Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: MISTI May-nia
Good morning and happy Monday everyone! It’s Nina-Marie back again for a brand new Studio Monday and today I’ll be featuring some of our newest Simon stamps and dies in these cute, graduation gift card holders!
With graduations for college and high school students right around the corner, I thought this would be a perfect theme for this week; these gift card holders are super easy to make and do not require any special supplies or techniques. All you will need is a piece of 8″ by 4 1/4” cardstock, and a scoring board and bone folder (or other scoring tool); easy peasy right??
Also, did you know that this month is MISTI-Maynia???? Every single day during the month of May, My Sweet Petunia (the creators of MISTI), are giving away a free Mini MISTI and the Simon blog is today’s giveaway host! I mean like, how cool is that??? To be eligible to win a Mini MISTI, make sure you leave a comment on this blog post!
Okay, so back to our cards for today! I created both a masculine and a feminine version of these gift cards to inspire you with a couple of ideas at how you can decorate your gift cards for the graduates in your life. For the masculine version, I used the brand new Painted Grad die and Father’s Day Finds stamps and dies. Don’t those swanky-looking tags look so trendy???
For the feminine card, I used the Wild Beauty stamp set and the Painted Grad die; I love how the simplistic and doodled look of the Wild Beauty stamps matched so well with the Painted Grad die.
To see how I created these cards – with the help of my MISTI – be sure to check out the video below! If you enjoy, please give the video a big “thumbs up” and subscribe to our Youtube channel for more weekly inspiration and creativity!
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Blog Candy Alert!! Follow our blog via email and comment on this post for a chance to win a special blog candy!
Congrats! Blog Candy WINNERS!
From: Weekender with Wanda – Tim Holtz Mini Clipboard: Nicole Douthit!
From: Celebratory Ink Blending and Masking: Helen Gullet!
From: New Art Journaling Inspiration from Vicky Papaioannou!: Francis Arhipoff!
From: Be an embossing BOSS!: Cynthia Johnson!
From: Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Mini Honeybee Tag Set: Dee Earnshaw!
From: Weekender with Wanda – Happy Mother’s Day!: Linda Duensing!
From: It’s National Scrapbook Day!: Taunya Butler!
From: Fun with 3D Embossing Folders!: Barbara Green!
From: Tim Holtz Linen: Painted Resist with Shari Carroll: Linnea Sundstrom!
From: Stencil It on Wednesday!: Larissa Heskett!
From: Wet on Wet Watercoloring Technique: Wahnita Hammond!
Please email [email protected] with your mailing address (if applicable), the name of the blog you won from, and the prize you won to claim your prize!
See below for a list of other Misti MAY-nia participants and winners so far:
May 01 – My Sweet Petunia Winner- Kathy Nalisnik
May 01 – Ilina Crouse Winner- Mary Morris
May 02 – Lydia Fiedler
May 02 – Virginia Lu Winner- Sue Nagata
May 03 – Jana Millen Winner- Jennifer Partridge
May 04 – Carissa Wiley
May 05 – Maureen Wong Winner- Karen Dunbrook
May 05 – Simon Hurley
May 06 – Laurel Beard
May 06 – Catherine Pooler
May 07 – Laura Sterckx
May 07- My Favorite Things
May 08- Laura Bassen
May 09 – Jeanne Streiff
May 10 – Lawn Lawn
May 11 – Darlene DeVries
May 12- Crafters’ Corner
May 13- Pat Huntoon
May 14 – Sally Lynn MacDonald
May 15 – Avery Elle
Oh my, great card kit. I always love more male card options. Both cards are so great! I would love a mini Misti.
I’ve recently heard about the Misti and am impressed! Thanks for such an informative video. I learned a lot .Great cards and ideas for me.
Beautiful cards, Mimi Misti looks cool.
Great fun and colorful cards!
Hey thanks for this great blog. I would love to win the MISTI – what a clever invention. It would make card making so much faster and help with immediate gratification!!!!! Thanks for a chance to win!!
Awesome cards! Love more male card options. Would love a mini Misti!
