MISTI May-nia
Welcome to Day 29 of Misti May-Nia! If you haven't heard, Iliana is giving away a Mini MISTI every day the entire month of May. All you have to do is comment on our blog and we will select one winner to be the lucky recipient of a Mini MISTI. Since the MISTI is fast becoming the BFF of crafters everywhere, what do you say you leave a special memory of YOUR best friend in the comment field.
The winner will be announced on June 1st so be sure and check back to see if your name was selected! You can also see the list of winners, blogs that are participating and fabulous cards from Iliana on her blog.
Last year, Iliana decided the MISTI needed another friend to keep her company while she busted out card after card. After a phone call full of silliness, we plotted rubber, foam, cling, thickness and other craziness. We sent her over a couple different chunks of rubber to test out with the MISTI and after a few attempts, she finalized the Mirror Image Stamp!
Like traditional reverse image stamps, it will allow you to get the "opposite" or mirror image of a particular stamp, only this one works with your MISTI! Justine has been doing a week long series on the MISTI and she has a great tutorial video up on how to use the Mirror Image Stamp with the MISTI so be sure and check it out.
In the meantime, I had a fabulous time playing with the Mirror Image Stamp AND some new stamps that are coming out on June 1st! Shhhhh, it's a sneak peek and the Design Team doesn't know I am about to let the cat out of the bag, but I just couldn't help myself!
- I started by stamping the Blowing Butterflies (in stock June 1st) onto the top side of the paper with Versa Mark.
- I then embossed it with black embossing powder
- I didn't want the leaves and the black embossing powder affecting the white so I went ahead and randomly stamped the leaves onto the paper and embossed them as well.
- Now comes the fun part with the Mirror Image Stamp!
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| Mirror Image Stamp |
1. Place the Mirror Image Stamp at the TOP of the MISTI - DO NOT TOUCH YOUR STAMP - leave it right where it is.
2. Ink the stamp with Versa Mark and stamp it onto the rubber. If your Versa Mark is juicy, you only need to do this once.
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| Check out the Versa Mark on the rubber (I only did it the one time) |
3. Place your paper on top of the Mirror Image Stamp. In this case, I wanted the opposite end of my paper so when I pull the paper off and emboss it, my Blowing Butterflies will be in the EXACT opposite space from the black butterflies.
4. I then just took my fingers and gently rubbed the paper over the stamped image. The best part is if you are working with ink and it didn't get on the paper, you can just huff on your rubber and place the paper right back down. The MISTI allows you to line it up perfectly! (YEAH!)
Pretty snappy, huh? It's so much easier than I first anticipated and you can do it with anything! Reflections, kissing critters, so much fun!
- Now that I had my white side embossed with the butterflies and the leaves, I was ready to move onto the fun part!
- I wanted to give the illusion of the moon for both sides of my card so I took the negative circle from Jo's Bubbles Clarity Stencil and placed it down using my Post-It Tape.
- I also masked off the black side from the white side with the Post-It Tape so I didn't accidentally get purple ink into the pink section.
- I used Plum Passion, Lucky Lavender, Lilac Love and Thistle Thicket Ink Bites with my Clarity Brush to brush on the color. The best part about the brushes is I only used the one brush I have designated for Purple. Talk about FABULOUS and FAST!
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| Check out that color!!!! |
- I removed the circle mask for the moon and then randomly brushed on some Thistle Thicket and Lilac Love. I didn't want it dark in color, but I didn't want to leave it plain white.
- I wanted to add a few little "stars" to my card so I added some white accents with my white Sakura Gelly Roll pen
I then removed the Post It Tape for the Mask line and voila! I was finished with the purple side!
- I repeated the whole process from above onto the white side.
- I used Petunia Pink, Wild Watermelon, Soft Sorbet and Bumblebee Breeze for my colors.
- Since I was using pinks and yellows for this side, I did use two brushes.
Ta Da! Originally I thought of just leaving it as it was, but I wanted a bit of sparkle in-between the two sides. Salima has been on a glitter frenzy and I thought to myself, why the heck not! I can totally add glitter to this bad boy!
- I added a line of 1/8" double sided tape between the two sides
- I removed the top protective layer from the tape
- Added some Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter in Silver to the top of the sticky tape
- And I had instant sparkle!
- I totally wasn't finished with the glitter at this point!
- I thought about doing some glitter paper behind this layer, but I hate fighting with glue dots to make it stick so I broke out the 10mm Sticky Tape and made my own glitter paper!
