Twinkling Lights Santa and MISTI Magic!

 🎄Twinkling Lights Santa – Two Festive Looks (and MISTI Magic!)

Hello, creative friends!

Today I’m sharing two festive cards featuring the absolutely adorable Twinkling Lights Santa stamp set from SweetMissDaisy Designs. These cards may look different, but they share the same joyful base—The Twinkling Lights Santa, cheerful gingham paper, and lots of sparkle! And behind the scenes, I used one of my favorite tools to make it all come together: the Original Teal MISTI!

From crisp stamping to perfect sentiment placement, the MISTI made these cards a total joy to create. Let me walk you through the details!

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🎅 Card 1: Twinkling in Red 

For this cheerful card, I placed the Twinkling Lights Santa stamp into my Original Teal MISTI and used it to get a perfectly clean impression. I love how the MISTI lets me stamp multiple times for a deeper color without ever losing alignment!

This delightful Santa is accented with light twinkle hash line stamps—there are four of them in the set, which made it easy to position them on the MISTI lid and stamp four at one time!  Using my Sticky Mat, I kept the card panel secure while stamping those extra details right where I wanted them.

To create a polished top edge, I used the 0 Center Cut Align Ruler from the MISTI Accessories to perfectly place a scalloped red gingham border from the Holiday Mini Gingham Paper Pack. The alignment grids helped me add the sentiment with flawless placement!

💙 Card 2: Santa Goes Red, White & Blue

My second card features the same Santa, but this time with a fresh twist: a red, white, and blue Christmas theme! Once again, I turned to my Original Teal MISTI to stamp a crisp image of Santa holding his twinkling light strand. I colored all blue lights on this one to coordinate with a scalloped blue gingham border along the bottom.

The “Ho Ho Hello” sentiment was stamped directly onto the card base using the MISTI’s alignment grids, getting it straight and centered in one easy step. I love how this layout flips the composition while keeping all the charm.

✨ A Little Help from My MISTI

Here’s how the MISTI tools made this project smooth and stress-free:

• 🩵 Original Teal MISTI: for perfectly clean stamping on both cards

• 🔲 Sticky Mats: held my panels securely for all the layered stamping

• 📏 0 Center Cut Align Ruler: made adding those gingham borders a breeze

• 🧭 MISTI Grids: helped align the sentiments with total precision

These tools don’t just save time—they boost confidence. I knew each element would land just where I wanted it, and that left me free to enjoy the creative process.

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Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope these cards bring a little sparkle to your day—and show how tools like the MISTI can elevate your stamping game with every press