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
I love the grad card! Super fun! Misti Misti Misti!!
Love the painted word dies!
Love the cards. Thanks for the chance to win a MISTI. Hope May is my lucky month.
Great gift card holders! I especially like the floral design. Note cards with that design would make a pretty gift for friends.
I have a MISTI and I think it’s the greatest! I would love to win one to give to a very dear friend who’s celebrating a very important anniversary this year…
Great colorful cards, thanks for sharing! I would love to win a Mini Misti, got my fingers crossed.
A mini MISTI!!??? Mine would love a little sister!
Wonderfully colourful cards.
Holding thumbs for the Misti.
Wow!! I love the flower card…both the style & the colors…awesome!! The tie card is super clean & cool looking!! Thanks for the video…I would love to win a mini misti!!
Love the cards, thanks for chance to win a MISTI. I would love to have one.
SUCH a cute card! I would love to get my hands on a MISTI!! It looks like such a life saver for a card maker :)
Love the card, love the MISTI !!!!
Love these cards! I had just discovered the tie set – love getting to see them in action. And I would LOVE to get a MISTI!
Awesome cards! Love the colors. Would love to win a MISTI.
Love these beautiful grad cards, especially the floral one for oh so many occasions!
Cute graduation cards. Thanks for participating in the MISTI celebration giveaway and for giving me a chance to win!
With limited crafting space (my small kitchen table), a mini misti would be perfect!! (P.S. Love the cards!)
Great cards! Love the original MISTI and would be thrilled to win a mini MISTI!
Really adorable cards–thank you for the video. I am a visual learner, so I do appreciate that you took the time to video and explain all of your creations. Thanks for being part of this incredible giveaway!
Both cards are gorgeous but ..oh my gosh – I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Wild Beauty stamp set card – I love the colors you used. I especially love the simplistic doodle-y look.
I love your flower card! Thanks for the chance to win.
Love the cards. It is that time of the year! I would love to win a mini Misti. Fingers crossed!
Way cool card!! Love the MISTI
Love both cards… and the Misti is so useful I yhink I need one!
Cute and very timely GRAD cards…needed some ideas and your card holder is perfect. The mini MISTI is on my wish list (right at the top). Thanks for a chance to win one!
Great cards. I especially like the one with flowers. Thanks for the chance to win a MISTI.
Love these cards! So perfect for this time of year. :-) And I’d LOVE to have a Misti. Thanks for the chance to win.
Gorgeous cards!!!
xx Olga
Fabulous Misti May, thanks for this chance;-))m
Very cute gift cards! Great ideas too! Thanks for sharing.
Love floral stamps great card and enjoyed the video and the opportunity to win a MISTI thanks
Thanks for sharing! I would love to have a Misti!!
What colourful ties Nina has put together – fabulous card!
I love the bright, fun colors used on these gift card holders.
Awesome cards! Love all the stamping and dies used on them! Oh my, a mini Misti would be so fun to have and use! Thanks for the opportunity to hopefully win one! :)
Thanks for the video, I can’t believe how simple stamping with MISTI is!
Love the ideas for Father’s Day. Such bright cheerful colors. AWESOME
Awesome cards! Thanks for the chance to win!
what a great giveaway and opportunity.
Thank you
Love these fabulous Grad gift card holders! Thanks for the great video. How generous of Iliana to give away all of those Mistis this month! No more misaligned stamps would be wonderful. Thanks for the chance to win!
Thank you for these great ideas – I have several cards to make for grad and I am running out of time!
What a great idea for a graduation gift card. I love it. Thank you for sharing.
Cute stamps and cards! My nephew graduates next week and he is always dressed to the nines. Suits and ties are his go to fashion, so the Grad card with ties would be a perfect card for him. Both cards are really nice, and thanks for the chance to win :) Congrats to my Owen!!
Love the color palette you chose for the cards.
I want to try using stamps to create a background, and a Mini MISTI would sure help with that!
Wonderful grad cards, you did a great job of making a masculine and feminine version!
This is awesome and very generous! The Mini Misti looks like an amazing tool! Nina-Marie’s cards are gorgeous!
Great cards – nice and colorful. Love those ties.
Great cards and video. Mini Misti looks like a helpful tool!
Hallo Simon-says-Stamp Team !
Thanks for this great Giveaway – and Thanks for all the great video on YouTube – you always inspire me a lot !
Greetings and lots of Love from Germany, Sonja