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Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back the oh-so-talented and amazing Yana Smakula! (Please note: our dear friend Yana is Ukrainian. To show support to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, please see Yana’s post HERE.)

Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!

I’m creating with the Simon Says Stamp Blissful Bouquet stamp set to make a Birthday Card. It’s been a long time since I’ve stamped a custom floral pattern so I thought it was time I re-visited this amazing technique.

This stamp set features beautiful flowers, along with different types of foliage, some flower buds, and more – lots of great elements to create a floral arrangement, a bouquet, or just dress up your handmade card with some pretty flowers.

Because I’ll be stamping an overlapping pattern, meaning the elements will overlap, I need to create some masks for my images. I used to hate doing making, I didn’t like having to cut the masks out, but I’ve grown to love this technique, it is very easy, yet it lets you do so much more with your stamps. I stamped several of the images, some were stamped twice, and cut them out using scissors.

Next, I grabbed my mini MISTI stamping tool and started to create the pattern on Neenah Solar White cardstock. Watch my video for the step-by-step how-to.

With the stamping done, I colored the image using Copic markers. I did simple flick-style coloring.

• Pink: RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10
• Orange: YR07, YR04, YR00
• Peach: E02, E00, E000
• Green: G99, G94, YG03
• Red: R39, R24, R05, R20.
• The background was colored using OLO BG 7.3.

Next, I stamped the sentiment using the Elegantly Modern Greetings stamp set. I stamped the large Birthday in black ink and cut that out using a coordinating die and next added a small “wished for you”. Finally, I added a touch of sequins to dress up my card.

Have fun stamping!

WATCH THE VIDEO:

SUPPLIES:

Simon Says Clear Stamp Elegantly… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Elegantly Modern… [ SSS ] Simon Says Clear Stamps Blissful… [ SSS ] Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS ] MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER 6×7… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp MASKING PAPER Sheets… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker RV14 BEGONIA PINK… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker RV13 TENDER PINK [ SSS ] Copic Sketch MARKER RV11 PINK [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker RV10 PALE PINK… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker YR07 CADMIUM… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker YR04 CHROME ORANGE [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker YR00 POWDER PINK… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch MARKER E02 FRUIT PINK… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker E00 COTTON PEARL… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch MARKER E000 PALE FRUIT PINK [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker G99 OLIVE Green [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker G94 GRAYISH OLIVE… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker YG03 YELLOW GREEN [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker R39 GARNET Dark Red [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker R24 PRAWN Red [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker R05 SALMON RED… [ SSS ] Copic Sketch Marker R20 BLUSH Pink… [ SSS ] Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS ] Spellbinders PLATINUM 6 Die Cutting… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp WHITE A2 SIDE FOLD… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Tape DOT RUNNER AND… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS ] SCS-186 Spellbinders AURA OPALESCENT… [ SSS ] Bearly Art THE ORIGINAL Precision… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Place And Score… [ SSS ]

Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks again to Yana for being our guest!

Ways to support Ukraine:

If you are looking for ways to support Ukraine, we encourage you to visit this page on Yana’s blog:

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! We’re excited to welcome back special guest Laura Bassen as our guest in the latest edition of Amore Laurafadora! She made a gorgeous CAS (clean and simple) card featuring our brand new Extra Proud dies, Medium Postage Stamp Rectangle, Our Assorted Card Fronts, the Reverse Sister sentiment strips, and Fairy Drops! Be sure to watch the video for all the details, and enjoy!

WATCH THE VIDEO:

SUPPLIES:

Simon Says Stamp Extra Proud Wafer… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Modern Postage Stamp… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp ASSORTED CARD FRONTS… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp WHITE A2 TOP FOLD… [ SSS ] Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ] Beadsmith FLUSH KNOTCUTTER Wire… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp DOT RUNNER Tape… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic MINI TRIMMER… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp 3D Foam Squares… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Place And Pierce… [ SSS ] Bearly Art THE BUNDLE Precision Craft… [ SSS ] Memory Box CLEAR Fairy Drops cld101 [ SSS ] Crafter’s Essentials PINK Easy See… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]

Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Laura for being our guest!