Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Simon Says Stamp October 2025 Card Kit of the Month!

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

Hi friends! I have some inspiration to share with you today using the new Simon Says Stamp October 2025 Card Kit of the Month: Fall Vibes! This month’s kit is so unique and full of fun products that you can use to create a ton of different cards using just the contents of the kit! Here’s a sneak peek at the kit’s contents:

Such a unique kit, right? Each different element is so unique, but they work so nicely together! I have two projects to share with you created using the contents of the kit, so let’s get started with the details!

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The “Fall Vibes” theme stuck in my head when brainstorming ideas for these projects, so I decided to keep things decidedly “fall” and stick with a color that doesn’t get a lot of love in my craft room: orange! I have a friend who has the most marvelous pumpkin patch, growing over 75 varieties of pumpkin (more power to her and her green thumb!), so I was inspired by the shades of the round gourds gracing her fields to create a stenciled shaker, as well as take advantage of the gorgeous metallic kraft cardstock from Tim Holtz that was included in the kit.

For my first project, I ran an A2 panel of the gorgeous pumpkin-colored Tim Holtz Metallic Kraft Stock through my die cutting machine using the Modern Loop Embossing Folder included in the kit. Metallic and foil cardstocks work so beautifully with detailed embossing folders like this one; the shining surface of the cardstock seems to enhance the texture of the embossed images to perfection! Next, I heat embossed a greeting from the new A2 Grid Basics stamp set included with the kit onto some Creamsicle cardstock from the kit. I trimmed the embossed image out with my trimmer, but you could use the coordinating dies (which are sold separately). I trimmed the embossed panel down slightly and placed it in the center of a full-sized A2 Creamsicle card front. To frame the sentiment, I used Multi-Medium Matte adhesive to adhere one of the Tim Holtz Photo Frames on the textured foil panel, then added the greeting with some foam adhesive squares. Finally, I added a few Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for a bit of extra sparkle!

For my second card, I used Pucker, Clay, Cantaloupe, and Woodsy Pawsitively Saturated Ink to blend the fabulous Pumpkin Patch stencil on a panel of Ivory A2 cardstock from the kit. The generously-sized pumpkins make it easy to add some additional shading details, creating shape and dimension on these pumpkins! The Black Stamp and Stencil Mat included with the kit made super quick work of those layering stencils, as well. Such a useful tool! I used some leftover stamp packaging to create a pocket around the entire panel, then filled it with Sea Star Embellishments, keeping with my overall orange theme. Once I had my flat shaker sealed off, I die cut the detail layer of the previously-released Simple Thanks die from the orange metallic kraft cardstock included with the kit and backed it with a coordinating shade of deep, warm gray cardstock to allow the shiny orange die cut to pop from the colorful background. I popped up the greeting with some foam adhesive, then added a shiny metallic orange twine bow to the card front for a bit of added texture!

Well, that’s all for my projects today!

The Simon Says Stamp Card Kits are such an incredible value; the value of the individual elements of each kit equals far more than the $44.99 price tag, so you’re getting incredible bang for your buck. If you are consistently interested in the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month, you can sign up HERE to become a subscriber for an even bigger discount on these carefully curated products. As always, Simon also makes each individual element of the kits available a la carte, so that you can pick and choose what you would like to purchase if buying the entire kit isn’t really your thing. Who can say no to such incredible value though, right?

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

Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes Release-Now Available!

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

Hi friends! Simon Says Stamp has a new release available right now, and it’s fabulous! The Sweet Wishes Release is filled with lots of transitional products, featuring lovely florals perfect for these warm, late summer/early autumn days, truly autumnal items, and then a smattering of holiday products to jumpstart your holiday creativity! I have a pair of projects using the darling new Autumn Arrangement die set, a standalone die set that you can use to create the sweetest little pumpkin patch. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

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The dainty little pumpkins, foliage, and flowers in the new Autumn Arrangement die set are just small enough that you can use multiples of them to create a substantial arrangement but also large enough that a single pumpkin can make a nice impact on a smaller canvas, like a tag! I’ve been loving the unusually-colored pumpkins lately, so I pulled out some peach, white, and warm rosy pink cardstock, along with some warm spring green and did lots of die cutting. Sometimes, a good half hour of repetitive die cutting is good for your mental health.

