Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

hot foiling

Pinkfresh Studio “Essentials” Release Blog Hop

Hi friends! I am hopping along with Pinkfresh Studio today to help introduce their newest Essentials dies. These dies are truly “essential;” they work for basically every project, creating the perfect blank canvas for all kinds of images. They work beautifully together or by themselves. I’ve created a golden celebration card for my project today, pairing the beautiful and incredibly versatile new Elongated Oval Blanket Stitch dies with the older Garden Party flower dies and the gorgeously detailed Dainty Floral Frame Press Plate. Let’s get started on the details with my project!

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I truly love how so many of the Pinkfresh Studio products coordinate, meaning that they can work beautifully on their own or dovetailed with other products to create a seamless transition between elements. The shape of the new Elongated Oval Blanket Stitch dies coordinates beautifully with the opening on the Dainty Floral Frame Press Plate. As soon as I saw this, I knew that I wanted to pair the two products! I am absolutely obsessed with hot foiling on acetate, and so I hot foiled this lovely press plate onto some super smooth acetate using a deep gold satin hot foil roll. I also die cut a coordinating Elongated Oval Blanket Stitch frame from some white cardstock. To add a little extra whimsy and shabby-chic lace to the frame, I die cut a thin strip of white glitter cardstock using the new Fancy Edgers dies and tucked it on one side of the Elongated Oval die cut.

After I had added the lacy edge, I die cut the Garden Party flower dies from a few different shades of deep gold cardstock and some pearlescent white cardstock, creating an arrangement on the elongated oval opposite the lacy bit peeking out from behind the frame. I adhered the frame to the acetate panel using foam adhesive, layering it over the foiled frame of the same size and shape, then adhered floral elements with liquid and foam adhesive. I flipped the entire acetate panel over and added adhesive behind the solid die cuts to help keep the acetate as clean as possible.

After I had finished adding the floral elements, I added a “celebrate” greeting, which I had hot foiled using the Here For You Sentiments Press Plate set onto some white cardstock and the same satin gold foil. I die cut the sentiment using the coordinating die to make it super clean, then adhered it to the card front with a double layer of foam adhesive. I had received a gift tied with a lovely ochre ribbon, and of course I had to save the ribbon, so I used some of it to add a bit of extra texture to my card. I love that it coordinated so beautifully with the metallic satin gold hot foiled pieces and the deep golden floral images! Finally, I added a few Matte Gold Pearls from Pinkfresh Studio for one final element of texture and shimmer.

Well, that’s all for my project today! The team has tons of inspiration to share with you using these new goodies, and Pinkfresh Studio is sponsoring some fantastic giveaways to celebrate the new Essentials Release:

Pinkfresh Studio will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel. They will also be giving away a total of TEN $25  gift cards along the hop. Winners will be selected from the comments, so the more comments you leave along the hop, the more chances you have to win!
Winners will be selected and announced on November 13, 2024 on the Pinkfresh Studio GIVEAWAY PAGE. Winners must check that page & claim their prize within 2 weeks.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Here’s the full hop list:

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Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Alex Syberia Designs-Instagram Hop!

Good morning, friends! I am back with some more inspiration using the new Alex Syberia Designs November Release! In my previous release post, I shared a monochromatic homage to aqua with lots of layers and textural elements, and for today’s Instahop, I thought I’d share a pretty-in-purple project using the gorgeous new Midnight Blooms hot foil plate (ASD | SSS). Let’s get started with the details!

I began my project by hot foiling the absolutely stunning Midnight Blooms hot foil plate (ASD | SSS) using Speckled Aura hot foil onto some Hammermill white cardstock. I then used blending brushes with the Midnight Blooms Layering Stencil set (ASD | SSS) to blend Fig, Grape Soda, and Eggplant inks from Concord & 9th for the flowers, then used Tidepool, Juniper, and Peacock to blend the foliage on each bloom. (I will link all of the inks used in the link list below) I used the Midnight Blooms coordinating dies (ASD | SSS) to cut out the completed images.

After I had finished blending and die cutting, I used a blending brush to blend Fig ink in the center of a panel of white cardstock. I also splattered the panel with some shimmering iridescent purple and gold watercolor. To create a festive and interesting background, I also used the small starburst stamps from the Midnight Blooms stamp set (ASD | SSS) with Altenew’s Enchanted Gold pigment ink. It’s very subtle, but I think that extra step adds so much interest and shimmer to the background for my blended flowers!

After my background was complete and dried, I arranged the two floral stems on the card front and adhered them with foam adhesive to add extra dimension. I also added a twinkling gold twine bow for extra texture. For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Midnight Blooms stamp set (ASD | SSS) using Hero Arts Iridescent Gold embossing powder, then die cut it with the coordinating die included in the Midnight Blooms coordinating dies (ASD | SSS). (Absolutely love when companies incldude dies for the sentiments!) A few sparkling amethyst gems added one final touch of sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I am taking part in a fabulous Instagram Hop today, and there are tons of prizes and a wealth of inspiration to be had amongst the participants using the wonderful projects from the Alex Syberia Designs November 2023 Release, so I hope you’ll hop over and take a peek! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!