Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Simon Says Stamp Hugs Release!

Hi there! My entire family has been accosted by some unpleasant germs, so this will be a fairly quick post, but I wanted to pop in and share one of the projects that I made for the Simon Says Stamp Hugs release! The month of December already has the distinction of being DieCember, so this release is almost like a little extra Christmas present. 😉 Let’s get started on my project!!

I wanted to let the beautiful Heart Panes Cover Plate Die be the star of the show, so I created a simple, super vibrant ink blended background using some vivid Valentine’s Day colors! I used Simon Says Stamp Paws-itively Saturated Peony, Cheeky, and Taffy inks with Simon Says Stamp Blending Brushes to blend this pretty background. After I’d finished blending the background, I spritzed it with some gold Mica Stain from Tim Holtz to add some shimmer to the background. It’s subtle in the photos (why is it so difficult to take photos of sparkle?), but it’s so lovely in real life!

To create my edge-to-edge shaker portion, I used some leftover cellophane packaging that I had from some product that I’d received. I trimmed the clear plastic to be slightly larger than my A2 card panel, notching it at the corners so that I could adhere it cleanly. I ran Altenew’s Ultra Sticky Tape along the edges on the back of the blended panel, then wrapped the cellophane around the card front and adhered 3/4 sides. I filled the resulting pocket with different kinds of flat sequins and confetti that coordinated nicely with my color scheme, then removed the release paper on the last segment of the shaker front and closed it up!

Over the top of my shaker front, I adhered the Heart Panes Cover Plate Die cut from some matte gold cardstock using Simon Says Stamp tape runner. (Using tape runner helps to keep glue from squishing out the sides!) I also placed the leftover solid heart die cut on the center of the Flowerful Medallion die to add some delicate, lacy details, then replaced it in the center of the heart die cut. I added a dimensional die cut “hugs” greeting, cut three times using the Basic Trio die and adhered together, as well as some foiled sentiment strips created using my Minc machine, gold foil, and the Sassy Love sentiment strips preprinted sentiments. It’s so difficult to photograph the shine from these foiled sentiments, but isn’t that so fun that you can foil these sentiment cards? One more way to keep things interesting!!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I have a couple more projects to share with you, but I am not feeling so great, so they will have to wait for another day! The new Hugs release is available even if my brain is not functioning the greatest (thanks germs!), so I hope you’ll take a peek. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Simon Says Stamp Let’s Chill Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hi there! I’m hopping along with Simon Says Stamp for Day 2 of the Let’s Chill blog hop to celebrate the brand new Let’s Chill release. (You can check out day 1 HERE.) You should have arrived here from Barbara Tarayao, and your next stop is Miriam Prantner. I have three projects for you today featuring lots of beautiful, beachy-themed goodies and some of the totally stunning new Paws-itively Saturated inks. Let’s get started with the details!

My first card features the brand new Basic Box Card Beach and Sky dies, which I used to create my very first box card! I am not very good with 3D, interactive-type cards, but let me tell you…. this one was so much fun to create, and not horribly complicated! I did refer to this very helpful video from the Simon Says Stamp website to create the basic card using the Basic Box Card dies.

I die cut all of the components for the box card using plain white cardstock, creating a sky by blending some color to the window cut-out with the new Morning Paws-itively Saturated ink and a blending brush. I adhered this blended “sky” to the very back of the box card using liquid adhesive to make sure it was completely straight.

For the interior of the card, I did some no-line coloring using a few of the images from the new Let’s Get Away stamps and dies. I stamped the hammock chair, drink, and umbrella onto some white cardstock using Contour Ink, then added lots of crisp blue and gray using Copic markers. Nothing says “nautical” to me like crisp royal blue and white!

I added the chair, umbrella (trimming off the edge so that it was at an angle), and drink using some Dot Adhesive tape runner, then added a greeting from the new Beachy Keen stamp set, cutting it out with the coordinating dies. I am no engineer, and definitely no Jennifer McGuire, goddess of the fun-folding cards, but creating this was super fun and simpler than I expected! The Basic Box Card dies definitely make things easier than you would think! And bonus: these box card dies fold up completely flat inside an A2 envelope for super simple mailing. So fun, right?

My next projects are a pair of coordinating cards that are an homage to clean-and-simple, as well as some of the gorgeous new Paws-itively Saturated colors released this week: Morning, Twilight, and Galaxy.

