Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

simple flowers

A Splendid Rainbow Birthday with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I have a project featuring lots of white on white with pops of bold color to share with you today. Sometimes, when I am trying to decide with which products I want to work, I look to the products that I’ve not yet used, and the Postage Collage Cover was something that I’d intended to play with but never had! I pulled out another set that hadn’t seen much love from me, the Simple Flowers die set, and decided that I would create a relatively clean and simple project with lots of white space, texture, and pops of vibrant color. Let’s get started on the details for my project!

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To begin, I die cut the Postage Collage Cover die from some plain white cardstock and layered it on a panel of white A2 cardstock. I used thin foam adhesive squares to pop the die cut up on the card front, which helps to create texture and ensure that the white-on-white die cut remains visible. I also die the Simple Flowers from plain white cardstock, as well.

To add that lovely pop of color to my card front, I used my OLO Markers to add color to each flower, adding a darker shade for the solid flower and a slightly lighter shade to the top flower, creating a touch of contrast. After I had colored each layer, I used liquid adhesive to adhere each layer together, then used the thicker foam adhesive squares to adhere each flower in ROYGBIV order in the center of each frame opening.

For the greeting, I used the Splendid Sentiments product suite to die cut the detailed Splendid die from So Very Black cardstock, then stamped the coordinating sentiment strips with Nocturne Versafine Ink and added clear embossing powder over the top. I adhered the sentiment pieces on the center of the card front with more foam adhesive. For the center of each flower, I added some small Prism Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional rainbow sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today! This card is a bit different than my usual over-the-top florals, but I am loving the vibrant pops of color on the white background! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Basketful of Posies with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back today with a project that uses some of the “leftovers” from my Easter egg card from THIS post. I had die cut a cool rainbow of posies using the Simple Flowers dies and backed them with some white glitter paper, but only used one of each color family and so had lots of sweet little posies left over. I was reminded of gorgeous, multi-hued hydrangeas spilling over into a garden, and thought that I would try to recreate this visual with flowers falling out of a basket! Let’s get started with the details.

As I mentioned previously, I had die cut the Simple Flowers dies from seven different shades of cardstock in a cool rainbow gradient, starting with light pink and ending with dark blue. I love the color saturation that you get with vivid colored cardstock, but you can also easily recreate this look with your favorite inks! You can either blend the inks with blending brushes or swipe the ink pads directly on to your white cardstock to create vibrant, custom colored cardstock. I die cut the solid back layer with white glitter cardstock and adhered the front and backs together with liquid adhesive.

When looking back through my previous projects, I have noticed that I like symmetry and right angles; something about having my images perfectly centered or a symmetrical floral arrangement makes my heart happy. However, in the interest of keeping things unique, I decided to create a diagonal “basket” for my flowers to adorn. I trimmed down a panel of white cardstock to 3.75″ x 5″, then turned it at an angle and used my trimmer to cut it down a diagonal line, cutting the panel almost in half. I then ran this oddly-shaped panel of white cardstock through my die cutting machine using the Woven embossing folder.

I popped my “basket” up on an A2 card front with some foam squares, then arranged my rainbow of posies down the diagonal side. I kept them in rainbow order, starting from the light pink and working my way down to the dark blue, mixing some of the colors together to keep the visual flow from being too choppy and color-blocked. I used liquid adhesive for some, foam adhesive for others, and even a couple with double layer of foam adhesive for extra dimension and height!

For the greeting, I stamped a few sentiments from the Welcoming stamp set using Pawsitively Saturated Orchid Ink, then stamped directly over the top of these images with embossing ink and sprinkled Hero Arts Iridescent Purple embossing powder over the top. This embossing powder is mostly translucent, adding a fabulous iridescent shine over colored images! I die cut the sentiments with their coordinating dies and popped them up on my “basket” with foam adhesive. Finally, I added a few shimmering Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for more sparkle and texture!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I hope you enjoyed this card made using leftovers and diagonal lines. It was a bit different from my norm, but sometimes it’s good to think outside the box! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

A Good Egg with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back today with some Easter inspiration using some new products from the Simon Says Stamp Splendor Release. This release featured something exciting from Simon Says Stamp: Foil Transfer Cards! You know that the sentiment cards from CZ Design are printed with toner ink, and so work perfectly with your Minc, laminator, or other toner hot foiling machine, but now Simon has started offering even more toner-printed options for us! The new Fancy Happy Easter Foil Transfer Cards feature two different designs, one with a large and fancy Happy Easter sentiment in a pretty font, and some sentiment strips with coordinating greetings. I have been adding to my stash of toner foils lately, and I couldn’t resist the splendid iridescent pink Fairy Wings Violet Cheerfoil from Pink & Main. I love a good magenta, and the iridescent shimmer on top makes it even better! I used the colors in the iridescent coating as my color palette for my project, so let’s get started with the details!

To start, I used that Fairy Wings Violet Cheerfoil to foil the Fancy Happy Easter Foil Transfer Cards with my Minc machine. I was so pleased at how crisp and smooth the foiled images were! I used my scissors and trimmer to cut the foiled sentiments out. I also used the colors in the iridescent coating to select a cool rainbow of pink, purple, and blue cardstocks.

After I had selected my colorful cardstocks, I used the new Simple Flowers dies to cut a rainbow of delicate little flowers, cutting the detailed top layer with the colorful cardstocks and the solid back layer with white glitter cardstock. I also die cut some leafy sprigs with the Leaf Flourish die using iridescent white foil cardstock from my stash. To go along with my Easter sentiment, I die cut a white egg using on of the Nested Egg dies and Hammermill cardstock. Using a blending brush, I blended Sweets and Taffy Pawsitively Saturated Inks around the edge of my die cut egg, leaving the center part very light to create a highlight and some curvature on the flat shape.

For the background, I added some dimensional, tone-on-tone texture with the Blossom Field 3D Embossing Folder. I added this 3.75″ x 5″ embossed panel to the center of a white A2 card front, then arranged my die cuts and foiled sentiments on the front using both liquid and foam adhesive for lots of dimension. Finally, I added a few Pawsitively Dazzling Clear Gems for added sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I love moving from super color saturated projects to crisp white projects with pops of texture and color to keep them interesting! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!