Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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Holographic Happy Birthday with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back today using some of the fun foil transfer cards from the Simon Says Stamp  Cheering For You release! I love that Simon is coming out with these cards that you can use with your laminator or Minc machine. These toner foil cards have such a low storage footprint and can be customized to work with your color palette so easily! I used two different sets of these foil transfer cards for my project today, creating a fun clear birthday card with lots of sparkle and shine. Let’s get started with the details!

To start my card, I heated up my Minc machine to do some foiling with the new Starry Sky Foil Transfer Cards and Birthday Wishes Sentiment Strips. To use these toner foil cards, I find that I get the best results when I allow my Minc to heat up for quite a long time; the light turns green very quickly, but if you allow the machine to continue to heat for at least 15-20 minutes after that, the foil adheres to the toner cards very smoothly. It is also important to note that the type of foil that you are using is extremely important. Hot foil rolls like those from Spellbinders or Crafter’s Companion are specifically made for hot foiling plates, NOT for toner. I know it can be a little confusing to figure out which kind to use for which purpose! I like to use Thermoweb DecoFoil, Cheerfoil from Pink & Main, and Picket Fence Studio Toner Foil Rolls with my Minc machine. (Be sure to check each of these brands out if you’re interested in toner foiling; the array of available colors is absolutely amazing!!!)

After hot foiling the background and sentiment pieces using iridescent toner foil, I began die cutting the focal point on my shiny, celestial birthday card. I die cut the Balloon Assortment dies from some of Altenew’s Dazzling Diamonds glitter cardstock. This die set is great because it gives you multiple balloon shapes and sizes to mix and match as you like! I also die cut the large-scale and fabulous Fancy Happy Birthday die, cutting the detail layer from Pitch Black cardstock and the shadow from vellum. I also die cut a few Streamer Ribbons from some iridescent white foil cardstock that I found in my stash… so much sparkle and shine on this card!

After creating all of the components for the card, it was time to assemble it. I trimmed the starry foiled background panel down and adhered it in the center of one of the new clear acetate card base from Simon Says Stamp, as well as a plain white panel of the same size for the interior, leaving a space to write a message! I adhered the sentiment die cuts and balloons using adhesive foam squares, tucking the streamers in the corner with some liquid adhesive. I also added some balloon “strings” with a Sharpie. Finally, I added one last touch of sparkle (because you can never have enough sparkle!) with a smattering of Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems.

I absolutely love how impactful this card is with the shining foil elements and the clear card base… I think it is so unique and incredibly festive, perfect for a special birthday card! If you’ve never used acetate card bases before, I encourage you to try it out… they’re great fun. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

A Triple Birthday Card Suite with Simon Says Stamp!

Hi there! I have been trying to use more things in my stash that haven’t seen any love, and one of those sets was the Time To Party set from Simon Says Stamp. I love the graphic feel of this set; it has so many different elements that you can make a ton of different projects that all have that same graphic feel but with completely different layouts! I selected three different shades of ink and a smattering of other birthday-themed products from Simon Says Stamp’s collection and went to town creating three birthday cards with lots of cheerful colors and crisp white accents. Let’s get started with the details!

All three of my cards feature the same color combination created using inks from the Pawsitively Saturated ink line from Simon Says Stamo: Cheeky, Watermelon, and Orchid. Individually, these colors are quite unique themselves, but together I think they make such a pretty and interesting color palette!

For my first card, I stamped the birthday hat from Time To Party, stamping the first layer of the hat with Cheeky ink, then tapping my Watermelon pad around the edge of the same stamp lightly and dabbing it with my microfiber cloth to soften the edges a bit and stamping that layer, as well, to create a more dimensional look. I also stamped the polka dots and fluffy topper for the hat using Orchid ink. Once I had finished stamping the different elements for the hat, I die cut them using the coordinating dies.

For the background, I first lightly blended some Cheeky ink around the edges of a white A2 card base, then added some white Streamer Ribbons die cuts, adhering them with dots of liquid glue to create a simple, festive backdrop for my vibrant party hat. To create my sentiment, I blended some Orchid ink on a scrap of white cardstock, then die cut the Birthday On A Line die, once from the coordinating purple cardstock and twice from plain white cardstock, adhering them together to create a dimensional die cut sentiment. I stamped smaller greeting from the Time To Party set on a small rectangle of white cardstock, as well. I arranged the die cuts on my card front, making the greeting even more festive by popping that hat on top of it at a jaunty angle! Finally, I added a few iridescent white pearls for some shine.

My second card features more die cuts from Time To Party in the same colors. I stamped and die cut some balloons and a yummy cupcake using the Cheeky, Watermelon, and Orchid inks and die cut them with the coordinating dies. I also die cut a Balloon Background Die from white cardstock and layered it on a white A2 card front to create a slightly textured, but still simple, background that fit the festive theme of the card without detracting from the bright focal points.

I created a custom sentiment by stamping part of one of the greetings from Time To Party, then enhancing it with an iridescent white Birthday die cut. I popped up all of the different die cut elements using foam adhesive, then added a few iridescent white pearls for some sparkle.

My last card is one of those super fun flat shaker cards that are so popular and so fun to make! I stamped some custom patterned paper using the balloons and confetti stamps from Time To Party and Cheeky, Watermelon, and Orchid inks. I used some leftover stamp packaging to create a cellophane wrapper for my patterned panel, filling it with some tiny shimmering sequins. The cellophane bag is loose enough that the sequins shakes so easily and are so festive!!

I kept the sentiment simple to keep the focus on the fun shaker element, stamping two different sentiments from Time To Party and adding them to the front of the card at a playful angle using foam adhesive. I love how this one came out. It was super easy to make, too, and the shaker makes such an impact! Everybody loves a shaker, right?

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I am having so much fun pulling products that haven’t seen enough love from me and giving them so well-deserved attention. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!