- I added strips around all four sides of the paper
- Dumped on the glitter
- Burnished it with my finger
- Instant Glitter paper!
- I taped the front panel to my faux glitter paper and I was ready for the sentiment!
- As much as I love this sentiment the way it is, I wanted to split them up for the card. (Sentiment will be out on June 1st)
- I placed my sentiment in the MISTI with my Vellum
- I placed my Post It tape over the part I didn't want embossed
- Then inked up the remaining sentiment with Versa Mark
- Removed the Post It Tape
- Stamped it onto my Vellum
- Embossed with Silver
- Repeated the process with the bottom portion of the stamp
Now I have the Pink Side...
...and the purple!
I mounted the card to a black card and it is all finished!
As much as I loved making this card, it also reminds me that I have some friends I need to call to tell them how important they are to me.
Thank you so much for following along today. I know it's a super long post, but I don't blog often so I figured this is a compilation of all of the blogging I HAVEN'T done! =)
Don't forget to leave a comment below for your chance to win a Mini MISTI!!!!
Until next time,
Happy Stamping!
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Here is the complete list of bloggers participating in MISTI May-nia. So be sure and check out the other fabulous posts created for more MISTI inspiration!
Here is the complete list of bloggers participating in MISTI May-nia. So be sure and check out the other fabulous posts created for more MISTI inspiration!
May 01 - My Sweet Petunia
May 01 - Ilina Crouse
May 02 - Lydia Fiedler
May 02 - Virginia Lu
May 03 - Jana Millen
May 04 - Carissa Wiley
May 05 - Maureen Wong
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
May 16 - Simon Says Stamp
May 17 - Altenew
May 18 - Concord & 9th
May 19 - Stephanie Klauck
May 20 - Hero Arts
May 21 - Neat and Tangled
May 21 - Debbie Hughes
May 22- Taheerah Atchia
May 23- Jennifer McGuire
May 23- Kathy Racoosin
May 24- Yana
Smakula
May 25- Sandy Allnock
May 26- Caryn Davies
May 27- W Plus 9
May 27- Kelly Latevola
May 28- Lucy Abrams
606 comments
Your card is a touching, beautiful way to convey the range of emotions that accompany loss. Gorgeous! Added to that: you've conveyed 'MISTI magic' in a most easy-to-follow fashion! Thank you for the amazing tutorial; thank you for the 'sneak peeks' (shhhhh...)
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So beautiful! My best bud and I probably drank a bit too much one night, just a home, and I remember laughing and laughing so much our sides hurt. Never had that much fun!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, and had never heard of the mirror image stamp, but now I need one of those along with the MISTI.
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ReplyDeleteMy best friend happens to be a guy who is not gay and not into me. Very rare. The day before my wedding, we had way to much to drink ended up on my sister's bed as he was sleeping over and literally fell asleep next to him after talking all night drunk. Should have seen the shocked face of my aunty when she came to wake him up.
ReplyDeleteI love the purple ink pad! Gorgeous! Would love to be lucky enough to win a misti
ReplyDeletefabulous and very educational blog. My BFF lives on another continent so we don't see each other as often as we would like, but when we do it is as if it was only yesterday and we just spend our time reminiscing and catching up, cos we never know how long till we see each other again
ReplyDeleteA really beautiful card. Love the sentiment and colors you used. Thank you for sharing and being part of the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these techniques, very cool. I will be sharing them with my best bud!
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial on mirror stamping! I would love a mini Misti! My great BFF memory... I love remembering walking to school in the third grade with my BFF, holding hands and talking and giggling the whole way.
ReplyDeleteMy best memory is meeting Sarah for the first time in real life and not just talking on-line!. Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! One very recent experience with my best bud will become a fond memory. Just last weekend we were headed to a paper crafting show and sale. My car started wobbling a little left, then a little right while driving on the New York State Thruway and then the check tire pressure light came on. We couldn't see anything wrong with the tires, but ended up having a tow truck come out. It turns out that there was nothing wrong with my car - but it was a section of "experimental" pavement. Fail! We ended up continuing on to the show and had no further problems once we got past that section of pavement. This one will go down as a memory for sure.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and I love that you can reverse stamp with the Misti. How cool is that! Thanks for sharing and can't wait to see the June release.
ReplyDeleteThese cards are perfect & gorgeous! I love everything about them especially the mirror imaging! So my favorite memory is with parents (they are senior citizens)...and they love babies and children. So when we are out and about every child we see we have to go up and share a dollar and a hug. They adore children and have to touch with parents permission of course. Best memories ever...we get to meet alot of interesting and sweet people. Thanks for sharing your creativity! Simply beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteMy BFF moved across the country when we were about 7 or 8 years old. Now nearly 30 years later, we're still on the phone regularly, sending cards and letters and birthday gifts, and currently planning our next visits. We're 800 km apart, but somehow we always end up having very similar experiences - and lots to talk about :-)
ReplyDeleteLove your mirror image. I have made a couple of cards using the mirror image and it has not been easy. I like your idea of using the Misti as that could make it so much easier. Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteVery cool technique. thanks for the chance to win a misti!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. The Misti is an incredible tool. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! My bff Lena and I always go on scrapbook retreats which turn more into antiquing than scrapping. One time she bought a table and we couldn't get it into the car and had to call her hubby to come pick it up...thankfully we were close to home lol
ReplyDeleteAh, BFF would be Jolynda! Fun - feisty - fabulous! What else could you want in a friend 😉
ReplyDeleteAmazing looking card. LOVE the colors and the tutorial on getting the fabulous mirror image. Thanks for the chance to win a mini misti:)
ReplyDeleteThat card is a work of art! I remember the year sharing an apartment with two best friends as the year I laughed the most.
ReplyDeleteMerrill P https://www.facebook.com/mp.tika
Beautiful cards, thanks for teaching use of mirror technique stamp. i look forward to trying this when mine arrives wining a mini misti would be great so i can stamp while in hospital
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL card!!!
ReplyDeleteApart from the AWESOME mirror stamping and FABULOUS tips you have shared along the way, you have touched my heart in how you have shared the emotions of loss so eloquently!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION and tutorial :)
... and for the reminder to reach out to our precious friends and family. Last year I had the pleasure of reconnecting with a BFF from school. We drifted apart when she married & moved away and I came down to study in the city ... over 20 years later it was like we had seen each other just the week before - WOW!!!
A beautifully expressed card ... and a fantastic technique ... what a brilliant use for the MISTI! I always took 'adventures' with my BFF when we were small ... indoors or out, they were always adventures! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial! Thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial! Thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteWow. Your card is so beatiful. Thank you for tutorial. I would like to try it but I need the misti for that. 😀 thank you for the chance.
ReplyDeleteWow. Your card is so beatiful. Thank you for tutorial. I would like to try it but I need the misti for that. 😀 thank you for the chance.
ReplyDeleteMy BFF lives several states away, so must stay in touch through snail mail and electronic get-togethers. Thanks for the beautiful demonstration of the mirror image technique using the Misti. Thanks also for the chance to win the Mini Misti. Hope you pick me.
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Thanks for showing a great technique! Thanks for the opportunity to win the Mini Misti!
ReplyDeleteLove the tutorial , love the card,, thank you.. I'd love winning a misti
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Card. My BFF & I grew up 20 minutes apart but had to travel clear around the world to meet. Oh the adventures we have had since then.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. BFF memory is the walk home from school when we always ended up bent over with laughter. Good times.
ReplyDeletefrom one Suzy to another.....awesome card. LOVE it. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the opportunity to participate in the misti contest. Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteAwesome card and technique! My best friend growing up is my best friend to this day: my younger sister. We essentially did everything together. Whether it was putting on a "magic" show or playing pranks on our older siblings, I knew we would be at each other's side. College and careers took us to very different parts of the country. After almost a decade of living in different cities, she has moved from Philly to Virginia to live down the street from me!
ReplyDelete--Amy
Absolutely beautiful card. Thanks for sharing how you made it. I would so love to win a MISTI. Hmm best friend? The one who accepts me as I am.
ReplyDeleteYour card is a work of art!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely card!!! I can see where the Misti is a "must have". My 94 year old Mom is my best friend. She is such a blessing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Loved your tutorial and am going to try doing this. Thank you so much for a chance to win a Misti. I could so use one and could only be so lucky to win. Thank you
ReplyDeleteBeautiful project with gorgeous stamps! Love the mirror image stamp!
ReplyDeleteMy special memory of my BFF.... we lost touch over the years sometime after junior college. I decided to look for her through FB all these years later and was able to find her. Nice catching up after all these years!
Awesome ideas--now I'll have to go watch some videos! Thanks for sharing and thanks for the chance to win a mini MISTI!