Nice card. Please mit my name to win a Mist
i like the floral card so pretty and bright
Beautiful cards! Nice to see both a masculine & a feminine one!
come to me Misty…come to me! love it. I thought I couldn’t use the misty because I have a pacemaker but found out I can use it without the magnets..yay!
Fabulous card kit! Love making floral cards! Thanks for sharing!!
Love the colors used in the cards. My favorite is the floral
Not only are the cards awesome and the Misti invaluable, but what a fun storage tip to see the twine wrapped clothes pins in the background.
These cards are just too cute! Now all I need is to win a Misti as these stamp sets have added themselves to my “never ever gonna end” wish list!! LOL!! I also have my first Altenew stamp and die set, Build a Rose, that came with a magazine, so I really, really now need a Misti!!! Hopefully I can win one as it’s just getting too hard keeping up with all of the older releases much less new ones!!
Super cool cards! Love my Misti! Would be awesome to win one!
~God bless
I have just heard of Simon says stamps! Wow! I have been missing out! Looking forward to trying your products! I have also just recently learned about the Misti stamp positioner. What an awesome tool! Sure would take the guess work out of lining up your stamps! Good luck to everyone!
Cdrich
SO colorful…I really like the floral design,,,so cute…great idea for feminine and masculine cards.
Ohhh emmmm geeee… love the ties. Grad cards, Father’s Day, birthday… so many possibilities. Where was the big banner that said “Enabler Alert” lol?
Great cards, Nina-Marie. Loving all the new products!
Tee hee those ties make me giggle:)
Thank you so very much for great cards…again!
Adorable gift cards. Thanks for the chance to win a MISTI.
I would love to win a misti. I think this is the best new crating tool invented in years. It is a winner.
Great Cards Nina! & thanks to Sweet Petunia for an awesome product.
Fun grad cards.
Awesome guy & girl grad cards! I love the gift card holder especially!
Great video! I’d love to win a Mini Misti . . . thanks for this chance!
Awesome card kit! I do have a brother graduating this year! Thank you for the inspiration!
I like both the ideas for male and female cards. Would love to win the Misti
Awesome card and giveaway!!!!
I have ordered items from Simon Says and love them! I have been wishing for a misti for a long time and sure would appreciate to win one FREE! I would spread the good news to everyone if and when I get one as I have watched many videos for instructions. What a cool inventions!
Great cards and I love the colors! Thank you
I always love SSS’s stuff! As always, your video is great and easy to follow. I would LOVE to win a Misti!!! Thank you for the opportunity to enter this giveaway.
Great cards. I love the soft colors on the flowers and the vibrant colors on the ties. Thanks so much for sharing.
Sweet little gift card holders! Thanks for the chance to win a mini!
I would love win a Misti! It would be a wonderful timesaver!
love it!
Oh I would love the Misti but with 2 kids in college and two more in school it would be great to get it as a prize.
Thank you so much for the grad card ideas, and the opportunity to own a mini misti. That would be a dream come true for sure.
I would love to win a misti, is super useful. I’m always seeing it on every craft video on YouTube.
Wow, great cards and thanks for the chance to win…
The misti has been on my wish list but not my budget list for quite some time now. Thanks for the chance to win one.
I haven’t seen the Mini Misti before, but it sure looks like a tool that I need!
I love how the cards are not traditional graduation cards, and instead were personalized for male or female. Thanks for the inspiration and the giveaway!
Love the creations on the cards. The designs are so different, especially the male one and who doesn’t love a flower. I am just loving the Misti. After watching many of the videos on YouTube and Designer websites……I think this is something that would make my card creating so much easier. At 76 I need all the help I can get!
Beautiful cards. Misti, what a great invention! I must be one! :D
I love both cards. I find masculine cards so challenging. Winning a Mini Misti would be awesome!
Great graduation cards – thanks for the chance to win!
SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Projects and who wouldn’t WANT to WIN a Mini-Misti!! SO AWESOME!! =) THANS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chances to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Great cards and so glad to see you are participating in the MISTI giveaway and supporting other craft community businesses! Thanks!