Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

hello there animals

Man Card Monday: Let’s Party with Puppies!

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

Hi friends! Man Card Monday took a bit of a hiatus during the holidays because I just had too many Christmas cards that I wanted to share to make masculine cards. However, with the start of the new year, I wanted to get back into my typical routine, so Man Card Monday has returned! I had been focusing on cards for adult men prior to Christmas, but I thought for a couple of months I would try to create cards for little men…. little boys need cards occasionally, too! The sweet little pupper dog in the new Hello There Animals immediately made me think of a little boy’s birthday party theme, complete with his hat and bowtie! Let’s get started with the details on my project.

I began my card by stamping the puppy, party hat, and bowtie from Hello There Animals using Intense Black ink from Simon Says Stamp. I used my OLO markers to color the puppy a warm chocolate brown, adding some black spots and using a white gel pen to add highlights to his eyes and nose.

For the background, I used the Layered Confetti Stencil to create a polka dotted party! I used blending brushes to blend Cherry, Marine, Cadette Pawsitively Saturated Inks in a playful, masculine color scheme. Sometimes when I see red and blue, I immediately think “patriotic,” but the addition of the light blue Marine ink helps to lighten things up and make the palette more appropriate for a little fella! I wanted to create a highlighted area in the center for my puppy and sentiment, so I lightly blended some Cadette ink in the center of the stenciled panel.

For the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the Let’s Party Die from black glitter cardstock and the shadow layer from more white Hammermill cardstock. I adhered the detail layer to the shadow using liquid adhesive, then popped up both the puppy and the greeting on the stenciled and blended panel using foam adhesive. I wanted to add one final element of red to the card, so I trimmed the stenciled panel down a bit and adhered the panel to the center of an A2 panel of cherry red cardstock, creating a crisp red frame around the edge.

Well, that’s all for my project today! That adorable little puppy has my heart. He was perfect for this birthday card for a little guy! Thanks so much for stopping by for the start of a new year of Man Card Monday, and have a marvelous day!

Creeping Kitty with Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart!

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

The new Sweetheart Release went live last night over at Simon Says Stamp, and I have a cheeky card using the new Hello There Animals stamp set. I have two kitties, Joey and Chandler (named after my favorite characters from Friends!), and while Ms. Chanandler Bong is a bit of an antisocial and grumpy old lady, my Joey is as friendly and loving as his namesake on the show. Sometimes a little too friendly, haha! He follows me everywhere, and if I am sitting still for more than a few seconds, he is trying to get himself into my lap. As soon as I saw the kitty in the new Hello There Animals, I was immediately reminded of my Joey. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

I started by die cutting the large frame from Ornate Borders and Frames. Because these frame stamps are a bit delicate, I find it better to use the negative space from the die cut with my Misti to make sure that the lines are straight. To do this, I die cut the coordinating die, then place the negative space in my MISTI and hold it down with the magnets. Before placing my die cut back into the space, I place my stamp inside the negative space to ensure proper placement. I close the lid on my stamp, then replace the die cut, and stamp as normal! I used Intense Black ink to stamp this delicate scalloped frame from Ornate Borders and Frames.

After I had created my frame die cut, I placed my peeking kitty from the Hello There Animals stamp set in the bottom right corner and stamped it with more Intense Black ink. I used OLO markers to color the kitty like my Joey, with his little black nose, white face, and gray back, adding some white gel pen to his eyes and nose to help them stand out a bit more. For some subtle color in the background, I placed some Very Very Low Tack Tape along the edges of my scalloped frame and lightly blended Morning Pawsitively Saturated Ink along the outside of the white space. This added just the tiniest hint of color and interest behind my kitty!

For the greeting, I paired the “I am always here for you” sentiment strip from the new Bestie CZ cards with the “Oh Hello There” from the Hello There Animals. (This definitely sums up my relationship with Joey, haha! He literally has his paws wrapped around my leg as I am writing this post.) I stamped the greeting using Obsidian pigment ink and clear embossed over the top, then die cut it with the coordinating die. I popped up the both greeting pieces with foam squares. Finally, as the scalloped frame is just slightly smaller than A2, I mounted it on a black A2 card base so that the black frame was just peeking out around the edge of the scalloped piece.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Be sure to stop back by on Saturday for the second day of the Sweetheart Blog Hop. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and you can check out the full Sweetheart release HERE. Have a marvelous day!