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Emily Midgett

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Birthday Mice with Colorado Craft Company!

Hi there! Today, I have some fun little birthday cards created with some of the new Anita Jeram stamps from Colorado Craft Company! The So Sweet Slimline stamps are full of darling little mice sharing some sweets with the recipient. I created a trio of birthday cards to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

I stamped the trio of little mice from So Sweet Slimline with their chocolatey offerings using some Copic-friendly ink and colored them with my Copic markers. I die cut them using the coordinating dies and turned my attention to the card bases.

I stamped the polka dotted striped strip from the Stripes and Dots on three different card bases using Watermelon, Pale Blush, and Spring Rain inks from Simon Says Stamp. I used my Misti to stamp each of the bases lickety split! I added some subtle ink blending on each card, with placement depending on where I wanted the die cuts and sentiment strips to end up.

Next, I stamped several greetings from the So Sweet Slimline on some plain white cardstock using black pigment ink. (I absolutely adore the sweet font used on this set!) I trimmed them down to strips so that I could add them to the cards.

I adhered all of the die cuts and sentiment strips to the stamped and blended card fronts using foam adhesive.

Aren’t these little mice darling? Paired with the sweet sentiments they create such a precious set of cards!

If you haven’t checked out the stamps from Colorado Craft Company featuring Anita Jeram’s illustrations, you are totally missing out. They’re absolutely precious, and there are stamps for so many different occasions! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Spellbinders Stamp of the Month-March!

Hi there! Spellbinders has a large variety of monthly club kits to which you can subscribe featuring fun stamps and dies. Their monthly stamp club is a real bargain: $10 for a full size stamp set when you subscribe! The sweet little bunnies in this March Stamp of the Month remind me of springtime toile, so I created a trio of cards using these beautiful stamps.

Sometimes, using one ink color can be just as impactful as a variety of ink colors, and it can allow the detail in the stamps to really shine! Using my trusty Misti stamping tool, I was able to create three stamped panels using three different shades of ink- Ballet Slipper, Grapefruit, and Sea Glass- super springy colors, in my opinion!

After I’d stamped each panel with the bunny and wreath of flowers using colored ink, I used a black pigment ink to add a crisp black sentiment from the March Stamp of the Month on each panel. I then trimmed them down from A2 size and added a black mat that was very slightly larger to create a thin black frame around the edge.

For the bases, I chose coordinating shades of colored cardstock and trimmed them down to A2 size. I then used the same ink shades to stamp a custom tone-on-tone pattern just around the edge of each colored cardstock panel using some of the individual floral stamps from the March Stamp of the Month stamp set.

Once I had stamped all of the pieces of colored cardstock, I mounted the black framed panels on each of them using foam adhesive. Such clean and springy projects! I love when you can create lovely projects easily and quickly because of beautifully designed stamps.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I hope you’ll check out all of the Spellbinders Monthly Club Kits… there are so many fun options to choose from, and the variety of styles and products represented is a wonderful value!

Spellbinders Holiday Release with Sharyn Sowell!

Hi there! Today, I have some more holiday inspiration for you, this time featuring some of the brand new products from the latest Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2019 release by Spellbinders! I love working with die cuts as the focal point of my cards. There are so many fun techniques that can be done with them, but you can still create a super quick and simple card! I have two projects for you today using the Love Came Down Etched Cover Plate and the Starry Forest Etched Die Set using the same rose gold and china blue color scheme. Let’s get started with the details!

For the first project, I kept things super simple for some easy mass-production inspiration! I began by die cutting the beautiful and incredibly detailed Love Came Down Etched Cover Plate die from some shiny rose gold foil cardstock. Die cutting these incredibly detailed dies from foil cardstock is one of the best tips I can give for using these intricate dies; the foil die cuts like a dream, and you get the added bonus of having a beautiful metallic shine!

For the card front, I blended some pretty china blue ink on a light blue cardstock base. (You could blend two different shades of blue instead of using the blue cardstock; I have found that blending on colored cardstock saves me SO much time and achieves similar results as blending an entire panel!) I also splattered some white paint on the blended card front to add a bit of extra texture and interest to the background. I adhered the shiny foil die cut to the card front using foam adhesive for lots of dimension. A quick and simple card using just a few supplies and ONE die cut definitely fits the mass production bill required for holiday cardmaking!

My second card is a bit more involved. I began by die cutting the Starry Forest Etched Die Set from navy blue matte cardstock, rose gold glitter cardstock, and some more shiny rose gold foil cardstock. The variety of textures and finishes helps to differentiate between the different die cuts and allow that detail to really shine through!

