Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

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The Ton Stamps Summer Release: Day 4

Good morning! We are back today with our last day of stamp debuts. All of the products you have seen this week are now available for purchase on The Ton’s website!

For The Ton’s Summer 2017, Effie has released 24 new stamp designs and 1 new couture mix! There are four new gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until June 22 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order. No coupon code needed. All incentive products will be added to qualified orders.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Summer Soiree Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2×3 Floral Mini Banner Stamp (and Summer Soiree Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2×3 Anemone Cluster Mini Stamp (and Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

Spend $200 or more: Receive a 3×4 Watercolor Bouquet Set (and an Anemone Cluster Mini stamp, Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

**Incentive products will not be available for purchase in our shop until July***

We have four stamp and die sets left to show you today:

City Girls Book Life
Sunnies
Watercolor Wreaths
Peony Terrace

Be sure to check out The Ton’s blog post for all of the official details about each new product! 

For my first project, I chose to make a pair of cards using the beautiful new Peony Terrace background stamp. My first instinct would be to heat emboss and watercolor it, but I wanted to show how pretty it can be when used on a monochromatic card. I first stamped a 5.5″ square panel using True Navy ink, then die cut the Brushed Hello die from the center, keeping both pieces so that I could make two cards!

For this first card, I used the negative space from the die cut background to create a foiled inlay! I simply made sure to keep all of the pieces from the inside of the die, then die cut the Brushed Hello again from some pretty blue foil, inlaid it inside the negative space of the die cut, then added in the little interior pieces. For a simple finish, I blended a bit of True Navy ink around the edges with my blending tool.

For the second card, I die cut two more of the Brushed Hello from plain white card stock, then adhered them with the die cut from the large panel to create a dimensional die cut. I stamped the coordinating sentiment from Brushed Hello onto strips of white card stock using the same True Navy ink, then popped them up with dimensional adhesive. I adhered everything to a clean white card base and added a few Glass Slippers sequins to add a touch of sparkle. Clean and crisp is slowly becoming my new favorite style!!!

For this next project, I combined the adorable heart shaped sunglasses (of which my 3 year old daughter has an identical pair!) from the brand new Sunnies with the sweet Mini Heart background stamp that was released a few months ago. I started by heat embossing the Mini Hearts onto a plain white A2 panel using gold embossing powder. Next, I used my Clarity Stencil Brushes to blend Grape Crush, Deep Sapphire, and Cobalt Breeze inks down the front of the panel. I then stamped the adorable heart shaped Sunnies using some sticky black ink, then sprinkled holographic embossing powder over the top and embossed them with my heat tool. I colored the arms of the sunglasses in with my Dark Pink Zig marker, then used my sharpest scissors to cut out the center of the sunglasses and add teal foil behind them to create some mirrored sunglasses. Super cute and so retro, don’t you think?! I heat embossed my sentiment from Sunnies onto a rectangle of vellum, adhered my sunglasses down, then added some dimensional adhesive behind them to pop the vellum panel up off of the blended heart panel. Adorable, right? I love the sassy sentiments included in the stamp set, too!! So fun.

For my last card today, I used the beautiful new Watercolor Wreath with my Zig markers to create a watered down, Monet-ish card front. I started by using my MISTI to color the wreath with my Zig markers and stamp the images onto a piece of Bristol paper. After I had gotten a sufficient amount of pigment onto the card stock, I used my damp paintbrush to blend the colors out a bit, then scribbled some of the color onto an acrylic block and watered it down, then blended the coordinating color out on the wreath to make it look very ethereal and almost impressionist. I stamped a few of the individual blooms from Watercolor Wreath in the same way and die cut them with the coordinating dies.

For the greeting, I stamped one of the beautiful banners from the new Banners set onto some vellum, heat embossed it with silver embossing powder, then die cut it with the coordinating dies. I added the individual die cut blooms on the corners and hid my dimensional adhesive behind them so as not to mar the translucent vellum. I added a touch of sparkle with some Light Sapphire sequins.

I also was able to make a coordinating envelope by stamping the beautiful Watercolor Bouquet incentive stamp with Beach Blondie onto my coordinating yellow envelope! I love when I can make the envelope just as pretty as the card within.

