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!
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
Really cute cards. Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win the mini MISTI.
Would absolutely love to win and love these beautiful projects!!!
Great cards! Thanks for sharing!
I love these gift card holders. I know a lot of friends and family who will be graduating this year so the ideas are appreciated.
Love these cards. Thanks for the chance to win a mini Misti! ❤️
These cards are so cute and fun! I want to try and make them now! Thanks for the chance to win a Misti! ;o)
What great cards… that floral one is really gorgeous. So nspiring!
Very nice gift card holders! Enjoyed the video. Would love to win a mini Misti!
Misti makes stamping so easy!
Such lively and colorful cards. Thanks for the inspiration and just in time to celebrate the dads.
Great cards so Quick and easy…with the MISTI
Thanks for sharing your great cards & the opportunity to win a mini MISTI.
Thanks for the card idea, they are cute!
These cards are so pretty! Thanks for the chance to win a Misti! Hugs xx
Love the bright colors! So cute! :)
I love the cards. They are so wonderfully colourfull. I would love to win the mini MISTI to take my stamping to the next level. Thanks for the opportunity. I know its a long shot, but it’s so worth to try.
Crossing my fingers!!!
Love the grad cards! I have 2 children graduating from college and university right now so I’ll have to get that die.
Wonderful bright cards. Thanks for the chance to win the Misti.
Beautiful cards and thank you for the helpful video showing how you used the Misti!
Lovely cards. Thanks for the opportunity to win a Misti
Would love the win a Misti, but first your card is beautiful, keep them coming!
Love the soft colors in your card. So very pretty. I would love a mini misty.
Great cards!
Thanks for the chance to win a misti
Fingers crossed
Kathleen Mc xx
Both cards are amazing, perfect for this time of the year. I always struggle with masculine cards but I love the card with the ties and I think that would make perfect father”s day card too. Thank you for sharing and the inspirations.
These are PERFECT graduation cards, love them!
Love your card. And the misti makes it so easy, thanks for the chance to win one
Using the mini Misti for layering stamps would be a huge time saver!
Thank you for the great idea and for the chance to enter to win a Mini Misti!
What a fun card!
Thanks for the opportunity to win this great tool
Thanks for the opportunity
thanks for a great video-love the card shown-and thanks also for a chance to win a mini MISTI
Love your talent and the awesome videos! Thank you for sharing what you do! You take card making to the next level of Elegance and beyond! Thanks for the opportunity to be in the drawing for the mini Misti!
Love your card. Just got some dad stamps and will be making father’s day cards. Love the Misti.
Great cards! Love the Mini Misti!
Fabulous cards and a great opportunity. Thanks.
Awesome cards!
Love the ties!
Love the Grad Card. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway. Every stamper needs a Misti!!
The Misti is a fantastic tool. You’ve introduced another technique to my Misti repertoire.
Quante belle idee! Vincere sarebbe stupendo!
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing and thanks for the opportunity to win a mini Misti!
Where has this been all my life!?! Amazing tool
Love your tie card. Perfect for that special guy.
very nice cards, thanks for sharing.
Great cards not too complicated. I can’t wait to try the spectrum noir glitter pen
Very cute cards! Thanks for the chance to win!
Timely gift card holders! Thanks for the chance to win a mini misti
These cards are so bright and cheerful! Love it!
Lovely cards!
Love the Cards. they are so bright and cheery.