On a blue A2 card base, I lightly blended some more of the china blue ink approximately where I wanted to focus my little woodland scene using a blender brush to create a halo and attract the eye towards my cluster of die cuts. I arranged the Starry Forest die cuts in a cluster and adhered them to the card base using foam adhesive for lots of dimension.

After I’d adhered my little cluster, I heat embossed a holiday greeting on some more navy blue cardstock using rose gold embossing powder. (Absolutely love the contrast of the rose gold on that deep navy!) I adhered it to the card front using more foam adhesive. I then added some pretty sequins to match the color scheme, finally adding a few dots of “snow” using my white gel pen. Slightly more involved than the first card, but allowing the beautiful detailed die cuts to remain the focal point still shaved my crafting time down by quite a bit!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. I hope they’ve inspired you to use some of the new dies from the Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2019 collection to create quick, elegant holiday cards! Each of the die sets in this collection are truly beautiful. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

The Holiday Card Hustle, Day 4.

Good morning! I took a bit of a break from The Holiday Card Hustle yesterday for the post for A Blog Named Hero’s new challenge, but I’m back today with another fairly quick and easily mass-produced project. It has a similar layout to the project that I posted on Sunday, but uses a really pretty Avery Elle stamp set, as well as the custom signature stamp that I ordered from Bossy Joscie.

To start, I trimmed my horizontal 4×6 photo down to 4″x4.75″ and mounted it on a panel of A7 dove gray card stock. Next, I trimmed a 3″x4.75″ panel of darker gray card stock and used my lovely custom cling stamp from Bossy Joscie to create my greeting. I heat embossed it in white so that it would really pop on that dark gray card stock. It was a bit of an investment, but it’s something that I will be able to use on my holiday cards for years to come, provided I don’t misplace it in my super tidy and organized (ha!!!!) craft room.

When connecting two larger panels of card stock on a card front, I like to ensure that the transition between the two panels is seamless, so I like to use some sort of “barrier” strip over that line between the two panels. For my previous card, I used a strip of glitter card stock; for this card, I used a lovely older set from Avery Elle called Beautiful Bow (EH|SSS). I heat embossed it using silver sparkle embossing powder on some navy blue card stock, then fussy cut it out. (This part took a minute or two, but the lines are nice and simple, so very easy to do.) I layered it over the line to hide where the two panels meet.

I love how perfectly that custom stamp works with the photo. It’s simple, but the fonts are so lovely and… legible haha!! It’s 3″x4″, so I can use it on the inside of a regular A2 card, as well! Totally worth the money if my hand doesn’t cramp! 😉

Hope you enjoyed this project! I will be back tomorrow with more photo card inspiration for the Holiday Card Hustle! Have a marvelous day, friends!

Let the mass production begin.

Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving week! (Ahem, also, Happy Black Friday Sales week! Yikes, this year has gone by SO fast.) I’m here today with a pair of quick and easy holiday cards that would be super simple to mass produce. If you’re like me and down to the holiday card crunch, quick and easy is the order of the day. However, I am not a HUGE fan of mass producing. I can do it, but it’s not something on my list of  fun things to do… To make it more interesting for myself, whenever I make multiples of any project, I like to switch things up a little bit, whether it’s with layout, color scheme, embellishments, etc.

This is our first Christmas in our new house, and I’ve discovered that it has room for two Christmas trees (YAY): one colorful and festive family tree with all of my husband’s childhood ornaments and our kiddos’ ornaments, and an elegant aqua and silver tree.  My aqua and silver (aka “fancy” tree) inspired the color combination for these projects. I used some fantastic holiday products from Altenew to create my “gifts” to match my pretty, fancy tree! For the “gift wrap,” I started with the Altenew’s Layered Plaid Die B (ALT|EH|SSS), cutting once from a shimmery teal and once from silver foil card stock. I then layered the teal on an A2 panel of aqua card stock and the silver on a white A2 card base.

Next, I used Altenew’s Bells and Bows (ALT|EH|SSS) stamp set to create some amazingly realistic-looking gift bows to adorn my “gifts.” I stamped the layers using Altenew’s Ocean Waves and Dusk inks, then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Don’t they look almost multi-dimensional? It amazes me sometimes what you can do with stamps and ink. Anyway, I created some “ribbon” for my gifts by cutting strips of silver glitter and teal shimmer paper, then adhering them on my card front, popping up the bow with some dimensional adhesive. For the greeting, I used a “joy” die from Taylored Expressions that seems to be discontinued…. but this Joy from MFT would work just as well.

Easy peasy, right? I love simple cards that still make an impact.

That’s all for me today! I have a fun series planned in December, but I have to get all of my supplies in first before I can decide an official date. Let’s just say I’m going to put our family pictures to good use. 😉 Have a marvelous Monday, friends!