Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Video: Watercoloring with Colorado Craft Company and a Sale!

Hi there! I have a colorful watercolor project to share with you today using only three shades of watercolor, which I mix and match to create this vibrant watercolored image using the new Floral Corners stamp from Colorado Craft Company! I also have information about a great sale happening this weekend at Colorado Craft Company, so keep reading for all of the details on that!

Here’s the video on how I created today’s card:

You can watch the video above or HERE in HD on YouTube.

For today’s card, I began by heat embossing the beautiful image from Floral Corners onto some Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper using Brass embossing powder, then saturated the entire watercolor panel with clean water and dropped some diluted magenta, blue, and jungle green watercolors from Sennelier. The wet watercolor paper combined with the wet diluted watercolor allows the watercolor to bloom and meld into each other, creating a lovely base layer upon which to layer the more detailed painting. To speed up the drying process, I zapped the very wet panel with my heat gun. I then added details to the images using the same three watercolor shades that I’d used for the base layer, mixing and matching to create different shades and adding depth and shadow to the images.

For the greeting, I marked another sheet of Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper approximately where the large “hi” die from the Concord and 9th Everyday Sayings die set, then used those same three shades of Sennelier watercolors to create an ombre panel. Once it had dried, I die cut the sentiment from both the watercolored panel and piece of iridescent purple foil to create a shadow layer. I adhered these two pieces together, slightly offsetting them, which allows them to pop even more from the colorful background.

I created a card base by die cutting a panel of coordinating blue cardstock using the Pinkfresh Studio Stitched Diamonds cover plate die, then trimmed it and mounted it on a panel of coordinating A2 magenta cardstock. I adhered a gold glitter arch frame (created using the Nesting Domed Arches dies from Simon Says Stamp) using some more foam tape, then added the floral die cut and the sentiment die cuts. The final touch was to add some iridescent gems to add some more sparkle.

Now, for some retail therapy!

Colorado Craft Company is having a huge sale this weekend: Buy 2, Get 1 Free! Simply fill your cart, then use promo code B2G1FREE to get every third item in your cart for *free.* That is one heck of a sale!

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

Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday Sales!

Hi there! I hope you’re having a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family. This year looks a little different for us, not just with the addition of our two baby boys, but our celebration is much smaller this year due to the pandemic. We celebrated at home with just the six of us, a relatively quiet meal (how quiet can it get with two seven year olds and two seven month olds?), and my hubby shared some of his homemade pies with family and friends. I hope you had a Thanksgiving feast of your own and some quality zoom time with those you love!

Now, one of the best parts of Thanksgiving is all of the fabulous crafty shopping and deals to be had! So many of our favorite companies are having some great deals, so if you are looking to buy yourself some pretty stamps and dies or buy some gifts for crafty friends, check out these great deals!

Ellen Hutson

Ellen Hutson is having an awesome sale 11/26-11/30. Everything in the Thankful Category is 20-80% off!

Honey Bee Stamps

Black Friday Sale: Thursday Nov. 26th – Saturday Nov. 28th- 20% off your Entire purchase! Valid on all in-stock items. Not valid on previous purchases or the purchase of gift cards.

Cyber Monday Sale: Monday Nov. 30th only All stand-alone Honey Cuts (dies) are Buy One, Get One FREE!! The biggest sale we have ever had on dies!

FREE BEE Stamp with purchases of $75 or more. FREE BEE Stamp and matching Die with purchases of $100 or more. Available only while supplies last!

No coupon codes necessary. Discounts are automatic. FREE Shipping on US orders of $75 or more!

Altenew

  • Save up to 60% off on the Black Friday Sale collection of more than 1,000 items including stamps, dies, bundles, inks, markers, watercolors, and more. There is more! Receive a brand new Mini Daisy Stamp Set ($4.99 value) for FREE with every order. Offer is valid from 11/27/2020 at 12:01 am EST through 11/27/2020 at 11:59 pm EST. Free gift will be added to cart automatically while supplies last. Not valid on online class, gift card, workshop, print media orders. 

Hero Arts

This is an amaaaazing sale from one of my all-time favorite companies. The more you buy, the more you save! Here are a few of my favorite holiday products:

Pinkfresh Studio

Pinkfresh Studio is offering 20% off their entire site (with a few exceptions) through Cyber Monday! Definitely go take a peek! Use code HOLIDAY20 at checkout to get the discount!

Waffleflower

Waffleflower has some fantastic deals going on right now through 11/29, including 25% off your purchase from this category with code BF2020. Here are a few of my favorite products from Waffleflower, including some fantastic flower stamp/die combos:

Colorado Craft Company

Colorado Craft Company is having a sale from 11/27-11/30- 15% off your entire order using code BF2CM! Definitely check out the newest holiday stamps and the darling Anita Jeram stamp line… I believe the dies are in stock now, as well, so this is a great sale!

Well, I think that’s all of the info that I have for now. I will update the post if I find out any more great deals for you! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Some more Essentials by Ellen inspiration+SALE!