ReplyDeleteMy best friend is the one who makes me laugh. Hugs when needed. Reminds me when I need reminding. Accepts me as I am. Would love to win a MISTI! Your card is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing it and the wonderful tutorial.
ReplyDeleteSome of my fondest best buddies memories were when we would do craft fairs together. Sadly one of them moved out of state and the other doesn't craft anymore so...
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsbyDragonfly.blogspot.com
Thanks for the chance to win a Mini Misti.
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My best friend is the one who makes me laugh. Hugs when needed. Reminds me when I need reminding. Accepts me as I am. Would love to win a MISTI! Your card is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHo awesome is that???! There are so many times that I wish I had a mirror image of something...especially swirls (design elements)and birds! Thanks for the tutorial! The Mini Misti looks like the perfect tool!
ReplyDeleteBecause I am frugal I made my own Misti, laughingly called a "Linti", but would love to win the real thing.
ReplyDeleteLovely card and technique. My best friend is my husband. Best memory together was the day we promise to love, honor, and cherish each other till death do us part.
ReplyDeleteReally pretty cards. The video was really good I didn't realize there was a mirror stamp where have I been. So now I need the MISTI and a mirror stamp. Hopefully I will win a MISTI fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial! Thanks for the chance to win a mini Misti! I remember laughing with my best friend, sitting in a swivel rocker, and knocking over the table and everything on it after having a bit too much to drink.
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ReplyDeleteMy best friend, Pat, died three years ago, but not a day goes by that I don't think of her. I have so many wonderful memories, from travel to many foreign countries to just shopping or eating out. Your beautiful card meant a lot to me.
ReplyDeleteMy best friend, Pat, died three years ago, but not a day goes by that I don't think of her. I have so many wonderful memories, from travel to many foreign countries to just shopping or eating out. Your beautiful card meant a lot to me.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! My bff is a young lady that I have known for a very short time ( 3 years) but immediately we clicked! We are inseparable! I feel like she's my sister. We have so much in common! I don't know where I would be without her in my life right now!
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous - I never heard of the mirror stamp with the MISTI - must check it out! Thanks for the chance to win a mini Misti!
ReplyDeleteIs there anythanything the MISTI can't do? Wow, just wow. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What an effort of love...such a nice tribute for someone we love.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely sentiment! This card would bring comfort when most needed. My relationship with my best friend is one of those where we might not talk for months but then we will spend two hours catching up on the phone. I hope to see her again soon, but I think I'll call her today! Thanks for the reminder to connect.
ReplyDeleteanother cool way to use the misti!
ReplyDeleteCool. Learn something new. Thanks for sharing. Would love to win a misti
ReplyDeleteIt HAS been a while since you've done a big tutorial like this one; way to go, girl! It turned out fantastic! I am so lucky to have good friends I see every week and some crazy, wacky, extra special friends that I met online and then turn out to be even more fantastic in person. Drunk texts and all...ROFL
ReplyDeleteWOW!! What a beautiful and stunning cards!!! I am going to have to buy the mirror image stamp! Tat is really very cool!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful thing to do for someone you've loved and lost. I shall speak to my Best Friend later to tell her how much she means to me and revisit some of our shared memories these past 29 years.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity to win a mini MISTI.
My best friend is my therapy! Nothing a cup of coffee and long chat with her can't cure!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Fancy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
Awesome tutorial and post!! I like the little Suzy inks! Such beautiful cards!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity to win a mini MISTI.
Thanks for the great tip on mirror stamping. The Misti makes it look so easy.
ReplyDeleteYour tutorial is very helpful. I feel I have been learning so much through this giveaway for the Misti through the many different blog postings. I have signed up for many of them.
ReplyDeleteYour tutorial is very helpful. I feel I have been learning so much through this giveaway for the Misti through the many different blog postings. I have signed up for many of them.
ReplyDeleteHave had best girlfriend for 41 years. Even though we live states apart we still text pretty much everyday! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteThat's such a beautiful card and I love the idea of getting mirror images from my stamps. Thrilled that I'll be able to do that with the MISTI. A favorite memory of my BFF is from our vacation in Hawaii last summer. I accidentally flipped her off her paddle board and we all had a big laugh over it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great technique. I've wanted to use a stamp that way but had no idea how to do it. A new way to use the MISTI. Thanks for the chance to win this amazing tool.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!!!! My BFF and I have been friends since high school and we have supported each other through happiness and sadness for over 40 years:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and would make a lovely framed piece too.
