Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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More Honey Bee Stamps November 2017 Release Projects

Good morning! Today is the final day of sneak peeks for the Honey Bee Stamps Holiday Release! We’ve got cutie little birds, some fabulous new dies, and today I’m focusing my attention on a cheeky (and utterly adorable) new set called Blah Humbunny. Now, I’m normally not a huge fan of punny sentiments, but these are just snarky enough to make them hilarious and awesome. Let’s get started with the details!

To start, I stamped and die cut one of the two bunny images from Blah Humbunny and some accessories using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto some Copic-friendly white card stock. Next, I colored the die cuts with Copics, using C00, C1, and a touch of C3 here and there, as well as keeping my Colorless Blender handy to really keep that bunny looking  pure, winter white.

This super clean and simple project didn’t need too much extra… just that cute bunny with the little hat, exasperated expression, and cheeky greeting… so I popped him up with dimensional adhesive, then stamped my sentiment from Blah Humbunny on to the card base with Memento Black Tuxedo ink. I did add some Wink of Stella to bunny’s hat and some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the ribbon on the gift. I also used a C1 Copic to add a bit of “ground” to the card base beneath where bunny was seated so that he wasn’t floating in midair.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you’ve enjoyed the release projects this week… Remember, everything will be available for purchase tonight on the Honey Bee website at 11 pm PST (1 AM CST!)! We are going to have a fabulous blog hop for you tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Have a marvelous day, and I’ll see you back here tomorrow!

A Blog Named Hero: CASE A Designer!

Good morning! Happy Monday! Today marks the start of a new challenge over at A Blog Named Hero! This month, we are challenging you to copy a designer! Simply choose a card from the plethora of inspiration that our design team has provided you and use that as your starting point for your own project! Our sponsor this month is Neat and Tangled. I have SO many ideas for pairing Hero Arts and Neat and Tangled products… they work so beautifully together. For my project, I chose to CASE this card from my teammate, Coralynn! I loved her little scene on the bright white background with just pops of bright color.

Here’s my take on it:

I started by die cutting the fabulously clever scroll note from Hero Arts’s Christmas List Stamp ‘n Cut (SSS|EH) from plain white card stock, then added the sentiment from the coordinating stamp set using Memento Black Tuxedo ink. Next, I used C00 and C1 Copic markers to add shading to the scroll so that it would look a bit more dimensional. Next, I stamped the sweet little elf and some accessories from the Elves and Their Shelf (SSS|EH) stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black, then colored them all with my Copic markers and fussy cut them (I don’t have the dies, so I got up close and personal with those black lines! My Copics bled a little, so I wanted to remove as much as that as possible.)

I adhered the scroll down onto my white A2 card front with liquid adhesive, then used dimensional adhesive to pop up my elf and accessories. I trimmed down the top and bottom of the white card front so that I could leave a strip of red and white striped pattern paper peeking out from the top and the bottom. The final touch was to add some shimmer to the elf’s hat using my Spectrum Noir sparkle pen and add some Glossy Accents to the ball of the snowglobe.

Well, that’s all for me today! Now, it’s your turn! Choose a card from one of our design team’s projects to use as your inspiration, then add your own spin to it and link it up to our blog! Be sure to read all of the rules for the challenge so that, if your entry is chosen, it’s not disqualified. 🙂

Have fun, and good luck!

PTI blog hop for Dawn McVey

Good morning! So, I’ve had a very long obsession with Papertrey Ink stamps. It honestly was the second company from which I purchased any stamps, and after I received my first order, I was absolutely hooked. The super high quality stamps, the coordinating ink and card stock…. I was smitten. Though I don’t have as much time to play with my PTI products as I used to (hasn’t stopped me from purchasing, ahem), I still follow along with each release and glean SO much inspiration from their crazy talented designers. One of those designers, Dawn McVey, has been having a series of very serious health troubles for the last few years, and finally was able to receive a small intestine transplant that will hopefully give her some relief, at long last! (To read all of her story and/or to donate money to her recovery, click here.) To celebrate this auspicious occasion, the cardmakers who adore Dawn’s style and trendy products from Papertrey Ink are taking part in a blog hop using Dawn’s products!