Well, that’s all for me today! Now, for some fun giveaway details!

For each Release Day (1 through 4), The Ton is giving away a stamp set of choice from the new release! So there are four stamps up for grabs! To qualify, you must leave a comment on The Ton’s Daily Release posts. Leave a comment on each Design Team member’s blogs to increase your chances of winning.

There will be an additional 11 stamps up for grabs for commenters on The Ton’s Design Team Blogs. Just leave a comment on the DT blogs during the release days for a chance to win a stamp set of choice. The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, June 12th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter.

The Ton’s June Challenge is now live! For this month, we have a fun color palette challenge so head over now for a chance to win a $50 spree to The Ton’s shop!” *Gift certificates only apply to The Ton stamps, dies and gilding.

 Be sure to come back tomorrow for the traditional New Release Blog Hop! We have a remarkable lineup of talented guests in store for you tomorrow, plus giveaways, so you won’t want to miss it! Have a great day, and happy shopping!

The Ton Stamps Summer Release: Day 3

Good morning again! Happy Wednesday! Today is the third day of The Ton’s Summer 2017 Release. What a release, huh? Such an amazing range of styles represented!

For The Ton’s Summer 2017, Effie has released 24 new stamp designs and 1 new couture mix! There are four new gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until June 22 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order. No coupon code needed. All incentive products will be added to qualified orders.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Summer Soiree Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2×3 Floral Mini Banner Stamp (and Summer Soiree Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2×3 Anemone Cluster Mini Stamp (and Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

Spend $200 or more: Receive a 3×4 Watercolor Bouquet Set (and an Anemone Cluster Mini stamp, Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

**Incentive products will not be available for purchase in our shop until July***

Today, we are focusing on some more absolutely stunning floral stamps:

Anemone Garden
Summer Blooms
Large Peony 4
Large Peony 5
Poppy Border
 Sunflower Border

I have to say, I always feel like Effie can’t outdo the florals from the previous releases, and somehow, she does it every time. I am so in love with these new flowers. Let’s get started on my projects today!

For my first project, I used the absolutely stunning new Large Peony 4 and Large Peony 5 stamps with a little masking to create a beautiful peony cluster that covered the front of an A2 card base in its entirety. They are seriously SO. STUNNING. And, in my humble opinion, if you are not terribly sure of your watercoloring, these are some good florals on which to practice, because the petals are nice and large, which gives you plenty of space to practice your shadows and depth. I started by heat embossing the darker pink flower using some platinum embossing powder, then stamping it again on masking paper and masking it off to add in the other bloom and foliage. I then watercolored it with my Zig markers and a damp paintbrush, going back and adding in more shadows after the first layer had dried.

I didn’t really want to cover up the pretty blooms very much with my greeting, so I cut the gorgeous Brushed Thanks die from some heavy weight vellum, then covered it with Versamark ink and heat embossed holographic embossing powder over the entire die cut, creating some wonderfully subtle sparkle. I used clear dimensional adhesive to adhere the vellum die cut to the front of my card, then added some of the lovely Summer Soiree incentive sequins mix to add just a touch more dimension and sparkle.

For my next card, I wanted to do something a little different than just pull out my watercolors. I’m trying to make sure that I use all of my coloring mediums, and not just the ones I like the most, so I dug out my neglected Copic markers. I heat embossed the beautiful new Poppy Border stamp using some more platinum embossing powder onto a panel of vellum, then used my Copics to color the back of the vellum to create an almost stained glass effect. I added in the sentiment, again embossed with platinum embossing powder, from the Anemone Wishes set that was debuted on Monday.

I added the vellum panel to a plain white card base, adding liquid adhesive just around the very edges of the panel. To cover up the adhesive, I die cut a panel of shimmering aqua glitter card stock using the Double Stitched Rectangles dies to create a pretty frame for the edge.

I love this technique! It’s always nice to try something different, just for a change of pace.

Now, for the fabulous giveaway details:

For each Release Day (1 through 4), The Ton is giving away a stamp set of choice from the new release! So there are four stamps up for grabs! To qualify, you must leave a comment on The Ton’s Daily Release posts. Leave a comment on each Design Team member’s blogs to increase your chances of winning.

