Yippee for Yana: Happy New Year 2019
Hi friends! Happy Friday! Welcome to the latest version of Yippee for Yana with the always awesome Yana Smakula. :D Scroll down and make sure to watch the video for the full tutorial and enjoy!
Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! Today I have a Happy New Year card to share featuring a long horizontal card design inspired by Kristina Werner.
I made a ton of Christmas card this year, but zero New Year cards. And yes, they aren’t quite as popular, but I thought it would be nice to make at least one. I’ve been meaning to use the large numbers from the Birthday Number stamp set and this seemed like the perfect occasion to do so. I picked 2019 along with two messages – “Happy” (stamped above the numbers) and “Let’s Party” (stamped below the numbers).
I’ve decided to go with silver embossing powder for a change and heat embossed it on soft blue cardstock. Next, to fill the background around the 2019 I pulled out some snowflake-like images from the Ornamental stamp set by Cathy Z and stamped them in several sized around the 2019. These look more like little fireworks and less like snowflakes, so I thought they would go perfectly with the New Year theme of this card. I also stamped a few more images – little stars from the Christmas Town stamp set; any tiny element would do here, you can add little swirls, dots, anything small to help fill in space and look a bit like scattered confetti. Again, I covered everything with silver embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool to melt it. I tried to heat set this panel as few times as possible to have a minimum amount of warping, but it still warped a bit from all the heat.
I also did some ink blending around the edges of the panel to darken them up and draw the eye of the recipient to the center where it says 2019. I’ve been rediscovering ink blending this year and I really love this technique. I used Hero Arts Navy ink, it’s the darkest blue in my stash to add the darkness around the edges. If you regularly watch my videos you’ve probably seen me
do this quite a few times this year.
I trimmed my panel down and used a solid layer of fun foam to foam mount it onto the card. Using a solid layer of fun foam helped flatten the panel and minimize warping. I used my tonic studios shimmer pen to add some sparkle inside the open area of each number and I also decorated the card using silver jewels from Pretty Pink Posh to spice it up a bit. This card ended up being 8 1/4 x 4 1/4”. I’ll be hand delivering it, so I didn’t worry about the envelope to mail it in.
Have fun stamping!
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Christmas Card Day WINNERS!
Hello friends! We hope you had a very Merry Christmas with your loved ones!
All month we have been so inspired by all the festive holiday cards you shared in our Christmas Card Day giveaway! Did you get to see all the projects shared in the link up? Check them out here if you haven’t!
As a special treat, we are picking two (2) winners from the projects shared in our Christmas Card Day post; one winner from our blog and one winner from Facebook! Drum roll please…
Simon Says Stamp Blog Winner: Autumn (Sew Paper Paint)
Facebook Winner: Samantha Kaminski
Winners, please email [email protected] to claim you $100 Simon Gift Cards!
Thank you to EVERYONE who shared all the inspiring, festive holiday cards during our Christmas Card Day celebration! May you all have a happy and healthy New Year!
Throwback Thursday – Fabulous Projects You Might Have Missed!
Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday — a trip back in time! For each throwback, we’ll be spotlighting fantastic cards and projects using products from previous releases. The new stuff is always SO fun, but think about all of those great products you’ve collected and set aside. They are STILL AWESOME! And we want to inspire you with fantastic inspiration from our creative archives.
We recently release a fantastic new collection of goodies called You Are Loved, and we are getting excited for everything that 2019 holds! You might remember some pretty spectacular products from last year’s Friends collection. Let’s take a look at some inspiring cards created with goodies from last year’s Friends release!
First up is this adorable project from Jill Dewey Hawkins:
Jill’s sweet card featuring the Best Friends stamp set and dies is simply the cutest! Sometimes all a great design needs is some quick coloring and a little stitching for textural interest. You can see Jill’s original post HERE.
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Next, let’s throw it back to this eye-catching design from Gayatri Murali:
Gayatri created an absolute showstopper with one die and one stamp set! The gorgeous Modern Flowers Card Wrap die doesn’t need to be used as a card wrap only! Gayatri had a blast with ink smooshing in a full spectrum of color and then added a simple heat embossed sentiment. You can find Gayatri’s original blog post HERE.
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And let’s not forget this oh-so-sweet project from Shari Carroll:
Shari created this beautiful card as part of the Layton’s Legacy Card Drive and Fundraiser for NICU Parents, and the design is inspired by the logo for the event. The gorgeous mountain range was created with the From the Rooftops stamp set and coordinating dies from our Friends release. You can find Shari’s original post on our blog HERE, and you can see how she created this card by watching her process video on YouTube HERE.
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Our last throwback project comes from Erin Lee Schreiner:
Gold heat embossing and Distress Inks paired with our Center Cut Heart background stamp give Erin Lee’s design a serious WOW factor! This background stamp was one of the most popular products in our Friends release! Erin paired the pretty stamp with cute and cheeky sentiments from CZ Design. You can check out Erin Lee’s original post on Instagram HERE.
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Did you know that we have inspiration galleries on our website showcasing project ideas for all of our releases and card kits? It’s a veritable treasure-trove of terrific ideas just waiting to inspire you, and you are invited to share your projects, too! You can find all of the Simon release galleries HERE and galleries for our monthly card kits can be found HERE. Scroll through today, and maybe you’ll find one of YOUR projects linked there!
Thanks for throwing it back with us and checking out these cool projects from four talented ladies!
