Modern Encouragement Card with Complementary Color Stenciling: Yippee for Yana
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back the oh-so-talented and amazing Yana Smakula! (Please note: our dear friend Yana is Ukrainian. To show support to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, please see Yana’s post HERE.)
Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!
I’m creating a modern encouragement card with the Simon Says Stamp Monstera Leaf Stencil and You stamp set by CZ Design.
The Monstera Leaf is a 4-set layering stencil sized to work for an A2 card. Each stencil measures 4 ¼ x 5 ½” and creates one oversized leaf, perfect to fill the entire background of an A2 card. I wanted to do something different, to make a modern monstera leaf, so I ink-blended one part of the leaf green and another part pink.
For the green side of the leaf, I used: Limelicious, Pearfection, and Field Pawsitively Saturated inks by Simon Says Stamp. To mask one side of the lead I followed the center vine line and masked the opposite side of the leaf using paper by simply holding the piece of paper in place.
For the pink side, I used: Peony, Rose, and Cherry. I love this bold and vibrant color combination.
With the ink blending done, I trimmed the panel to 4 x 5 1.4” and used a MISTI stamping tool to stamp the sentiment – “You go, girl” using Versafine Onyx Black ink.
Lastly, I foam mounted the panel onto Simon’s Fog card base using thin foam adhesive squares and embellished the card by using 2 new sequin mixes from Simon – the Summer Sunset Mix and the Garden Blooms Mix. Have fun creating!
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3 Halloween Treat Bags Featuring Tim Holtz! Not a Card with Nina-Marie
Hey there friends, it’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you! I’ve got a trio of Halloween treat bags to share with you featuring Tim Holtz products and they are SPOOKY cool!
These bags features some new dies from Tim’s Sizzix collection—Fright Nights and Gothic Portraits. I also used some of Tim’s awesome Ranger Halloween products such as Glow Grit Paste, Sparkle Paste, Black Texture Paste, Distress Spritz, Mica Stains, and more.
I also used some Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stencils such as Hocus Pocus, Batground, and Spellbound.
Want to see how I made these frightfully-fun bags?! Watch the video below for all the details!
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EASY Just Write Layered Pencils How-to: Amore Laurafadora
Hi friends! Happy Friday! I’m delighted to welcome back special guest Laura Bassen to our blog with this bright, happy and pretty card design! Just in time for Back to School, this fun design shares with you just how easy it is to use our brand new Just Write layering stencil set to create such a cool textured pencil pattern! She also is sharing our prior released Take Note stamp set for the perfect sentiments to complement this card design and our Starshine embellishment mix for the perfect touch of sparkle! Be sure to watch the video for all the details, and enjoy!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Laura for being our guest!
