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Emily Midgett

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It’s all rainbows and unicorns….


Good morning! Have you seen the new Ellen Hutson release? It’s absolutely fantasmagorical! There are rainbows, unicorns, mermaids… something for everyone, in my opinion. I’ve created two cards using the new Unicorns ‘n Rainbows stamp and die set. Let’s get started on the details!

For my first project, I wanted something super clean and simple with just a pop of color. I stamped the unicorn head from Unicorns ‘n Rainbows and colored it with bright pink Copics and added some shimmer marker. I also die cut an octagonal frame from a panel of white card stock, then popped everything up. I added a stamped sentiment from Pure Magic. I love that “go forth and be fabulous” sentiment!! So many cute sentiments in the Pure Magic set.

For my second card, I decided to take it to another level. I will admit that I struggle a little with cute cards… I’m much more comfortable with flowers. But I had SO much fun with this card!

I started by doing some Oxide blending on two different A2 panels using Picked Raspberries, Shaded Lilac, and Peacock Feathers. I die cut several clouds, a rainbow, and the unicorn from Unicorns ‘n Rainbows and stamped them using Copic-friendly black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and added quite a bit of shimmer pen to the rainbow, clouds, and unicorn.

I die cut an oval from one of the panels using the Hero Arts Infinity Oval dies, then backed it with acetate and added foam tape. After I had arranged my die cuts on the front of the card, I used my MISTI to determine the placement for my greeting. I heat embossed a greeting from Pure Magic using white embossing powder.  I added some sequins, then adhered it to the full blended panel.

 

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you will check out the adorable new stamps from this latest release. Have a marvelous day, friends!


Studio Katia 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop!

Good morning! I have a special treat for you today…. One of my favorite companies is turning two, and I am lucky enough to help Studio Katia celebrate as a stop on their blog hop! You should have arrived from the unbelievably talented Kristina Werner’s blog, and your next stop is the amazing Galina Filippenko!  There are some spectacular guests along the way, some stunning eye candy, and some amazing prizes! (Stay tuned to the end to see how you can win one of FOUR $100 CAD gift certificates to the Studio Katia store!) Studio Katia is releasing 6 new Clear Stamp Sets and 4 sets of Coordinating Dies, 4 new stand alone Creative Dies, 2 new Stencils and new Embellishments!

I’ve had a love affair with Studio Katia‘s florals for quite a while…. They’re just gorgeous, particularly the peonies (and we all know how much I love peonies…)! For my projects today, I chose to work with some of the brand new sets that have been sneak peeked all week long and combined them with some of the older sets in Studio Katia’s repertoire. Let’s get started on the details!

For my first project today, I wanted to do some pencil work with that absolutely gorgeous new Lovely Blooms stamp set. These beautiful bouquet images are so wonderful to color; they really are so convenient, because you get a lovely, full bouquet without having to do any time consuming masking! Plus, you can completely change the look depending on what medium you use, the color scheme…. really quite versatile!

To start, I used my white pigment ink pad to stamp the floral bouquet onto some Toned Gray colored pencil paper. I then used my Polychromos pencils to do some no-line coloring (yes, this took me longer than I would care to admit…. but look at the detail on those flowers! I love working with colored pencils because the depth you can achieve is just incredible.) on the main Lovely Blooms image. My best tip for working with colored pencils: layers. Adding layer upon layer of color helps achieve that depth and dimension that is unique to colored pencils. After I had finished my coloring, I trimmed down the pencil panel and added a strip of purple glitter card stock (I found it in my stash, so I have absolutely no idea who made it, sorry!). Next, I added a sentiment from Spring Bouquet stamps and a die cut “friend” from the coordinating Spring Bouquet die set. A few jewels finished it off!

For my second project, I wanted to add combine of the charming sentiments from the brand new Birthday Greetings with an older floral set: Blooming Bunch. This giant bunch of peonies is just stunning… a very unique size and shape of peony, and it includes fully open peonies as well as buds. Just beautiful. I heat embossed it on some Canson L’Aquarelle watercolor paper using Ranger Blush Pearl embossing powder. I love using non-traditional embossing powder colors for flowers, just to see something different than plain old black!

For this bouquet, I watercolored the bright bubble gum pink and lovely coral pink peonies using my Daniel Smith watercolors. The pink peonies were a base of Opera Pink to which I added Quinacridone Rose and Rose of Ultramarine, while the coral peony is a base of Quinacridone Coral and Quinacridone Red. The foliage is a combination of Amazonite Genuine and Pthalo Turquoise. I will link all of the colors individually below.

