Yippee for Yana: Pinecone Background Autumn Card

Yippee for Yana

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Follow along as special guest Yana Smakula! She has made A GORGEOUS Autumn themed card that you’ll definitely want to try making yourself! Read on and be sure to check out the video! Enjoy!

Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula, welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this episode, I will show you how to create a colorful Autumn card featuring the emboss resist technique! 

I started to work on my card by heat embossing a new Pinecone background stamp in Clear Detail embossing powder on white cardstock with the help of the MISTI stamping tool. 

I picked Simon’s Fine Detail Clear embossing powder for my heat embossing as the Pinecones background stamp has a lot of intricate details to it and using a regular embossing powder will not do the trick as it will obliterate a lot of the details. 

With the background embossed I added some color. Because we embossed this design in clear embossing powder on white cardstock the powder will resist the ink and will allow the white background show through. It’s a very old technique, yet still one of my favorites to use for quick and easy backgrounds. 

I picked 4 colors of ink for my ink blending and I tried to go with a Fall color combination. The colors are Lipstick Red, Coral Reef, Green Apple and Sunshine

I like to ink blend using Ranger Round Ink Blending tools and the Spellbinders foams. The Spellbinders foam is made from a different material, it resembles a makeup sponge so it applies and blends the ink much better. I added circles of color here and there on the panel slowing filling it in with color. The Pinecones background stamp is very versatile and I personally think it is a great design for Fall. When looking at this ink blended background I see lots of colorful fall leaves in the background represented by ink blended pops of color. 

Next, I foam mounted the panel onto A2 white top folding card base, white heat embossed a sentiment – it reads “Welcome Autumn” and comes from the Autumn Greetings stamp set. I heat embossed it on Schoolhouse Red cardstock, I did so 3 times and trimmed to a skinny strip. 

Using a ruler and the grid lines of my grid pad to align I foam mounted these strips onto my background. 

Lastly, I decorated the card using sequins and clear droplets. Have fun stamping! 

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RESERVE Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps AUTUMN…
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Simon Says Stamp Sequins AUTUMN…
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Pretty Pink Posh 4MM CLEAR DROPLETS
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Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER…
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Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun…
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Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS…
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Yana for being our guest!

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  1. I love the fall colors. The new background stamps are phenomenal!! I particularly love the pine cone stamp. As soon as I can, I am ordering that one!!

  2. I love the old techniques used with the new stamps. It is easy to forget them with so many new products and ideas coming so fast. A gorgeous card Yana!

  3. Fabulous card sample with the embossing resist technique!! This is one of the first techniques I ever learned but still one of my fave!! I love the gorgeous colors chosen for this autumn beauty!!!

  4. Autumn is my favorite season, and autumn colors are my favorite. So I guess it’s no wonder that I like your card so much. The embossing is a really nice touch.

  5. Very pretty! I’ve seen this stamp used with a Christmas theme but Fall colors completely change the look and feel. Thank you for sharing this beautiful card!

  6. Yana, We miss you in the states! Just sayin… your card colors are amazing! I love your style of card making.

  7. I absolutely love the idea of clear embossing powder. It is so easy to forget your older stash. Makes me itch to get into my inks and see what I can make. Very inspiring

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