Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Snowflake Shaker Card with New Simon Says Stamp DieCember Goodies + FREE Gift With Purchase!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring some of the fabulous goodies from the new Simon Says Stamp DieCember release. I love a good shaker card; there’s something so festive and just plain fun about receiving a card that is filled with fantastic shaker bits and sequins. A shaker card always puts a smile on the recipient’s face, right? So it only makes sense to send Christmas Cheer with a super fun shaker card created with some creative die cutting and sparkling sequins. Let’s get started with the details!

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

I absolutely adore cover plates; they create such an enormous impact with one piece of cardstock and one pass through your die cutting machine. The new Starburst Plate is so beautifully intricate that I wanted to stretch that easily-created die cut even further by creating a die cut window with the negative space and a second card with the positive space! (More about that in a future post.) I began my project today by die cutting an A2 panel of white cardstock using the Starburst Plate, then placing the one of the Nested Domed Arches in the center of the die cut and running it through my die cutting machine again. I made sure to reserve the patterned, arched die cut for a future project, and backed the remaining negative piece with an A2 piece of acetate, creating a large, plain window to start my shaker card! I added an appropriately-sized Nested Domed Arches Frame die cut, cut from some Simon Says Stamp Silver Glitter Cardstock, creating a border around my window opening.

After creating my background, I used the previously-released Frosty snowman die with some colored cardstock to create the focal point for my project. The finished Frosty fits perfectly inside my arched window! I used the Simon Says Stamp 3D Foam Adhesive Strips around the edges of the back of my shaker front, then filled the entire shaker with some gorgeous and fun wintry sequins, adding a few plain red sequins to coordinate with the cheerful red scarf, mittens, and hat on my Frosty. I sealed up the shaker with a panel of plain white cardstock. I love how the sparkling sequins peek through the snowflake windows from the Starburst Plate die cut!!

For the greeting, I used my Minc Machine with Picket Fence Studios Red Flake foil to make the Reverse Holiday Greetings set look super shiny and festive. I trimmed the strip down and tucked it beneath my snowman with some more thin foam adhesive. Tucking the sentiment right beneath Frosty helps to ground him a bit so that he’s not floating in midair in my window!

Well, that’s all for my project today. Simon Says Stamp DieCember celebration is in full swing, and to make things even more special and fun, Simon Says Stamp is offering an exclusive freebie: Be of Good Cheer die set

You can receive this adorable Be of Good Cheer die set set from Tim Holtz with any $25 Tim Holtz purchase! Click HERE to check out all of the goodies eligible for the promotion!

I created a fairly quick tag using the sweet Santa die from Be of Good Cheer:

Some white embossed snowflakes on a cheerful red tag created the perfect backdrop for my happy Santa!

I added a few Peppermint Pawsitively Dazzling Gems, a cherry red bow, and a jingle bell to make things extra special.

Well, that’s all for me today. This fantastic freebie (valued at $16.99!) is only available while supplies last, so don’t wait! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and Happy DieCember!

Simon Says Stamp Gingermas Wonder Box Projects!

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

Hi friends! I have some super fun and sweet (pun intended) inspiration to share with you using products found in the Simon Says Stamp Gingermas Wonder Box, which is a 12 day crafty advent calendar filled with the most delightful assortment of coordinated goodies. If you’re curious about all of the different products included in this super fun box (that makes for a great gift!), you can see each day revealed below, including Day 3 from me, myself, and I!

You can see the adorable little treat box that I created, embellished with several items from the Gingermas Wonder Box, including a darling tag created with products from Day 1 and Day 2 of the box, as well as the sweet vintage Santa mug from Day 3, which I embellished with some red velvet Tim Holtz trim and a loop of white silk ribbon, which can easily be removed from the box and added to your Christmas tree!

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Since my project above focused primarily on the items from days 1, 2, and 3, I decided to use a few more of the products in the Gingermas Wonder Box to create a pair of gingerbread-themed projects!