ReplyDeletebeautiful cards!! =)
ReplyDeletemuch love to my bestie, words can never describe how much i love her... <3
Thank you for sharing your wonderful cards and directions. Thanks 4 the chance!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your wonderful cards and directions. Thanks 4 the chance!
ReplyDeleteGreat card and love the mirror image stamp technique. Thank you for an opportunity to win a mini misti! :)
ReplyDeleteLost my comment again. But again, I love so suzy stamps. I can't wait to get the mirror image stamp! It would almost double my stamps!! I lost my best friend 11 yrs.ago to a drunk driver. But, I think of her every day. She would be so proud of me, making all this cool art! And making new friends in groups like this. Thank you all for being so awesome!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous ... I love the mirror image stamp! Great use of the MISTI - love a chance at winning a MINI!!
ReplyDeleteYour card is so touching and beautiful! The mirror image stamp for the MISTI is brilliant. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely card. Thank you for sharing and the opportunity to win the mini Misti!!!
ReplyDeleteI love all of your techniques, I really need to try some of these. Great work and love my MISTI!
ReplyDeleteMy best friend and I live thousands of miles away with me moving to the US but am fondly reminded of the sleepovers we had when we were little. It was so much fun!!!. I would absolutely love to win a mini misti, keeping my fingers and toes crossed:-))))
ReplyDeleteYour card is so lovely with the sentiment split onto the two mirror images it really signifies the stages of loss and grief. Very touching. I love all the details you added to make this so special. You introduced me to several new products like the mirror image rubber (definitely on my wish list) and the clarity brushes. I like the idea of having a brush designated for specific colour families. I love the Misti and would absolutely love to win a mini Misti. My best friend lives in Texas and I live in Ontario Canada so we don't see each other often but we have been bff's since high school (I'll just say it's been a lot of years) , and even though we don't get together often, when we do it's like we just saw eachother the day before. One of my favourite memories with my bff was when she graduated nursing school and was applying to the hospitals and we went on a road trip to deliver all the resumes. We had never been to most of the cities so it was a lot of map reading, asking for directions and wrong turns, but we drove and listened to music and talked about dreams and goals and the future and it was such a wonderful experience that she wanted to share that time with me of all people and I will never forget that trip. We have had a lot of other great memories over the years and I know we will have a lot more. I am so thankful for her. Thank you for helping me bring those memories to surface again.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card, thanks for the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteThe mirror image stamp is way awesome! Wow!
ReplyDeleteVery thoughful and touching card! Thanks for sharing this deatailed tutorial of this neat technique.
ReplyDeleteThe MISTI truly is incredible!
ReplyDeletegreat job with the "mirror-image" stamp!
ReplyDeleteWow, great technique! Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteOh, I can't wait for the June release! Those butterflies are beautiful and I love the sentiment. The mirror image stamp will be a great addition to my supplies, I'll have to order one. I would love love to win the mini Misti, thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful and poignant card. I'm sure everyone who has lost someone can relate. Thank you for the mirror image technique and for the opportunity to win a MISTI.
ReplyDeleteLove that mirror-image technique! The MISTI is amazing!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway, great card (the Mirror Image Stamp really rocks!)... and great sneek peak! :P
ReplyDeleteGiada
Lovely card. I was a very sickly child so there was a lot of things I couldn't do, and lots of time I couldn't even be out of bed for weeks at a time. My sister Louise would sit with me for hours at a time reading to me and if I felt up to it we would play barbie dolls on my bed.She was and still is a wonderful sister and my best friend. PS... She hated dolls.
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a detailed description on how you created these fabulous cards! Very helpful, especially since I'm a very visual person :) Both the MISTI and Mirror Image Stamp look like must haves!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite memories was in high school with my best friend Dana. We LOVED to go dancing but her mom was very strict and wouldn't let her, so every week, I would drive by her house after her parents were asleep (I had purple lights under my car so she knew it was me), pull around in a nearby business lot then would stop in front of her house with all of my lights off. She would climb out of her window and run to my car, jump in and we would laugh hysterically as we pulled off to go to the club to go dancing :) It was so much fun and a memory I will cherish forever!
Love the mirror image!
ReplyDeleteGreat stamps and a lovely card. Oooo! The ability to do mirror images easily! How exciting! I will have yo try that out. I hope a mini misti is soon in my possession!
