Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

tree plate greetings

Heaven and Nature Sing with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring the fabulous new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice release (click HERE to see the entire release!), putting the Frosty Tree Gathering and Frosty Tree Trio dies to use to create a little matching card and gift tag ensemble! The Frosty Tree Gathering is the big sister to the Frosty Tree Trio die set, and I love how they can be used separately or simultaneously to create beautifully graphic nature imagery. Let’s get started with the details on my projects!

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All of my projects today take advantage of that gorgeous new Seafoam cardstock, that perfect pale Tiffany blue. I love the icy feel of pairing the lovely blue with crisp white for holiday cards!

The card is relatively simple to create, with a subtly blended background highlighting the tree die cuts. I blended Seafoam Pawsitively Saturated Ink on a Seafoam cardstock card front, then splattered the blended area with some sparkling glitter watercolors. I then die cut the new Frosty Tree Gathering from shimmering white glitter cardstock, adding them to a strip of the same white cardstock and popping them up on my blended and splattered card front. For the greeting, I used Seafoam ink to stamp a sentiment from the new Stacked Holiday Sentiments, then stamped again directly over the top with embossing ink and added Hero Arts Iridescent Blue Embossing Powder. This creates an exquisite tone-on-tone shimmer without adding any additional color to the card front! I popped up all of the die cuts with foam adhesive, then added a few Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle.

For the tags, I decided to create a simplified, smaller version of the card with the Frosty Tree Gathering die’s little sister: Frosty Tree Trio. I don’t love spending tons of time on tags, as they frequently are barely noticed and get thrown away with the rest of the wrapping, so these simple tags add the perfect handmade touch without too much time investment! I die cut these individual trees twice from white glitter cardstock to create a little forest of snowy trees on my tags. I also die cut the Rounded Tags from some more Seafoam cardstock, die cutting the tags four times so that I could adhere the scratched backsides, creating smooth and clean surface on front and back!

For the greetings on my tags, I decided to use the simple-but-perfect Tree Plate Greetings. I stamped two of the sentiments on more of the Seafoam cardstock with White Pigment Ink, then used White Satin Pearl embossing powder over the top to create a festive and shimmery sentiment without adding any additional color to my tags. I arranged the die cuts on the tag fronts, adhering with both liquid and foam adhesive and allowing my trees to “grow” from the sentiment die cuts! Finally, I added some hemp twine bows and loops for easy addition to holiday packages.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! My husband is off work this week, so I am hoping to persuade him to help me bring up the holiday decor from the basement… it’s officially Christmastime around here! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Cobalt and Lime Holiday Ornaments with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another project featuring the fabulous new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice release (click HERE to see the entire release!), this time with a much more elegant aesthetic and a super unique color palette, but no less festive for all of that! I have lots of images saved on my Pinterest boards featuring beautiful color palettes for both holiday and non-holiday projects alike; when I was searching for a color palette to begin my project today, this lime green and cobalt blue really stood out to me as something super unique and eye catching! I knew that this modern holiday color scheme would look marvelous when juxtaposed with the new Nostalgic Christmas imagery. Let’s get started with the details!

*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 stamped the ornament images from the new Nostalgic Christmas stamp set onto some white cardstock using Royal Pawsitively Saturated Ink, then again directly over the top with embossing ink, adding Hero Arts Iridescent Blue embossing powder over the top to create a magical, luminous glow on these super detailed holiday ornaments! I die cut the images with their coordinating dies, then used blending brushes to blend Royal and Pearfection Pawsitively Saturated Ink on the ornaments, hopefully conveying shining ornaments that catch the reflection of the green Christmas lights on the tree! The embossed ornaments resist the ink, while still being that lovely shade of blue, creating an almost monochromatic effect and keeping the color palette as accurate as possible.

After I had created the ornaments, I used the new Leafy Double Garland Embossing Folder (definitely a favorite from this release-can’t wait to do some coloring with this one!) to emboss a panel of lime green pearlescent cardstock that I found in my stash. These coated cardstocks work spectacularly with super detailed embossing folders, creating exquisite texture and allowing the intricate details to really shine. I trimmed a bit off of each side, making it slightly narrower than a typical A2 panel, and tucked two strips of Simon Says Stamp’s Sapphire Blue glitter cardstock on each of the long sides of the A2 card front, allowing that coordinating sparkling blue to peek out from behind the embossed panel. I then die cut the older Arching Spruce Sprigs die from some deeper green cardstock and arranged them in a bough on my card front, placing the ornaments in a cluster to be hanging from the branches. I love the unique shapes on these ornaments! So elegant and interesting!

For the greeting, I stamped one of the sentiments from the new Tree Plate Greetings set using Royal Pawsitively Saturated Ink, again following up with embossing ink and Hero Arts Iridescent Blue embossing powder. I die cut the finished greeting, then used the residual ink left on my blending brushes to add Royal and Pearfection ink to the sentiment die cut. To enhance the sentiment, I decided to also add one of the beautiful greeting dies from the new Angel Wings die set, which coordinates with the Angel Wings stencils but also includes three beautifully scripted sentiment dies, complete with shadow images for each! I die cut the detail layer of the Joy sentiment from the same Sapphire glitter cardstock, backing it with a vellum shadow layer. I tucked the sentiment pieces amongst the ornaments and foliage, then added a few Royal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for one last touch of festive sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Don’t forget to check out the Simon Says Stamp Blog to see tons of inspiration and prizes for Day 2 of the And Everything Nice Blog Hop! You can check out my post for Day 1 by clicking HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!