Sixth Street Sundries

Emily Midgett

window card

VIDEO: Acetate Window Card Using Pinkfresh Studio Fairytale Frame Press Plate with Hot Foil!

Hi friends! I am up on the Pinkfresh Studio YouTube channel today with this fun window card featuring the utterly lovely Fairytale Frame Press Plate and coordinating die. My favorite feature of the Press Plates are their versatility; you can use them both to create letterpress images or with your favorite hot foil machine! I wanted to highlight the details of this gorgeous plate with some shining iridescent foil, shown to amazing advantage when hot foiled on a luxuriously thick pearlescent mint cardstock from Memory Box. You can watch the video below or click HERE to watch on YouTube:

In case you can’t watch the video, here are some details on how I created this project:

I started by hot foiling the luscious Fairytale Frame Press Plate into that glorious pearlescent mint cardstock using Prism Glimmer hot foil roll. This cardstock is so thick that the impression created with the hot foiling is almost akin to letterpress, giving you lots of texture and spectacular shine! I die cut the finished image with the coordinating die; the die is super detailed and showcases the intricacies of the pattern beautifully.

To create my window card, I first trimmed down some Sea Glass cardstock from Simon Says Stamp to 4.25″ x 5.75″. I then used my score board to score a lip .25″ from the edge of the long side of the cardstock in order to create a top-folding notecard and used my bone folder to create a nice crisp crease. I placed some super strong tape on the lip and added an A2 panel of clear acetate, onto the top of which I adhered my hot foiled frame with some more super strong double sided tape.

To add a bit of interest and contrast behind my minty foiled frame, I used a blending brush to blend Meadow ink around the edges of my mint panel, effectively the back of the card. Because these layers are fairly monochromatic, that contrast is important to help differentiate between the different elements. The cardstock is also a bit more blue than my minty pearl cardstock used for the frame, so layering the green ink over the top helps to tie those colors together a bit more closely.

For the greeting, I stamped a sentiment from the Circle Florals stamp set using Meadow ink, then again directly over the top with embossing ink and embossed it with Hero Arts Iridescent Blue embossing powder. This additional step adds lovely shine and iridescence to the sentiment, making it extra special. I die cut the finished sentiment with the coordinating die. To accent the sentiment and add a bit more visual interest to the center of my acetate window (and perhaps provide an area to write a hidden message), I die cut the Curvy Leaves die from leftover pearly mint cardstock and some Jade glitter cardstock. I arranged the leaves and greeting in the center of my window, adhering with both liquid and foam adhesive, then added a few Iridescent Clear Drops for some additional shine and texture.

Well, that’s all for my project today! I think that these window cards are just so much fun, definitely something different for me. I have shied away from them before simply because I didn’t know where I would put my sentiment, but I have found that there is plenty of room on the back side of the card to write a longer message! I hope you’ll try out this fun technique! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

VIDEO: Pinkfresh Studio Window Card with Die Cuts and Hot Foil!

This video was sponsored by Pinkfresh Studio. Thanks, Pinkfresh!

Hi friends! I am up on the Pinkfresh Studio YouTube channel today with this fun monochromatic window card, complete with hot foiled and die cut accents. You can check out the video below or HERE on YouTube:

This shaped card features a fun window on the card front that I backed with some foiled acetate and adorned with some floral die cuts in monochromatic shades of aqua. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

I began by die trimming down a panel of icy blue cardstock to 6″ x 4.25″, then using a score board to score a fold 1/2″ away from the top, creating a lip upon which I would later adhere the back of my card base. The plates on my die cutting machine are pretty beaten up, so I used two separate panels to create my top-folding A2 card base in order to keep the back panel as clean as possible. After I had scored the top fold, I used a die from the Nested Arches Die set to cut a window from the center of the front card panel. To fill in the open window, I used an acetate panel that I had created previously using the Ornate Trellis Better Press Plate and the Solid Hot Foil Plate. I love using heat-resistant acetate with the Solid Hot Foil Plate and leftover hot foil pieces; the super smooth surface of the acetate hot foils the solid foil pieces with immaculate results. I backed the open window with the hot foiled piece, adhering it with some super strong double sided tape.

Once I had created my card base, it was time to embellish my card! I used the Stylized Florals Stencils with Sky Blue, Waterfall, and Paradise inks, keeping my aqua blue monochromatic color palette true throughout the process. I die cut the individually-stenciled flowers in one fell swoop with the one-piece Stylized Florals Dies, then cut the foliage from another panel of icy blue cardstock as well as some Aqua Glitter Paper. I adhered the die cuts together on the die cut foliage swag, using the color-printed schematic in the product packaging as my guide for placement. To add a bit more interest to the layers of the flowers, I added a smattering of Ice Clear Drops to the centers of a few of the flowers, adding one more element of texture and shine.

For the greeting, I used a silver hot foiled sentiment from the Favorite Things Sentiments Better Press set. This sentiment set is one of my favorites from Pinkfresh Studio; it features so many lovely sentiments, making it truly all-purpose! I used some residual ink left over on my blending brushes from my stenciled flowers to blend over the silver-foiled sentiment die cut to continue my monochromatic aqua color palette throughout the card. I thought this sentiment worked perfectly for a birthday card, so I also used some deep teal cardstock to die cut HBD using the Julieta Alpha Dies. (In the video, I share a trick for adhering alphabet die cuts in a perfectly straight line!) I popped up the greeting die cuts with foam adhesive, completing the card!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I just love a good monochromatic card, don’t you? It’s such fun to find new ways to keep things texturally and visually interesting while still staying in the same color family! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!