Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

valentine's day

Jewelry for Valentine’s Day with New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I have one last Valentine’s Day project to share with you using some new goodies from the Heart to Heart Release from Simon Says Stamp (click HERE to check out the entire release!). I love that Simon is coming out with so many coordinating stencils to go with their stamp sets, making it easy peasy to add color, shadows, and shape to stamped line art. I used the new Locket of Love product suite as the starting point for today’s project, and I am so happy with how it turned out. Let’s get started on the details!

To begin, I stamped and silver embossed one of the large locket images, chain, and sentiment from Locket of Love using silver embossing powder. I have a beautiful little locket with similar floral engravings on it that was given to me by my grandparents and so decided to create a silver locket rather than a gold one in honor of their gift to me from many years ago. I used a blending brush with the coordinating Locket of Love Stencils to blend Shark Pawsitively Saturated Ink on the chain and locket images, then added some details with a silver sparkle brush pen and a white gel pen, adding shimmer and shine to the image! I also used a gray alcohol marker to add a bit of additional shape to the round spheres on the chain, which when combined with the curved dashes of white gel pen, make it look so realistic!

For the background, I wanted something frilly and feminine, and the Bundled Swag Embossing Folder provided the perfect, over the top texture! It reminds me of those vintage piped buttercream cakes that are all the rage on Instagram right now. I embossed a panel of silver mirror cardstock, which highlighted those intricate embossed details to perfection. If you want to really pick up the details on an intricate embossing folder, I highly recommend using specialty coated cardstock. Pearlescent, mirror, and brushed foil cardstock works beautifully with those intricate embossing folders! I trimmed the long sides, then mounted the embossed panel in the center of a white A2 card front using strong double sided tape.

To enhance the silver embossed sentiment that I had created using the Locket of Love set, I die cut the new Fancy Hey, Girl, cutting a solid white shadow piece as well as nestling the shadow and detail dies together on a piece of silver glitter cardstock. I used the silvery glitter negative space to add additional texture to the card front while still making the crisp white sentiment visible amongst all of the silver and gray images. I had initially planned to do a simple silver glitter “hey, girl” but was afraid that the words would get swallowed by all of the other silver elements on the card. By utilizing the negative space, I still was able to keep my color palette consistent and add additional texture to the card while also making that crisp white die cut sentiment pop from the monochromatic background. After I had adhered all of the die cuts to the card front using foam adhesive, I added a few Clear Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle!

Well, that’s all for my project today! How sweet would this be for a galentine’s party? The Locket of Love set is such a unique stamp set; perfect for Valentine’s Day and beyond! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy love day!

Textured Hearts with New Simon Says Stamp!


This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I have some new inspiration for you today featuring some beautiful new heart dies from the Heart to Heart Release  from Simon Says Stamp (click HERE to check out the entire release!). The release featured lots of beautiful stamps and dies to use to create your valentines, and I just couldn’t resist pairing some of them to create these pretty valentines in a lovely blush/pink/magenta color palette, with just a touch of rich plummy pink thrown in! I had enough die cuts to create two different cards, which makes it even better… so let’s get started with the details!

I loved the color palette that I used for THIS card, so I pulled several different scraps of coordinating colored cardstock to use for my standalone die cuts. The details on the new heart dies from the Heart to Heart release are so exquisite and definitely deserve to be center stage!! I used the scraps of cardstock to die cut Hearts Aplenty, Flourish Heart Trio, and Jewel Heart as many times as I could from each color, so that I would have plenty of die cuts to use to create my cards.

Before arranging the die cuts on my card front, I used blending brushes to very lightly blend Concord and 9th Fig ink and Pawsitively Saturated Ink in shades of Ballerina + Guava on my white A2 card front. I kept the blending very subtle to keep the background from overpowering the heart die cuts, just a suggestion of coordinating color. I also splattered the blended background with some iridescent glitter watercolors for added shimmer!

Once my background had dried, I used a mixture of liquid adhesive and foam adhesive squares to add the hearts in a random pattern, making sure to get a good mixture of sizes and colors throughout the card front. For any hearts hanging over the edge, I simply used some sharp scissors to snip off any excesses. I added a glitter die cut Swoopy Love You to the solid pink heart, selecting a lighter shade of pink for that heart and then creating a contrasting deep purple glitter die cut sentiment. Making this sentiment the darkest color on the card front ensures that the greeting pops off of the card. Finally, I added a few Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for additional sparkle!

