Yippee for Yana: Sea Party Birthday
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Be sure to not miss the latest super fun and Summery Birthday card edition of Yippee For Yana with the fantastic Yana Smakula! Be sure to watch the video for more information, and enjoy!
Hello friends, this is Yana and welcome back to another Yippee For Yana video! I love the Beachy Waves background stamp from Simon’s Recent release and I’ve been wanting to use it for some cards. I’m going to show you how you can use just a portion of the background and extend it cover the front of an A2 or even bigger card.
I’m using Simon’s Dye inks in delicious Summer colors – High Dive, Audrey Blue and Maliblue colors; these are just the most perfect shades of blue and are oh so so awesome for Summer stamping or ink blending. I have a serious crush on the Maliblue color – I’ve been using it a ton this Summer.
The trick here is to stamp the portion of the Beach Waves background (the waves portion) onto separate pieces of paper multiple times and piece each portion together with the others to create a continuous background for a card.
I want my background to have a gradient to it, the bottom portion of my waves is going to be darkest, and the top – lightest so I’m using multiple shades of blue when inking the stamp for each portion. Starting with High Dive and Audrey Blue for the bottom, Audrey Blue and Maliblue for the middle and Maliblue for the top.
To simplify this you can totally ink up one section with High Dive, one using Audrey Blue and one using Maliblue.
To help me piece these layers together I used scissors and cut along the wave lines. At first, I wanted to make an A2 card, but later seeing how I had a ton of background space I decide to make a taller card. I am always inspired by Kristina Werner and how she makes these super fun tall cards and I decided to give one a try. My card ended up being 4 1/4 wide by 7 3/4” tall.
Next, I stamped critters from Under The Sea Animals stamp set. I used Simon’s Intense Black ink and stamped 2 of each – crab, fish, and starfish. I used Copic markers in R39, R24, R22, Y35, Y15, and Y11 to do the simple coloring. Later, I added white pen details to crab and starfish.
I also need a sentiment and for this, I white heat embossed “Party” from Cathy’s Birthday Palooza stamp set. I used Sunshine and Hollyhock inks from Simon for some emboss resist ink bleeding. Using coordinating dies I cut these out and arranged on my card with the help of foam adhesive. I also stamped “It’s Your Birthday” and foam mounted it under the “Party”. Lastly, I used my Tonic Studio shimmer pen and coated my entire background with this shimmer.
Have fun stamping!
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Thanks so much for stopping by and thanks to Yana for being our guest!
Yana, I love your cards!! You make them so bright and cheerful!!! I especially love this stamp set. The fish look so happy!!
Such an adorable card. Love how you created the wonderful background.
Thanks for sharing…
Wonderfully sweet and happy card!
Yana, I love the way you created the different layers of waves… it gives your card movement! I feel like the creatures are actually playing in the waves!
The sea critters look cute tucked in the beachy waves.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
love the little details on this sweet card – thanks for sharing :)
What a super cool card :)
Hi Yana, Love your card, so bright and cherry, Love the background, the stencil is so awesome. Thanks for sharing.
That stencil is so cool! I love how you used it! The Party really pops!
Gorgeous! At first I thought you just radiant stamped the colors, but you cut out the various color layers, so cool!
This is so pretty … but not too pretty to give that birthday boy! :-) Love it.
So cute!
Really cute card!
Love those happy sea critters. Those waves are so beautiful in the lovely blues.
Love that background. Was hard to picture how I could use that stencil. Thanks for sharing your great card.
Very cute birthday card. Love the different size.
Yanna – love how the sea creatures are tucked in your lovely card
Such a swimmingly CUTE card!
Adorable card! Love the colors and images!
Sooo cute! I love this!
So cute. thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your card. I don’t make many nonstandard size cards but this is surely an inspiration to go outside my comfort zone. Thanks for the video tutorial.
Wow! Love this card! It’s awesome!
Love the colors!
This is SO CUTE, Yana! LOVE the layers & the little critters tucked in…. I am one of those that normally does a standard size card. The reason? I ALWAYS try to conserve paper! LOL I also think of the mailing, the cost & if I can find/make an envelope for it! There are times I think my card would look better a bit larger & will make it larger. WHERE do you get your envelopes for mailing for such a LARGE CARD? MOST of my cards are mailed…. ;) You’ve done a SUPER JOB for us!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS YANA!!! ;)
What a fun card!
Cute card! Fun design. I haven’t yet made any long cards. Usually I make 5×6 1\2 inch cards.
All of the cute little sea creatures seem to be having a great time playing in the wonderful waves you created for their
ocean party! What a great card! :)
Adorable card Yana–and I love you were creative and made a new size card! Love the wave background.
This card is so much fun; I love it!
This card screams FUN! Love the waves, the bold colors and the big sentiment!
So cute. I love how the little critters are tucked behind the waves. Great card!
Awesoome card! Love everything about it.
Wonderful card and technique – love it!
I love this fun card. This is such an adorable stamp set and her unique design is so inspiring. Beautiful colors.
This card is beautiful! I’m afraid I could never make them for a party unless a) only one person was invited, or b) I had a year and a half to make them. Gorgeous though!
Yana’s cards are always a joy! This is adorable!
This is so cute! :)
Very cute card, I like how you cut the waves to add the elements.
How cute this is! Love the way you created the background waves!
Adorable!! Love the fun critters in the waves.
Wow!!! Really Wonderful card!! I love the odd size!!!
I always know when the cards are from Yana, I’m going to love them LOL. And this one is no exception! Thanks for the video too, it makes trying to duplicate your techniques so much easier. Happy Saturday :)
Gorgeous summer card Yana and thank you so much for showing how you make these stunning waves!
So cute. Love the colors and the waves.
Very cute card!!
Your card looks
fabulous with the
waves all over it.
Great idea.
Carla from Utah
This is amazing!!!!
So cute, Yana! Love how you tucked those adorable sea critters into the waves!
The sea creatures are adorable. Perfect for summer