Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Craft Your Life Project Kit: Feathered Lilies Blog Hop+Giveaway!

Hi there! Today, Altenew is adding the Feathered Lilies to their Craft Your Life Project Kit lineup, and we’re celebrating with a blog hop! You should have arrived here from Teri Wilson and your next stop is Mindy Eggen. You can also start back at the Altenew Blog if you get lost! This month’s kit is absolutely gorgeous. The main image from Feathered Lilies is gigantic, and so, so fun to color! Here’s a peek at this month’s kit:

I love that all of the components work beautifully individually but seamlessly together. And check out how massive that coordinating die is!! Wowzers! If you are finding these kits irresistible month after month, you can always subscribe to ensure that you get first dibs on them when they’re released and, bonus, you get them at a discount with your subscription! Check out the details here. I chose to do some Copic coloring with those gigantic flowers, so let’s get started with the details!

I began this project by stamping the large main image in the corner of a white A2 card panel using Copic-friendly black ink. I was in need of some artistic “comfort food” recently, so I chose my all-time favorite Copic blend for pinks: RV99, RV69, RV17, RV09 and went to town on these huge flowers. The bigger the flower, the more fun they are to color! (If coloring isn’t your thing, the kit includes some fabulous layering stencils, as well.) I colored the foliage using BG75, YG45, YG41, G12. Don’t be afraid to mix your color families; they just take a little extra care when blending.

I die cut the finished colored image using the gigantic coordinating die. I love that they included a coordinating die for the entirety of the large image, so that you can orient it any direction you want and still have those crisp die cut edges!

I blended some Minty Mint and Sweet Leaf inks on the corner of an A2 white card base using blending brushes, then adhered the colored floral die cut using Instant Dimension Foam Tape. Having die cut the image exactly in the corner of the card made placement super simple-just match it up with the corner! I added a greeting from the Feathered Lilies stamp set using Obsidian ink. The pigment ink showed up perfectly crisp over the top of the blended ink in the corner!

Well, that’s all for my project today. Now for the giveaway details!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 01/18/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 01/20/2022.

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

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Vintage Tapestry Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hi there! Altenew is releasing their newest Craft Your Life Project Kit today, and I’m super excited to be helping introduce the absolutely stunning new Vintage Tapestry kit! We are, of course, having a blog hop to inspire you, and you can start at the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog. You should have arrived here from LauraJane, and your next stop is Teresa Litchfield. This month’s Project Kit is an absolute stunner (aren’t they always, though?)… if you love layered stamping, this kit is totally for you! Here’s a peek at the kit:

Vintage beauty in a classic style! Create gorgeous vintage print-inspired projects using this Vintage Tapestry kit! This kit contains a beautiful 3-dimensional embossing folder, a 6×8 layering stamp set, a 4-piece layering stencil set, and a matching die set to cut all the pieces from the stamp set and the layering stencil set.

These kits frequently sell out and take a few weeks to restock, but you can avoid having to wait by subscribing to the Craft Your Life kit, and bonus-get 14% off of the regular price with your subscription!

My project today features lots of my favorite things: detailed stamping, pops of color, white on white, lots of subtle texture. I loved so many of the finished blooms in the new Vintage Tapestry kit that it only made sense to use the larger canvas of the slimline card to show them off!

I began by stamping and stenciling the various blooms on some crisp white cardstock using a wide variety of inks from Altenew’s ink line, keeping the colors rich but somewhat muted. I used the understated Fall Harvest, Tranquility, and Nature’s Wonders ink families, then added a vivid pop of color using the Rose Petal inks for the large cabbage roses and anemones. Those blue stenciled delphiniums have my heart though… I love the graceful, fluid lines that they add to the bouquet! I die cut all of the finished inked pieces with the coordinating dies, included in the kit.

Because I had such an abundance of beautiful flowers to arrange, I trimmed down a slimline card base (3.5″x8.5″) and used the 3D embossing folder (included in the kit) to emboss the beautiful tapestry images on just the opposing corners of the white card base. It puts me in mind of some beautiful lacy tapestry or wedding gown. So gorgeous.

Next, I die cut a Thinking of You die twice from some white cardstock, adhering them together to create a dimensional die cut. I arranged the floral bouquets around the die cut greeting, using an uneven number of elements on either side to keep things visually interesting. I adhered them with Instant Dimension Foam Tape (adding a touch of liquid adhesive to the foam tape to ensure that they stuck firm to the dimensional embossed card base). The final touch was to add a few yellow gems to tie into the yellow flowers in the arrangement. A lovely springy bouquet fit for all kinds of occasions!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/18/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/20/2021.

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

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Elegant Motifs Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hi there! Altenew has another knock-your-socks off Craft Your Life Project Kit this month, called Elegant Motifs! You should have arrived here from Tenia Nelson, and your next stop is Mindy Eggen. You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog if you get lost! These Craft Your Life kits are absolutely chock full of product, and I particularly love that each product coordinates with the others beautifully, but they can also be used just as easily as standalone products or combined with other products! Here’s a peek at this month’s kit:

This kit features a large 6×8 stamp set, coordinating dies, layering stencils and masks, and a gorgeous full-size slimline 3D embossing folder. So much great product that you can use again and again with so many unique possibilities and combinations! These kits are absolutely fabulous and sell out quickly, so if you want to be guaranteed a kit of your own each month (and at a discount!), be sure to subscribe! I couldn’t resist coloring these one of the beautiful little floral nosegays for today’s project, so let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping one of the images from the Elegant Motifs stamp set using black ink, then used colored pencils to color the image a vivid pink. I die cut the image with the coordinating die, included in the kit.

