Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

stamptember

Floral Follies on Canvas with New Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember!

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 more inspiration using my newest illustration that was released during the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release (click HERE to see the whole release!), called Floral Follies. I used some of my favorite blooms for this background stamp, including a huge and fluffy dahlia, some pretty tulips, and a generous garden rose. I shared THIS embossed and watercolored artwork project last week, but I couldn’t resist playing with acrylic markers to create a sweet little canvas wall hanging with some no-line painting. Let’s get started with the details!

Whenever I am at the dollar store, I check to see if there are any fun little trinkets or plain crafty items that I can pair with my stamps for some fun creative projects. I found a 3 pack of these 4×6 hardback canvases and knew that I wanted to use it to create some fun artwork! We moved into our newly-renovated forever home a couple of weeks ago (boy am I glad that I don’t have to move anymore!), and so I’ve been brainstorming how to put my artwork to put on the walls in a unique and curated fashion. I knew that these pretty blooms from the Floral Follies set would work beautifully in my daughter’s bathroom!

I stamped the image on the canvas with some gold pigment ink, then because adding color with acrylic paint markers. If you don’t have access to these hardbacked canvases, you can use a basswood panel or even mixed media cardstock that you back with chipboard to create a similar effect! You just want a surface that is sturdy that will stay flat when hanging on the wall. When working with acrylic markers and mixing the colors, I like to blend the mixed colors with a dry paintbrush, creating a gradient and lots of pretty depth and shading without detracting from the intensity of the opaque paint. Such a fun new (to me) medium with which to experiment!

After I had finished coloring the images themselves, I used a gold paint pen to cover the area behind the blooms and add an element of luxury to the panel. The shimmer is so lovely, but so difficult to photograph! Finally, I used a glue gun to add a peachy chiffon ribbon “hanger” to make it easy to hang this painting on the wall. I just love how it turned out!

Well, that’s all for my project today! The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember company collaboration celebrations are starting today at 12 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Central, and you won’t want to miss these limited edition sets. Be sure to bookmark my blog or become a subscriber so that you don’t miss anything fun! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!!

Happy Birthday Little Fox with New Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember!

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!*

Hello friends! I have another project to share with you today featuring some adorable and festive new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release (click HERE to see the whole release). I find that I never can have too many birthday cards, and I especially need child-friendly birthday cards with four kiddos and all of the birthday parties that come with so many kids! I absolutely love the “fable” line of critters that Simon Says Stamp has been releasing the last few months; they are drawn in a sweet storybook style that is not too “cutesy” but still has a sweet and whimsical aesthetic. I combined several different dies to create this cutie pie birthday card. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

To begin, I die cut the pieces for the Fable Dancing Fox and the Party Balloons dies from plain white cardstock. I used OLO markers to add lots of color to the individual pieces, selecting a somewhat neutral color palette, tempering the pink and peach balloons with green and blue. In hindsight, I wish I would have colored the fox in a bit more of a pastel palette, but c’est la vie. I assembled the die cut pieces with liquid adhesive and set them aside.

For the background of my little birthday scene, I die cut the largest of the Fiesta A2 nesting dies from white cardstock. I selected Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Cheeky, Ballerina, and Morning to coordinate with the balloons, avoiding the green in the balloon bouquet’s color palette to prevent the pink and peach mixing with it and creating a muddy mess. Once I had finished softly blending a colorful halo onto the background of my die cut, I splattered some shimmery iridescent watercolors on the blended area and adhered the die cut to my A2 card base with thin foam adhesive.

I die cut the new Celebrate die to add a chunky, bold sentiment to my cutie fox’s birthday scene. I cut the detail layer from iridescent white mirror cardstock and the shadow from vellum. I adhered the detail layer to the vellum with thin foam adhesive strips, then added more thin foam adhesive strips behind the solid die cuts on the vellum to create a double layer of foam tape that helps that sentiment pop from the background. I placed it over the blended and splattered background, then adhered the fox and balloons with more foam adhesive. Tons of dimension on this project!! Finally, I added some Prism Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for even more gorgeous shimmer on this festive birthday card.

Well, that’s all for my project today! The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember company collaboration celebrations are starting tomorrow, and you won’t want to miss these limited edition sets. Be sure to bookmark my blog or become a subscriber so that you don’t miss anything fun! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!!