I knew that I wanted to create a miniature pumpkin patch, so I die cut a trio of pumpkins in white, peach, and that warm rosy pink, cutting a variety of florals in the same shades, as well. I used a rose gold metallic paint marker to quickly dot the center of the flowers, then embossed a greeting onto a rectangle of white cardstock from Give Thanks & Eat Pie using a coordinating shade of rose gold metallic embossing powder. I trimmed down a rectangle of vellum and arranged the pumpkins, flowers, and foliage, using the sentiment as the ground for my scene.

After I had arranged the die cuts and sentiment on the vellum, I ran a panel of white A2 cardstock through my die cut machine using the Basket Weave Embossing Folder to add some neutral texture behind the pumpkins. I flipped over my vellum panel and added some thin foam adhesive squares behind the solid die cuts, placing it in the center of the textured, embossed background. Before adhering the card front to the card base, I wrapped a length of rose gold sparkle twine around the card base and added a pretty bow, which I think adds some lovely texture and sparkle to the card. Finally, I added a smattering of the new Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems (there are a bunch of new neutral colors of these Pawsitively Dazzling Gems that were released tonight, but the Gold and Opal are tied for my favorite!!).

One of the great things about a die cutting marathon is having tons of die cuts with which to play! I decided to create a delicate little tag with some of the leftovers, adding some more texture with the Double Plaid Die. I started by die cutting the scalloped tag from Tag Adornments twice from some super pale peach cardstock that worked nicely with the color palette for my pumpkin and flowers. Because my die cutting plate is rather scratched up, I adhered the two together with the scratched sides facing each other to create a clean surface upon which to write!

After I had created the tag base, I die cut the Double Plaid die from white cardstock, then placed the same scalloped die in the center of the plaid pattern to align it precisely where I wanted it, then ran it through my die cutting machine. I then adhered the patterned tag die cut to the tag base using liquid adhesive, with perfectly matched edges! I arranged the little white pumpkin and flowers from Autumn Arrangement on the front of the tag using liquid and foam adhesive, then added a sparkly twine loop for hanging. How cute would this tag be on a “little pumpkin” themed baby gift?

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Be sure to check out the entirety of the Sweet Wishes Release, because there are some items that are sure to sell out super quickly! And don’t forget to come back for the fabulous blog hop this weekend. The inspiration is sure to be stupendous throughout the hop! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Pumpkin to Talk About with Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember!

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

Hi friends! I have a project to share with you today that was one of my most favorites that I created for the Simon Says Stamp-brand STAMPtember release using the absolutely gorgeous Pumpkin to Talk About. This large background stamp is made up of pumpkin atop pumpkin, with beautiful details that work splendidly with or without intricate coloring! I decided to go all-in and color an entire A2 background doing some no-line Copic coloring, creating a field of pumpkins with a variety of shades of orange. I don’t know that my YO and O Copics have ever gotten such a workout! Let’s get started with the details.

I started my project by stamping the background image from the Pumpkin to Talk About onto a panel of white cardstock using Contour Ink, then used a large portion of the orange Copic markers in my collection to color the pumpkins different shades of orange. For the lightest pumpkins, I didn’t have quite the right shade of deeper sunrise orange marker to create good contrast without compromising the overall lightness of the pumpkin, so I pulled out some colored pencils and added some shading on the most deeply shadowed spots.

Because I had worked so hard on coloring the background of my card, I wanted to keep the greeting as simple as possible. I white heat embossed a sentiment from Pumpkin to Talk About onto some burnt orange cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die. I also die cut a super delicate frame and shadow layer from Flaming Orange glitter cardstock and vellum. To add a little extra dimension on the sentiment, I used some thin foam dots to pop up the greeting die cut in the center of the vellum rectangle, then adhered the sentiment in the center of the colored card front.

To keep everything as simplistic and symmetrical as possible, I added two small Mandarin Pawsitively Dazzling Gems on either side of the sentiment. It adds a little bit of sparkle to accent the tone-on-tone greeting but still allows the colored background to be the star of the show!

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Well, thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!