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
Just needed grad card idea today….
Love the colors! Fresh & springy! Can I win something?
These card holders were great! Really inspirational, something we need on hand at this time of year, thanks so much.
Oh my word! Mini Misti! Now that would make my day, week, month and year!
Great ideas, I will use them to make some thank you cards. Love the Wild Beauty stamp also!! Thanks!!
Mini misti would rock my world!!!!!
Great cards! A Mini Misti would be wonderful!
Such cute gift card holders I luv the ties! Wow so generous to do a Misti a day woohoo
Wow wow wow! Mini misti is on my Wish list!!!! Thanks for the chance to wind this wobnderful tool!!!!!!! Barbara
Loving the gift card holders, and loving the new products!! Thanks so much for the inspiration!!
Totally loving the gorgeous cards! The masculine and feminine themes are so fun and unique, I love the techniques used on the cards! Thanks so much for the chance to win such an amazing tool and for the inspiration! I learned a few fun techniques from your creations!
Great projects & thanks for the chance at the Mini MISTI!
Love your cards – they are playful and well done. I particularly like the color scheme you used for the “feminine” version. Both are lovely and sure to be a hit with someone special. I also love that you’ve given a list of the other May-nia blogs and the announced winners! That was way above and beyond and appreciated by many of us!
Misti May-nia – What a great idea! Thanks for the chance to win one. That would be great!!
Wow, sure would be cool to win a mini Misti! Thanks!
Wow! Nice projects and am excited for a chance to win!
Would love to win a Mini Misti….I’m a technique nut and can thing of so many things it would be easier to do with a Misti! Thanks for the chance.
Those mini mistis look like so much fun. Thanks for the chance to win one!!!
Beautiful cards! And would so love to win a misti! One of those things I can`t really afford but would love to have :)
How did we ever get along without the Misti in our craft rooms?
Cute grad gifts…YAY!!! A mini MISTI a day…me, me…LOL.
Awesome card!
A mini Misti sure would make me happier!! Loved the cards!!
These cards are fabulous!
Love these cards, they are fun , upbeat & the GRAD die is awesome!
Great ideas for graduation gifts! Thanks Nina.
Great grad cards – I’m going to try these for for this year’s grads. Thanks for great samples.
I live your ideas Nina, so bright always, thanks for the inspiration! Best wishes from Budapest, zsofi
Love these cards! Love the Misti also!
Fabulous cards. Both are so distinct in their design but equally stunning
Love the colors and simplcity of each card. Cannot recreate them without a misti!
I really like both cards. Thanks for the chance to win a mini misti.
These cards are so amazingly adorable! I make cards and other paper crafts for elderly folks who are without family. The MISTI would be wonderful for this! I am always looking for better ways to produce more quickly. This product looks like an incredible little invention! :)
Gorgeous card. Love the colors
Cool grad cards! Thanks for the chance to win a mini MISTI
Love the great cards! Would love a mini Misti to create these fab cards too!
These are great graduation cards. Ha, this is the first year I haven’t had to make grad cards! No one I know is graduating! But, thanks for a chance to win the coveted Mini Misti!
Love these cards!
I love these cards…they haven given me so good ideas for my own. Would so. Love to win the mini misti. I this it would make my card making so much easier and quicker. I could also make multiples much faster. Thanks for sharing
Love these cards, so cute and darling.
I don’t use a lot of background stamps but I love the idea of these cards with it on the base, it really makes it look good. Thanks for the idea. I love them both.
Wonderful grad card ideas!! My oldest niece is graduating this year and I have been looking for ideas for a card. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win a Mini MISTI!!
Thanks for the ideas for Grad cards! Loving MISTI May-nia!
Oh wow!!! Great Grad cards!!! I would love to win this amazing prize!
I sure hope I can win a Mini MISTI!
great card projects and to be able to win a misti would be grand!
Great cards, I always find it difficult to make masculin cards, so I like getting masculin card ideas, Thanks for sharing.
The little ties are awesome! I’m always looking for new ways to pull together masculine cards….these are cute and versatile:) love them. Great fun with the mini-Misti-mania:) fingers crossed.
Wonderful cards! And very cute colors! Love it!
I love these cards! And I love my regular size MISTI and know I would love the mini MISTI too!