My second card primarily uses the “leftovers” from the first project. Because the Flourish Heart Trio is a single die that cuts three individual shapes, I had several left and decided to use them all on their own! I created a couple of strips of glitter cardstock, then decided to use those to create a barrier for a patterned strip on the exterior edge. I stamped the Jumbled Hearts background with Ballerina Pawsitively Saturated Ink just on the edge of my A2 card front. I adhered the glitter cardstock strips over the seam between the white cardstock side and the patterned side with liquid adhesive, then popped up the hearts in a neat line on top of the strips using foam adhesive squares. No sentiment required for this clean and simple notecard!!

Well, that’s all for my project today! Do you make lots of valentines for those special people in your life? I am going to try to have a handmade valentine for each of my kiddos and my husband this year! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Textured Hearts for a Crisp Valentine!


This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I have a crisp white valentine to share with you today featuring lots of textures to help break up the white space! I used several new goodies from the  Heart to Heart Release  from Simon Says Stamp (click HERE to check out the entire release!). As soon as I saw the Words of Love stamp and die combo, I knew that that gorgeous scripty sentiment needed to be center stage on my card. It’s substantial size and gorgeous font deserve to have the spotlight! I paired it with some pretty and unique hearts from the new Lots of Hearts and a textured embossing folder to create this crisp white card full of hearts and love. Let’s get started on the details of my card!

To begin, I stamped the large heart text image from Words of Love onto some white cardstock using Ballerina Pawsitively Saturated Ink and my MISTI, then stamped again directly over the top using sticky embossing ink. I then sprinkled on some Hero Arts Iridescent Blue embossing powder and melted it with my heat gun; the transparent iridescent embossing powder creates a luminous shimmer over the pink lettering! I die cut the large heart with it’s coordinating die. I stamped the large “love you” sentiment from Words of Love using Guava ink and repeated the process with the embossing ink and iridescent powder, die cutting it with it’s detail die.

To create a cascade of hearts on my card front, I stamped a bunch of different sizes and styles of hearts from the new Lots of Hearts stamp and die set, stamping the hearts with Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Ballerina and Guava as well as a few tiny hearts using Concord and 9th Fig ink. I die cut the individual hearts with their coordinating dies and set them aside.

Before I began assembling all of my variously-sized heart die cuts, I ran a panel of white A2 cardstock through my die cutting machine using the older Falling Hearts Embossing Folder. I adhered the large stamped and embossed heart to the embossed background using thick foam adhesive strips, then arranged the smaller hearts and sentiment on the card front falling in a cascade from top left to bottom right. As a final touch of sparkle and texture, I added some Bubblegum Pawsitively Dazzling Gems!

Well, that’s all for my project today! Sometimes, a big and bold “I love you” is all you need to say! And surrounded by pretty hearts, who could resist? Thanks so much for stopping by today, an dhave a marvelous day!

Sunset Valentines For Guys with New Simon Says Stamp!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! *I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

Hi friends! I am back with some non-traditional valentines today that are perfect for that persnickety “man’s man” in your life, one who might not love flowers and lace on his valentine! My husband isn’t too bothered by feminine imagery, but he absolutely loves sunsets and has asked me for years to create a watercolored sunset painting for him. I thought this would be a perfect visual to incorporate into his valentine using some of the new goodies from the Heart to Heart Release from Simon Says Stamp (click HERE to check out the entire release!). Let’s get started on the details!

My projects evolved from this leftover watercolored ombré background. I had an extra background from some experimenting that I had been doing, and thought that it would make a perfect sunset valentine for my husband! I knew that I wanted to incorporate stamped hearts, so I selected Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Shell, Lilac, Eucalyptus, and Morning and stamped a bunch of solid heart images using the new Tons of Hearts stamps, then cut them out with their coordinating dies.

For my first project, I started by using the shadow die from the new Love Our Story sentiment die set to cut a window in a panel of white A2 cardstock. I then backed that window with some vellum and added an iridescent white die cut “love our story” detail cut, created with iridescent mirror gloss cardstock. To add a little extra interest, I filled the area behind the vellum window with the new Lavender Hearts Embellishment to create a fun shaker card!