There will be an additional 11 stamps up for grabs for commenters on The Ton’s Design Team Blogs. Just leave a comment on the DT blogs during the release days for a chance to win a stamp set of choice.The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, June 12th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter.

The Ton’s June Challenge is now live! For this month, we have a fun color palette challenge so head over now for a chance to win a $50 spree to The Ton’s shop! *Gift certificates only apply to The Ton stamps, dies and gilding.

Well, that’s all for me today! Be sure to check out The Ton’s blog for all of the details about each individual set and see the incredible inspiration from my teammates.

Meet me back here tomorrow morning, bright and early, because we will be debuting the remaining stamp sets, AND everything that we’ve been teasing you with this week will be available for purchase tomorrow morning at 7 am EST!!! Have a fantastic day, friends!

 

The Ton Stamps Summer Release: Day 2

Good morning again! I’m back for Day 2 of The Ton’s Summer 2017 release. Release Week is off to a bang, right? How do you like those new anemone stamps? So, so stunning. We have even more fun products to showcase for you today!

For The Ton’s Summer 2017, Effie has released 24 new stamp designs and 1 new couture mix! There are four new gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until June 22 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order. No coupon code needed. All incentive products will be added to qualified orders.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Summer Soiree Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2×3 Floral Mini Banner Stamp (and Summer Soiree Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2×3 Anemone Cluster Mini Stamp (and Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

Spend $200 or more: Receive a 3×4 Watercolor Bouquet Set (and an Anemone Cluster Mini stamp, Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

**Incentive products will not be available for purchase in our shop until July***

Today, we are featuring:

Wave
 Mountains
Beer
Eagle
Basic Banners
Banners Holiday Add On

So many unique stamp sets today, none of which are floral (which totally throws me off haha)!!! The Beer set is fantastic. The layering looks kinda crazy in each individual piece, but when you add the last layer, it falls into place perfectly! I thought it would be so cute for a wedding card when coupled with the Tea Party stamps and dies. To start, I stamped the main beer mug image from Beer with the Citrine Trio and the Crystal Pewter and Smoky Quartz inks to create the foam and the mug itself. I used the dainty, super feminine teacup image from Tea Party, die cut and stamped with the Peony Collection to contrast with the large, hyper-masculine beer mug. I used Noir ink to stamp the “his” and “hers” using the Scripty Alphas stamps. I had originally intended to put these images on a regular A2 card base, but found that the beer mug is so large that it fit better proportionally on a 5×7 card base. After I had mounted my die cut Beer mug and teacup with foam tape on my 4.75″x6.75″ panel, I mounted a 5×7″ panel of adhesive gold foil to my card base, then added my finished panel over the top to create a pretty, shiny gold border.

My other card for today features one of the incentive stamp sets that you can receive with a qualifying order: Anemone Cluster. It’s a mini stamp set, but the flowers in it are so pretty and are arranged so nicely that you can use them in a variety of ways. For this project, I started by stamping the main image onto some watercolor paper four times and heat embossing them with our Rose Gold embossing powder. I then used my Daniel Smith watercolors to paint them in shades of pink-y peach and coral. After painting, I die cut them with their coordinating dies and set them aside.

I die cut one of the double stitched circle dies from some white card stock, then stamped a pretty greeting from a set being released later this week using Ocean Teal ink. I arranged my blooms in a wreath, then laid the die cut circle over the top and mounted everything on a 5.5″ square card base.

Well that’s all for me today! Now for even more fun…. giveaways!!!

For each Release Day (1 through 4), The Ton is giving away a stamp set of choice from the new release! So there are four stamps up for grabs! To qualify, you must leave a comment on The Ton’s Daily Release posts. Leave a comment on each Design Team member’s blogs to increase your chances of winning.

DESIGN TEAM RELEASE GIVEAWAYS
There will be an additional 11 stamps up for grabs for commenters on The Ton’s Design Team Blogs. Just leave a comment on the DT blogs during the release days (days 1-4) for a chance to win a stamp set of choice.The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, June 12th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter.