I have recently fallen down the stitching rabbit hole, and so I was super excited to see the adorable Gingerbread Man die included in the Gingermas Wonder Box! I knew that I needed to make some decor with my newfound felt and embroidery floss collection, and naturally I had to add a coordinating card.

I have been slowly collecting items to use for embroidery, including small embroidery hoops and plain cloth that is easily stitched! I created a blank canvas upon which I could add my sweet gingerbread man, which I die cut from some deep brown felt. (He almost looks a little burnt, but I was going for a chocolate brown, poppy red, and white color palette!) I used coordinating deep brown embroidery floss to stitch him onto the white fabric in my embroidery hoop, then added the frosting details, his buttons (made from Black Pawsitively Dazzling Gems), and bowtie with liquid fabric glue.

After I had finished my gingerbread man, I die cut the Merry Word die from some black felt and adhered it to the embroidery hoop with some more fabric glue. To further embellish, I mimicked Gingy’s little bow tie with some red and white polka dot ribbon from my stash, sewing the bow just beneath the “merry” sentiment. I had a mishap with some hot glue as I was trying to clean up the fabric sticking out around the edges on the back of the embroidery hoop, so I decided to embellish around the edges of my hoop with the little Tim Holtz Christmas Confections candies that came in the Gingermas Wonder Box to cover it up. Finally, I added a touch of sparkle with some Peppermint Pawsitively Dazzling Gems! Wouldn’t this be adorable placed on a mantle or with a loop of ribbon as a wall hanging? I just love it!

Of course, I had to show a card option with the Gingerbread Man die, because not everybody likes to stitch! I used the negative space to create a shaker card, first by die cutting Gingy from the center of a panel of coordinating deep brown cardstock, slightly smaller than A2 sized, then backing that window with some clear acetate. I die cut the frosting details from white glitter cardstock and his little bowtie from some leftover red felt scraps that I had from my felt wall hanging above. I adhered the details to the acetate window and allowed them to dry.

To create the shaker portion of the card, I used Simon’s 3D Foam Strips to create a seamless border around the back side of the window. I used a second panel of the same deep chocolate brown cardstock to back my shaker window. I filled the shaker with Simon’s Starshine Embellishment Mix and sealed the shaker up. I added a simple greeting from the Reverse Holiday Greetings that I had foiled using Red Flake Toner Foil and my Minc machine. These sentiment cards are a great way to add a simple and elegant greeting very quickly to your card! If you’re mass-producing anything, you should definitely take a look at them! Finally, I used a white gel pen to add some simple stitching details to the edge of the shaker window panel, to add one more little touch of white and break up the monochromatic background.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! If you are interest the Gingermas Wonder Box, don’t wait to purchase it, because it is almost sold out!! Luckily, Simon Says Stamp has each of the individual products included in the box in their store, so you can pick and choose what you would like to purchase if you don’t want the entire thing. Options are always a good idea, right? Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Sweet Sunflower Gift Set Using New Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes Release!

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

Hi friends! Have you checked out the Sweet Wishes Release from Simon Says Stamp yet? It is full of beautiful products perfect for tons of seasonal crafting, including your fall crafting! Now, I am of the generation that was fairly obsessed with sunflowers. Something happened during the early 90’s that meant that sunflowers were everywhere, and my mom even redecorated my room with a sunflower theme for my 8th or 9th birthday. I had sunflower border wallpaper, a woven sunflower throw, even a sunflower lampshade! I’ve always loved sunflowers, with their cheerful yellow petals contrasted with the deep black-brown centers. When I saw the new Autumn Sunflower die set, I immediately went to town creating some fun projects that are a little outside of my normal wheelhouse, including a sweet canvas bag decorated with some (very old) wool felt. Let’s get started with the details!

*I have linked all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Because I have been making so very many cards over the last year or so, I have recently found myself wanting to expand my crafty interests. I have always loved being crafty in a variety of ways, from baking and cake decorating to jewelry making and scrapbooking, and so when I came across some old rolls of felt, I knew that I wanted to put them to use to make something a bit more lasting than a simple greeting card that can easily be tossed away. I paired the new Autumn Sunflower die with some marvelous foliage dies from the Simon Says Stamp catalog to create these lovely autumnal arrangements made of both paper and felt!

