Good morning! Today we are teaming up with My Sweet Petunia to bring you a fantastic blog hop that you won't want to miss! There will be an abundance of inspiration, and of course opportunities to win prizes along the way :)
Here's a bit of info about the company:
Iliana Myska has been paper crafting since 2001. She initially started card-making when she was asked to serve on the Women’s Ministry. By agreeing to be in charge of the Card Ministry, Iliana began a new journey. Using her scrap booking supplies to embellish premade card bases, her addiction to crafting grew into stamping.
While making one hundred Christmas cards for Bethany Baptist Church, Iliana became frustrated with errors and inconsistencies while stamping. After her failed attempt to Washi tape a stamp press to a mouse pad, an idea occurred. Several trips to the hardware store and MISTI was born.
Before we get to my project, I want to talk to you about the Mini MISTI. This tool is perfect for card makers, and allows you to stamp consistently with a flawless result each time. This makes it wonderful for mass-production, but it also is helpful when using layering stamps! As you can see above, I stamped out my base layer, then aligned the next layer directly on top of my stamped image. Then, I closed the hinge to pick up the stamp, inked it up, and was able to stamp precisely in the correct spot without having to worry about lining things up again.
To create my card, I started with a piece of watercolor paper cut to 4.25″ x 5.5″ – the size of my card base. I used watercolor paints to splatter on a mix of green, yellow, and blue, then set it aside to dry. Next, I used the Mini MISTI to stamp the rose image from Painted Rose using ink from our Red Cosmos and Green Fields ink collections.
I then cut out the flower and leaves, leaving no white border. I stamped “thank you” from Painted Greetings in Jet Black ink onto the dried watercolor panel. Next, I adhered the rose with a bit of foam tape to pop it up, then mounted the watercolor panel to a card base.
I felt it needed just a little something more, so I cut a thin strip of our Gold Mirror cardstock to place along the bottom edge.
PRIZES:
There are TWO mini MISTIs from My Sweet Petunia and THREE $30 gift certificates from Altenew up for grabs. Winners will be picked randomly from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Winners will be announced on the My Sweet Petunia and Altenew blogs on July 3, 2016.
I also want to announce that we are running a special promotion today and tomorrow – free U.S shipping on all orders!
Now hop along for more inspiration! Your next stop is My Sweet Petunia.
Here is the complete hop list…have fun!
Altenew
My Sweet Petunia
Therese Calvird
Lydia Fiedler
May Sukyong Park
Jeanne streiff
Yoonsun Hur
Maureen Wong
Lydia Evans
Kelly Latevola
Svitlana Shayevich
Francine Vuilleme
Agnieszka Malyszek
Ilina Crouse
Yana Smakula
609 comments
Love the card!! Thank s for the oportunity ?
Absolutely stunning card Jennifer, the watercoloured background is perfect with this big bold bloom!
Some excellent tips here, and not just for fashion either. The trickiest part is probably posting often and consistently whilst not posting garbage. One popular blog that I check every now and again, Kayture, was actually talking about how difficult this became with soaring stats. She wanted to stop posting so often because, although her posts were still excellent, they didn’t feel original and personal because she could have time to think about them more deeply. Thanks for sharing :)
That looks amazing :) and seems simple enough for my skills to try haha
“This is literally the very first comment I have ever made outside of Facebook. ? You certainly have an incredible gift of sharing information and knowledge. Congratulations on all of your success!! May it continue for many many years to come!
I’ve been wanting a lifestyle change in my life for at least 2+ years and I’ve been dreaming of starting a small farm, becoming more self sufficient, and using that to start my own business. Primarily open a mini fiber mill and becoming a fiber artist…to start. I’m learning a lot of new skills by reading other homestead blogs and trying different things on my own. I’ve been thinking of starting my own blog in the last few months because I’d like to share my journey of all the new things I’m learning and talk about my thoughts and starting from scratch. The only problem I have is that I have so MANY interests, it’s hard for me to pick just one. I’m passionate about animals, fiber arts, DIY, gardening, photography, homesteading, fitness, dating etc. and honestly that’s not even half of the list. What would your recommendation be regarding a main focus for a blog that would have many varied interests? In your opinion, what would be the best approach for incorporating everything into one tagline?
Thanks again for all you do!
The Misti tool is, in my opinion, a MUST HAVE for stamping. I thank you so much for your ingenious idea, it has saved me so much time and paper! GO MISIT!