Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes Blog Hop-Day 2!

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

Hi friends! I am hopping along with Simon Says Stamp to celebrate their brand new Sweet Wishes release! You should have arrived here from Suzy Plantamura, and your next stop is Amy Rysavy. You can also start back at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog! This release is full of beautiful items with both seasonal and non-seasonal products, and I have been having fun playing around with color palettes for Christmas cards using the new embossing folders. My project for today features one of the gorgeous new embossing folder/die combo sets, as well as a beautiful new holiday sentiment set with the prettiest font. Let’s get started with the details!

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To start, I trimmed down a panel of Tonic Italian Rose cardstock to A2 size, then ran it through my die cutting machine with the new Brilliant Poinsettias Embossing Folder. If you haven’t tried pairing embossing folders with mirror foil cardstock, you’re really missing out…. the detail is absolutely incredible! Using my trimmer, I cut the embossed panel at a diagonal to create a unique diagonal strip across my card front. I tucked a strip of Champagne glitter cardstock on either side of the embossed panel, then popped it up on a panel of super pale peach cardstock using some foam adhesive squares.

After creating the unique diagonal background, I took advantage of the coordinating die for the Brilliant Poinsettias Embossing Folder combo, cutting a poinsettia from white cardstock, running it through my die cutting machine in the coordinating spot on the embossing folder, then using my OLO markers to color the die cut in shades of warm mauve that coordinated nicely with the embossed mirror cardstock. I also used a metallic rose gold paint marker to add some metallic detail to the center of the flower. I wanted to create a little holiday bouquet, so I die cut the Pointy Needle Pine Sprigs die set from some Lawn Fawn Pencil Eraser cardstock and arranged the die cuts on the card front using foam and liquid adhesive.

Finally, it was time to add the greeting. I stamped the “joy, love, peace this Christmas season” sentiments from the new Holiday Messages on some more Pencil Eraser cardstock, then heat embossed them with Platinum glitter embossing powder for added sparkle. I die cut the larger words with their coordinating die and popped them up on the card front using foam squares. Finally, I added some Lilac Pawsitively Dazzling Gems, which are a lovely chamelon pinky purple that picks up colors around it very nicely.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Now for some fun giveaway information:

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop, to be selected from each blog’s comment section. Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 16th of October and can email the Simon team to claim their prize!

Simon Says Stamp is also offering a fun gift-with-purchase promotion to make the blog hop extra special. Simply follow the instructions in the graphic included at the top of the post to receive your free gift with purchase!

Your next stop is Amy Rysavy. Don’t forget to check out the Simon Says Stamp Blog for even more inspiration from Day 1 of the hop! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Noel + A Peaceful Christmas Bird

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

HI friends! I am back with another project using a few of the beautiful new dies from Simon Says Stamp’s DieCember release! After creating projects with tons of color, I thought I’d shift gears a little and create a serene project with lots of greenery and muted colors. I thought that the lines on the new Snowbird die looked like leading from stained glass, so I decided to pair it with some vellum and greenery to create a little scene, almost like a stained glass ornament in a Christmas tree! Let’s get started with the details.

I began by die cutting the new Snowbird die from brown glitter cardstock. I then adhered it to some vellum using liquid adhesive and used my sharp scissors to cut around the edges, creating a solid background for my detailed glitter bird die cut. To embellish the little “branch” upon which my bird was nestled, I die cut the Pointy Pine Needle Sprigs dies from some Water Sprite mirror cardstock from Tonic, as well as the holly leaves and berries from the Two Stems & Berries die.

For the background, I ran a panel of white cardstock through my die cutting machine using the beautifully detailed Holly and Pine Embossing Folder. After I had created the embossed panel, I used Artichoke and Kale inks from Pawsitively Saturated Ink Trio # 21 with a blending brush to add lush green color to the background. I blended after embossing, rather than before, and that helped to enhance some of the embossed details so much more!

For the greeting, I had embossed the beautifuly sentiments from the Elegantly Modern Christmas hot foil plate set with Espresso Bean hot foil from Spellbinders, then used the Pinkfresh Studio Solid Hot Foil Plate to hot foil the negative space on the leftover foil, getting two sentiments from one piece of hot foil! I die cut the greeting with the coordinating die and nestled it amongst my bird and foliage arrangement. The final touch was to add a few Opal gems for a subtle hint of sparkle amongst the texture and shimmer!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I am mourning the fact that I only have 18 more days of industry-sanctioned crafty time ahead of me, though I will certainly keep going with my Songs of the Season series in the New Year to lessen the blow of putting away my holiday supplies. If you’re creating holiday cards, are you nearing the finish line? I have my photo cards in hand (which seems like cheating for a cardmaker), but I haven’t mailed them out yet. Not enough hours in the day, especially with sick kiddos and Christmas all happening simultaneously!

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