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Blog Party!

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! Time to CELEBRATE all things STAMPtember with a massive and inspirational Blog Party!! Throughout STAMPtember® we will be celebrating every day posting exclusive collaborations, contests, prizes, special promotions, announcements, and more surprises on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! Today, we are skipping the traditional release blog hop in lieu of a blog party that features tons and tons of inspiration and a scavenger hunt of free gifts! You can see all of the participants in the blog party by clicking HERE. I have a pair of projects featuring some fabulous new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release (click HERE!). I immediately fell in love with the whimsical and sweet autumnal and Halloween imagery from the new Haunted Garden stamp set and knew that I had to pull out all of the stops with my coloring to create some special and fun pieces to share with you. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

I find that simple images like these from the Haunted Garden set are truly perfect for practicing my artistry. There are just few enough details that I can dig in to the shading and make the shape and shadow decisions for myself instead of relying on the lines within the stamp set to do it for me! I created this sweet little Halloween trinket dish and a coordinating card (how sweet would these be as a little gift for a friend?) with acrylic paint markers and colored pencils!

I don’t typically go for “spooky” at Halloween… life is scary enough without adding pretend blood and gore! The sweet little ghost image, however, is so precious and reminds me of an episode of Peg + Cat that my big kids used to watch when they were toddlers. I paid homage to that memory with this little ceramic trinket dish, stamping the image and pretty Boo! sentiment with gold pigment ink directly onto the unglazed ceramic.

I used acrylic paint markers to do some fun coloring on the dish, blending the colors with a dry paintbrush to add extra depth to the shadows. I also added lots of gold accents and edged the dish with gold for a little added luxury. I finished the dish off with some sealant to protect the painting. Wouldn’t this just look so cute on a coffee table or countertop?

The card features another of the images from the Haunted Garden set, this time stamped on cardstock to create this warm and elegant all-occasion card. I stamped the image and greeting using white pigment ink on some lovely chestnut brown cardstock. The white ink shows up beautifully on the colored cardstock and also blends into the colored pencil coloring very smoothly. I used colored pencils in deep shades of orange and olive, adding a pop of bright coral for the blooms, and I am truly obsessed with how vibrant the pencil colors are on the deep brown cardstock!

Once I had finished coloring the pumpkin and accents, I used a gold paint pen to cover the sentiment stamp. It’s a bit difficult to photograph, but the shine is so lovely in person! I also used a new product to embellish the penciled panel, adding an embossed decorative edge using the Embossed Card Edges die set. I love the subtle textured detail that this adds to the card front! I cut a piece of gold foil cardstock to fit the bottom of the card base that also matched my gold sentiment, then used liquid adhesive to adhere the penciled portion above it, overlapping the gold with brown. Finally, I added a few Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems at the point of the embellished bracket edge!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I am so thrilled with how these came out. The possibilities are endless with the super sweet Haunted Garden stamp set!

On each stop of the Blog Party today, a unique gift with purchase code can be found within the graphic. On the graphic at the top of my blog post, you can see the fabulous embossing folder/die combo that you can receive absolutely free with a $100 purchase! Simply follow the instructions on the graphic and enter the code BBEFD at checkout to receive your free gift. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and be sure to check out the Simon Says Stamp blog to see all of the other participants in today’s Blog Party. Happy STAMPtember!!

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember + Framed Floral Follies!

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! The happiest month of the crafting year is here… STAMPtember from Simon Says Stamp has finally arrived! STAMPtember is a month filled to the brim with creativity and fabulous new products. Some of the products released throughout the month are special, limited edition pieces that are only available for a short time, but tonight’s release is part of the Simon Says Stamp lineup and will be restocked if/when things sell out! Throughout STAMPtember® we will be celebrating every day posting exclusive collaborations, contests, prizes, special promotions, announcements, and more surprises on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! The full Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release (click HERE!) is one giant extravaganza of creativity, but I am extra excited to share that I have a new illustration included with this fabulous release. The Floral Follies stamp set is a 6×6 background stamp that I have illustrated featuring some of my favorite blooms: dahlias, ranunculus, tulips, and even a little apple blossom peeking out from behind the tulips! To show you the full stamped image, I decided to create this pretty framed art piece using my watercolors and some embossing. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

I started by stamping my new Floral Follies background on a panel of watercolor paper that was a bit larger than the stamp with embossing ink, then sprinkled gold embossing powder and heated it up. The gold adds such a luxurious touch to the image without overpowering it! Using colored embossing powder with watercoloring is a nice way to “cheat” (aka-simpler watercoloring) while still getting a softer look than if you were to use black ink and clear embossing powder. Both techniques have their place in the craft room, but I really love the metallic powders for projects like this!