To start my paper project, I began by die cutting the new Autumn Sunflower die set, as well as the Tuscan Olive Branch die and the Grand Corner Leaves die from plain white cardstock. I then used OLO markers to add some muted autumnal colors, using a variety of warm greens that closely matched my muted herb green cardstock, using the muted greens to help that lovely pastel yellow sunflower pop!

Before arranging my flower and foliage on my A7 card front, I first used a blending brush to blend some Kale Pawsitively Saturated Ink on the center of my herb green card front. I also splattered the background with some beautiful shimmering glitter watercolors, adding both texture and shine behind the floral arrangement. I used both foam adhesive squares and liquid adhesive to add the colored die cuts, then heat embossed a greeting from the new Sketched Leaves stamp set using Platinum Glitter embossing powder. I die cut the greeting with its’ coordinating die, popped it up with a double layer of foam adhesive to make it extra visible, then added a double twine bow and some new Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for added sparkle. (Don’t sleep on those new neutral Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. They’re spectacular and work with so many different color palettes!)

For my second project, I used the exact same dies (the Autumn Sunflower dies, the Tuscan Olive Branch dies, and the Grand Corner Leaves dies) as on the card, this time cutting the images in some felt that I have had in my stash for forever. I used some gold embroidery thread to stitch the two layers of the flower center together, also adding some seed beads from my stash to add extra interest and shine to the flower. This was the first time I’ve ever really worked with fabric, and I am absolutely delighted with how it came out!

After I had die cut all of the components for the floral spray, I used Beacon fabric glue to add the images in a little floral spray on the corner of a plain canvas bag. The glue worked beautifully to add these felted images, and the ease of this process has my wheels turning for more projects along a similar vein. So many fun possibilities for projects that are more substantial and lasting than a card!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. I have so much more inspiration to share with you using the new Sweet Wishes Release from Simon Says Stamp, including two videos, so be sure to check back again soon. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Epic Embossing Folder Flowers with NEW Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember products!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring some of the goooorgeous new products from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release! If you haven’t heard, STAMPtember is a month-long party in which we celebrate our collective love of stamping. There are limited edition collaboration sets released nearly every day of the month that feature our favorite brands, as well as tons of fun surprises sprinkled throughout the month! Today, I am featuring one of the utterly gorgeous embossing folders that was released as part of the Simon Says Stamp brand release for this month: Delicate Blooms. I absolutely love coloring embossing folders with coloring mediums, and the depth that you can achieve with alcohol markers on these super detailed embossing folders is absolutely incredible. Let’s get started with the details!

I began my project by embossing a panel of white cardstock using the new Delicate Blooms embossing folder. I selected some rich and vivid magenta and plum Copic markers, as well as some muted bottle green markers for the gorgeous foliage. I love the combination of the opulent purple-pink of the blooms paired with the gentle greens. I used some acrylic paint markers to add the flower centers; the opacity of the acrylic markers helps the flower centers to pop from the vibrant flowers. To further enhance the subtle area around the blooms and help the vivid flowers pop, I used a blending brush to blend Aspen Pawsitively Saturated Ink around the edges. This pale shade of muted green worked beautifully to subtly enhance the greenery of the bouquet and allow those blooms to take center stage!

The new STAMPtember release has several “extras” in it, including these new Reverse You sentiment strips. All of the sentiment strips from Simon Says Stamp are super handy to have in your craft room, simply because they make adding a sentiment so efficient and simple! I find it particularly fun to pair these toner-printed sheets with toner-reactive foil and run it through my Minc machine. For the sentiment for today’s project, I used DecoFoil Rose Quartz toner-reactive foil to create a lovely, subtly metallic coordinating sentiment strip to use in conjunction with the new Fancy You die.