My first project uses the gorgeous Adirondack Chair standalone die as the centerpiece. I die cut all of the pieces from plain white cardstock (what’s classier than a white Adirondack chair?) and adhered them all together using liquid adhesive. The detail pieces are just raised enough that they add a hint of dimension without adding a ton of bulk. So well designed!

I lightly blended some Morning ink in the background on a plain white cardstock base to create a very light halo to help my white chair pop from the card front. I also stamped a greeting from Beachy Keen using Galaxy ink. I popped up the die cut chair using foam adhesive to give it some extra height and allow it to be the star of the show!

My last card uses the darling new Kite Builder stencil. I blended Morning, Twilight, and Galaxy inks on a white A2 card front using a blending brush, masking off the parts of the stencil that I was not using using a few Post-It Notes. I also lightly blended some Morning ink around the edges of the card front to create a sky.

For the greeting, I stamped another sentiment from Beachy Keen using Galaxy ink on some white cardstock. I love how vibrant and stark the contrast is between the crisp white cardstock and the deep navy letters. I die cut the sentiment with the coordinating die and popped it up on the card front using foam tape. The final touch was to add a few iridescent blue pearls that could almost be raindrops! Though of course you don’t want to fly a kite in the rain haha!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! So much beachy, summery goodness with this latest Let’s Chill release. And the new ink colors are just smashing! Now for some fun giveaway information:

Each stop on the Let’s Chill blog hop is giving away a $25 gift card to the Simon Says Stamp store! Simply leave a comment on the blog. The more comments you leave across the hop, the more chances you have to win! Winners will be selected from amongst the comments and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 22nd of June. 

Your next stop on the hop is Miriam Prantner. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

New Release-Simon Says Stamp Let’s Chill!

Hi there! It’s release night over at Simon Says Stamp; this month we’re introducing the Let’s Chill collection. It’s full of all of those things that are the embodiment of summer, from butterflies to kites to the beach! They also added some absolutely stunning new colors to the Paws-itively Saturated ink line. I chose to focus on some of the more botanical aspects of summer from this month’s release, so let’s get started with the details.

The new Butterfly Dreams set is absolutely spectacular. It features a variety of beautiful butterflies in various angles and sizes, paired with several poignant sentiments. I wanted to create an ethereal card, with lots of bright white and light colors-almost translucent. I began by heat embossing a couple of butterflies from Butterfly Dreams on some Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper, as well as one of the pansy swags from my Just A Note Pansy set, both with white pearl embossing powder. I used Gansai Tambi watercolors to add some soft color to the images and create a very dreamlike, almost secret garden feel.

For the background, I die cut a Laurel Leaves cover plate die from some white cardstock. I used a blending brush and the new Heather Paws-itively Saturated ink to lightly blend a periwinkle halo around the edges of a white A2 card base. I adhered the Laurel Leaves cover plate die cut on the blended card base using some liquid adhesive. The subtle ink blending behind the detailed cover plate die cut helps to keep things light and airy, but still allows the details in the die cut to be visible!

I cut the watercolored pansy in half so that I could layer it at each corner of the card front. I stamped a greeting from Butterfly Dreams using the new Iris Pawsi-itively Saturated ink, then arranged all of the components on the card front using foam adhesive. I love the combination of the watercolored florals with the white leafy background; it looks like a dreamy garden to me. The beautiful butterflies are the icing on the cake!

My second project for today features the beautiful new Sketched Daisy Bloom Hot Foil Plate as the focal point. As soon as I saw this pretty daisy, I knew that I wanted to pair it with some of the older hot foil plates. I used my Glimmer machine to hot foil the Sketched Daisy Bloom, Dancing Butterflies, and Sketched Anemone foil plates on white cardstock using Moondust foil. I love this iridescent aqua foil! I die cut each of the images using the coordinating dies, which are very conveniently included with the hot foil plates.

I die cut the background using the Ringlet Plate from some white cardstock to create a subtly textured background. I trimmed a couple of strips of coordinating teal cardstock and butted them against a strip of plain white cardstock, which I adhered to the die cut background using liquid adhesive. I used the same cardstock to die cut a few iridescent aqua sprigs to add a bit of extra color to the bouquet.

I arranged all of the elements on my die cut card front using both liquid and foam adhesive, adding a quick and simple sentiment from the new CZ Design Chill Summer sentiment strips. The final touch was to add a few iridescent white pearls for one last element of shine!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I hope you’ll check out the entire Let’s Chill release-so many wonderful goodies to see! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!