While my blooms were drying, I die cut one of the lovely Darling Ribbon and Dotted frames and a sentiment strip from some plain white card stock. I also lightly blended some Frosty Pink ink from Altenew in the corner of the card base just to add some interest. I backed it with acetate, then added foam tape around the edge to create a shaker. I filled it with various styles of bling from Studio Katia’s line. After my bouquet was sufficiently dry, I fussy cut it out and added it to the corner of my shaker front. The final step was to stamp my greeting from the new Birthday Greetings set, which fit just perfectly on the little dotted sentiment strip from Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frames die set.

Now, for some GIVEAWAY information! Studio Katia is generously giving away two $100 gift certificates to the Studio Katia store on each day of the hop, so four total! All you have to do to be eligible to win is

– Leave a comment on this blog post and on every stop of the Blog Hop
– Follow Studio Katia on Instagram
– Like Studio Katia on Facebook
– Make sure to leave all the comments by Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 11:59 PM EST.
All winners will be announced on Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 on the Studio Katia Blog.

Well, that’s all for me today! I am so grateful to have been asked to hop along with these stellar artists…. truly, make sure you stop at each stop on the hop, because they are all wonderful! Here’s the full hop list, in case you got lost:

Emily Midgett<—- you are here

Honey Bee Stamps Cheerful Love Blog Hop!

Hi Crafty Friends!! The Honey Bee Stamps Cheerful Love Release is now available in the store. To celebrate the new release, we are having a two day blog hop called Cheerful Love. So please hop along with us both days to be inspired! Be sure to visit each blog & leave a comment to be entered to win!!! We will be giving away two $50 gift cards to the Honey Bee Stamps store, one from each day. The winners will be posted on our blog Tuesday, February 27th.

For my first project, I couldn’t resist putting my Zig markers to that sweet little Platypus from Penny the Platypus. Isn’t she just so darn precious?? The sweet, innocent expression on her face just melts my heart. I stamped her using sticky black ink onto some watercolor paper, then added clear embossing powder. I also stamped a balloon and a little bouquet of flowers, also from the Penny the Platypus set, onto the same watercolor paper. I watercolored all of the images with my Zig markers and used a damp paintbrush to blend everything out.

I cut an A2 sized panel from some more watercolor paper and added a sweet “feel better soon” sentiment from Cheerful Sentiments on the background wash using waterproof ink. Next, I used the same three shades from the bouquet to create an ethereal wash for the background panel, using very little Zig marker and lots of water to blend everything. I die cut the balloon, flowers, and Penny herself using the coordinating dies and popped her up on the watercolored panel. I added a few Unicorn Jewels to add some sparkle. Pretty straightforward, but that little platypus is just so darn cute that you don’t need much!!

For my next project today, I used the new Congrats Grad stamp set in conjunction with some of the cute accessories from the Penny the Platypus stamp and die set. I started with an alcohol inked panel from my stash (I like to make a bunch at a time and use them at leisure) and die cut it using the Double Stitched Rectangle dies. I then used a massive amount of very strong adhesive (Score Tape, in this case) to adhered it to my card front. I did this to add extra stability to help prevent warping when I embossed the greeting from Congrats Grad onto my alcohol ink panel using white embossing powder. I also cut a shimmery silver frame using the same Double Stitched Rectangle dies and created a shaker out of it, filling it with both Bokeh Lights Confetti, Clear Bubbles Sequins, and Frozen Tree tiny leaves sequins.

I stamped more balloons, the graduation cap, and the diploma scroll from Penny the Platypus onto watercolor paper and colored them with colors that coordinate with the alcohol ink background. I die cut them out with the coordinating dies, then added them to the front of the shaker in a cluster.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! We have a super fun two-day blog hop planned to help celebrate this darling release. You should have arrived here from the Honey Bee Stamps blog and your next stop is Kelley Kohout’s blog. Here’s the full hop list, in case you get lost:

Honey Bee Stamps
Emily Midgett (that’s me!)
Kelley Kohout
JoAnn Danchik
Carly Minner
Carrie Bryant
Carol Hintermeier
Ilda Dias

Be sure to visit each blog & leave a comment to be entered to win!!! We will be giving away two $50 gift cards to the Honey Bee Stamps store, one from each day. The winners will be posted on our blog Tuesday, February 27th.

 


Honey Bee Stamps November 2017 Release!

