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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Congrats! Blog Candy WINNERS!
From: Weekender with Wanda – Tim Holtz Mini Clipboard: Nicole Douthit!
From: Celebratory Ink Blending and Masking: Helen Gullet!
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From: Be an embossing BOSS!: Cynthia Johnson!
From: Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Mini Honeybee Tag Set: Dee Earnshaw!
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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
Such cute cards for grads.
Fun cards that I’m sure any graduate would love. Masculine cards are always hard to come up with but you did a great job! Would love to win the Mini MISTI!
Pretty cards! Especially love the beautiful colors on the feminine version! Would love to have a misti!! They look so neat to use!
Cute, cute cards, and perfect timing as I need to get busy on those grad cards! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance at winning the mini MISTI!
Love the cards! And would love to have a miniMISTI. It looks like a great tool.
Great Grad cards! Both stamp sets are really nice. What a great design for a “gift card” card! I could really use a Misti. My stamping technique is not great.
These cards rock! And so does the mini MISTI!!! How cool it would be to have one!
Super cute cards. I love the colors.
Adorable cards and I love the simplicity of the gift card holder – a project even a beginner can do. Thank you for the chance to win the Mini MISTI to both SimonSaysStamp and My Sweet Petunia!
Great cards for the grads.
FABULOUS gift card holders!!!
LOVE your CHEERY colours and designs!!! It is SO COOL how the MISTI allows for PERFECT repeat stamping and PERFECT layers AND it is SO CLEVER how you heat embossed over your ties, it makes the colours POP!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION and video Nina-Marie – YOU ROCK!!!
THANK YOU for the chance to win too :)
Great gift cards. And, they look easy with the MISTI.
Super cute cards and how cool would it be to have a mini MISTI to make them.
Sweet cards and a sweet chance to win a ‘mini misti’…which would be awesome!
I love the clean and fresh look to,your cards, the Misti Mini would be a wonderful tool to have and use. Thank you for the opportunity to win one of these little gems.
Susan
Cute cards. I love how you place the ties on the masculine card. Great video, it really shows me how much I could use a Misti.
I placed my order too late, the grad die was out of stock. To overcome the sadness, I had to order so many items ;-)
Thank you so so much for being the host of the day, it would awesome to win a MISTI
Those ties are so cute! And the floral card so pretty
Love all the designs you come up with! Very inspiring! Can’t wait to start creating some beauties! :)
I want a Misti so so bad – I can hardly stand it! Thanks for the chance!!! :)
Oh these are terrific! I look forward to Monday just to see your projects and awesome videos!
Love the cards, beautiful techniques!
Great cards! Love the ties. I would love to win a mini misti!
Fabulous card!!! Really would love to have a Misti!!!
These are super cute cards! I love the colors. I really want a Misti it has been on my wish list for so long. Thanks for a chance to win one in the giveaway.
Great cards! And Yay for giveaways.
Super cute cards for grads and dads! TFS and a chance to win! Hugs, Kristina
I would love a Misti….
Love the bold “grad” die. Really makes the card stand out. Always get cute ideas on changing up the cards. Thanks!!
Adorable cards. Thanks for all the inspiration. Also, thanks for the opportunity to win a Mini Misti. I can only imagine how wonderful it would be to win that.
These cards are so cute! Love the “grad” die cuts
Such fun and colorful cards.
The ties are so cute … great cards!
Love the colors on these cards. So Summer-y!
I love these colors and cards. I have wanted a MISTI for so long. Thanks for the chance to win one.
Love the cards! I would love to win a MISTI! So wonderful for My Sweet Petunia to be gifting these away and for you to be participating.
what great ideas for cards!
Wow, amazing cards. Wouldlove a misti, even a mini one. Hugz
Beautiful cards! :) Would love to win a misti, thank you for the chance :)
Love love love these cards, the colours are fantastic!
What fun cards. I love the masculine card!
Super cute! I’m sure these would make the grads feel extra happy and special. Also thanks for a chance to win :)
Always find masculine cards difficult. The tie card is perfect for that special male graduate
Splendide come sempre queste cards, e come tutti i prodotti Simonsaystamp! Un abbraccio ScrapMary
Great Grad cards! Thanks for the excellent ideas :)
What a cute card and how awesome is this giveaway!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I really love the bright colors used on the graduation cards. Looks great with the bold black sentiment. A Mini Misti, yes please!
Thanks for the chance to win one.
Such lovely cards for grads!! So cute and beautiful!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
I love the grad card! It’s not what you would traditionally think of when coming up with a design (e.g. the usual cap and diploma theme). I also would love to win the Misti. It would come in very handy!
Love both your grad cards. The ties are fabulous and the flowers are wicked awesome!
And, yes, how Stinkin’ Cool is that giving away a Mini Misti…Wa Hooooo!