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Very clever technique, and the card is very beautiful. Thanks for the sneak peek.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards!! My favourite memories are in the long summers we spent together, so many wonderful moments!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! The Misti can do so much, that is why it has been on my wishlist. Thank you for a chance to win the Misti!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely card! I love the mirror images, this is such a unique technique and stamp! I love the step by step tutorial! The instant glitter paper is fabulous, love the way it looks! Thanks for the reminder to check in with my BFF. She had a hysterectomy a few weeks ago and I have been keeping tabs on her but got busy this weekend! Texting her now :) I appreciate the inspiration and look forward to more stamping techniques from your and your DT! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteLove the feel of movement with these images and the Mirror Image Stamp is such a cool idea!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh!! What a wonderful Butterfly creation! I love the way you did the opposite sides!
ReplyDeleteLearning that I can do mirror image stamping with the MISTI makes me want one even more! I have tried so many different techniques to get mirror images and failed at each one! Fingers crossed that this will be my lucky day for winning the Mini MISTI! Thanks for the chance to!
My best friend and I have not gotten together for quite a while. I was injured in 2005 and my life changed drastically. Since then I have had numerous health issues that keep my close to home. Even though we are neighbors it is so hard to find a time that I am feeling well and she isn't busy. I really miss her and we have talked about both of us feeling alone since we don't hang out like we used to. Now that Summer is here I plan to invite them for bbq's and cards!
DeleteMy best friend is the one who taught me how to stamp! Becky Cowley! She is AMAZING & I love her!
ReplyDeleteI love the mirror image. I can't wait to try it! The for sharing....
ReplyDeleteI love the mirror image. I can't wait to try it! The for sharing....
ReplyDeleteCute dino used for demonstrating the mirror image and Misti.
ReplyDeleteThis super innovative! Must get the Mirror Image Stamp too! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI guess I need a mirror image now :D This card is amazing and I love the color choice for this type of card! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your detailed tips to achieve such lovely cards!
ReplyDeleteLove the mirror image idea, the image with the moon in the back ground is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this technique. One of my best friends always is so sweet to just listen and pray for me. Though I know this weekend she is getting ready for a big upcoming house project. I just texted her to see how she is doing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!! Thanks so much for the step by step tutorial and the opportunity to win a Mini Misti!
ReplyDeleteLike the idea of the mirror images using the MISTI. Oh, so many possibilites. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all steps of making this beautiful card. Heart it so much.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful, heartfelt card. love the mirror imaging technique.
ReplyDeleteMy best friend is my sweet husband. We have had so many great adventures together and they are not over yet :)
Thanks so much for the chance to win a mini misti.. Oh what fun to be able to get crafty and create up a storm.
hugs
Judy K
My best friend and I met in university and had many good times and road trips in her old yellow Duster. After getting married we lived many miles apart for over 25 years. I am happy to say that we have moved to within 20 minutes of each other after all that time and are enjoying our renewed friendship. Thanks for all the tips and instructions on the mirror image stamping - love it! Thanks to you and Iliana for the chance to win a Misti!
ReplyDeleteAnother fantastic use for the MISTI!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, touching card Suzanne. Love all the details you added.l
ReplyDeleteWow! MISTI is so very helpful. Thanks for the shadow tips. Off to see what other ideas Justine has!
Thanks for the opportunity to win their fabulous prize!
Kindergarten is where I met my best friend. We tied our shoe laces together in class and the teacher sent us down to the principal's office. We never made it, we were laughing so hard. Had to stop in the bathroom.
What a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for inspiring me to create.
ReplyDeleteYour mirror image stamp is a great idea and your beautiful card is the proof! Thanks for participating in this Misti Maynia blog hop!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great tip!
ReplyDeleteI love learning new techniques, and this looks like a technique totally worth trying. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSo this is how reverse stamping is done. I had no idea! The Misti would really help with positioning. My best friend's name is Sharon. We get together once a week to do scrapbooking or other arts together. She would rearrange her schedule if I needed her suddenly and I like taking her out to lunch just because I love her!
ReplyDeleteThanks for teaching me a new technique! Your cards are stunning! I have never used a sheen product like that either, so something else to try! Thanks for the opportunity to win a Misti!
ReplyDeleteI treasure my BFF's that I've known for a very long time --- since 7th grade!
ReplyDeleteAn amazingly beautiful card Suzy and a great tutorial.
