Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Hero Arts and Pinkfresh Studio Collaboration Celebration Blog Hop!

Hi there! Today, I’m super excited to be taking part in another fabulous blog hop featuring a collaborative effort from two of my favorite stamp companies: Hero Arts and Pinkfresh Studios! I am lucky enough to serve on the design teams for both of these fantastic companies, so I was extra thrilled when I heard that they were going to be working together for a collaborative stamp set! This beautiful new set features a gorgeous floral frame, as well as some fantastic sentiments drawn by my friend Caly Person. You should have arrived here from Cathy Zielske’s blog, and your next stop is Heather Hoffman’s blog.

The stamp set, called You Make A Difference (you can see it here on the Hero Arts website as well as here on the Pinkfresh Studios website), features such beautiful, poignant sentiments in addition to that gorgeous floral frame. A must-have, to be sure! I’ve paired it with my Caran D’Ache colored pencils for a hand-drawn look. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping the beautiful floral image from the stamp set on an A2 panel of Pebble card stock using Unicorn White pigment ink. I then used a variety of plum, blue, and fuchsia pencils to add color to the beautifully detailed image, coloring directly over the top of the stamped images.

After I’d finished my pencil coloring, I used Wet Cement ink and the Life Changing Blender Brushes from Picket Fence Studios to blend a bit of a halo around the edges of the panel. The gray ended up picking up a bit of the green from the foliage as I blended, but I really liked the effect! It reminded me of a mystical glen or something. (Ha, that’s stretching it a bit, Emily…)

After I’d finished with my card base, I die cut the Love Stamp and Cut from Hero Arts three times using Plum card stock and adhered them together to create a dimensional die cut. I also white embossed the coordinating greeting, also from the Love Stamp and Cut, on some strips of Pebble card stock. I popped them up with a bit of foam tape for extra dimension.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Now, I’ve got some fun giveaway information for you!

3 different prizes are up for grabs, drawn from comments left across the blog hop:
One winner will receive the stamp set!
One winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Pinkfresh Studio
One winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Hero Arts

The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!

Your next stop on the hop is Heather Hoffman. You can also head back to the Hero Arts blog to start at the beginning if you get lost. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Where Creativity Meets C9: Anything Goes!

Good morning! Today marks the start of a new challenge over at the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog…. and this month we are celebrating the end of the year with Anything Goes!!

The Where Creativity Meets C9 team were lucky enough to get to play with the new release for December, and let me tell you… there are some fabulous new sets released today. I chose to work with the new Polka Dot Turnabout stamp set and the amazing Love You So stamps and dies to make a card with a cheeky little sentiment. I love how C9 adds little snippets of sass into their stamp sets so you can go totally traditional or be a little smart alecky if the mood strikes!

I started with the new Polka Dot Turnabout set… I know it is supposed to be turned four times and made into a colorful dotty background, but those random polka dots are a stamp I’ve had a hankering for for quite a while, so I just stamped it once with black ink and I’m in LOVE. (appropriate for the sentiment, right?) I trimmed it down and mounted it on a gold foil panel.

Next, I die cut the “LOVE” from plain black card stock. There are about a bazillion different ways you could use this Love You So die set… one of my favorite things about C9 is how versatile their designs are! I also stamped “your face” from the coordinating stamp set on a thin strip of black card stock and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I mounted them on the bottom corner of the dotty panel, and added a few little die cut hearts (also from the Love You So die set). I covered those with some gold Wink of Stella, then added some Glossy Accents over the top to add some more shine and texture.

The final step was to add some foam tape to the back of my gold foil panel and mount it to my card base!

Now, it’s your turn! Use your goodies from Concord and 9th to create a project, ANY project, and add it to our link up by December 29th. You could be our random winner of a $25 shopping spree to Concord and 9th, generously donated by Greg and Angie from Concord and 9th! Please PLEASE be sure to look at the rules for entering the contest. We’ve had so many entries disqualified because they were not following all of the rules.

Have fun, and good luck!!