Hi there! I have a few more projects to share with you using some of the newest goodies from the November Essentials By Ellen release! This release is just so darn pretty, and in addition to pretty flowers and butterflies, we also have some fantastic and versatile basics that are sure to be staples in your craft room! It’s also Ellen Hutson’s Lucky 13th Anniversary, and we’re celebrating with the sale! (I’ll get to all of those details at the end of the post. 😉 ) Let’s get started with the details!

For today’s projects, I created a matching card and gift box using the new In the Weeds stamps, keeping things simple by using just one color of ink and allowing the detail in the stamp set to do the work for me!

For the treat box, I first die cut two sections of the new Treat Box die from white cardstock. I then masked the bottom of the new Treat Box die stamped the image from In the Weeds using Hydrangea ink. I colored a length of white silk ribbon a matching shade of purple using a Copic marker, then used it to close the treat box. I also die cut a tiny tag from the new Mini Tags die set, then stamped it with the Good Luck sentiment from the new Small Sayings stamp set, adding it to the loop of the bow as a little tag for the treat box. Simple, cute, but oh, so pretty!

I used the same color scheme to create the matching card. I stamped the beautiful image from In the Weeds using Hydrangea ink on an A2 panel of cardstock, adding a few more stamped images on the edge, overlapping them a touch to create a continuous line of flowers. I also added a touch of pale yellow to the centers of the flowers using a pale yellow Copic marker.

I stamped a greeting using the fantastic new That Thing You Did stamp set. (Don’t you just love the sassy, fabulous sentiments in this one?) I stamped it on a strip of white cardstock using dark gray ink. I trimmed a slightly larger rectangle of white cardstock, then using the same Copic marker used for the ribbon for the treat box, colored a custom panel of cardstock and mounted it behind the sentiment strip. I mounted that on another slightly larger panel of charcoal cardstock, and then mounted the whole thing on the floral panel with foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some pretty Pearl White gems for a bit of sparkle.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, to further entice you to take a peek at the new goodies at Ellen Hutson, we are having a fabulous sale to celebrate 13 lucky years in business!

Simply fill your cart, add code LUCKY13 to at checkout, and receive 20% savings and a free gift with your order!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy shopping!

Spellbinders Large Die Of The Month Sale!

Hi there! Today, I wanted to share a trio of projects that I have created using some of the previously released Spellbinders Large Die Of The Month club kits! Spellbinders is having a huge sale on a bunch of fantastic kits (these kits are some incredible values even before the sale), and several of them are 40% off!! I’ve created a group of three lovely lavender cards using a combination of the Bonjour Kit, For You Gift Card Holder, and the Festive Wreath Slider Card kits!

To keep things cohesive, I kept the color schemes for all three projects within the same lavender and white color family, adding in some sparkling white glitter cardstock for extra sparkle.

For this first card, I used the Festive Wreath Slider Card to create my card base. I couldn’t believe how quickly this interactive card came together! I’m not great with interactive projects, because they can be fussy and precise, and I just don’t have the mental bandwidth to do them… but this one was super simple and came together so easily!

For the front of the card, I used the lovely, detailed butterfly image and greeting from the Bonjour Kit to add a bit of interest to the interactive portion of the card front. I love how it pops up when you pull on the tab!

For my second project, I again used the lavender cardstock as the basis for my color scheme, this time pairing it with the For You Gift Card Holder. I cut my gift card holder from lavender cardstock and added a deep purple die cut butterfly from the Bonjour Kit, as well as the die cut greeting from the For You Gift Card Holder cut from more glittery white cardstock.

I die cut the actual holder for the gift card using plain white cardstock. I cut the “tissue paper” from a glassine bag that I had in my stash. I tried to use vellum, but it was too heavyweight and didn’t want to fold! The waxed paper of the glassine bag was the perfect weight and folded so easily. I think it looks exactly like a bag with some exploding tissue paper inside!

The final card was a bit more intricate and used only the Bonjour Kit. For this card, I added a few more shades of purple, as well as some bisque and camel shades for the foliage. I began by die cutting the butterfly: a white base layer, then a shimmery lavender intricate top layer. I die cut several of the flowers and foliage from just plain white cardstock, then used a variety of shades of purple and tan dye inks with blender brushes to add some subtle color in just the exact shades I wanted!

I arranged the butterfly and the die cuts on a lavender A2 cardstock base. I added the glittery white sentiment die cut, then added a few Rose Gold gems to add a touch more sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects. I hope you will check out the sale; there are some spectacular deals happening that you won’t want to miss out on!

Labor Day Sales!

Hi there! I just wanted to pop in really quickly to let you know that Ellen Hutson is having a Labor Day sale Friday, August 30th-Monday September 2nd. 20% off the entire store using code labor19.

A few favorites:

Polychromos Colored Pencils (With the discount, this is a great price!) Honey Bee Stamps House Builder Die
Hero Arts Merry Christmas Die
Hero Arts Rose Bush Cover Plate Die
Essentials By Ellen Shipping Tags Die
Essentials By Ellen Mondo Amaryllis Stamp Set
Copic Markers and Refills (a great price to stock up!)
Picket Fence Studios Life Changing Blender Brushes

Also, Wplus9 is having a fabulous 25% off sale on their entire store! No code needed, just add your selected items to the cart and the discount will be taken at checkout!

Happy Labor Day! And Happy Shopping! 🙂