To finish off the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the new Fancy You die from some Rose Gold glitter cardstock and the shadow layer from vellum. I adhered the sentiment pieces to the finished card front with some thin foam adhesive squares. I tucked a twine bow beneath the greeting to add some extra texture and finished it off with some sparkling Lilac Pawsitively Dazzling Gems.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Don’t forget that each day at noon, Eastern time, a new, limited edition STAMPtember collaboration set will be released over on the Simon Says Stamp website. It’s a surprise each day as to which company is being featured that day, so be sure to set your alarm to remember to check out the website. It’s a good idea to act quickly on purchasing these limited edition collaboration sets, because once they’re gone, they’re gone!

To sweeten the deal, Heidi has offered a fabulous deal: spend over $25 and use code FRSHP to receive free USA shipping!!! Isn’t that amazing?! Free shipping makes it so much easier to shop, doesn’t it? Offer is valid for a limited time, so take advantage while you can! I have plans to use some of the new collaboration sets later throughout the month, but I’m just going to tell you right now, there are some absolutely darling sets this year… You won’t want to miss out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Using Simple Masks to Create Small Scenes!

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

Hi friends! I have a pair of princess projects using the absolutely darling Once Upon A Time stamp set designed by the incredibly talented Alberto Gava. This stamp set features so many of our favorite fairytale princesses and accessories to visually tell their stories! I have mentioned in previous posts that I have difficulty building scenes with “cute” sets like this; for some reason, my brain finds it difficult to build a design on a completely blank canvas. However, I have found a way to overcome this difficulty with the diffferent masks and stencil sets from Simon Says Stamp. I can use these masks to “shrink” the canvas, which helps me concoct the little scenes a bit more easily. Let’s get started on the details for my projects!

For both of my projects, I stamped several of the images from the Once Upon A Time set, creating elements for a Cinderella scene and a Rapunzel scene. As a super girly mom of three boys and one girl, I am so glad that my daughter loves princesses as much as I do! In fact, she told me that she was stealing this stamp set from me when I was finished with it, the stinker. I stamped the images from Rapunzel using Rainbow Splash Black ink from Simon Says Stamp, and Contour Ink for the Cinderella images so that I could do both outline and no-line coloring. I used both Copic and OLO markers for these images; the OLO color palette fills some of the holes in the Copic color spectrum very nicely, particularly in the purple range!

For my Cinderella card, I placed one of the Circle Masks stencils on my A2 white card front, offsetting the stencil slightly to create a balance the large castle image that I had stamped and colored. I used a sticky mat to keep my stencil in place while blending; these tools make it super simple to create stenciled images without having to worry about your stencils shifting while blending! I used blending brushes to blend Heather and Sky Pawsitively Saturated Inks on my background, also splattering the masked area with some glittery handmade watercolors.

After I had finished blending and splattering my background, I used the same glittery watercolors to add some shimmering details to Cinderella’s dress. (Do you follow @hnicholsillustration on Instagram? If not, you totally should… her illustrations are phenomenal. She adds metallic accents to her dresses all the time and they look marvelous!) I arranged my die cuts on the card front, using the blended circle to ground my little scene, and I popped them all up using foam adhesive for extra dimension and interest, adding a black embossed die cut greeting with a double layer of foam tape to help it pop. Finally, I added some Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for extra sparkle!

For my second card, I used a brighter color palette, in keeping with the bright cheerfulness that exudes from the Rapunzel character in Disney’s Tangled. I centered one of the A2 Masks stencils on my A2 white card front, then used blending brushes to blend Fairway and Marine inks, giving the illusion of both grass and sky behind my die cuts. This is a super simple way to trick your recipient into “seeing” that background without having to go to the trouble of drawing individual pieces of grass!

I arranged the die cuts on my blended background, allowing them to spill over the edges of the blended areas a bit to keep things interesting. I tucked the stamped and die cut sentiment beneath the tree, finally finishing everything off with some Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for extra sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. You might see some more projects using this set from me, but then again you might not…. my daughter has taken custody of it, and I will have to try to get it back from her, lol! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!