Good morning! Today is Day 3 of the Honey Bee Stamps November release. Are you loving all of the new goodies like I am? Today, we are unveiling Miracle of Christmas and Adore Him stamp sets, as well as some fabulous new dies that can be made into a snowglobe or an ornament! Neat, right? I chose to pair the new standalone Ornament dies with the word dies released yesterday. Let’s get started on the details!

For my first project, I created an A2 snowglobe shaker card with the new Snow Globe Ornament dies. I started by die cutting the solid piece for the backer from a panel of Yupo paper that I added alcohol inks in shades of turquoise, blue, and lavender. I die cut another solid piece from clear card stock and added it to a minty green pearlescent “ornament” from the die set. I added foam adhesive, then filled the shaker with a variety of sequins and our new snowball embellishments. I added the snow globe “bottom,” cut from some lovely blue foil card stock.

For the card base, I added some silver and white snowflakes from the new Snowbirds set onto a lavender card base, then swiped a white pigment ink pad around the edges to give a really frosty look (it didn’t show up very well in the photos, but it’s definitely there in real life!) For the greeting, I die cut the new Merry and Bright dies from some sparkly silver glitter paper and adhered them to the front of the shaker. I adhered it to the lavender card front. Pretty straightforward, but wintry and definitely has a holiday vibe!

This photo shows the comparison of the Snow Globe tag next to the A2 card dies. It’s the perfect size for adding to a gift bag! And it’s great because you can make it into an ornament shaker, a snow globe shaker, or a flat tag.

I used some more alcohol ink backgrounds that I had created a few weeks ago. I simply die cut the solid backer portion of the Ornament Tag die from the alcohol ink background as well as from a piece of clear card stock, then cut the frame portion of the die set from some more solid blue foil. I added the ornament topper (cut from more glitzy silver glitter paper), and added the sentiment from Snow Birds, for which the “warm” was die cut with the coordinating dies. (Love that Melissa includes dies for the script words in the stamp sets! So handy!) I filled the shaker with some Winter Tree sequins, some Diamonds, and some of the new Snow Ball embellishments. To finish it off, I added some twine and a twine bow.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you enjoyed these projects and are enjoying the fabulous release thus far. Be sure to visit the Honey Bee blog tomorrow for even more sneak peeks of this fabulous release! Thanks for stopping by, and have a marvelous Sunday!

Adding some sparkle with Shimmerz!

Hi friends! Recently, I was given the opportunity to play with some of the different varieties of paints from Shimmerz. I’m always up for playing with new watercoloring mediums, and if they have sparkle…. well, let’s just say I was excited at the prospect. 😉 Now, if you’re not familiar with these paints, check out their website. SO many fun colors and styles, and so.much.sparkle!

For the next three days, I will have a sort of “mini-series” devoted to my projects created with these fabulously shimmery paints.

For my first project in this little series, I chose to work with one of the new-to-me sets from Honey Bee Stamps: Zen Bouquet. I’ve been dying to watercolor this beautiful set since I first laid eyes on it, and this was the perfect excuse to do so! Now, as with any new medium, I wanted to just practice a little and kind of play around with them, find the little quirks and unique properties about the paints. So, for this project, I just heat embossed the main Zen Bouquet image on some watercolor card stock (I just used a scrap that I had lying about) and dabbled paint here and there, not really trying to focus on shading or anything, just enjoying adding color. For this image, I focused on some pretty purples, silvers, and blue-y greens to match the Fresh Lilac Mix from Honey Bee Stamps. I used Corney Flower Blue, Spotlight White, and Blue Lagoon Inklingz from Shimmerz, as well as Hi Ho Silver Blingz and Orchidstra Shimmerz to add color to this super detailed image.

After I had added all of the color to my background, I decided to take the sparkly nature of the paints one step further and make it into a shaker card. I die cut a pretty teal frame from some card stock using the A2 Stitched dies from Honey Bee. I added acetate and dimensional adhesive behind the teal frame, then filled it with the Fresh Lilac sequins mix from Honey Bee.

For the greeting, I die cut the layered Happy die in coordinating shades of lavender, teal, and shimmering silver card stock and added an “anniversary” on a strip of pale gray card stock over the top to create a floating sentiment across the top of the shaker.

 

And that’s it for my first project using these delightful little paints! I hope you enjoyed it, and if you’ve never heard of Shimmerz (which somehow I hadn’t haha!), definitely go take a look at their website. I’ve barely scratched the surface here with what they offer! Have a marvelous day, and I will see you back here tomorrow!