I wanted to use the slimline 3D embossing folder without creating a full size slimline card, so I trimmed a 3″x5.5″ panel of white cardstock down, centered it over the design in the slimline 3D embossing folder, and ran it through my die cut machine to create a textured panel for the center of my card front. I cut some slim strips of black glitter cardstock and adhered them to the back of the embossed panel, just slightly peeking out from each side to create a glittering black mat. I adhered these pieces to the center of a deep pink, A2 card front using Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

Next, I die cut a few white branches of foliage using the Berries and Branches die set to help fill out the floral bouquet. I adhered the penciled flower to the card front, then added a black die cut “thanks” (cut using the Script Words 2 dies), as well as a “dear friend” stamped using a sentiment from the Elegant Motifs stamp set. Finally, I added a few shiny metallic gemstones for some sparkle!

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

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 11/18/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 11/20/2021.

Your next stop on the hop is Mindy Eggen. Thanks so much for reading, and have a marvelous day!

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Garden Rose Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hi there! Altenew is releasing another addition to their Craft Your Life Project Kit line: welcome to the family, Garden Rose! You should have arrived here from Seeka, and your next stop is Joy Baldwin. You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog (where I have a couple of extra projects to show off this new kit!). This new kit features a large stamp set, coordinating dies, 3D embossing folder, and stencils/masks, which include a fun stencil with some diagonal stripes and some large sentiments in a lovely font. Here’s a sneak peek at this month’s kit:

I love that you have the option for outline stamping to do some coloring, or layered stamping, or even combining the layered stamps with the stencils and masks! These kits are absolutely fabulous and sell out quickly, so if you want to be guaranteed a kit of your own each month (and at a discount!), be sure to subscribe! I couldn’t resist coloring these stunning blooms for today’s project, so let’s get started with the details!

I have a watercolored project showing off the incredible detail of the 3D embossing folder of the new Garden Rose kit. Let’s get started with the details!

I began by running the 3D embossing folder from the Garden Rose kit with a panel of heavy duty watercolor paper through my die cut machine. The heavy duty paper holds up beautifully with the super detailed folder, and looks gorgeous in just plain white, too! I used my Daniel Smith watercolors in beautiful shades of pink, deep magenta, hunter green, and intense, vivid blue to add lots of vibrant color to the card front. The raised embossing makes it super easy to get lots of detail with your watercoloring. You have to treat it like no-line coloring; keep your wet sections separate from your dry sections to maintain those crisp edges.

Next, I heat embossed a greeting from the Garden Rose kit on some coordinating hunter green cardstock using white embossing powder. I trimmed it down and matted it on some beautiful cobalt blue glitter cardstock, then popped it up on the watercolored 3D card base.

The final step was to add a few iridescent gems to the card for an extra bit of sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today! (I have another pair of pink, blue, and white projects up on the Altenew blog, if you want to check them out, too!) Now, to celebrate this release, Altenew is sponsoring some fantastic prizes:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/18/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/20/2021.

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

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Hello Beautiful Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hi there! Today, Altenew is releasing the latest in their Craft Your Life Project Kit series: Hello Beautiful! You should have arrived here from Dana Joy, and your next stop is Amanda Baldwin. You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog! This month’s kit is absolutely stunning, with large, gorgeous flowers in a variety of arrangements and extra foliage. Here’s a peek at the goodies in this month’s kit:

In this month’s kit, you’ll receive the large 6×8 stamp set, coordinating dies, 3D embossing folder, and layering stencil set. They work seamlessly as individual products or together to achieve fantastic results! These kits are absolutely fabulous and sell out quickly, so if you want to be guaranteed a kit of your own each month (and at a discount!), be sure to subscribe! I couldn’t resist coloring these stunning blooms for today’s project, so let’s get started with the details!

I love big blooms and I cannot lie. Getting down into the nooks and crannies of a large bloom and using 5-6 Copic markers just for one flower just makes my heart so happy. I began my project today by stamping a pattern on a slimline card base using the blooms in the Hello Beautiful kit, stamped at different angles all over the card, some flowing off the side to create the look of a panel of patterned paper. I used no-line coloring ink so that I could get that no-line look. I used Copic markers in shades of deep, peachy-coral and beautiful bottle green to color the images.

Once I had colored all of the images, I wanted to kick it up a notch. Rather than leaving the patterned panel flat, as though it were one piece of patterned paper, I used the coordinating dies to cut each colored image out. Because I had stamped some of the images off of the panel, I was able to easily place them on another slimline card base in approximately the same positions that they had been on the previous panel. I used Instant Dimension Foam Tape to pop them up and add that little extra pop of dimension to the card base. I love the subtle addition of texture that popping up the white-edged die cuts on the white card base adds to the card. So much texture and dimension, but still looks so clean and crisp!

For the greeting, I used the Handwritten Hello die, cut twice from some deep green cardstock and adhered together to give it a little extra height and make the super-thin and delicate die cut a touch sturdier. I also stamped one of the greetings from the Hello Beautiful stamp set on a strip of white cardstock using some Hunter Green ink. I adhered the greetings on the card front with a landscape orientation. So much subtle dimension on this card, but the crisp white background and pops of color from the flowers are basically my favorite!

Now for some fun giveaway information!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/18/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/20/2021.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Your next stop is Amanda Baldwin. Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy hopping!