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Emily Midgett

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From The Heart, Volume 3

Hi there! I’m back again today with another card made during my stamping/therapy session using the Close To My Heart From The Heart kit made especially for National Stamping Month. This kit lends itself so well to clean and simple. 

I cut a white panel of card stock slightly smaller than A2, then stamped the pretty solid flowers using various inks from Close To My Heart in the corner of the panel. (I will list them all down at the bottom of the post!) I mentioned in my post yesterday how fantastic the ink pads are… I stamped all of these images without using my MISTI, and it amazes me how smooth the coverage is for only ONE layer of ink. Plus, their packaging has super innovative magnetic closures, so your ink pads are absolutely certain to be totally closed… no worries about drying up! Okay, I’m off my soapbox.

I had mentioned in my post on Saturday that I had trimmed the sentiment stamps and their floral accents apart so that I could use them separately or together. I used my MISTI to stamp this lovely sentiment (didn’t want a crooked sentiment after all of those stamped flowers!)

It’s a little difficult to see in the photo, but I did use some Wink of Stella shimmer pen on the triangular red flowers and the purple flowers, then covered them with Glossy Accents. Finally, I popped up the stamped panel on my A2 card base using some dimensional foam adhesive.

And that’s it for today! I have one more card to show you from my marathon stamping session earlier this week, and I saved my favorite for last. I hope you’ll stop by again tomorrow to see my project! Have a marvelous day, friends!

Inks used: Pixie, Saffron, Canary, Pomegranate, Smoothie, Heather, Eggplant, New England ivy, Fern

Getting back to my roots.

Hi there! I have a totally random post today… I made this card a few weeks ago and haven’t had time to blog about it yet. This project uses products from a newer company: Birch Press Designs. This card uses one of my favorite color combinations and some pretty pink blooms, as well as a beautiful stencil from Hero Arts. I wanted to just play with my inks, and this beautiful stamp set and stenciling definitely fit the bill!

I started by stamping the beautiful blooms from Birch Press Design’s Brushed Birthday using Altenew’s Frosty Pink and Coral Berry inks, then cut them out with the coordinating dies. (I can’t really remember which green inks I used for the leaves…. whoops!) I then heat embossed the greeting from the same stamp set onto some vellum using white embossing powder and die cut it, as well.

For the background, I used the Hero Arts Glorious Petal stencil using my Clarity Stencil Brushes and some Hero Arts Tide Pool ink. I love the subtle tone-on-tone effect this color has on the turquoise card stock. I arranged my bouquet and picked it up using Press ‘n Seal, then adhered it with dimensional tape. I also popped up my vellum greeting with some clear dimensional adhesive, which I find to be wonderful when working with vellum.

And that’s it! No coloring on this one, but I do enjoy getting back to my roots sometimes with just some good, old-fashioned stamping.

Simon Says Stamp and Concord & 9th Stamptember Collaboration!

Good evening! I have something super exciting to share with you at this late hour…. I’m sure everyone knows about the fabulousness that is Stamptember. Basically, Simon Says Stamp has collaborated with several different companies to create several gorgeous stamp sets. They’re limited edition, and they’re fantastic. Today, I have the pleasure of helping to debut the Stamptember collaboration between Simon Says Stamp and one of my absolute favorite companies: Concord & 9th: Oh Hello!

Isn’t this set just so versatile!?? I can’t wait to play with it more. There are so many awesome possibilities. My first thought when I saw it was bokeh. That round stamp was just screaming for a bokeh technique. I started by cutting a white A2 panel, then using Tim Holtz blending sponges and Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, and Ruby Red inks from Altenew blended a pretty background.

After blending my background panel, I used the circular stamp in Oh Hello to stamp random circles using the same inks that I had used to blend the background, stamping off once with the darker of the two colors. I then stamped a few more circles using white pigment ink to further create the bokeh look.

The collaboration set has some beautiful sentiments included in with the brushstroke images. I stamped the “happy everything” onto some pale pink card stock using gold glitter embossing powder, then fussy cut it out. I also stamped and embossed the “wishing you” and “friend” using the same embossing powder onto some thin strips of the same pink card stock. I trimmed the bokeh panel down and matted it on both a pink foil panel and a gold glitter panel. I popped up the sentiment cuts with dimensional adhesive, and finally added a few Blossom sequins from Lucy Abrams.

Well, that’s it! I’m so grateful to Heidi from Simon Says Stamp for allowing me to be part of this awesome collaboration. Concord and 9th is definitely one of my most favorite companies, so that makes this even more exciting and special to me. 🙂  Don’t forget, if you love Oh Hello, I’d advise getting it ASAP, because these Stamptember sets are limited edition. If you’re on the fence, better to just jump off and treat yourself! As a wise friend recently told me, you only regret the things in life that you didn’t do.

Have a marvelous evening, friends!

Where Creativity Meets C9 September Edition!

Good morning! I’m here today with the start of a new challenge for Where Creativity Meets C9: Ink Only! (Also… have you SEEN the new release from Concord and 9th?!!?! Talk about knocking a girl’s socks off…. I’m just going to send them my wallet…. my jewelry… maybe a kid…. I want ALL of it.) The challenge this month is to use a minimum of embellishments, but more specifically…. NO coloring of any kind. This one hurt a little, not gonna lie haha.

I decided to pull out one of the prettiest stamps from Concord and 9th: Flourish. It’s ALL stamping, some with multiple layers, so I really got to play with color combos. I used some beautiful Altenew inks… I love how crisp they are, and the subtle differences in the layers of shading are absolutely perfect.

I began with a plain white card base and stamped the main leaf image in a pretty aqua green, then added the flowers in shades of pink from the Cherry Blossom ink collection. The purple flowers were stamped using the Shades of Purple collection.

Finally, I stamped the gorgeous, bold greeting from Enjoy It All using Jet Black ink. I double stamped with my MISTI to ensure that it really popped out from the more subtly-colored background. Definitely one of the simpler cards I’ve done recently, but I love the impact that just a few stamps and some pretty shades of ink can make!

 

Now, it’s your turn! Simply use your Concord and 9th stamps with some beautiful ink to create a project, then add it to our linkup. You have until 9/29 to link up your project! Have fun, and good luck!