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Emily Midgett

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Watercoloring with Karin Brushmarker Pro and Pinkfresh Studio!

Hi there! I am over on the Pinkfresh Studio YouTube channel today with this video pairing the new-ish Celebrate in Style stamps and several other products from Pinkfresh. My goal was simple: to keep the color scheme cohesive throughout the entire project, while also mixing the metallic textures on the individual embellishments. Watch the video below or HERE on YouTube.

Lots of individual pieces, but together they make a super color coordinated finished product!

In case you can’t watch the video, I began by heat embossing the Celebrate in Style stamps using some sparkling embossing powder that had flecks of beautiful rose gold glitter amongst the pearlescent plum on some watercolor paper. I also heat embossed the Blushing Floral Stamp background on an A2 panel of blush cardstock using the same embossing powder. So many elements of sparkle and shine on this one!

I taped my watercolor panel down to my watercolor board, then used Karin markers to add some beautiful peachy pink and magenta to the cake and floral adornment. Depending on your preference for soft or vivid color, you can either scribble your Karin marker on a ceramic palette and pick up the color with a damp paintbrush to achieve a softer, more controlled look, or you can put the pen directly to the watercolor paper and maneuver the color with your damp paintbrush. Picking up the color from the ceramic palette adds more water and thus dilutes the color, making it softer and less intense. Once I’d finished watercoloring the two images, I die cut the entire thing in one fell swoop with the coordinating Celebrate in Style Dies. Once I’d die cut everything, I went back with my Karin markers and added some color to the white edges of the die cuts to keep the color scheme completely true and avoid that white edge around the die cuts.

Next, I die cut a panel of more blush cardstock using the Essentials Classic Edgers, giving it a decorative stitched scalloped edge. I also cut a panel of coordinating lilac glitter cardstock with the same scalloped edger die to break up all of the blush and add some more interest to the background. I popped up the scalloped panels with some foam tape, then added the cake with a double layer of foam tape for tons of dimension. I added a foiled die cut greeting created with the Brushed Sentiments Foil Plate and Coordinating Dies, created using the same blush cardstock and some rose gold foil to keep things monochromatic. The final touch was to add a few Sparkling Champagne pearls from the Pinkfresh Studio Essentials embellishment line!

Well, that’s all for my project today! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

Fruity loveliness with Colorado Craft Company!

Hi there! Happy Monday! I have a cheerful, fruity project to share with you today. Colorado Craft Company is swiftly becoming one of my favorite companies; they offer such a wide variety of styles, with something sure to please even the pickiest of stampers. I personally adore their Big and Bold line. You all know that coloring is just about my favorite thing to do, and coloring the Big and Bold line of stamps from Colorado Craft Company is so. much. fun. The images are large enough that you can really dig down deep into the little nooks and crannies of the image to create really fantastic shading and depth. They have been kind enough to share with me some of their products, including last month’s release of gorgeous fruity stamps, and I had a blast coloring up this beautiful set of images from the Sending Hugs and Pears stamps and die set. I had intended to make a second card using the Lemon Zest stamps and dies, but with four kiddos, finding time for the things I want to do sometimes is a bit of a challenge. Sigh.

Anyway, let’s get started with the details on this pretty project, shall we?

I began by stamping several of the images from Sending Hugs and Pears onto some Canson Montval watercolor paper using Intens-ified Black ink from Hero Arts. I chose Canson Montval papers because I wanted to use my Karin markers, and the Montval paper works well with the Karins. I had seen several talented crafters use these pear stamps to create traditional green pears, so I went a different direction and decided to do a red Anjou pear!

I absolutely love the scale of the Big and Bold line. Even on this relatively-simple image, I was able to use *five* different colors of Karin marker to achieve a huge amount of depth and shine: Cerise, Burgundy, Cocoa, Almond, and Black. The leaves were done using Lime Green and Lush Green. The flowers were done using the same colors, but much more subtle washes of color. After watercoloring, I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out.

