Hello, all! Kristina here with some more card kit inspiration! The September 2017 Card Kit is packed with colorful elements for your cards. I chose to take inspiration from the Doodlebug patterned papers in the kit and use inks and markers.

The small candle image in the Best Ever stamp set in the kit seems to small to make up a large portion of a card. However, by stamping the candle repeatedly using different colors of ink, you get a bold colorful border. I used the following colors of Simon Says Stamp ink: Doll Pink, Orange Peel, Sunshine, Green Apple, High Dive, and Hydrangea. NOTE: I misspoke in the video. The green ink color is in fact Green Apple.

For the main focal point of the card, I stamped the striped heart in Intense Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. I also matched Copic marker colors to the patterned papers from the kit, even though I wasn’t using them…

I hope you enjoy today’s video! Thanks for stopping by! Check out the September 2017 Card Kit or subscribe here.

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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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Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! We’re back with the fabulous Nichol Spohr for some extra special additional monthly inspiration for our card kit of the month! This month, Nicol is keeping a fun and girly tone with these adorable shaker cards using lots of components from our September 2017 Best Birthday card kit! Please be sure to watch the video for additional inspiration and enjoy!

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