Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Icy Arthur Snowman Card with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I have a sweet and icy card to share with you today based on a card that I made a loooong time ago using my Cricut (how’s that for a throwback?), with a shabby chic snowman and a peaceful aqua background. I found that card recently, because I liked it so much that I didn’t end up sending it out, ha, and as soon as I saw Arthur the Snowman from the Festive Fun release, I knew that I wanted to recreate it with a few little twists to update it and make it more my current style. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

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I began my card by die cutting Arthur the Snowman from some pearlescent white cardstock. I love using specialty cardstock with things like snowmen and snowflakes, because I think it increases the magical icy feel and just as a general rule makes the card more luxurious and upscale. I die cut his hat and scarf from some plain white cardstock and used my OLO markers to color the images in a pale shade of icy blue. I also used OLO markers to color the details on his eyes and nose and added some Black Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for his coal buttons.

For the background, I used the beautiful snowflake images from the older Don’t Flurry, Be Happy stamp set, stamping them on the top right side of my Sea Glass card front using Simon Says Stamp White Pigment ink. I also used a blending brush dedicated solely for use with white pigment ink, to blend around the edges near the stamped snowflakes. I think the combination of stamped snowflakes and frosted edges make it look almost like a blizzard! In order to ground my snowman, I trimmed some strips of white pearl and white glitter cardstock and adhered them to my stamped and blended card front, then added Arthur over the top with some foam adhesive squares. For some added sparkle and shine, I used some sparkling white glitter paper to die cut a few tiny snowflakes using the Snow Flurries dies. I adhered them to the card front with liquid adhesive, then added some Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems in the centers and a smattering around the background.

To create the greeting, I die cut the Scripty Peace die from some more white glitter cardstock, enhancing it with some sentiment strips from Holiday Messages, which I heat embossed in white on the same Sea Glass cardstock. I nestled the Peace sentiment die cut next to Arthur, then added the sentiment strips beneath, tucking them in the corner of the sentiment and Arther’s tummy. The different textures of the pearlescent white snowman and the sparkling white glitter sentiment keep the limited color palette from becoming boring and keeps the two white pieces from blending into each other.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I love having the opportunity to reimagine an older project that I loved using some new techniques and products. Inspiration is everywhere! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

More Colorblock Christmas with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I have some more holiday inspiration to share with you today using goodies from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release. I am a huge fan of non-traditional color combinations for Christmas, color palettes that are just a few ticks off of a traditional color palette. For today’s card and gift bag set, I selected a unique coral, cranberry, plum, and navy color palette, counting on the cranberry red, sparkles, and the snowflake images to convey the holiday theme. Let’s get started with the details!

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The colorblocked imagery began with the new Snowflake Stripes Stencil from the STAMPtember product release. I have been loving the clean look of color blocking lately; you can see some more inspiration using this technique HERE. For today’s card, I selected several inks from the Pawsitively Saturated Ink line: Punch, Cabernet, Aster, and Night. I used blending brushes to blend them on the new Snowflake Stripes Stencil set on a panel of white cardstock. These ink colors work so nicely together, blending in a gradient from coral to navy beautifully!

After I had finished stenciling the color blocked snowflake, I trimmed the A2 panel down and created a shaker pocket with some leftover stamp packaging, filling it with some Candy Hearts sequins to create a flat shaker card. I nestled the shaker panel in the upper left hand corner of an A2 panel of Altenew’s Sapphire cardstock, allowing the deep blue to peek out from the bottom right hand corner.

For the greeting, I die cut the new Simple Peace die from some more deep blue cardstock, backing the detail layer with a vellum shadow layer. I also white embossed a coordinating sentiment from Simple Holiday Greetings onto some more deep blue cardstock. To embellish my shaker front, I added some pearlescent white snowflakes cut using the Snow Flurries die set as well as a glittery red frame cut using the A2 Thin Frames and Crimson glitter cardstock, all from Simon Says Stamp. I popped up the sentiment pieces with dimensional clear adhesive, then added the snowflakes in a swag down the front of the card.

I created a coordinating gift bag using the ever-versatile Gift Bag Die. This die is quickly becoming a favorite of mine; it’s the perfect size for all sorts of goodies like lip gloss, candy, gift cards, and so much more! I created the bag itself by die cutting the bag twice from more of the Sapphire cardstock and adhering it with super strong double sided tape. I continued the color blocked theme and embellished the front of the bag with strips of coordinating colored cardstock, one of which was embossed using the Kaleidescope Embossing Folder. I cut the strips down and adhered them to the front of the bag with strong double sided tape, embellishing the front of the bag with more snowflakes from the Snow Flurries die set and a greeting from the new Big Holiday Words sentiment set. A velvet bow and some tissue paper finished this gift bag off, ready to be filled with treats and gifted to a friend!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Tomorrow is October 1, and I am thrilled to be able to share as much Christmas and holiday inspiration as my little heart desires. So many wonderful things are coming, friends! I am excited to share them with you. Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!