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!!!
Posted by: ~amy~ | September 05, 2017 at 06:24 AM
Love them both. So pretty.
Posted by: Diane M | September 05, 2017 at 08:08 AM
Love the color pops right at you very pretty
Posted by: Nancy Borakowski | September 05, 2017 at 08:56 AM
Gorgeous holiday cards with amazing backgrounds!
Posted by: Sheila Harper | September 05, 2017 at 09:25 AM
Love your gorgeous holiday cards! Happy mail in cute envelopes is the best!
Posted by: Kimberly Merritt | September 05, 2017 at 09:36 AM
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!!!!
Posted by: Lori Barker | September 05, 2017 at 09:46 AM
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
Posted by: Kimberly Kay | September 05, 2017 at 09:53 AM
Love this technique and your cards.Love how the misti is used.
Posted by: Diana Enns | September 05, 2017 at 09:56 AM
Beautiful cards with a traditional feel to them! Love your envelope art too.
Posted by: Sharon O | September 05, 2017 at 10:12 AM
Love your color pallet
Posted by: Mary Jane Blahnik | September 05, 2017 at 10:31 AM
Nice technique!
Posted by: Bicka Hall | September 05, 2017 at 11:05 AM
Awesome cards! Love that gingham background! Pretty flowers and pinecones, and I love the stamped envelope!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | September 05, 2017 at 11:20 AM
Beautiful cards-lovin the background.
Posted by: Dolores Q. | September 05, 2017 at 11:43 AM
Cool effect with your ombré technique! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jennifer Archambault | September 05, 2017 at 11:59 AM
Great cards !
Posted by: Isabelle | September 05, 2017 at 03:29 PM
These are fantastic cards Stephanie and the envelope (love the sentiment on it!) they are all awesome! The gingham looks fantastic as well.
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | September 05, 2017 at 04:08 PM
Love the gird that stamps so precise. Good job and the envy stamps are to have in everyone's collection!
Posted by: bette | September 05, 2017 at 06:06 PM
I really enjoy your card designs!
Posted by: Mary Rang | September 05, 2017 at 07:18 PM
Love that checked,stamp!
Posted by: Liz | September 05, 2017 at 08:20 PM
I have the Gingham Background and I'm so happy to see some wonderful cards using it. I really Love the red with pinecones!
Posted by: Janelle H. | September 05, 2017 at 09:08 PM
Sweet! Very cool background!
Posted by: Kirsty Vittetoe | September 05, 2017 at 09:51 PM
So fun, I'm adding solve more items to my list
Posted by: Sara Gordon | September 05, 2017 at 10:00 PM
The gingham background is great. The cards are wonderful.
Posted by: Tracy A | September 05, 2017 at 11:22 PM
Both of your cards are so cute for Christmas! I love your envelope, too!
Posted by: Angela W | September 06, 2017 at 12:03 AM
Fabulous cards. Love the backgrounds.
Posted by: Gilda (McStamper) | September 06, 2017 at 12:40 AM