Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

tulips

Ellen Hutson+Waffleflower Blog Hop!

Hi there! Today, the Ellen Hutson Design Ambassadors are hopping to help introduce some of the absolutely stunning new designs from one of my favorite companies- Waffle Flower Crafts! Their newest release (available here at Ellen Hutson) is absolutely fabulous, full of such a huge variety of products that there is really something for everyone! I, naturally, gravitated towards the beautiful Tulips stamps and dies. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

I began by stamping the two main tulip nosegays from Tulips on some white, Copic-friendly cardstock using Intens-ified Black ink from Hero Arts. I then used Copic markers in pretty shades of purple and green, then die cut them with the coordinating Tulips dies.

Next, I cut an A2 panel of Lavender cardstock and, using the new Waffle Flower Mini Media Mat, Picket Fence Studios Blender Brushes, and Hero Arts Grape Juice ink, blended a pretty deep purple on one side of the Lavender panel. After I’d finished blending, I splattered some Hero Arts White Liquid Watercolor on the blended portion to add a little texture.

I adhered the die cut flowers using foam adhesive, then added a greeting (also from Tulips) with some more foam adhesive. The final touch was to add some pretty Pearl White gems to add some sparkle!

One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Tuesday, February 18th at 11:59pm PST. Winner will be notified by email.

You should have arrived here from Ardyth’s blog, and your next stop is Kelly’s blog. You can also find the entire hop list on the Ellen Hutson blog! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

New brushes+new stamps=happiness.

Good morning! I have a pretty watercolored card for you today using some of my new synthetic Silverwhite brushes and my Daniel Smith watercolors. In case you missed my first post giving my initial thoughts on these brushes, you can find it here. This project differs only in the fact that I used hot press watercolor paper. To be honest, this was the first project that I made with the new synthetic brushes. I didn’t share it first because I liked the results on the textured cold press watercolor paper better.

For this project, I used a new-to-me stamp set from Mama Elephant: Timeless Tulips. I have been in love with it for a long time and found it on sale a few weeks ago, so I snatched it up! The petals are nicely sized, perfect for practicing shading. I thought this would be a great image to use with my new paintbrushes. 

I started by heat embossing the main floral image from Timeless Tulips onto some Arches Hot Press watercolor paper using some silver embossing powder. I watercolored the three tulips with a combination of Daniel Smith Quinacridone Rose, Opera Pink, and added Moonglow for some shadows.  I watercolored the leaves with Hooker’s Green, then added a halo of Payne’s Gray around the watercolored image. I covered the flowers with some Post It Notes, then added a few “artsy” splatters!

The rest of the card was pretty simple to finish. I added a black die cut Just For You from Papertrey Ink’s Big Basics line. Easy peasy!

I found that the synthetic brushes were a bit stiff for the super smooth hot press watercolor paper. If I worked the color too much, it seemed to pill the paper, as you can see in the halo around the edge of the image. Overall, I’m pleased with the performance of the synthetic brushes, but they do require some adjustments to your technique.

I hope you enjoyed this quick project! I always forget that sometimes quick and easy are just as much fun to put together as the super detailed projects. Have a marvelous day, friends!