then “framed” it in with the adorable Card Corners dies cut from deep pink and more Magenta Glitter Cardstock. I adorned the wooden frame’s corners with some glittery pink Nested Round Hearts die cuts and some Bubblegum Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for extra sparkle.

Well, that’s all for my project today. This 4×6 frame is just the right size to put on a mantle or even on your desk at work! I am having so much fun customizing these simple wooden frames, and super inexpensively, too! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and Happy Valentine’s Day!

New Release: Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends! It’s Sweetheart release night over at Simon Says Stamp, and this month’s release is the “sister” to last month’s Smitten release, filled with gorgeous new goodies perfect for creating those handmade Valentines and other non-seasonal cards alike! (Also, *new teal inks.* Need I say more?!) We will be hopping along on Friday and Saturday of this week to celebrate not one, but both releases, so be sure to check back later this week for tons of phenomenal inspiration! I have a fun project using some of the new goodies from the Sweetheart release, including the fabulous new Heart Banners stencils. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by ink blending Cherry, Cheeky, Rose, and the new Dew Pawsitively Saturated Inks on some white cardstock using the new Heart Banners stencils. I love the shape of these hearts; they’re classic, but with a slightly unique curvature at the top, and the seemingly random order of the colors makes it so much fun! I used Simon Says Stamp’s blending brushes to blend these colors smoothly and evenly. Those brushes are so darn soft and easy to use! After I had finished blending my background, I trimmed off the top and bottom and added some strips of turquoise glitter paper peeking out on my A2 card base. A little extra sparkle never hurt anybody!

For the greeting, I die cut the generously-sized Hugs and Kisses die from some Aqua Holographic cardstock from Simon Says Stamp. To help the shiny sentiment stand out amongst the busy background, I also die cut a vellum heart using the Nested Round Hearts dies and some Simon Says Stamp vellum. I layered the sentiment over the top of the heart die cut with liquid adhesive, then added foam tape behind the solid die cuts to hide the adhesive and popped it up on the heart background, offsetting it slightly to the left.

To adorn my card, I added a few new Mist Sequins, which coordinate perfectly with the shades of teal in the new teal ink trio. Finally, I tied a pristine white bow using faux silk ribbon and tucked it up against the greeting. I think a bow is just perfect for a valentine, but the graphic stenciled background and modern color palette make it fun and not fussy!!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I have several more fun pieces to share with you, but in the meantime, you can check out the entirety of the Sweetheart release HERE. Be sure to come back later this week for the fabulous blog hop! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!