Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

picket fence studios

Pinkfresh Studio August 2019 Release+Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! Today is the Pinkfresh Studio August Release Blog Hop! Pinkfresh Studio has some beautiful floral stamp and die designs being released for this month, and we are celebrating with a fantastic blog hop full of lots of inspiration! You should have arrived here from Dawn McVey’s blog, and your next stop is Heather Hoffman’s blog. I have two projects to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

I began by die cutting the Modern Blooms die from some white card stock. I then used two different shades of pink and two different shades of green ink with some small blending brushes to create some color and definition on the individual flowers. I die cut the same Modern Blooms die twice more from white card stock and adhered them all together to create one large dimensional die cut.

After I had adhered my blended dimensional die cut to a navy blue panel of A2 cardstock, I added a sentiment with the Beautiful word die. I die cut it first from white card stock, then adhered it to some vellum and fussy cut around the edge to create a bit of a haze around the edge. This vellum haze helps to differentiate the detail of the die cut from the super detailed dimensional die cut background. I also added a stamped greeting from Flower Garden stamped on a strip of white cardstock using navy blue ink. The final touch was to add a few sparkling gems for a bit of shine!

For my second project, I used my favorite stamp set from this release: Flower Garden with the absolutely gorgeous Pinkfresh Studio Liquid Watercolors. The amount of detail in this stamp set is just divine; it’s so beautiful in so many mediums, but the stunning, super vibrant colors of the Liquid Watercolors were a perfect pair with this stamp set. I began by heat embossing the stamp set in white on some watercolor paper. I then used just four shades of watercolors to add color to my panel: Bubble Gum, Candy Apple, Key Lime, and Sapphire. I diluted the colors down to begin with, adding very light washes on the images themselves, and going back later to add more concentrated shading and depth.

After I’d finished my watercoloring, I white embossed a greeting from No One Compares To You on some more navy blue cardstock that I’d die cut into a circle. The sentiment was not quite large enough to cover the entirety of the circle, as well as covering up a bit more of the watercolored panel than I liked, so I trimmed the sides down a bit to create a sort of rounded rectangle. I adhered it using some foam adhesive, then added a few more gems for a touch of sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! We have some fun giveaways and promotions to help celebrate the latest Pinkfresh Studio release:

Pinkfresh Studio will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog, as well as on the @pinkfreshstudio IG feed. Be sure to check them both out to get entered to win!

Each stop on the blog hop will be giving away a $25 gift card, as well. The winners for each stop will be chosen from the comments left on the blogs and announced on the Pinkfresh Studio blog on Monday, Sept 2nd on the GIVEAWAY PAGE. To win, please check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks!

New Release Promotions: for all orders $100+, shoppers will receive free shipping within the United States without a code. The shipping will be discounted automatically.

We will also be offering a free die with any purchase while supplies last.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Your next stop is Heather Hoffman’s blog. You can also find the full hop list below:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

No-line watercoloring with Picket Fence Studios

Hi there! Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted something that I made just for fun. Busy busy busy!! This week is a slow one on my blog… I’m somehow ahead of schedule prepping for this year’s Creativation, so I thought that I would share this project that I made using one of the gorgeous stamp sets from Picket Fence Studios!



As you might have guessed, watercoloring is just about my favorite thing. When I want to relax, I pull out my watercolors and a pretty flower stamp and just play. Adding the layers, seeing how much depth I can achieve using my paints… I just love it. No-line watercoloring adds a bit of challenge to it and makes my brain do a little jig. Did you know that, in addition to those friggin amaaaaazing Life Changing Blending Brushes, Picket Fence Studios also sells a line of beautifully detailed stamps?

I began by stamping the gorgeous Rose Bouquet stamp using Ink On 3 Fadeout Ink on a panel of Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper. I have found that the Arches works quite well with the Ink On 3 fadeout ink. Some combinations of paper and coloring medium can do a little feathering, and I have plans to do a video discussing this at some point in the near future. I taped my stamped watercolor paper down to a cutting board to prevent warping, then began watercoloring with my Daniel Smith watercolors. (I’ll link individual colors in the link list at the end of the post.)

After I’d finished watercoloring, I used Versafine and clear embossing powder to add a simple sentiment from the Rose Bouquet stamp set. The clear embossing powder over the top of the stamped greeting really helps it to pop off of the page amongst the colorful watercoloring. It still needed something, but instead of my usual sequins or gems, I decided to do some artistic paint splatters. I diluted the same Daniel Smith colors that I’d used to paint the roses with a great deal of water, then used a paintbrush to pick up some color and artfully flick it onto the watercolor card stock. The clear embossing powder on the greeting helped to keep the sentiment nice and crisp, and the flicks of color helped to add a little interest to the white spaces outside of the watercoloring. A couple of strips of black card stock at the top and bottom of the watercolored panel finished it off.

Well, that’s all for me today! Once the Creativation craziness has subsided, I hope to get back to filming more videos for my own channel. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!