Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Floral Thinking of You with New Simon Says Stamp and Leftovers!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I have a project to share with you today using some “leftovers” from THIS project! As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I have such a fondness for cover plate dies. With one pass through your die cutting machine, you can create such lovely cards with so many options for techniques and customization. I especially love cover plates that do double duty, with which you can use both the positive and negative die cuts to create beautiful projects! I was enamored of the fabulous Dancing Meadows cover plate die, because not only does it die cut lovely standalone flora and foliage, it also leaves you with a full sized A2 panel with a delicate floral pattern. The project linked above showcases the individual die cuts used to embellish a large scale sentiment, but today’s project uses the leftover cover plate die cut to create a crisp floral background. Let’s get started with the details!

To begin, I die cut the Dancing Meadows cover plate die from a panel of plain white cardstock. I enhanced the positive floral die cuts with my alcohol markers for the project linked above, but for this project wanted to keep things simple. I adhered the negative die cut to a panel of gorgeous Audrey Blue cardstock, a perfectly vibrant, mid-weight turquoise that just pops behind that crisp white die cut!

To make sure that the peekaboo pattern was the star of the show, I chose to add a simple sentiment and embellish it with a few extras. To ground the sentiment, I die cut a vellum Embossed Squovals die; this vellum softens the vibrant and somewhat busy background, allowing the sentiment to be a bit more visible. I also used some glittering aqua scrap cardstock to die cut a few sprigs with the Dancing Meadows die, strategically placing the scraps on the sprigs that I wanted to cut and securing them with some low-tack tape before running the plate through my die cutting machine.

For the greeting, I heat embossed a simple sentiment from the new Cottagecore stamp set using silver embossing powder on white cardstock, cutting it out with sharp scissors. I layered the sentiment in the center of my Squoval vellum die cut with some foam adhesive, then tucked the glittering sprigs behind the sentiment, further enhancing the greeting and making it pop from the background. I added some more thin foam adhesive squares behind the sentiment, hiding the adhesive behind the solid die cuts, and placed the entire piece in the corner of my card front. Finally, I added some shimmering embellishments, tucking an Iridescent Cord bow next to the greeting and placing lots of sparkling Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems in the center of each individual flower in the background. I think those gems add just the right finishing touch, don’t you?

Well, that’s all for me today! I am getting ready to head out on vacation with our kiddos and my husband’s family, so I will be popping in periodically, but won’t be around as much next week. Tis the season before school starts in just a few short weeks!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Embossed Pencil Florals with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another floral project using new goodies from the You Are My Favorite Release. I shared THIS project during the blog hop using the spectacular new Fantastic Florals Embossing Folder, and while that project uses only the embossing folder, I knew that I wanted to allow those gorgeous die cut floral images to have their moment in the sun, as well! I love using my coloring mediums to color those deeply-embossed images; I feel like the addition of the super-detailed coloring makes them almost jump off of the card with their almost life-like qualities. Let’s get started with the details on my card!

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

To begin, I die cut two of the blooms from the Fantastic Florals Embossing Folder product suite using white cardstock, then placed them in their coordinating spot in the embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine. I then used my favorite colored pencils to add vibrant bubblegum pink to the blooms, leaving the edges of the petals practically white to allow for maximum contrast and depth of shadows and light. I used a sparkling gel pen to add shimmery details to the floral stamens in the center, as well.

To ground my florals, I decided to die cut a piece of the new Simon Says Stamp Ice Vellum using the new Squovals Nested Dies, then ran it through my die cutting machine using the Fantastic Florals Embossing Folder to add some lovely, coordinating texture behind my meticulously-colored floral die cuts. I also die cut one of my favorite foliage sets, called Windswept Leaves, from Copper Glitter Cardstock, arranging the flowers and foliage off to the side of the textured vellum die cut and adhering with both liquid and foam adhesive squares for extra dimension. Once I had adhered the botanical pieces to the vellum panel, I flipped them all over and added liquid adhesive behind the solid die cut pieces to keep the visible vellum nice and clean, then adhered them to a chocolatey brown A2 panel of cardstock. Pink and brown are such a classic combination, in my opinion!

For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from the new Inside Greetings 1 stamp set using Copper embossing powder on dark chocolate cardstock, allowing for maximum contrast between the metallic sentiment and the deep brown cardstock. I used my sharp scissors to fussy cut the sentiment, then used a double layer of thin foam adhesive squares to pop the sentiment up on my card front, nestling it amongst the flowers and foliage. Finally, I added some Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to the card front to add a bit more sparkle and to fill in any blank spots on my floral arrangement.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I can’t believe that tomorrow is May 1 (it’s gonna be MAY-iykyk). This year is simultaneously flying by and moving at a glacial pace! It will be time to start designing holiday product soon… no joke! But for now, I will keep playing with pretty flowers and enjoying the sunshine. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!