Good Friday morning and welcome to the My Sweet Petunia and Impression Obsession blog hop. The design teams have joined together to bring you lots of gorgeous projects and a chance to win a Mini MISTI and a Impression Obsession $25 gift certificate. All you need to do to qualify is leave a comment on each of the blogs in the hop. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, October 12th on My Sweet Petunia and Impression Obsession blogs and Facebook pages.
My project today was made using the Impression Obsession Greetings Clear Stamps set, the coordinating Greetings die, Small Poinsettia Set and Pine Sprig set. I’ll have to admit that I am not the best when it comes to lining my stamps up to position the image or sentiment where I want it. And especially sentiments! The three stamped words on my card front today are individual stamps and the Mini MISTI made it possible for me to get them lined up perfectly on my card front.
I used the printed face sheet of the stamp set to use as a guide to where I wanted my sentiment stamps to be placed on the card front .
I lined up the three stamps along the lined grids of the MISTI, applied versa, stamped the images and then applied gold embossing powder. You can see in my photo below that the words stamped in a perfect straight line.
I cut the greeting sentiment using craft-a-board, applied versa and embossed with gold embossing powder. I repeated the process two more times to create a really smooth gold looks and to add a little more dimension. The sentiment was attached to the card base with Cosmic Glitter Glue. I loved how rich the gold embossing looked on the die cut sentiment so I decided to gold emboss the background layer of the card, the pine and the poinsettia foliage layers to match. I formed the flowers using the stylus and molding pad from my Susan’s Garden Tool Kit, attached the sections together with glossy accents. I attached the flowers to the gold embossed foliage and attached them to the card base with glossy accents. I tucked the pine sprigs under the poinsettias and attached in place with glossy accents. I added the tiny snow pearls in the center of each flower for the finishing touch.
I hope you enjoy the blog hop as I know there are going to be some wonderful and creative projects for you to see. Follow the list of participants below and don’t forget to leave comments on the blogs to be qualified for the random prize drawings.
Kittie Caracciolo (you are here)
Your card is so beautiful….love everything about it.
Great idea about using the printed face sheet. Love the colors and of course, layers, on this, Kittie!
Your card is so beautiful Kittie, I love the soft pink and gold!
Pam
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Love the simplicity with the 3-D flowers!
Gorgeous card in pink!
As usual, your card is gorgeous !
Sweet, sweet, sweet.
My jaw dropped when I saw your card…..the pink and gold are perfect together. Thank you for showing how you used the stamp sheet on the MISTI for your placement of the stamp. Gold embossing on the frame, sprigs and sentiment was a great idea as it ties everything together so nicely. Absolutely my favorite card on the hop! I do not own a MISTI and IO Stamps are my favorite dies on the market so this would be such an awesome win.
Such a lovely, delicate, exquisite card – especially with the metallics and soft pink, Kittie. It is a beautiful creation. The mini misti looks like an awesome! Think I need to invest in one – the big one is fantastic!
I feel like I have come home Kittie … I have long loved your work and today’s card is why. So unexpected the pink and gold, yet a perfect combination making for a stunning Christmas card.
Wow – that greetings die is SO GORGEOUS the way you did it. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Love your card, love your work. Have been a follower for ages.
Always perfect..Now I really need some of this craft-a -board.
the smooth embossing on your “greetings”is just fabulous and how useful is that MISTI? great card well done
LOVE it!
Wow, this is so elegant. Great tip with lining up the words. Thanks for sharing.
You never disappoint with your stunning creations, Ms. Kittie! Love, love, love your card.
So beautiful. I love the colors pink and gold for Christmas. Thanks so much for sharing and the chance to win.
Just beautiful. Thank you.
Just beautiful and I love the pink poinsettias!
Your color choice is so lovely for the Christmas season. I love it. Unexpected and beautiful.
Lovely card. I really like how the greetings die came out. The gold adds an elegant touch.
