Picket Fence Studios and MISTI Collaboration!

Welcome to the Picket Fence Studios and My Sweet Petunia Blog Hop & Giveaway!
There will be two company winners! A $50 gift certificate to MSP, and a $50 gift certificate to PFS from all the comments on the hop will be awarded on June 2. Check both company blogs on Tuesday to see if it's YOU!

Picket Fence Studios 

Judy Rozema

Becky Roberts

Sara Sherlock 

Sandi MacIver 

Lisa Henke 

Angela Bode 

Michelle Lupton

Karen Reategui 

Erica A B 

Susie Moore 

Channin Pelletier

Ilina Crouse 

Ceal Pritchett 

Lydia Fiedler

My Sweet Petunia

Now to my cards for today! I chose one similar color scheme for two very different styles. The first is a mixed media card using the Aeonium African Succulent, and a sentiment from Let's Shake Our Tail Feathers. I started by creating a smooshed ink background on Bristol (water friendly paper) with Distress Oxide Inks. Once that was dry, I used my Original MISTI and VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink to ink up my stamp. Because the paper has a little more texture to it, and the DOX inks add some texture as well, the MISTI helps to achieve a crisp, bold image like the Succulent by repeat stamping. I stamped my image three times, each time in the exact same place to achieve a nice dark image. Prior to owning a MISTI, I would never have been able to get such a crisp image, because of my own inconsistency in pressure across an image.

I stamped my sentiment ("i admire your inner beauty") onto a piece of vellum with VersaMark ink, and heat embossed with Black EP. I use the grid lines on my MISTI to help line up each side to keep everything straight before I adhere. I finished off my card with rose metallic thread.

My second card uses the same color scheme and cardstock, but is a totally different style.  I chose the Polka Dots Stencil (on sale!) for my background, and inked it up with my Life Changing Blender Brushes and Seedless Preserves DOX. Next, I stamped my Sunshine Friend (from You Are My Sunshine) in Black Hybrid Ink using my Mini MISTI and colored her in with Copic Markers. I love the Mini just as much, and actually use them both every day equally.

I stamped the sentiment in the corner, and found the exact placement I wanted using my Mini MISTI. I then fussy cut and popped my little friend up with foam dots. I added a few sequins for fun. The last thing I did was color her dress with Clear Nuvo Glimmer Pen - it adds such a cute sparkle!

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to comment for a chance to win one of the awesome gift certificates! Next up is my sweet friend from Idaho, Becky Roberts!