After I had embossed the image, I taped the watercolor panel down to my watercolor board with painter’s tape to minimize warping, then used watercolor markers to add so much vibrant color to the panel. I chose to use my favorite “fiesta” color palette, with vibrant oranges and pinks, which I toned down a bit by adding a chocolatey-maroon background. When working with watercolor brush markers, I like to scribble the marker on a palette or glass mat, then pick up the color with my damp paintbrush, which gives me more control over the intensity of the color that is being added to my watercolored piece.

After I had finished my panel and allowed it to dry while still taped to my board, I trimmed down the panel so that the edges were nice and clean. I also cut some matte gold foil cardstock slightly larger than the stamped and watercolored image and mounted the watercolored piece in the center, creating a thin golden frame around the edge of the image. Once the piece was complete, I placed it in a square frame. I think something like this would make such a nice addition to an art room or office space or even as a gift!

Well, that’s all for my project today. If you’re looking for more STAMPtember inspiration, be sure to bookmark or subscribe to my blog, because inspiration and fabulous crafty products will be showcased here almost every day throughout the month! (I’m tired just typing that {lol}, but man oh man is this month such a blast!) Be extra sure to come back on 9/2/26 for the spectacular and enormous blog party, filled with inspiration and free gifts! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!!!

Periwinkle Mums with New Simon Says Stamp + Final Day of STAMPtember!

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

Hi friends! Today is the final day of the month-long STAMPtember celebration with Simon Says Stamp! I have another project to share with you featuring some of the new goodies that were released as part of the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release, which are will be restocked like the normal monthly releases. The gorgeous new blurple inks that I’ve used for today’s card are out of stock at the moment, but you can always enter your email address and click “notify me” to be emailed as soon as they’re back in stock! Let’s get started with the details on my project.

*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!*

I began my project by using blending brushes to blend a gorgeous ombré panel of A2 cardstock using the new Ink Trio 31, which includes Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Periwinkle, Clematis, Crocus. These gorgeous blurple inks are such a perfect addition to the Pawsitively Saturated Ink lineup, definitely filling a gap in the color palette!

After I had finished blending, I ran the panel through my die cutting machine with the new Magnificent Mums Embossing Folder. I did the embossing after ink blending so that the blended color would remain clean and smooth between the colors; blending after embossing adds some mottling and shadowed areas where the embossed design is particularly deep. Once I had run the blended panel through my machine, I lightly swiped the Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink Pad directly over the raised areas, emphasizing the beautifully detailed design. I also splattered some iridescent watercolors on the panel for an artistic, textured look that reminds me of a flower field covered in morning dew!

For the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the previously-released Scripty Hugs with Simon Says Stamp Blue Violet cardstock, then layered it on a vellum shadow layer. I popped the sentiment die cut up with thin strips of foam adhesive, then tucked a silver hot foiled sentiment cut from the Reverse Everyday EZ Strips set using the EZ Strips die. These sentiment cards and the coordinating dies available make it super easy to have a plethora of sentiments at your fingertips to quickly finish off your card! I embellished the card front with some Prism Pawsitively Dazzling Gems and tucked a bow created using the Simon Says Stamp Iridescent White Cord amongst the greeting components.

Well, that’s all for my project today! Today, unfortunately, is the final day to purchase the different Collaboration Sets (click HERE or below to see what’s left on the projects that I created throughout the month!)

Here’s a remind of how these sets look in action:

If you love any of these sets, don’t forget to purchase them ASAP, because once STAMPtember is over, these beauties will be gone!

Well, that’s all for my project today! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and thanks so much for your enthusiasm during this epic 16th Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember celebration! Have a marvelous day!