Be sure to stop by The Ton’s blog for today’s post featuring projects with all of the stamp sets from the talented ladies on the Design Team, plus the full stamp and die images. Thanks for dropping by today, and be sure to come back tomorrow for more release inspiration from The Ton’s Summer 2017 release! Have a marvelous day, friends!

The Ton Stamps Summer Release: Day 1

Good morning! Today marks the start of The Ton’s Summer Release, and let me tell you… we have some absolutely gorgeous stamps to show you. So many heart eyes. Let’s get started with some details!

For The Ton’s Summer 2017, Effie has released 24 new stamp designs and 1 new couture mix! There are four new gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until June 22 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order. No coupon code needed. All incentive products will be added to qualified orders.

Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Summer Soiree Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2×3 Floral Mini Banner Stamp (and Summer Soiree Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2×3 Anemone Cluster Mini Stamp (and Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

Spend $200 or more: Receive a 3×4 Watercolor Bouquet Set (and an Anemone Cluster Mini stamp, Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

**Incentive products will not be available for purchase in our shop until July***

Today, we are showcasing:
Fresh Cut Anemones (Layered and Outline)
Anemone Bouquet
Anemone Wishes
Penned Sentiments

For my first project today, I have some framed artwork. The Ton’s florals are so stunning, and they’re quite nicely sized. I have always wanted to create some wall art with these beautiful images. I started by die cutting one of the Double Stitched Squares, then heat embossed the Anemone Bouquet on some Arches watercolor paper using silver embossing powder. I did do some quick masking to be sure that the vase included in the Anemone Bouquet set was nestled prettily beneath the blooms in the bouquet. I used my Daniel Smith watercolors in place of my Zigs because I wanted something more permanent and lightfast… it breaks my heart how quickly the Zig coloring fades. 🙁

I mounted the watercolored panel on some silvery gray card stock using dimensional adhesive, then mounted that on an 8×8 panel of royal purple card stock to mount in my 8×8 “memory” frame, aka shadow box (fairly inexpensive at your local big box store, especially if you have a coupon or a sale ad!). An easy peasy gift! My mom loved it.

For my next project, I combined the beautiful new Fresh Cut Anemone Outlines with the previously released Fresh Cut Garden Roses Outlines. I stamped and Rose Gold heat embossed all of the blooms on some hot-pressed watercolor paper, then colored them with my Zig markers in shades of blush and pale, pale pink. I fussy cut them all out (the coordinating Anemone dies didn’t reach me in time for this post, and I was on a roll fussy cutting so I just kept going with the roses, but you can certainly use the coordinating dies to save time!)

I die cut a panel of white card stock using the Lattice Cover Plate, then mounted it on my white card base for a subtle, textured look. I adhered my blooms in the lower right hand corner using dimensional adhesive, then heat embossed my greeting from a new set that you’ll be seeing later this week onto a flagged strip of vellum. I hid the adhesive on the end beneath my flowers, then placed a dot of adhesive near the other end and hid that beneath some sequins from our new incentive sequins mix: Summer Soiree. The sentiment and the white on white with the pretty flowers makes for a perfect summertime wedding card, don’t you think?

Well, that’s all for me today! The newest release is off to a bang, right? I always wonder how Effie will manage to top the last release, and she always does!! Now, for some fun giveaway details:

For each Release Day (1 through 4), The Ton is giving away a stamp set of choice from the new release! So there are four stamps up for grabs! To qualify, you must leave a comment on The Ton’s Daily Release posts. Leave a comment on each Design Team member’s blogs to increase your chances of winning.

DESIGN TEAM RELEASE GIVEAWAYS
There will be an additional 11 stamps up for grabs for commenters on The Ton’s Design Team Blogs. Just leave a comment on the DT blogs during the release days (days 1-4) for a chance to win a stamp set of choice.The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, June 12th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on The Ton Blog thereafter.

Be sure to visit The Ton’s blog for links to all of my talented Design Team cohorts’ blogs. Seriously, so much talent in one place. Be sure to leave lots of love on their blogs for increased chances to win!! Thanks for joining us today, and I will see you again tomorrow!