Yippee for Yana: Outline Letters into Solid with Copic Markers
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday and welcome to the latest edition of Yippee for Yana with the always awesome Yana Smakula! Be sure to read on and watch the video for more information and enjoy!
Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula and I’m excited to bring you another episode from my by-monthly “Yippee For Yana” video series! In today’s video I’m showing how easy it is to turn outline stamped letters into solid with the help of a black Copic marker!
I started working on my card by stamping “Friend” using letters from the Stitched Alphabet set. I am a big fan of various alpha stamps and this set simply tops my list these days!
Next, I used Modern Anemones stamps from WPlus9 and added a floral design in the background. I didn’t mask the letters, only masked some of the flowers to be able to add additional stamped leaves a flower buds.
After my stamping was done I used a black Copic marker and colored in each of the letters. Because I planned to color them in right from the start I didn’t do any masking and allowed other images overlap them. The stamped lines that overlap the letters aren’t visible in real life (you might spot them in my photos, but that is only because I upped the contrast to help the design pop. but you can’t see those in real life).
Next, I colored flowers and leaves using grays, pinks and greens. I am not an expert when it comes to coloring using any medium, I certainly enjoy coloring, but I have yet to learn a lot so the coloring here is rather basic.
Once my coloring was done I adhered my panel onto an A2 card base and added a white heat embossed sentiment that together with the stamped “Friend” in the background reads “It takes a long time to grow and old friend”. Finally I embellished my card using Nuvo drops in Carnation Pink and Bubblegum Blush.
I hope you’ll give this a try. Have fun stamping!
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Yana for being our guest!
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Such a pretty card
Oh my goodness, I love this card and you did a fantastic job with the flowers and letters!! Thanks so much for your video showing the clever way you did this!!! I look forward to your great videos!
Always a huge fan of Yana’s work! beautiful card and thanks for tutorial!
Loving these alphabet stamps. Can’t wait to watch the video, I’m always looking for a way to layer and masking scares me. Lol!
Pretty card, though I don’t use Copic markers
Great card! :)
Really love this card, Yana! The FRIEND looks great tucked into the floral design.
Love this graphic card design
SQUEAL!! Such a BEAUTIFUL Card!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOS WEEK!! =)
Beautiful card!
Thanks for sharing.
I don’t have any copics but maybe I need some. So prettY!
How pretty! That sentiment is great. I should add it to my stamp collection. Very nice card. Thanks!
Love this superfun card and the flowers are gorgeous!
I think you did a wonderful job on the “white” flower. Great card. I love the intertwined flowers and letters.
Wonderful card, great video.
Fabulous coloring on this beautiful card.
You said your coloring with markers isn’t very good yet but I see it as being very good. I am very heavy handed when it comes to any kind of coloring — markers, crayons, pencils. Thank you for sharing this with all your personal tips.
Yana is so talented!
Thanks for sharing your talents, Yama:)
Absolutely beautiful!
Beautifully done, Yana. Love the color combination and the gorgeous design.
This is just beautiful! I love pink and black together!
Such a lovely card! I love the pink and green shades you chose!
Great card! The letters are amazing.
This is just gorgeous.
Beautiful card. Love the colours and the unique layout of the letters.
Great idea, Yana. Beautiful coloring, too.
I absolutely love this! Such Inspiration I am finding on Simon Says Stamp blog! ♥♥♥
Very pretty design. I like your coloring.
Beautiful card, thanks for the video sharing your technique!
Interesting… I like what Ayana has done with this. It’s very pretty and the sentiment is clever.
Yana…. iPad changed the spelling.
Pretty card, great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful color palette. The sentiment is wonderful.
Very pretty card! Yana is very talented!!
Such a neat design & the white/gray flower looks wonderful to me! Beautiful card!
This is breathtaking. I do love those stitched letters.
Yana, I love love love everything you do. This card is so beautiful. I am just getting back into card making and I am getting so much inspiration from you. Thank You!!
I love the look of the Nuvo drops, I need to try these!
Your card turned out so very lovely, Yana!!! I need to try this…looks like fun! Thanks so much for shaing!
This is a lovely card! I like the outlined letters :)
Fantastic card!!
L*O*V*E it!!!!!!
Beautiful card ! Nice idea to avoid masking ;)
What a lovely design! I have a Stitched outline font so I must give this a try! Thanks for the brilliant idea Yana!
Thanks for the great ideas about both the alphabet dies and building a bouquet with them. Gorgeous card!
Beautiful card!
thanks for sharing
your creations with us
Wonderful card!
Yana is one of my fav card designers out there. They just click with me. Love the products used and color choices. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Yana,
Your card is sooooooo cute! I wish you lived next door to me, so you could share your expertise!
I definitely will place an order for the stamps very soon!