The My Sweet Petunia design team is having fun hopping with Technique Tuesday today.
When I saw the Technique Tuesday Enjoyed Layered Flower set (and coordinating dies), I knew it would be perfect to use with my MISTI (and a set I would not have likely purchased in my pre-MISTI days).
Since this flower has 5 stamping layers (and the leaves have two), I used my Memory MISTI, which allows me to line up several of the stamps at one time. I cut a piece of cardstock large enough to do two flowers; I just flip the paper and stamp a second time on the other end.
The top flower is stamped once … the bottom has two layers of ink.
Next I stamped the highlights on the petals by attaching that stamp to the top right corner of my Memory MISTI … with the same paper rotation process, I can do multiple sets of images without moving my stamps.
When I had enough stamped, I removed those two stamps and set-up the stamps for the center of my bloom.
The final step were the dots in the center of the bloom & the outline.
I love how the die cuts have a nice even border of white around the blooms (it makes them very easy to line-up).
Next I used a similar process for the leaves. I found that it worked better for me to stamp the outline first with the darker ink, then you could line-up the veins easily with the solid stamp.
Once I had all of my parts done, then I had to decide on my card design. I usually move things around until I decide where I want my sentiment to be … then I remove the die cut pieces, so I can stamp.
I ended-up making two cards using two different ENJOY Sentiments (there's also an Enjoy die cut included with the dies).
I attached the top flower directly to the card base and then used 3-D glue dots for the lower bloom for a bit of dimension. I finished with some green gems as embellishments.
These blooms just have so many color possibilities.
I moved the sentiment over to the left on my second card.
I also had fun creating a masculine card with Technique Tuesday's First Class Male.
I used the grid on the lid of my MISTI to help me get perfect alignment and centering for my stamps.
I originally tried inking in several colors, but ultimately just went with the Versafine Acorn ink. For stamps with inlaid sentiments like these, it's important not to over-stamp or use too juicy-of-an-ink or you can lose your sentiment.
This card will likely be stashed away for Father's Day.
And I couldn't resist the Hipster Birthday Stamp. I used my MISTI to do Ombre Inking with lighter brown on the top and darker on the mustache.
The MISTI makes it easy to stamp with each color to get a nice blend.
This will be a perfect masculine birthday card for my work stash.
Have fun hopping. We will choose two lucky commenters from the hop to win one of two prizes: a $50 shopping spree at www.mysweetpetunia.com and a $50 shopping spree at www.techniquetuesday.com - you must leave comments no later than Monday, May 28th, at 11:59 PM CST and winners will be announced on Tuesday May 29th, on the Technique Tuesday and My Sweet Petunia blogs.
wow the flowers are awesome I have a misti but do not have a stamp set or color inks to make a card like this it would be awesome to be able to try this I love the flower, I love flowers on my cards
Awesome cards, really love your floral one…those colors POP.
Love all things daisy so that card speaks to me. But our masculine card is super. Love those images as well. Thanks for sharing how easy it is to line up images using the MISTI.
Nice man cards but I’m a sucker for the enJOYed layers flower set!
Great cards! The Misti is so great for layering stamp sets! I couldn’t do without mine!
What great cards! I love the cheerful colors of the floral card. Thanks for sharing you designs.
Great looking cards. I also like small repeating images on cards.
Great cards. Love the beautiful flower card.!
Thanks for sharing…
Gorgeous colors on your flowers. I love how the m isti makes so many things possible.
Oh those flowers are scrumptious. Very nice cards. Love the masculine cards. There are never enough ideas for those.
delightful cards – really love the masculine card !!
Beautiful cards, all of them! Thank you for sharing.
Very different and I love it!
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create. Thank you!!!
Your guy cards are cool, but wow… those flower cards are just beautiful!!!
Lovely cards, love the Hispter Happy Birthday card 😊
I love all these cards. I have heard so many good things about the inks you ised and they look amazing together on the flower.
very pretty! love the flowers and the colors you used
Fun masculine cards and I really like the colors of the flowers against the kraft.
Your first card is so vibrant, and I love the masculine slant of the others. The masculine elements are difficult to find. Thanks for sharing.
A very feminine and a very masculine card : that’s the perfect set !
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Love the feminine card but especially the masculine card. I struggle with these types of cards and loved the way you did your cards. Loved the stamps too.
Gorgeous daisy cards, love the color combo! Fun and fantastic masculine cards. So many of us struggle with them and these are great inspiration.
Your cards are beautiful !
Great and lovely cards 🙂
Oh this is super! Everything masculine in one perfect stamp set and your card is amazing 🙂 Love the brightness of the flower card – it’s so cheerful! TFS ♥
Such fun cards.. Love the disguise.. Bet they dont guess who made the card.. Lovely ideas.
What fun, fun cards!! I LOVE the orange blooms that you created and the fun MUSTACHE card!!
Love your ink colors and the flower stamps — and the hipster card, that’d be so perfect for my SIL! 😀
Fabulous cards! Love those florals.
Love your daisy card! And, the other two are very nicely done, too. The Misti really makes such a difference for stampers!
Great cards, loving the masculine themes, I often struggle with those x
I especially love the bright and cheery floral card! I’m always looking for great card ideas for guys. These stamps are fun.
Very nice cards
Great job on the masculine cards. Very pretty daisy card.
I love all of the new ideas!
Wow they are stunning, gorgeous and fabulous cards. Love the layering colors.
Both cards are great!
Great tip to move the die cuts around to arrange things
Wow! Beautiful cards! I’m totally in love for the amazing colors of your first one!!!
Great cards… specially live that flower stamp set@
Great cards! The daisy cards are gorgeous; love those beautiful orange inks you used!
Awesome cards! Love those beautiful flowers and the colors you used!
I’m all about floral designs but the mustache birthday card is just awesome. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
Love your flowers, very pretty! Thanks for the chance to win and sharing.
Your cards are great! I really love the layered flowers 🙂
What a fun set of cards! I really love those flowers – your stamping is spot on! Yay for the MISTI!
Excellent ink color choices all around. I just got the Clair Nocturne ink, and now I’m have a serious yen for all the clairs, especially if they give results like this! And I love the color combo you chose for your flower. Thanks for sharing these lovely stamps and techniques with us!
Love! Love! Love! Your flowers and card are so bright and cheery 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
You’ve shared a fab range of cards today. I find layering stamps very intimidating, but your technique makes it seem so easy. Thanks for the inspiration.