Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Simon Says Stamp Sending Cheer Blog Hop- Day 2 + Freebie + Giveaway!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I am so excited to be hopping along with my friends at Simon Says Stamp to celebrate their new Sending Cheer Release! (Click HERE to see everything!) You should have arrived here from Nina-Marie Trapani, and your next stop isSandi MacIver. You can also start at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog!

I just love Christmas crafting. I love the colors, the excuse to use excessive sparkle and shine, the imagery, the textures… I can’t get enough. My love of Christmas meshes nicely with my love of coordinated gift sets, and it is with that in mind that I created this festive set of tags and a matching holiday card using new (and old!) dies. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

The new Beautiful Bows embossing folder with coordinating dies was an immediate favorite of mine from this release. I absolutely love the incredible detail and texture that the embossing folder provides, and the option to create die cut embossed bows just adds to the versatility of this product! Now, embossing on regular cardstock is gorgeous, but embossing on foil cardstock is absolute magic. I used Simon Says Stamp’s Matte Red Metallic cardstock with the Beautiful Bows folder and dies and it is *perfection* for Christmas! I created a detailed and sparkling holiday card filled with texture and layers, then created two very simple-but-effective tags that coordinate perfectly with the card!

For the card, I die cut some sparkling silver glitter bells using the new Bells dies, which come in multiple sizes and are just simple enough that you can embellish without restraint! I created a background with the timeless Thread Plaid embossing folder and Simon Says Stamp’s Fog cardstock, embellished with some strips of red glitter and silver foil cardstock at the bottom. I created a dimensional die cut greeting with the spectacular Timeless Merry Christmas die, cutting twice from plain white cardstock and adding a top layer of red glitter cardstock to give it lots of dimension and sparkle. I arranged the bells and the die cut red foil Beautiful Bows, then filled out the arrangement with matte silver foil Budding Branches die cuts. Multiple textures of specialty paper helps add to the luxury of the card! I finished the card off by adding bejeweled “berries” to the foliage with Cherry Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. I just love how this card turned out, and it would look so pretty in so many different color ways!!

For the tags, I took advantage of the variety of sizes included with the new Bells die set and paired them with more of the gorgeous embossed, die cut red foil Beautiful Bows. I die cut both sizes of bells from silver glitter cardstock, as well as a small tag from the previously-released Rounded Tags die set, cut from Simon Says Stamp’s Lipstick Red cardstock. I layered the bows atop the silver glitter bells; I think the pop of shiny red looks wonderful against the sparkling silver glitter cardstock!

To create the folded tag for the larger silver bell, I used a folded piece of cardstock and placed the same size Bells die on it, making sure that the fold was below the top of the bell so that the die created a shaped card! I adhered the silver glitter bell to the folded tag with liquid adhesive and added the smaller silver glitter bell and bow to the red tag with foam adhesive. Finally, I added some silver cord to allow for easy application to a holiday gift! These tags are simple, but they are so very festive and, I think, very elegant, like something from an upscale stationery store!

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

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to one lucky winner from every stop on the hop! The winners will be selected from each blog’s comment section. Winners will be selected and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog!

On top of the giveaway, Simon Says Stamp is also running a special freebie! You can receive the not-yet-released Hedge Hugs stamp set for free with any purchase from the Sending Cheer collection! (Click HERE!) No code necessary; the free set will be added to your cart automatically with any purchase from Sending Cheer!

Your next stop is Sandi MacIver. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Heaven and Nature Sing with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring the fabulous new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice release (click HERE to see the entire release!), putting the Frosty Tree Gathering and Frosty Tree Trio dies to use to create a little matching card and gift tag ensemble! The Frosty Tree Gathering is the big sister to the Frosty Tree Trio die set, and I love how they can be used separately or simultaneously to create beautifully graphic nature imagery. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

All of my projects today take advantage of that gorgeous new Seafoam cardstock, that perfect pale Tiffany blue. I love the icy feel of pairing the lovely blue with crisp white for holiday cards!

The card is relatively simple to create, with a subtly blended background highlighting the tree die cuts. I blended Seafoam Pawsitively Saturated Ink on a Seafoam cardstock card front, then splattered the blended area with some sparkling glitter watercolors. I then die cut the new Frosty Tree Gathering from shimmering white glitter cardstock, adding them to a strip of the same white cardstock and popping them up on my blended and splattered card front. For the greeting, I used Seafoam ink to stamp a sentiment from the new Stacked Holiday Sentiments, then stamped again directly over the top with embossing ink and added Hero Arts Iridescent Blue Embossing Powder. This creates an exquisite tone-on-tone shimmer without adding any additional color to the card front! I popped up all of the die cuts with foam adhesive, then added a few Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle.

For the tags, I decided to create a simplified, smaller version of the card with the Frosty Tree Gathering die’s little sister: Frosty Tree Trio. I don’t love spending tons of time on tags, as they frequently are barely noticed and get thrown away with the rest of the wrapping, so these simple tags add the perfect handmade touch without too much time investment! I die cut these individual trees twice from white glitter cardstock to create a little forest of snowy trees on my tags. I also die cut the Rounded Tags from some more Seafoam cardstock, die cutting the tags four times so that I could adhere the scratched backsides, creating smooth and clean surface on front and back!

For the greetings on my tags, I decided to use the simple-but-perfect Tree Plate Greetings. I stamped two of the sentiments on more of the Seafoam cardstock with White Pigment Ink, then used White Satin Pearl embossing powder over the top to create a festive and shimmery sentiment without adding any additional color to my tags. I arranged the die cuts on the tag fronts, adhering with both liquid and foam adhesive and allowing my trees to “grow” from the sentiment die cuts! Finally, I added some hemp twine bows and loops for easy addition to holiday packages.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! My husband is off work this week, so I am hoping to persuade him to help me bring up the holiday decor from the basement… it’s officially Christmastime around here! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!