Bright, Happy & Geometric “Just Because” Card Idea: 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!
In this video, I’m stamping a geometric grid design with the simplest ever triangle stamps. The simpler shape, the more use you can get out of it. I love geometric designs so that’s what we are going to do in this video.
I’m using the Retro Wishes stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, this is the set from the August 2023 Card Kit, so if you are a kit subscriber you’ll receive this stamp in your kit, or if you are not a subscriber – you can purchase this stamp set separately or you can also look through your stash and see if you have triangle shape stamps in some of your older stamp sets.
I used a sheet of Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock, a T-square ruler, and a pencil to pencil in a grid. I’m not the best at eyeballing and I did try stamping this without a grid and it was all wonky and crooked, so a pencil grid is a must for me. I added horizontal and vertical lines that are 1 ½” apart as that’s the size of my rectangle.
I used the mini MISTI stamping tool for my stamping. This is a grid design, having things stamped straight and aligned is critical, so using a MISTI is a must.
I used 7 colors of ink: Aegean, Pearfection, Citrine, Mandarin, Sherbet, Peony, and Melon. The last one was used for stamping the small triangle. The sentiment was stamped in black ink and I experimented with the sentiment placement on each of the panels. With the stamping done, I cut the panels out using a rectangle die and popped each onto either a white or a Fog Gray A2 card base. Lastly, I embellished these using clear dots.
Have fun stamping!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks again to Yana for being our guest!
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You’re Out of This World! Four fun outer space cards with Kristina Werner
Hi all! Kristina Werner here. Today I have four colorful and fun cards featuring the You Are My Universe stamps, coordinating dies, You’re Out of This World dies, Twinkling Stars cling stamp, and the Nested Stars dies. This suite of products work together beautifully!
Each card looks so different. For the first card, I did simple layered stamping using the You Are My Universe stamp set. I used the image in the Simon shop as a guide. I used lots of different ink colors (be sure to look at the top of the video for exact colors as their shown in the video).
The second card has a fun cloud edge that was created using Lawn Fawn’s Puffy Clouds Borders dies and some in blending. The Twinkling Stars cling stamp was used for all the stars, plus individual stars were stamped using the large 6×8 You Are My Universe stamp set. The main greeting was diecut using the You’re Out of This World dies.
For the third card, I cut two stars using the Nested Stars die set, ink blended on both, and stamped and white heat embossed “Reach for the stars” on the larger star. To finish off the card, I stamped the Earth image from the stamp set, die cut the image, and adhered it to the smaller star.
The final card was super easy! I white heat embossed the greeting and then stamped the Twinkling Stars cling stamp in white pigment ink. Then I stamped the Saturn image from the You Are My Universe stamp set, die cut it using the coordinating dies, and adhered it to the card using foam squares.
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the video!
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Just a Note Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our newest release!
It’s time to share Just a Note about our latest release! We’re squeezing the last juice out of summer with our Citrus Slice Background die, Summer Bouquet stencil, and Golden Fern embossing folder (as well as Blue Seas and Blue Skies Pawsitively Saturated ink cube 6-packs); we’re leaning into August with our Super Sunflower Plate die and Layering Apples stencils; and we’re gearing up for work and school with stamps like Noted, School Supplies, and The Write Stuff and Teacher sentiment strips.
To celebrate this phenomenal release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!
DAY ONE HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Doenene!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Cheyenne Harris!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: S. M.!
from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Debbi S!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Mary Kay Ross!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Orit Viderman!
from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: JustCallMeElle!
from Keisha Charles’s blog: Shawna “Gumby Girl” E-K!
from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Trudy Lanoux!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Sara Emily Baker!
from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Tijana Z!
from Emma Williams’s blog: Sr. Spitzer!
from Alberto Gava’s blog: Kelley Clarke!
DAY TWO HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Terrie D. (StarSpry)!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Helen F!
from Caly Person’s blog: Maggie Henry!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Robin C. Hill!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Monica Schalk!
from Emily Midgett’s blog: Andrea Robert!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Bonnie!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Eve N!
from Lea Lawson’s blog: Preeti Rodricks!
from Bobbi Lemanski’s blog: Viveca V.!
from Jennifer Kotas’s blog: Phyllis Freese!
from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Kathy G.!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Greta!
from Allison Frazier’s blog: Becky Gregory!
from Maura Hibbitts’s blog: Dianne Swanson!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Just a Note Blog Hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Just a Note release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
You’ll love browsing our Just a Note gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