ReplyDeleteMy best friend and I lived next door to each other and played EVERY day together. We truly were your typical "giggly girls". We loved to swing together and did so often. One day as we were swinging away, we got to giggling, so much so we fell off. As a result, I laughed SO hard I peed my pants and had to go home to change. On the way, we got laughing so hard about THAT I fell into the ditch and accidentally peed myself again! We STILL laugh about it and that was 50 years ago! (Incidentally, we married 1st cousins and STILL live next door to one another, just in a different community.) LOL
Beautiful card. I married my best friend. :-) We've been together almost 20 years, and we still have just as much fun as we did when we met.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial. Best memories with my BFF are going to our boys football games. Their HS allowed tailgating so we'd get our tent and chairs out and support out guys.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! This is the first time I've seen a mirror image ... thanks for the tutorial. My BFF is my Mom and since she'll be 82 in a few weeks, every day we get to see each other is a special memory for me. I have learned to cherish every moment. :-)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Thank-you for sharing your techniques, can't wait to unpack & try the reverse image technique with the MISTI!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the video and love the technique!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great demonstration! Can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity to win a MISTI!
Sylvia Craig
WOW! What a beautiful card and a great tutorial.
ReplyDeleteWow! So magical :) Really nice card! Thanks for sharing <3
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a beautiful card and a great tutorial.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info on mirror image stamping.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you so much, Suzanne, for sharing all your great techniques AND for participating in such an amazing blog hop and giveaway! What a great prize I think ANYone would love to have! Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration and step outs!
ReplyDeleteThievery is lovely. Simple, eloquent and starting that we are never ready.
ReplyDeletekinda wondering if after the give away how many of us will be purchasing one of these amazing tools!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of the mirror stamp. I saw it yesterday on your site. I was ordering Flower Flourish. I wanted to see how the mirror stamp worked...then I saw a video by Justine Hovey and now this post.
ReplyDeleteMy friend and I have car issues when we are together. I broke down, she jump started me but then we both broke down and had the be towed. Once, she was getting gas and we drove away with the gas pump still attached to the car! Another time, I bumped into the back of her. It has become our thing...
Thie is a really beautiful card! I never tried the mirror image technique, but now I need to! I love to win a MISTI. Seems to be a great tool.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that for most of my 20's I was mad with my best friend. I thought she made a lot of mistakes in how she raised her kids. As I got older and had some of my own I began to understand how circumstances thrown at you in life can alter you in many ways. I have forgiven her and she never stopped loving me, because not only is she my best friend, she just happens to be my mother.
ReplyDeleteMy happiest memory of my best friend is when we made up after a nasty fight that resulted in us not talking to each other for over a year. I think that's what true friendship is about—a friendship that endures time, spats, fallouts, and disagreements, when we stick by each other no matter what and are always there for each other, even if we don't speak every single day.
ReplyDeleteAwesome technique.. Love your project, especially the colors. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHow thoughtful. I met my best friend as an adult. We were both first time moms and met at church. Our kids grew up together like siblings. We're still very close.
ReplyDeleteHow thoughtful. I met my best friend as an adult. We were both first time moms and met at church. Our kids grew up together like siblings. We're still very close.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, thanks for sharing. The mirror image seems not to hard. And the Misti is a great tool to have. Here's hoping.
ReplyDeleteStunning card! Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win a Misti! Hugs, Robin
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!!
ReplyDeleteVery beatutiful. Thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteNow I understand your Mirror stamp I saw on So Suzy! Thanks to you and Justine for informative videos today! Your card about loss of a friend is lovely. My best friend for 48 years, Denise, and I have done lots together! Friends in high school, in each other's weddings, both teachers, both moms, now both grandmothers. We've done crafts together, but it's more my thing, which she admires and supports. I admire her work with teens, she admires mine with elementary kids. A few years ago we took a long trip, our first together, to attend a country fair in Ohio and had a great time. We are members of the same church denomination, though we live 25 miles apart. I can't imagine life without her, my BFF and ever! Thanks for giving away these Mini MISTIs. I do hope I may win one.
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing a new technique pretty card thanks for chance to win a misti😊
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mirror image tip, and also for the chance to win a Mini MISTI!
ReplyDeleteSuch a loving tribute to your loved one. I have the mirror image stamp and I've actually used it, easy peasy! My best friend is my husband and one of the things I adore about him is that he makes me laugh. Thank you for the chance to win. Have a happy and safe holiday!
ReplyDeleteThat's gorgeous and the mirror stamping is just too cool!
ReplyDeleteAs if I needed another reason to justify a Misti! Finally a foolproof way of mirror stamping without losing an ink shade.
