[How To]: Playful Quirky and Colorful Birthday Cards! Yippee for Yana
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Yana Smakula who is sharing the most adorable and playful trio of Puffin Birthday cards! Be sure to read on to learn more! (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 creating CAS Birthday cards with the Simon Says Stamp Party Like a Puffin stamp set.
I stamped images from this stamp set in Intense Black ink onto Simon Says Stamp 130lb cardstock using my mini MISTI stamping tool. Next, I did very simple coloring. I picked this stamp set in particular, because I wanted to show you how you can do coloring on a very simple, very basic level, but still, have your stamped images look colorful and beautiful.
I’ve used C9 to color the bodies of the birds. You can go with a lighter shade, perhaps a C7, or a different tone, like a neutral gray or even a warm gray. I also added a touch of darker C10 along the detail lines of my bird, just to help that line remain visible on the finished image. Lately, I love to color images without the need to do excessive color planning, and color blending, all I want to do is add a solid layer of color and call it done and I feel this is the best way to get into coloring. If you’ve never done coloring before, or if you struggle, doing this sort of single marker coloring is very approachable. Next, I used C3 and C1 to add a touch of shading to the belly.
Next, I used YR07 to color part of the beak orange, add detail about the eye, and color the feet.
Y35 was used to color the other part of the beak yellow. YG01 and YG03 were used to color the balloons. There is also a party hat image and a fish tied with a bow and I used the same marker color to color those. With the coloring done I cut the images out using coordinating dies.
Next, I planned the layout for my card, I went with a 2×2 grid with 3 sections filled with birds and the 4th section used for the sentiment.
The sentiment was stamped using Charcoal, for the sub sentiment part and VersaFine Onyx Black for the “Happy Birthday” part.
I trimmed my panel to 4 x 5 ¼” and foam mounted it over a white A2 top folding card base covered with Fog cardstock.
Lastly, I used black gems from Spellbinders to embellish this project.
Here are 2 more simple card ideas created using the same supplies and techniques – I loved using this stamp set and I couldn’t’ stop at just one card, I was inspired to make more! Have fun stamping!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Yana for being our guest!
Color Your Stamps in 4 Easy Steps! Studio Monday with Nina-Marie
Hey there, friends! It’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you today! Have you ever tried our Printmaking stamp series? These are such fun stamps to work with because they contain blocks of stamps that can be used to “color” in the main image simply by stamping with different colors of ink!
In today’s project I will be using the Printmaking Postage stamp and die set, but all of the Printmaking stamps work in the same manner so you can use this video as a general guide for the series.
Want to learn more about how I made these cards? Be sure to watch the video below for all the details!
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Trying out a new surface; ending with a love card!
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Cheiron Brandon to our blog with this super fun and pretty love card design! Did you catch the NEW Clear Alcohol Ink Dura Lar surface released last month from Tim Holtz and Ranger? In this post Cheiron is sharing cool tips and tricks to use it! Read on and enjoy!
Hi there crafty friends, it’s Cheiron Brandon here and I am thrilled to be sharing a post with you today with a card combining Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks and the new Clear Alcohol Ink Dura Lar surface to create a fun and simple Valentine card. These would be super easy to recreate an entire set of to mail to all of your crafty friends.
To create this card, I cut my Dura Lar to 4 X 5 ¼ then applied Alcohol Inks in Fiesta, Gumball, Watermelon and Pink Sherbet and moved them around the panel with the Ink Air Blower. I made sure to leave some small areas of the Dura Lar clear so the clear surface would stand out on my finished card. Then I dried the panel with a heat tool.
Next, I stamped the hearts from the Watercolor stamp set along with a sentiment from the Noteworthy set using Distress Archival Ink in Black Soot on a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock measuring 4 X 5 1/4. Once both of the panels were dry, I stitched them together.
To complete the card, I adhered the inked panel to an A2 size card. I hope you enjoyed this fun idea for using Dura Lar with Alcohol Inks on your cards, I can’t wait to try it with other color combos!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Cheiron for being our guest!
