My Sweet Petunia: Team Tuesday Guest Post

We wanted all of you to meet our amazing Design Team members for My Sweet Petunia, so we are starting a feature here on the blog called Team Tuesday. They will pop in and share some of their amazingly creative MISTI projects with you. If you are not familiar with these artists, we encourage you also to follow their personal blogs, Instagram and YouTube channels - they are just stellar creatives.

First up is our friend Ilina Crouse

You may have met Ilina at Creativation - she was demonstrating stunning layering stamps from Hero Arts at one of our demonstration stations. Here is her background in her own words. I would just like to add that she really, really likes coffee :)

My name is Ilina Crouse. By day I work as Electrical Engineer/Bid Manager, I have been married for 12 years and have 3 most craziest kids, Anna (5), Milena (3) and Jason (almost 2). By night (when the kids are sleeping) I am a card maker. I have stamping from as long as I can remember (I was 8 when I got my first stamp).I am addicted to color and coloring, I have gazillion colors of inks and coloring mediums (watercolors, pencils, markers, pens etc). My life is crazy and there is nothing simple, so I try to keep my crafting style clean and simple. You will see a lot of white space on my cards and only one or two layers, but a lot of coloring or color layering. Since I am an engineer and strive for perfection and precision, MISTI completely changed the way I stamp and how much paper I waste.

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Hi everyone, Ilina's here today, I am Iliana's twin from another mother (of course I am kidding, but people mix us all the time) . Today I am sharing with you an easy color layering fuchsia card. The set is one of the new Hero Arts sets. For my card I used my Original MISTI and the creative corners, that way I was able to stamp off my main panel. I stamped half of the design, then turned my card stock 180 degrees and stamped on the other half. That way I was able to get symmetrical design and cover the entire panel. Watch the video below to see how I made my card.

MISTI Creative Corners	MISTI	Hero Arts Clear Stamps Color Layering FUCHSIA CM124	Hero Arts Color Layering FUCHSIA Bundle SB137
Hero Arts Nesting OVAL DIES DI337 DI337	DI198 Rectangle Infinity Dies (H)	Foam Sheet 9	Avery Elle THE ROYAL COLLECTION A2 Folded Cards 022652
Neenah Solar White #80	Neenah Solar White #110	Versamark	Hero Arts Hue Cube Packs ROSE PETALS AF375
Hero Arts Color Layering Ink Cubes FUCHSIA AF392	Hero Arts Hue Cube Packs FRESH FOLIAGE AF378	Hero Arts Amy's Shades of Green Ink Cubes AF359 Crimson Green Hills Field Greens Lime Green	HA Soft pink ink pad
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Brush Pen Clear Overlay, 3 Piece	Powder Tool Applicator	White embossing powder	Wagner Heat Gun
Shintop 400pcs Disposable Micro Applicator Brushes Great for Dental / Oral / Makeup (Purple, 1.5mm)	Ranger Ranger Multi Medium, 3.8-Ounce, Matte	uxcell Stainless Steel Jewelry Watchmakers Bent Tweezers