Dawn is known for her florals and use of color, as well as the vintage flair that she adds to all of her projects and products. I personally love her holiday sets; she has so many, and they are all so unique and so lovely. For my project for today’s blog hop, I chose to work with Deck the Halls. I die cut and stamped the wreath and bow from PTI’s white card stock (the only white card stock I use. So sturdy and economical!), then stamped it with Tropical Teal and Pure Poppy inks.

I have had this card in my head for awhile, since the Garden Gate Make It Market kit came out. I die cut the gate from plain white card stock and added the sentiment from Deck the Halls in black ink down in the corner. For the background, I blended some Spring Rain ink at the top of the card base, gradually tapering it off down towards the bottom of the card. I used a snowfall stencil to add some snowflakes with pearlescent embossing paste. I adhered the gate with the wreath to the card front using dimensional adhesive.

Well, that’s all for me today! I am so happy for Dawn, even though she has a long road to recovery…. hopefully this transplant will be the answer for which she’s been searching for so long! Sending big hugs and lots of healing thoughts to you!

Jump Start the Holidays with Hero Arts!

Good morning! Today, the team at A Blog Named Hero are participating in a wonderful blog hop celebrating the crafty comeback of Lea Lawson. If you don’t know Lea’s story, click here. We are so excited to join Hero Arts in celebrating her return to the crafty world! The entire A Blog Named Hero team is here to provide you with some inspiration to help jump start your holiday crafting! You should have arrived here from Donna’s blog and your next stop is Kelly’s blog.

There’s something about a pretty bird surrounded by snowflakes and pine boughs that screams winter to me. To create this wintry project, I started by blending Hero Arts Stonewash, Pool, and Soft Pool ink on an A2 panel. I then stamped snowflakes from an older mini set by Lia Griffith using white pigment ink and blended some more white pigment ink around the edge of the panel to really give it a frosty look. I also added a few dots here and there with my white gel pen.

After I had created the background panel, I began stamping the focal point of the card. I stamped the beautiful cardinal (female cardinals are brown, which is a cousin of gray, just go with it haha!) from Color Layering Cardinal using Shades of Gray cubes and the pine boughs were stamped using both Antiqua and Emerald Green inks. I fussy cut them all, adding in a few loose pine boughs. I adhered the main branch and cardinal with dimensional adhesive, then added in some loose boughs using regular adhesive to add lots of dimension.

To create the greeting, I die cut the peace from the Peace Stamp ‘n Cut using silver foil, then stamped the rest of the greeting onto some thin strips of card stock and mounted them with foam tape. The last step was to add a few sequins from my stash.

We will be giving away a $25 gift certificate, randomly chosen from all of the comments left at every stop along the blog hop. To enter, leave a comment on any of the blogs by Friday, November 10th at 11:59pst, and the winner will be announced on Lea Lawson’s blog on Sunday, November 12th.

Have fun, and good luck! 🙂

World Cardmaking Day!

Hi again! I hope you all are enjoying the festivities for World Cardmaking Day! To see my collaboration project with Honey Bee Stamps and Chibitronics, click here. 

One of my absolute most favorite companies, Concord and 9th, is hosting a celebration for World Cardmaking Day, as well! To enter, you just have to post a Concord and 9th project on social media using the #C9WCMD. Here’s my project:
I’m starting to get a little anxious that I have so few holiday cards completed… like truly, it gives me anxiety lol. I have a long list of people to whom I send holiday cards, and for some reason, I haven’t been in the holiday cardmaking spirit yet. I usually start listening to my holiday Pandora station in August to get myself ready for it… maybe it has something to do with the limited snatches of time I get to work in my office. Anyway, I’m trying to build up my stash. I love the fonts in the Concord and 9th word dies… I’m a sucker for a beautiful font. The Season of Cheer stamps and dies immediately called to me. I started by stamping the pine boughs in an ombre color scheme using the lightest three of the Sea Shore inks from Altenew and my MISTI.

I wanted my sentiment to pop on those pretty greens, so I die cut the greeting from some cranberry red card stock and adhere dit to the card front, then covered it with Icicle Stickles. Finally, I added a few of the greenery sprigs and berries (included in the Season of Cheer dies) and covered them with Stickles, as well.

That’s it! Simple, easily mailed… that’s like the biggest challenge of my Christmas cardmaking. “How can I make this flat enough to be mailed without extra postage?” Ha!

I hope you’ve had some fun today on World Cardmaking Day! Have a fabulous weekend!