First, a huge Thank You to Right at Home Stamps for providing these fun stamps for the My Sweet Petunia MISTI blog hop.
I started with the wonderful 6" Gingham Background stamp. I decided to break-out my 12" MISTI for the first time for this project … and I'm in love. I have always preferred working with bigger spaces and bigger paper and trimming down after I stamp, and this worked perfectly.
I started by stamping the Gingham Background Stamp in traditional Christmas red on White Cardstock.
Next I wiped the stamp and tried again in two shades of teal with a gorgeous ombre effect. I will confess, I don't often clean my stamps perfectly because I love the happy accidents that sometimes occur with the leftover ink … you can see the hints of leftover red in my design, and I love it.
Next I inked up the gorgeous Christmas Foliage Set with the coordinating Die Cuts. I love white poinsettias, so for the teal card I stamped them on white using the darker teal ink.
The gorgeous pine boughs were stamped in teal on lighter teal cardstock. I used NUVO Glitter Dots in Aquatic Mist for the Center of my blooms.
For the red gingham, I went with a more rustic look using the pine cone stamp with more of the beautiful pine boughs.
With my MISTI, I'm able to stamp the sentiment nice and dark so it is clearly readable stamped on the Gingham background.
And with cards that cute, you've got to have cute envelops. I fell in love with the Right at Home Stamps Happy Mail Year 2 stamp set.
I love using 5" x 7" envelopes for mailing … I found these fun colored ones by Paper Studio with my 50% off coupon.
So now comes the fun stuff … Leave a Comment on all of the blogs in the Hop to be eligible to win one of two prizes – Winner's choice of an original or mini MISTI, and a prize package from Right at Home, which includes Sunflower stamp set, Harvest Blessings stamp set (new release) and two Distress Oxide Inks – in Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint (yummy colors).
Deadline for comments is September 8th at noon Central, and winners will be posted on the My Sweet Petunia and Right at Home blogs on Tuesday September 12th.
So keep on hopping:
Such awesome Holiday cards!!!
Love them both. So pretty.
Love the color pops right at you very pretty
Gorgeous holiday cards with amazing backgrounds!
Love your gorgeous holiday cards! Happy mail in cute envelopes is the best!
Love your creations & the stamp sets, but especially that MISTI TOOL, NEED ONE NOW, PLEASE, Right at home used to be a 15 min drive for me to visit their store, i miss it so much since they closed!!!!
Thank you so much for showing use of the original MISTI and your stamping technique on these beautiful cards! I NEED this MISTI thingy in my life! As a stamping “perfectionist” this would save me a world of frustration & scraped creations. LOL
Love this technique and your cards.Love how the misti is used.
Beautiful cards with a traditional feel to them! Love your envelope art too.
Love your color pallet
Nice technique!
Awesome cards! Love that gingham background! Pretty flowers and pinecones, and I love the stamped envelope!
Beautiful cards-lovin the background.
Cool effect with your ombré technique! Thanks for sharing!
Great cards !
These are fantastic cards Stephanie and the envelope (love the sentiment on it!) they are all awesome! The gingham looks fantastic as well.
Love the gird that stamps so precise. Good job and the envy stamps are to have in everyone’s collection!
I really enjoy your card designs!
Love that checked,stamp!
I have the Gingham Background and I’m so happy to see some wonderful cards using it. I really Love the red with pinecones!
Sweet! Very cool background!
So fun, I’m adding solve more items to my list
The gingham background is great. The cards are wonderful.
Both of your cards are so cute for Christmas! I love your envelope, too!
Fabulous cards. Love the backgrounds.
Love the background stamp. You so cleverly made the monochrome as well as the contrasting color card.
Great backgrounds – thanks!
Wonderful backgrounds! So versatile! Thanks for sharing…
HOLY WOW, Steph!!! a 12″ MISTI??? this is the first I’ve heard of it … and I can see by watching you in action it would certainly come in handy… gorgeous projects!
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Great gingham backgrounds for your two pretty cards ! Love the sentiment on the envelope too!
Wow I wouldn’t of thought of doing your background.I love it!Everything pops.Love the Christmas one too!!Great techniques and beautiful cards.Thanks for sharing!
That teal is so beautiful. Your cards are great. Envelope stamps are always a pleasure to use.
Awesome! Beautiful backgrounds and lovely cards 🙂
Fantastic cards, love the colors and the stamps used. Very nice holiday cards. tfs
Wow!!! Your cards are really gorgeous!!! Colors are amazing!!!
Love the gingham.
Great cards; what a fabulous background!
Beautiful backgrounds, love how the same stamp gives such different looks!