For the card base, I wanted a very subtle pattern, so I stamped the beautiful Big and Bold Italian Tiles using Pinkfresh Studio’s Peach Fuzz ink on an A2 panel of white cardstock. To make the pattern even more subtle, I then used a blending brush to blend some more of the Peach Fuzz ink around the edges of the background panel to create a bit of a halo. I popped all of the die cuts up with foam tape and added a greeting (heat embossed using rose gold embossing powder on a piece of Plum cardstock). The final touch was a few metallic rose gold gems to add some sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today. If you haven’t checked out Colorado Craft Company’s products, you absolutely should do so! They’re simply marvelous! For my friends who have been affected by the wildfires on the west coast, I have been thinking of you and hoping for rain and safety. Stay safe, stay well, and have a good week, friends!

Beachy Thanks with Honey Bee Stamps!

Hi there! I’m back again… I know, three posts in one week?! I was able to put together several cards using stamped and colored die cuts, including this beachy scene using some new goodies from the Honey Bee Stamps Hello Summer release to create a super beachy thank you card! Let’s get started with the details.

I began by stamping and die cutting several images from the Hello Summer stamps and dies onto some watercolor paper using waterproof black ink. I then used Karin watercolor markers in shades of peach, cobalt, and pale gray to add some pretty, super coordinated coloring to the images. (I love when everything matches!)

Next, I trimmed down a panel of pretty medium-blue cardstock for my card front and used the Oval Spotlight Stencils with some sapphire blue ink and blending brushes to create a more controlled area for the background of my little beach scene.

I trimmed down a strip of sandy beach patterned paper from the Beach Vibes patterned paper pack and adhered it at the bottom of my blended blue background panel using liquid adhesive. I adhered all of the die cuts to the card base using a mix of liquid and foam adhesive, then finally added a sentiment die cut from the Slimline Honey Cuts Sentiments Eyelet die set, which I cut from some sparkling white cardstock. I love how the sentiment pops so nicely against that bright blue backdrop!

Well, that’s all for my project today! Hopefully, I will get the opportunity to get back to regular blogging…. My biggest littles start remote learning for first grade in a few weeks, so I’m not sure what that’s going to require of me. I love having the opportunity to create just for fun, as well as share what I’m creating! Thanks so much for stopping by, and stay well!

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! Happy Monday! So excited to be part of the July 2020 Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Blog Hop.  You should have arrived here from Debi Adams, and your next stop is Ilina Crouse. This month’s kit and add-ons are an homage to the ocean, including some gorgeous new underwater stamping scenes, beautiful ink cubes, and some amazing sparkling sticker paper.

 The kit includes a large, 6×8 stamp set, coordinating frame cuts, fancy edge die, embossing powder, ink cube quintet, and sparkling sticker paper. It’s valued at $76.50, but can be yours for $34.99. These kits frequently sell out ASAP, so don’t hesitate, because it might not be available when you finally make up your mind… once they’re gone, they’re gone! You can also subscribe and have a kit guaranteed for you each month. Pre-order your kit today – we estimate kit shipping will begin Friday, July 17th and continues throughout the following week.

This month, I’m just focusing on one of the super cute add-on stamps sets: Sea You Soon and the coordinating Frame Cuts.

My goal with this card was to create a nautical, Cape Cod-style aesthetic using corals, white, and navy. I began by heat embossing the oldie-but-goodie Fishing Net Bold Prints background stamp in white on some Nautical Hero Hues cardstock.

Next, I heat embossed several of the shells from Sea You Soon onto watercolor paper using white embossing powder, then used Karin markers to watercolor the images in a variety of corals and yellows. I die cut them with the coordinating Frame Cuts.

For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from Sea You Soon onto a strip of white cardstock, then used blending brushes to blend Pale Tomato, Fresh Peach, and Butterbar inks in a diagonal ombre to coordinate with the colors of the watercolored seashells. I adhered the die cuts and sentiment to the fishing net card front using both liquid and foam adhesive, finally adding some Sunset and Pinks Enamel Dots from Hero Arts to help fill in any gaps in the shell arrangement.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, to celebrate this latest My Monthly Hero release, We will give away one $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, July 19th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Your next stop is Ilina Crouse. You can also head back to the Hero Arts blog to get the full hop list!