Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Love You So Much Mom in Shades of Aqua with Simon Says Stamp!

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Hi friends! I have another project to share for those who might need a last-minute Mother’s Day card for this weekend! I used my favorite shades of aqua, teal, and turquoise to create this monochromatic project with tons of texture and delicate little details. I used an embossing folder that I haven’t had a chance to use yet: Floral Butterfly Bouquets, which paired beautifully with the Bright Butterflies. Embossing on colored cardstock always lends such an air of sophistication to your cards, in my opinion, and the texture on this gorgeous turquoise cardstock is exquisite. Let’s get started on the details for my project!

To begin, I ran an A2 panel of vibrant turquoise cardstock through my die cutting machine using the Floral Butterfly Bouquets, a super detailed and perfectly springy pattern that works beautifully for Mother’s Day! I trimmed the panel down so that it was 3.25″ x 5.5″ and layered some strips of deep teal and pale pool blue cardstock along the long edge of the card front, creating some monochromatic stripes on my card front.

I knew that I wanted a spotlight on the die cut and embossed sentiment pieces, so I die cut one of the Teardrop Pinpoint Frames from that same deep teal cardstock used on the stripes so that it would pop beautifully from the textured background. I used one of the More A2 Rectangles dies to cleanly cut the center from the decorative frame. I also die cut a few Bright Butterflies from some iridescent white foil cardstock. I popped up the frame with a double layer of thin foam adhesive to add a little extra dimension on the card front and added a trio of butterflies with some more thin foam adhesive squares.

For the greeting, I paired the Fancy Mom & Shadow dies with a sentiment strip from Mamacita. I die cut the detail layer of the Fancy Mom & Shadow from some glittering aqua cardstock, then added it to the shadow layer cut from vellum. I used thin strips of thin foam adhesive squares to add the detail cut to the vellum for a little added texture and height. For the sentiment strip, I stamped the “love you so much” from Mamacita onto some more of the deep teal cardstock using white pigment ink, then added some White Satin Pearl embossing powder over the top to add that little extra shimmer. I adhered the sentiment pieces in the center of the die cut frame, then added some Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems and tucked an Iridescent White Cord bow beneath the sentiment!

Well, that’s all for my project today! If you are grieving this Mother’s Day or not celebrating for any reason, I hope that you are able to find some peace. I know this is a hard day for some, and I apologize if my posts have brought any sadness. Sending hugs!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Team Alcohol Marker or Team Glitter? Floral Die Cuts Two Ways with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! My oldest son recently asked me what my favorite color is, and do you know… I couldn’t answer. I love too many to have one particular favorite! Case in point, my infatuation with Concord and 9th’s Fig. It’s the most luscious shade of purple- not quite fuchsia, not quite plum…. so unique and gorgeous. I found some glitter paper in my stash that matches it absolutely perfectly, and thought to myself that I needed to make a project with some detailed tone-on-tone die cutting. I couldn’t stop at just one, so I created two of course! I used the new Meadow Swag dies from the Simon Says Stamp Be Bold release, working with them in two completely different “mediums” (if you can truly call glitter cardstock a medium, ha!). Let’s get started with the details!

For my projects, I pulled out some Fig cardstock from the Concord and 9th cardstock sampler pack, matching it with Plum Glitter cardstock from Simon Says Stamp. I always say that it pays to have specialty card stock in lots of different shades in your stash, because you never know when something will match perfectly! I also pulled out the coordinating Concord and 9th Fig ink and a plethora of dies, new and old, to create my pair of purplicious cards.

For my first card, I die cut the Meadow Swag dies twice from white cardstock, then used my OLO Markers to add lots of vibrant color. The purple markers from OLO are truly special and are such unique shades amongst the alcohol marker brands. I love that with some simple white cardstock and your alcohol markers, you can create completely customized die cuts even if you don’t care to keep an abundant stash of colorful cardstock like, ahem, some people do! (Not that I would know anything about that…..) Before adhering my colorful floral arrangement to my A2 sized Fig card front, I added an iridescent white frame cut using the new A2 Nesting Frames dies, centering it on my card front. I popped up the vibrant flowers using lots of foam squares. It’s a bit tedious to add these foam squares to such an intricate arrangement, but I think the dimension it adds is totally worth it!

For the greeting, I heat embossed the “madre” sentiment from the new Mamacita stamp and die set. I took four years of Spanish in high school and have called my mom “madre” for (yikes) twenty years, so I was so excited to see this stamp included in the Mamacita set. I heat embossed the sentiment on some Fig cardstock using Hero Arts Iridescent Lavender embossing powder. This translucent and iridescent embossing powder looks incredible on both white and colored cardstock. Definitely a must-have, in my opinion! I also die cut the detail layer of the Swoopy Love You Dies from some Plum Glitter cardstock and backed it with a vellum shadow layer, which helps the tone-on-tone glitter sentiment stand out a bit better from the colorful floral background. I added the greeting die cuts in the center of the floral arrangement with some more foam adhesive, then added a few shimmering gems for one last touch of sparkle. Such an intricate, eye-catching card, I think! That purple just grabs your attention!

My second card is a bit simpler in concept, allowing the intricacy of the Meadow Swag dies and the vibrant plum hues in the Fig cardstock and the Plum Glitter cardstock to do most of the work for me. I die cut the Meadow Swag from the Plum Glitter cardstock a couple of times, then trimmed down some Fig cardstock to both an A2 panel and a piece to 3.75″ x 5″. I blended the coordinating Concord and 9th Fig ink around the edge of the smaller panel and splattered it with some iridescent lavender glitter watercolors from my stash to add extra interest to the background. I arranged the glittering floral die cuts around the edge of the blended panel, creating almost a sunset silhouette effect against the blended cardstock.

After I had adhered all of the intricate floral die cuts on the blended panel using liquid adhesive, I placed the entire patterned panel in the center of a full size A2 Fig card front. For the greeting, I die cut one of my favorite sentiment dies from Simon Says Stamp: the Big Hugs die. To get lots of contrast and allow the sentiment to stand out from the monochromatic patterned background, I cut this bold sentiment from some more iridescent white mirror cardstock, then popped it up in the blank area of the patterned glittery panel using foam adhesive. Finally, I added a few more shiny gems for more contrast and sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Which do you like better: the alcohol marker die cuts or the monochromatic glitter die cuts? If I have the time, I will always love coloring my standalone die cuts, but you can’t beat the dramatic effect of the glittery die cuts, especially when you’re short on time! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!