Great card love the pink and gold.
Beautifully created and so elegant adding the gold with the pink!
What a surprise to see a holiday card in pink!! Very soft and pretty!!
Love the colors! Great for anytime. I LOVE my Misti!
Lovely card, Kitty!
The pink and gold look so elegant together.
And all the gold embossing really gives the greeting, pines, and back layer a beautiful look. I’ll have to try that.
Your work always inspires me.
Thank you for the opportunity to win such fabulous prizes!
Delicate and lovely.
Stunning! so gorgeous and elegant!
As always Kittie, your card is stunning. So very elegant as is your style. Very nice work!
Kittie, I am always amazed at the variety and beauty of your cards. I’d be thrilled to have a tenth of your talent!
This is so gorgeous and I love those pretty poinsettias in pink and combined with the gold. Very elegant and beautiful!
Stunning and elegant. Love the pink!
This card is absolutely beautiful. WOW describes it.
Lovely card! Thanks for the tip for placement and lining up sentiments.
Using the face sheet, what a great idea! Love the pink and gold.
How gorgeous!!!! I love your poinsettias!!!
Beautiful design.
Love your color choices!! Beautiful
Morning Kittie…. As always, this is just stunning…. I think I want to be a member of your family so you can send me a card like this….lol. Thank you for sharing your fabulous creativity
Nice to use “non” traditional Christmas colors. I never think of doing that and clearly the result is fabulous.
Lovely card and color choice!
Your embossing on the sentiment is awesome. Looks like foil.
Beautiful card! I really want a Misti. I love the sentiment and I’m sure with a Misti I could make something like that too.
Kittie,
LOVE the pink and gold together!!
Your cards are always wonderful, this one astounds me!!
Beautiful card and perfectly created with the MISTI. 🙂
Beautiful card Kittie!
So very pretty.
The color is unusual but absolutely gorgeous!
Gorgeous flowers and gold accents!
Wow! Beautiful poinsettias, and I have these dies. I’m going to try making them.
Another WOW WOW WOW card.
Your card is so elegant. Love the white poinsettias.
Beautiful ?
Great project for showcasing the MISTI and IO stamps and dies. Now if I could just do the same thing with my Pine Sprig dies that you do! I am inspired!
Using my stamps and then embossing is one off my favorites 2. For sure Gold embossing powders is always a winner….. with the soft pink card how trilled I am saying that you have brilliant talent. Great idea about using the printed face sheet. love your flowers. Fabulous and Gorgeous!!!! creativity Thank You for the share.
your card is really beautiful !!! Love how you embossed several times to get the words raised!!!
Very pretty, makes me think of Christmas in the 1950’s.
Absolutely beautiful
I love the pink poinsettias (the dies are wonderful) along with the gold accents. Thank you for detailing how you made the word Greetings stand out!
Very pretty card! Great card!
Thanks for your clear demonstration.
Stunning card!
Beautiful card. The MISTI really is a great alignment tool. Sure would love to win one.
Absolutely gorgeous! I love gold embossing and the pretty pink poinsettia.
Wow, Kittie, this is just gorgeous! I love everything about it!
Gosh, this is a beautiful card. I love the gold die cut and the flowers and sprigs Embossing the poinsettia foliage made it extra special. The gold against the pink so effective. Well done as usual and I pinned as usual.
Beautiful card. Love the poinsettias.
Oh! How Beautiful! Pink poinsettias are my all time fave.. so soft and delicate looking! Love the layered 3D flowers..
Thanks for the inspiration!
hugs
Judy K
Wow–this is so elegant. Love the flowers.
Gorgeous card! Love the poinsettias! Great tool for placing a sentiment exactly where you want it, and straight too!
Your card is so stunning. I love the pink and the gold colors.
Such a stunningly elegant card, Kittie! Love your choice of non-traditional colours.
love the shaped flowers
Beautiful card.
