Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

tumbling flowers

Fuchsia Flowers for Valentine’s Day with Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! Is it bitterly cold where you are located? We’ve had almost two solid weeks of exceptionally cold and snowy weather, which is very unusual for our area in southern Illinois anymore. When I was a kid, we used to experience truly winter weather throughout the winter, frequently with snow (maybe not much, but still enough to count!) on Christmas. These days, though, it’s more likely to be in the 40’s and 50’s for most of the winter season, and it makes me somewhat sad. I love bundling into our warm house when it’s cold outside, and bonus… the colder the temps, the more bugs die! Ha! (I am not outdoorsy and bugs are my nemesis when I am outside.) For today’s post, I thought I would brighten things up with some vibrant pink projects using the gorgeous Tumbling Flowers embossing folder and coordinating stencil set from Simon Says Stamp. Let’s get started with the details!

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Out of the huge array of luscious colors in the Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink line, I find myself constantly reaching for Taffy ink. It’s cool, vibrant pink works splendidly with so many different color palettes, blended lightly or more intensely, swiped or stamped. I decided to make Taffy ink the focus for my color palette today to add some vibrant color into these dreary winter days!

To start my card, I ran an A2 sized panel of white cardstock through my die cutting machine using the Tumbling Flowers Embossing Folder. I then placed my embossed panel on a Pawsitively Perfect Craft Tacky Mat and used blending brushes and the coordinating Tumbling Flowers Stencils to blend Taffy, Peony, Rhubarb, and Sprout Pawsitively Saturated Inks on the gorgeous cluster of blooms. The combination of layering stencils and fantastic dimension on the embossed panel creates such a uniquely textured, dimensional project! After blending the flower images, I used residual Taffy ink left on the blending brush to blend around the edges of the card front and splattered some gold glitter watercolors around the edges, as well.

For the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the Fancy Just Because die using gold glitter cardstock from the new Hot Tamale Glitter cardstock and the shadow layer from Simon Says Stamp’s Vellum. I adhered the two layers together using liquid adhesive, then adhered the sparkling sentiment to the card front using thin strips of foam adhesive squares. I added a die cut and stenciled flower next to the sentiment die cuts, created using the coordinating die from the Tumbling Flowers product suite. I tucked a shimmering gold bow next to the standalone flower and added some Gold Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to the flower centers for some added sparkle!

I wanted to create a coordinating gift box to hold a gift card, some candy, or a small gift, so I used white cardstock to die cut the new Sweethearts Box and adhered everything together using the super strong Tear-rifically Tacky Tape, which works perfectly for 3-dimensional objects like the Sweethearts Box. I trimmed off some 3/8″ strips of glitter cardstock from the orange, pink, and gold Hot Tamale Glitter cardstock pack and adhered them at an angle on the front of the gift box.

After I had created the box, I die cut the XOXO included with the Sweethearts Box die set from some magenta foil cardstock. I adhered it at an angle on the strips of glitter cardstock, then arranged a few die cut and stenciled flowers created with the Tumbling Flowers Embossing Folder and stencil suite. I popped the flowers up with some foam adhesive and added a Valentine’s greeting heat embossed in gold on white cardstock. Such a vibrant and pretty little gift box, with a bit of a unique color palette to keep things fresh and modern!

Well, that’s all for my projects today. I love injecting some vibrant color into these long and gray January days by playing with vivid inks and sparkling cardstocks. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

The World Needs More People Like You in Blue and Green!

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

Hi friends! I have another ink swiped embossing folder project to share with you today, similar to the project that I shared yesterday with the video. (Click HERE to see that post!) This ink swiping technique is so popular right now, and I am having such fun playing around with different color palettes. I used some gorgeous new products from the Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You release to create this serene teal card. Let’s get started with the details!

To begin, I ran a panel of white cardstock through my die cutting machine using the new Tumbling Flowers Embossing Folder. To do the “swiping” method, I flipped the embossed panel over so that the pattern was impressed down into the cardstock rather than raised up, then used small blending brushes to blend colors from the new Blue Lagoons Cubes on the flowers and foliage.

After I had finished adding color to the individual images, I used the darkest teal inkpad to swipe directly on the raised areas of the debossed panel. Because the ink blended areas were impressed down into the cardstock, the raised areas picked up the dark ink and help to enhance the details of the debossed image! Using the super dark ink also helps to cover up any ink blending outside of the intended areas; it’s important to select lighter inks for the images and darker inks for the swiping. Once I had finished ink swiping, I used a silver paint pen to add details to the center of the flowers, as well as some metallic watercolor splatters around the edges of the panel. I trimmed the debossed panel down slightly and mounted it in the center of a Sea Glass card base, leaving a light blue mat around the edges.

For the greeting, I stamped a sentiment from the new Graceful Flowers stamp set using deep teal ink, then again directly over the top with sticky embossing ink and covered it with Iridescent Blue embossing powder. I love using this technique to make sentiments a little extra special to help them stand out a bit more! Using residual ink left over on my blending brush, I lightly blended some pale aqua ink on the edges of the die cut sentiment to help it better coordinate with the color palette. I popped up the greeting with some foam adhesive squares, then tucked a bow made with 1/4″ white seam binding beneath the sentiment. Finally, I added a few Pawsitively Dazzling Surf Gems for a bit more sparkle and texture!

Well, that’s all for my project today. Simon Says Stamp has such an incredible array of embossing folders, featuring so many designs with absolutely exquisite details, and the fact that you have so many potential techniques available to use with them is just the icing on the cake! If you haven’t tried playing with embossing folders, you totally should, because it’s an absolute blast. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!