Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Altenew June 2022 Fine & Dandy Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hi there! Altenew is hopping along today to introduce their gorgeous new Fine and Dandy collection! You should have arrived here from Linda Westfall, and your next stop is Nenette S. Madero. You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Blog in case you get lost! The new Fine and Dandy collection is full of stunning new hot foil plates, versatile dies, and beautiful embossing folders. I have four projects to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

Each of my four projects features a similar color scheme to make them a cohesive set: pink-y metallics, crisp white, and lots of beautiful, muted peony pink. It’s tone-on-tone with a twist!

This first project features the beautiful new Delightful Flowers Hot Foil Plate, which I used with some heavyweight vellum and rose gold hot foil. I love how subtle the foil looks on this vellum cardstock; this would also be a fun technique to use with the “stained glass” coloring technique by coloring with alcohol markers on the back of the hot foiled panel!

To allow the hot foiled floral image to be the star of the show, I used the new Fine Rings Hot Foil Plate set with the Coordinating Dies to create a background for my die cut greeting. I added a simple “hugs” greeting from the Simple Greetings die set, cut from some brand new Brushed Copper Metallic Cardstock! These new metallic cardstocks are absolutely gorgeous and perfect for intricate die cuts. They cut so smoothly. I added a few shiny metallic rose gold gems for some more shine.

My second card features the beautiful Delightful Flowers Hot Foil Plate, this time hot foiled onto some Watercolor Paper, again using rose gold foil. The smooth surface of the watercolor paper makes it ideal for hot foiling this intricate image. I watercolored the flowers and foliage using the Artists’ 24 Pan Watercolor Set in shades of coral and flamingo pink, with some olive green foliage.

For the greeting, I die cut the Fancy Thanks die from some more of the new Brushed Copper Metallic Cardstock. I added a circular frame created with the Fine Rings hot foil plate and die combo. I mounted both the foiled frame and the die cut sentiment to the watercolored panel using foam adhesive for extra height and dimension, then added a few iridescent coral gems to add more sparkle.

My next card starts with a white-on-white Garden Trellis cover plate die cut background. It was the perfect neutral-but-lightly-textured background for some Itty Bitty Branches die cuts, cut from some more muted peony and jade green cardstocks.

I paired a solid hot foil plate with the Fine Rings hot foil plates and dies to create this iridescent gold foiled frame. I arranged the solid botanical die cuts on one edge of the circular foiled die cut, then added a white Circled Greetings: Thanks die cut over the top, adhering all of it with foam adhesive to make sure that the focal points popped from the white textured background. The final touch was to add a few iridescent white pearls to bring out the iridescent quality of the foil.

My last card pays one final tribute to the monochromatic-with-a-twist color scheme from all of our projects today! I began by die cutting a partial Floral Lace die from some plain white cardstock. I also die cut a new Labels and Tags 1 die cut from some heavyweight vellum.

I arranged the vellum tag on an A2 peony pink cardstock base to determine placement, then before adhering the vellum, I adhered the lacy white die cut over the top of the vellum die cut. I flipped over the two die cuts (now adhered together to create one die cut) and hid small dots of adhesive on the back, essentially hiding the adhesive behind the solid die cut to prevent it from marring my translucent vellum die cut. I added a Circled Hugs greeting, cut from once some Brushed Rose Metallic Cardstock and once from white cardstock, then adhered together to give it a little extra height. Finally, I added one more touch of white and shine with some iridescent white pearls.

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

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 06/27/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 06/29/2022.

Your next stop is Nenette S. Madero. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Altenew Plentiful Patterns Stand-alone Dies/Stencils Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hi there! Altenew is releasing some new, fabulous standalone dies and stencils in the Plentiful Patterns release! You should have arrived here from LauraJane, and your next stop is Michelle Short. You can also start back at the beginning at the Altenew Blog. I love a good standalone die… there are so many fun techniques and looks you can achieve with the same die!

I have had a long love affair with blue and white Delft china, so much so that our wedding colors were blue and white! The patterns in the Pattern Motif die set reminded me of beautiful fine china, so both of my projects today are modeled after that! Let’s get started with the details.