I created a visual cascade down the card front with some of the stamped solid hearts, working in rainbow order from pink to green, and filling in some of the gaps with sparkling white glitter die cuts created using the Tons of Hearts Frames dies. I popped some up with thin foam adhesive, then used liquid glue to adhere the glittering hearts. The final touch was a few sparkling Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems! The white space, the muted colors, the shaker component… I think this is a great valentine for a not-super-mushy kind of guy!

This card features the watercolored background that started both of today’s projects. It was from this background that I selected the ink colors to use with the solid stamped hearts with Pawsitively Saturated Inks in shades of Shell, Lilac, Eucalyptus, and Morning. I used some of the leftover stamped hearts from the first card, as well as a die cut Lined Love You. I die cut the shadow of the sentiment die cut using Simon Says Stamp Shimmer Vellum, then cut the detail sentiment layer from some iridescent white mirror cardstock. I love the subtle iridescent shimmer that it brings to the card!

Before I started arranging the die cuts on the watercolored background, I used some sparkling mica watercolors to splatter some shimmer on the background. The color fading from warm blush to muted turquoise definitely puts me in mind of a Caribbean sunset, so I had to add some water “sparkles”! After the splatters were dried, I used clear dimensional adhesive to add the sentiment die cut to the center of the watercolor panel, then tucked stamped hearts in a variety of sizes, as well as a few standalone glitter heart die cuts. Finally, I added a few Opal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for some added sparkle and texture!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Do you find it easy to make valentines for the guys in your life? I have three boys so I’m going to have to keep working on this genre!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Fun with Felt: Valentine’s Day Edition with New Simon Says Stamp!

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

Hi friends! I am back with another Fun with Felt post, this time Valentine’s Day style! I am always up for a challenge, and finding ways to put my papercrafting products to use with anything other than paper is such a pleasure. I love the beautiful details on the new Flourish Heart die from the Heart to Heart Release  from Simon Says Stamp (click HERE to check out the entire release!) and thought that it deserved some special treatment with sparkles, beads, and felt.

*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*

I created two different felt projects that can be used to add a little love to your Valentine’s Day outfits: a pin and a purse charm! Let’s get started with the details!

To create the purse charm, I used the solid shadow die from the Flourish Heart die set to die cut solid maroon felt, solid maroon glitter felt, and a layer of Simon Says Stamp’s 120 lb heavystock cardstock for added stability. I used a deep maroon alcohol marker to color the edges of the white cardstock so that it would blend seamlessly into the layers! I layered all of these solid hearts together with liquid fabric glue and placed them beneath some heavy paperweights so that they would dry nice and flat. That extra layer of super thick cardstock adds so much support and stability to this purse charm!

For the details on the purse charm, I die cut two of the detail die from the Flourish Heart die set from more maroon felt and adhered them together with a few dots of liquid felt glue. I then used needle and thread to add lots of seed beads and stitched stems with metallic pink thread in order to enhance those beautiful details and make this a special gift! Once I had completed all of the stitching, I adhered this top layer to the solid hearts that had been glued together with more felt glue. I used my super strong hole punch to punch a hole in the top and added a ring so that I could hang it from my purse strap for a festive little Valentine’s Day decoration! It would also be super cute on a backpack or key ring, as well!

For the pin, I decided to create a thinner version of the keychain; the pin presumably wouldn’t be as likely to be roughly handled or jostled, so I used a single layer of felt for the shadow layer and a single layer of metallic pink felt for the detail layer. Before adhering these two heart die cuts together, I used needle and thread to stitch a pin back (purchased from my local craft store) securely, then used more felt glue to adhere the two pieces of felt together, covering up the stitches with the decorative pin front! To make it super sparkly, I used Taffy Pawsitively Dazzling Gems and some other super sparkly gems that I had in my stash to help enhance those beautiful filigree details. Using metallic felt allowed those delicate debossed lines to stand out more beautifully than with regular felt, kind of like using metallic cardstock vs regular cardstock for embossing folders. The metallic top layer just helps those delicate details pop!

Here you can see the back of each project. I think these are so fun and such a neat way to put our dies to use for something other than papercrafting!!

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I can’t wait to give my daughter the purse charm to go with her new Kurt Geiger purse that I found at the thrift store in her Valentine’s Day bag! Have you ever used your papercrafting dies with felt? It’s such fun!! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!