Your card is beautiful. Love your flowers
Kathleen
I appreciated how you used the Misti to line up your Greetings Clear stamps to form your card base. The flowers bring out the message.
Very soft, sweet and delicate card. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous
TAlking about different colors for Christmas….Gorgeous….Gorgeous…love the color combo….my mother was on a pink kick when I was young and had a pink table tree with pink and grey balls….yeah baby…alway like pink and brown and blue and brown….love the way you gold embossed the pine springs…
Oops! Looking back I think the CS is gold and not brown…lol….love that too..
Wonderful, as always! Love the poinsettias!
Keep safe during the hurricane….and protect all your crafting toys! 🙂
Beautiful card, the pink and gold look beautiful together
I am loving the pink and gold card with the dimension of the holiday poinsettias! Beautiful card!
This is truly a work of art. It’s so elegant — I love the pink, and yes, I have seen pink poinsettias and love them — the touch of gold adds to the elegance.
I probably wouldn’t think of gold with pink but it looks lovely.
Pink and gold – what a lovely combo!
So pretty! Poinsettias are beautiful.
I love this pretty pink and gold combination! Beautiful!
Oh Kittie you have really excelled yourself. I am awe struck and flabbergasted! WOW!
Wow!!! This is Gorgeous!!!
Your card is stunning! Love your sentiments and your gorgeous flowers!
Exquisite card!!!
Lovely card. Great use of the Misti.
WOW! I am sure late in answering this one. I really think the Misti is a great gift. many of us have a hard time measuring and lining up. Thanks for the instructions. Your Gold and pink is glorious together….thanks for sharing.
This is such a “Wow” for me. It sure gives me the elegance of the Victorian era. Thank you for sharing.
This is just stunning, as always, and I’m thinking that a MISTI is a must have for every stamper! What a boon it would be to have help lining up sentiments on my cards.
This card looks so elegant! Great job showing off the stamps and the MISTI!
Blessings,
Melitta
Pink and gold…. amazing!
WOW what a awesome card. Thank you for sharing your ideas and being part of the giveaway.
What an absolutely beautiful and awesome card! Love, love, love those pink poinsettias!!
Very elegant card.
Very pretty
Very pretty card with non-traditional Christmas colors.
Beautiful card! I like how the sentiment is center stage and the pointsettias surround it. Thanks for sharing.
What a gorgeous card.
Very elegant and the colors are nice too.
Wow, love the flowers.
Beautiful card.
Absolutely gorgeous card!!!
Wow this cad is so elegant – you will make some lucky person so happy receiving this at Christmas:)
I have been reading all that I can find…want to start making my own cards to add a personal touch. Currently reading more than creating and need to take the plunge!
absolutely gorgeous!! love all the gold embossing!
Awesome card, Kittie!
So very lovely!
What a beautiful card. I love the pink and gold non-traditonal color combo! So elegant.
This pink and gold confection is truly magical! Soft, elegant and stunning!! TFS!
Thanks for sharing how you lined up the sentiment pieces on your Misti, looks so easy when you actually see it. Love the gold embossed pine needles and your beautiful poinsettia flowers. Awesome card, thanks for sharing!
This is stunning and so elegant. I love the pink and gold colour scheme.
Love love love the pink poinsettias! I had never heard of craft-a-board before! Can you believe that? I’ve learned so much today on this hop! Thank you for sharing your beautiful card
My favorite flower of all time! Sooooo dang pretty!
WOW! Beautiful card!
Beautiful card! I love the dimension the repeated embossing gives to the card. Really beautiful job! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Love the dimension from those flowers!
Thanks for explaining how important the MISTI is when keeping sentiments straight, and the Greetings sentiment font is a very nice one.
Beautiful! Gold and pink – great combo!!!
wow, Gorgeous!!
You have really made a gorgeous card and combined many skills to do it. Thanks for explaining how you did it and why the Misti is important.
This is a beautiful, elegant card.