For my first project, I die cut the beautiful images from Pattern Motif using white cardstock for the base and some medium blue cardstock. I layered the detail images over the base images and adhered them with liquid adhesive in a pretty background pattern. I adhered the die cuts on to a white A2 card base. You know how much I love white-on-white die cuts; I love how subtly the white base layer accents the blue detail layer and helps it pop!

For the greeting, I die cut the Hello from Simple Greetings, the base layer from Dazzling Diamond glitter cardstock and the detail layer from some more of the same blue cardstock. The glitter cardstock helps add some textural difference to the card front. To make the greeting stand out a bit more from the busy background, I adhered it to a strip of vellum, then ends of which I then tucked around the edges of the patterned card front.

FInally, I added some iridescent pearls to help hide some of the dots of adhesive I added to the vellum! Isn’t the chinoiserie pattern so pretty?

For my second project, I used the new You Matter die set and kept the same color scheme, this time using Bouquet Die Cut Tape to create the chinoiserie background. I added the tape to a blue A2 card base, then used a blending brush to blend some Ultramarine ink on the edge of the blue card base.

For the greeting, I die cut the You Matter from some white cardstock, then die cut the base layer from some more vellum. I love the slight halo the vellum adds to the detail layer! I also die cut the other portion of the sentiment from two layers of white cardstock (more white on white!).

I adhered the die cuts using Instant Dimension Foam Tape, then added some iridescent pearls for a touch of shine!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! To celebrate this release, Altenew is having a giveaway!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 08/30/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/02/2021.

Your next stop is Michelle Short. Thanks so much for stopping by, and happy hopping!

Altenew Classic Imagery Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi there! Today, Altenew is releasing a simply gorgeous collection of standalone dies, embossing folders, and stencils, called Classic Imagery, and of course we are celebrating with a blog hop! You should have arrived here from Jenny Colacicco, and your next stop is LauraJane. You can also start back at the Altenew Blog for the full hop list. I have two projects for you today, both an homage to gorgeous springtime flowers and fresh, springy color palettes, so let’s get started with the details!

I kept things relatively monochromatic for both projects, keeping with a pale peach and coral color scheme. I love using colored cardstock… there is something so luxurious about vibrant cardstock that I just adore.

My first project is pretty simple, but a fun mini-slimline size and some popped up alphabet die cuts add a bit of extra something. I started with a super pale peach mini-slimline card base (3.5″x6″), then embossed it with the new Spring Blossoms 3D Embossing Folder. These 3D embossing folders are absolutely amazing… I can’t get enough of the sheer volume of detail that you can achieve with them so easily. I used the Detail Blending Brushes to lightly blend some coral and green inks on the appropriate spots of the floral bouquet, but the embossing really doesn’t need anything extra- it’s stunning all by itself!

After I’d added a bit of extra color with the light blending, I used the Metallic Watercolors to add some rose gold splatters to my card front. This adds some extra shine and texture to the card front.

I love using the Inline Alphabet Dies to create custom die cut sentiments. I die cut the “thanks” using some dark coral cardstock, then adhered it to the embossed card front using Instant Dimension Foam Tape in a fun stacked style, which is super popular right now in the stationery world. I used my T-square ruler to make sure that everything was nice and straight.

My second project is a bit more involved. I began by creating a custom floral background, as well as stenciling a few extras on a separate sheet of cardstock, with the new Greenwood Flowers Stencil Set, again blending on the super pale peach cardstock, which has just enough color to make an interesting background, but not enough that it muddies the green stenciled leaves!

I added some sparkling glitter paste the centers of the flowers, and fussy cut one of the extra flowers and some leaves once the glitter paste had dried. In my head, having all of the flowers blended on the same shade of cardstock helps to maintain that monochromatic color scheme, rather than have that pesky border that is a different color!

I trimmed the background panel down, then mounted it in the top left corner of an A2 panel of darker coral cardstock. I added the fussy cut stenciled flower and foliage using more Instant Dimension Foam Tape, then added a greeting from Simple Greetings Dies, cut again from the pale peach and tomato red cardstock, then popped up with a double layer of foam tape to give it some extra visibility. I added a few gems for a bit of extra texture on the background.

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

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/24/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/26/2021.

Your next blog hop stop is LauraJane. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!