Yippee for Yana: Simplistic Christmas Cards
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Welcome to the latest edition Yippee for Yana with the fantastic Yana Smakula and the continued celebration of our latest release, Fun & Festive! I personally LOVE this simple design by Yana because it’s beautiful but also because it would be relatively easy to recreate for mass sending! Be sure to check out the video and enjoy!
Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!
Lately, I am all about simple and doable card making and also cards that feature very basic and beginner techniques. So for today’s video, I have a simplistic Christmas card idea what features just some heat embossing and ink blending for stunning results.
The card that I am sharing today is using just the sentiment stamps – “Joy, Love, Peace, Believe, Christmas” message that is shaped like a Christmas tree from the Christmas Wishes stamp set and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” from the Tiny Words Christmas set.
My idea here is to gold heat emboss these images using Antique Gold embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp on Green Leaf panel that’s cut to 4 1/2 by 5 ½”.
Once my heat embossing was done I added ink blending to the edges of the panel to help the embossing pop. I used Evergreen ink to blend darker green color around my heat embossed tree in the center of the panel. I want the edged to be darker and direct the eye of the recipient to the center of the card where the focal point is.
You can do this on white cardstock, but it is so much easier to blend this kind of look on colored paper. Because my paper already has a color I don’t have to do additional blending and add a base color to it, a light green. If you were to heat emboss this on white and add ink blending on top, you’d have to start with the light green first to have that spotlight in the center where the
heat embossed tree is.
To darken the edges, even more, I used Hero Arts Navy ink pad, this is very deep blue color and I added a bit of this color around the edges. You can also try using black. I adhered my panel onto an A2 white side folding card base and dressed the tree up using some Clear Jewels from Pretty Pink Posh. Less is more on cards like this.
I hope you guys will give this idea a try. If you do make a card inspired by this video, we’d love it if you shared your project and tagged us on social media – we always enjoy seeing what you make!
Have fun stamping!
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More Fun ? and Festive ? Release Inspiration!
Hi friends! We’re back with day two of our Fun & Festive release blog hop with even MORE inspiration for you! Thanks for joining us again today. If you missed day one’s fabulous hop, you can find it HERE.
We hope you are LOVING the inspiration from our Simon exclusive Fun & Festive release, and we are so excited to see what you’ll create!
Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Fun & Festive product lineup is filled with lots of fun and festive stuff, of course! There are beautiful snowflakes, festive and heartfelt sentiments, a prancing reindeer, and a clever stitching die among many other fun things! If you love our Picture Book die series, there are five new BIG Picture Book cuties and adorable bodies in different positions and even coordinating tails! You’ll also find some cool new designs from CZ Design to celebrate Christmas and your BFF, and there’s a cute new set of watercolor cards from Suzy Plantamura! We’re so excited for you to be inspired by this amazing release!
Before we hop, let’s take a look at some awesome inspiration from Shari Carroll:
We’re pretty sure you’re going to find at least a few things that strike your fancy from this release, so Simon wants to give you a little something extra special! It’s a free gift just for you because we think you are AWESOME! Check out the details on the graphic at the top of this post!
Ready for even more Fun & Festive inspiration? We’re super excited for you to hop along with us, as you’ll see loads of inspiration using these new products. Each designer’s blog in the hop will have a $25 gift card up for grabs for one of their commenters.
These talented ladies have lots of great projects that we know you’ll love! Make sure to show your appreciation with your awesome comments!
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Debby Hughes
- Yana Smakula
- Yoonsun Hur
- Amy Rysavy
- Heather Ruwe
- Lisa Addesa
- Marge Yoon
- Lea Lawson
- Kristina Pokazanieva
- Cheiron Brandon
- Mindy Baxter
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
We can’t wait for you to see what these amazing designers have created! Enjoy the hop, and thanks for joining us!
You’ll love browsing our Fun & Festive gallery on our blog for loads of inspiration, and you can add your projects to the gallery as well!
You can check out the full Fun & Festive collection below!
Fun ? and Festive ? Blog Hop!
Hi friends! Welcome to part one of our two-day Fun & Festive release blog hop!
Our Simon Says Stamp exclusive Fun & Festive product lineup is filled with lots of fun and festive stuff, of course! There are beautiful snowflakes, festive and heartfelt sentiments, a prancing reindeer, and a clever stitching die among many other fun things! If you love our Picture Book die series, there are five new BIG Picture Book cuties and adorable bodies in different positions and even coordinating tails! You’ll also find some cool new designs from CZ Design to celebrate Christmas and your BFF, and there’s a cute new set of watercolor cards from Suzy Plantamura! We’re so excited for you to be inspired by this amazing release!
Let’s get a sneak peek of what’s in store with inspiration from Shari Carroll! Shari used products from our Fun & Festive release to make these fantastic projects:
We love our customers! And we love your enthusiasm for our new releases and blog hops. To celebrate, Simon has an extra special free gift set aside just for you! Check out the details on the banner at the top of this post.
Ready for even more Fun & Festive inspiration? Hop along with these talented designers! You’ll be inspired AND for every comment you leave on each blog, you’ll earn a chance to win a $25 Simon Says Stamp store shopping spree. YAY!
Please share some feedback with these artists who work hard to inspire and excite us!
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Cathy Zielske
- Laura Bassen
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Amanda Korotkova
- Nichol Spohr
- Jessica Frost-Ballas
- Suzy Plantamura
- Heather Hoffman
- Elena Salo
- Ankita Gupta
- Karin Åkesdotter
- Emma Williams
Thanks again for joining us today!
You’ll love browsing our Fun & Festive gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to the gallery as well!
You can check out the entire Fun & Festive collection below:
