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!
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From: Wet on Wet Watercoloring Technique: Wahnita Hammond!
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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
Always looking for gift card ideas. Thank you for two great ones made much easier with the Misti.
Great cards.
Cute cards!!
Love the colors you used on these cards and really like your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the great videos. I can see that the mini-Misti would be a great tool to have.
I sworn to use what I have before buying something new, but along comes Misti and what’s a crafter to do? And now an opportunity to win one, well, count me in! Thanks for your generosity.
Lovely card and oh this is such a great video too!! Thank you for inspiring me:)
wow! what a giveaway! I LOVE the mini MISTI!! ^_^
Love, love, LOVE your products and ideas!! And I would LOVE to win a mini Misti!!
Beautiful project as always! Simon Says is always my go-to spot for great ideas.
Love the cheerful colours and then his and hers versions!
beautiful, colorful cards. . . how cool is that Misti?
Cute cards. Love the colors! Yeah, Mini Misti! Great Idea!
I love these nontraditional grad cards…very clever!!! I am hoping I sure win on one of these blogs, otherwise I will have to give in and buy a MISTI!!!!
Wow the gift cards are just perfect. Love all the colors and those word dies are great.
Always love graduation card ideas. Thank you.
Oh my! Super fun and just adorable. I want to give this a try now.
Love the tie die and the grad die! So cool! Love it!
Love the ideas here and thanks for a chance to win.
I have seen Jennifer McGuire and others using the mini-misti. Would love to win one – it would save so much time with the stamping like the ties in your card. Hope I win. Beautiful card and love the colors.
Wow, would love to win the Misti, Your How To’s and Video tutorials are great. They make cardmaking much easier.
It’s amazing all the things that you can create with the help of a misty …. Lots , lots of cards
those ties are just adorable, what great grad cards and the MISTI is an awesome tool
The bright colors are just perfect for these types of celebrations. Too fun and looks like a lot of fun to make.
Thanks so much for the inspiration. Thanks for the chance to win a MISTI mini. It’s been on my wish list for a long time.
Love those ties.
Just love to see how designers use stamps to make a background card – this one is great! A Misti would allow me to duplicate it over and over. Thanks for a chance to win one.
Great ideas!! Thank you! Love, love the Misti !
Great tips and fantastic cards!
The grad card with the ties is awesome – love the colours! Also love Nina-Marie’s gorgeous style!
The super-simple gift card holders are wonderful! Your fun color choices make them even better! Having a chance to win a mini-Misti makes everything best of all!
Enjoyed watching you do those cards ~ it would be awesome to win a Misti and be able to do that. Love that you showed me how to make a card for all those gift cards we give as gifts !!
Fun and bright grad cards.
Really pretty card – love the MISTI and would love to win one for my friend!!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Fabulously fun cards Nina-Marie! What a generous give away by My Sweet Petunia, thanks for the opportunity!
Love your website…wish I could visit the store in Columbus. Would love to have the new mini Mini Misti. You all have amazing talent!
Would love to get the Mini MISTI!
Love your card inspiration. I would love to have a Misti to help in my card making!
What a great and simple idea for the gift card holder, thank you for the inspiration :-)
How cool would it be to win a mini misti, I have the larger one and love it
Such fun projects. Thanks for the inspiration!
Awesome cards! LOVE the colors —- they POP! Thank you for the great ideas!!!
Handsome cards for guys are always a challenge for me. Thanks for the idea. Hooray for Misti.
Love the Dad’s day card with all of the ties. I would love to win a MISTI. Thanks for the chance
Would love to add a mini-Misti to my tools. I might finally get straight stamping with my letter stamps!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
WOW a mini Misti everyday in May….that is Awesome!
Love the inspiration of Grad cards, thank you!
Loved how easy the layering stamps was. Also the use of large background stamps. Very cool!
What great inspiration in the blog post today. The opportunity to win a mini MISTI is an added bonus.
Wonderful Father’s Day creations!!
Oh this is fabulous! I would LOVE to win a mini-misti!