Absolutely DREAMY Card Design to Send to a Friend + Unique Copic Coloring Tips: Yippee for Yana
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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.)
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Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!
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Today I invite you to join me as I do some unexpected coloring featuring the Dreamy Leaves stamp set. As I was planning my card, I went to Pinterest in search of inspiration and came across this stunning image. I loved the way the leaf was colored – it wasn’t solid green, yet it had sections of green and sections of white. It looked so clever! So I applied this coloring method to the leaves on the cards I’m sharing today.
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Instead of using just green and white, I also introduced pink. I used G94 as my lighter green and G99 as my darker green. The pinks were colored using RV00 and RV11. You can also experiment with a lot more vibrant and saturated pinks and many other shades of green. Purples would complement green well, too, and even teal + purple or teal + pink would make fore a fabulous tropical leaf color combo. I encourage you to try and color your leaves like this – leave some white space, add some green and bring in a pink or a purple to spice it up.
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I also used a C1 marker to create visual shadow, I outlined each leaf to fake dimension on my background (as I always like to have a lot of dimension on my cards).
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The sentiment was created using a Happy Combos stamp set – I stamped sentiments in VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set it with clear embossing powder.
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The Spellbinders Aura sequins are serving a dual purpose on this card – they are embellishing it and also hiding some coloring imperfections where I went outside the lines when adding color to the leaves.
I hope I’ve inspired you to try some unexpected coloring the next time you try to color leaves! Have fun stamping! -Yana
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Beautiful!!! I love how you colored the leaves!!!