ReplyDeleteSimple but brilliant idea!
ANOTHER reason I hope I win a MISTI!!! Great card and love that mirror image stamp.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Cards ! Misti is really an incredible tool. Thanks !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stamp, love the sentiment stamp too!
ReplyDeleteLove love your inspiring cards. Need and want so badly this Mini MISTI..the mirror image stamp is awesome as is your video. Years ago my BFF got her long skirt caught in her panty hose and you know the rest of the story....laughter!! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Thanks for you instruction.
ReplyDeleteI am learning so much about the many uses of the MISTI. This technique of mirror stamping is great.
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a misti! Thanks so much for the chance!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card and love the two feelings experienced when someone suffers a loss. Having my friend who is always ready to listen and offer those much needed words of advice or encouragement is what I am most grateful for.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card and love the two feelings experienced when someone suffers a loss. Having my friend who is always ready to listen and offer those much needed words of advice or encouragement is what I am most grateful for.
ReplyDeleteLove this technique! I've been wanting to learn it for a while. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great combination! Misti and Mirror image stamp! I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteGreat! Something else I have to covet...a reverse stamp! Thanks for enabling!!
ReplyDeleteGreat video and love the cards you make. I remember my childhood BF introducting me at her son's wedding as her 'oldest' friend, and then correcting herself to say 'longest' friend! Everyone laughed. Thanks for the chance to win a Mini!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards!! Great 'mirror image' technique....I really need a MISTI so I can try this out. One of my favorite memories of my BFF was how we met in HS. She has a locker a couple places over from mine and one day, I came from one of my classes and all of her books and things from her locker were all over the ground in front of my locker. She had her locker open and was spraying cockroach spray all over inside of it. She looked at me and said that there was a cockroach in her locker and asked if I wanted her to spray out my locker, too.....lol. We have been BFFs ever since. Thanks for sharing with us today and for the chance to win a Mini MISTI!!
ReplyDeleteGreat work! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely card. My BBF was my husband for 37 years (highschool sweethearts). There are so many good memories: I chose one that still makes me laugh. We were living up in the mountains, and it was really cold. All we had for heat was a little 1800's wood stove. When the fire went out at night, we cuddled. One night I got into bed with my knee-hi's on. He said, "Oh, Honey, you need to shave you legs!!! I laughed til I cried.
ReplyDelete~Valerie Jones
Mirror image has always scared me but this makes it look so easy. I also really like the use of two sides of grief and loss. We all get touched by it one point or another. I would love to win a mini!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLovely card, both
ReplyDeletepages are so pretty!
Carla from Utah
Thank you for sharing the technique, makes me want a MISTI even more! I just love that I can call my BFF anytime to just hang out, get a coffee, or go shopping!
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial on using the mirror image stamp. How many of us are a mirror image of a BFF, at least in one aspect of the relationship, and sometimes many. At least that's true for my BFF and me. Thanks for another opportunity to have my name entered to win a mini MISTI!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and great techniques! Thanks for the chance to win a mini MISTI
ReplyDeleteMy bff always seems to be with me when I get unpleasant news that something has happened to my husband. She's a great support. Love the mirror stamping - quite intriguing!
ReplyDeleteSqueee... what a gorgeous new stamp!!
ReplyDeleteMy BFF does so much to encourage me... including getting together regularly for crafty 'play-dates'... what a sweetie!
Love the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLove the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLovely card and very interesting mirror image stamping technique! I hadn't seen it before. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card!! Thanks for sharing. I am wanting to try using this product for mirror Imaging.
ReplyDeleteSchöne Karte und diese Technik kannte ich auch noch nicht.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards. I didn't think the blog post was too long
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Awesome Card. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThese card techniques are stunning. I can hardly wait to get the mirror image stamp. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial. I have not shown my mirror image stamp love, just yet. I'm supposed to be taking a coloring class. But keep getting distracted by MISTI-mania fun! As for my bff, she is reliable. What more can I ask for? Haha.
ReplyDeleteThese card techniques are stunning. I can hardly wait to get the mirror image stamp. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and thanks for sharing your tutorial.
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this technic and your creativity with us.
ReplyDeleteAmazing card! So elegant and touching. I have two best friends. They have always and continue to be there for me when life gets rough. They understand the trials and tribulations of being a mom, wife while working full time. We also laugh and celebrate all the good times. Thanks for letting me share. Aloha!
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Comment time! I totally do a little happy dance every time a new one pops up!