Did You Know? January 2022 Edition
Hello crafters, it’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you! Today I have a new edition of our popular Did You Know series!
If it’s your first time seeing this feature, each month we bring you fun facts, creative tips, and even crafty hacks about your favorite supplies and brands; you can then use these awesome tips that you learn in your next crafting projects! Are you ready to learn some fun tricks? Keep on reading!
Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer
For all your small trimming projects, I find it super-handy to have a paper cutter like the Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer on my desk so I don’t have to break out a larger one. This is perfect for cutting sentiments or A2-sized paper projects and I reach for it ALL the time! Its small footprint doesn’t take up a ton of space either, so I usually leave it out permanently.
Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Pawsitively Everything Tools
Heat embossing is a fabulous technique–but I’m sure you have burned your fingers more than once trying to emboss smaller items. I find that our Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Everything Tools (available in a rainbow of colors!) is the perfect place to rest my paper as I set the embossing powder. The heat-safe silicone protects your work surface underneath and of course prevents finger burns!
Did you know? Another great feature of our rainbow PETs is the fact that they can be color coordinated with our other Simon tools and inks! Look how pretty the Pawsitively Saturated Inks look on top of the PETs!
Boon Drying Rack
This handy rack is perfect for drying your crafty supplies! Whether you just washed a stencil or have wet brushes, this allows you to keep everything out of the way while they dry! I especially love that I can fit many products on the rack all at once; very useful when you’ve got multiple projects going on!
Mini Rainbow Glitz Glitter Gels
Gorgeous and glittery, the rainbow of mini Glitz Glitter Gels from Simon are so much fun to use for shimmery stenciling! You can use the colors on their own, or mix them like I did for the panel on the right in the photo above. Did you know? If your glitz dries out, you can refresh it by adding a small amount of water into the jar and mixing it into the glitter gel.
Simon Says Stamp Red Line Tape
Red Line Tape is a super-strong, clear double-sided adhesive that is fantastic for adhering projects together that require something more than standard adhesive. But a little-known feature about this tape is its versaility to use it as a decorative strip! You can adhere foil, glitter, or embossing powder onto the tape for quick, easy trims and patterns on your projects!
I hope these tips have helped you learn a few tricks for your upcoming crafting projects… Thanks for tuning in today and spending some time with me!
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Yippee for Yana: Action Wobble Valentines
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Be sure to check out this SUPER cute new trio of Valentines by Yana Smakula! Enjoy!
Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this video, I am creating adorable Valentine’s Day cards that are sure to bring a big smile to the face of the recipient. These cards can be given to all of your loved ones, including friends and family.
The cards I am creating are all made using just one stamp set – the Love Day set from Simon Says Stamp. It is a smaller 4×6 set, but it has everything you need to create your projects. You have several adorable critters – a cat, a bunny, and a dog all holding some object for Valentine’s Day – either a heart or a little gift, and you have loads of sentiments including some pretty large sentiments that can easily take center stage on your card.
There are coordinating dies also available for you, and these cut nearly everything in this set, including the larger size sentiments.
The cards I have for you today are all very simple, they require very little very basic coloring, and this is a good beginner project. If you are new to card making this is a tutorial for you to try.
Begin by stamping the images. For this, I used a mini MISTI stamping tool. I stamped every critter twice as I want to cut out parts of the critters and pop them up on the finished cards to add more interest. I also stamp loads of hearts – there are 3 size hearts in this set and we can use those as little embellishments.
Next, we need to color these. I am all about doing very simple coloring, something that is easy and approachable and doesn’t feel intimidating. I color all of my critters light gray. Each will be holding a heart or a gift that will be colored bright red and I don’t want the coloring of the critter to take attention away from the heart or the gift. I start with W5, next use W3 and blend everything with the W1 marker. I just add the darkest color along the left and right sides of the critter and apply lighter colors toward the center. I am also using the R20 marker to color the inside of the ears, the nose and even to add little blush onto the cheeks.
Next, I color the heart on the other stamped critter bright red. I use R27, R24, R22, and R20 markers. This heart will be fussy cut, while the full critter will be cut out using a coordinating die. Once cut, I foam mounted the fussy cut heart onto the die-cut critter.
The next step is creating a little scene for our critters. I am all about making things simple and for these cards, I doted a scene. You can use your dies or your stencils or even some of our other stamps to create a scene for these little darlings, but I wanted these cards to be very simplistic so I used my Copic markers and I simply dotted a bit of grass and a bit of sky.
It is super easy to do – all you need is just a few colors or markers – YG03, this is a nice grassy color and I just added a bunch of dots onto the background mimicking grass. You can use several colors if you want to add color variation to your grass, I used YG01 and YG17 to add lighter and darker dots and I also used the B000 marker to dot in the sky.
Next, we need to stamp a sentiment and I went back to my MISTI stamping tool, I picked out the sentiments for this card and I stamped them in Versafine Onyx black ink which is a very nice dark black color.
All that’s left to do now is to assemble! Whenever I create cards with adorable images like these critters I try to add some sort of movement to the critters, I try to animate them. The easiest way to do that is by using a little wobble spring. I used a mini one and it is the perfect size to animate my critters.
Because I was making Valentine’s Day cards I decided I would create red card bases for these cards. I cut red cardstock to 5 1/5 x 8 1/2” and scored at 4 1/4” to create an A2 side folding card base. To make it easier to write my message on the inside – I adhered a white cardstock panel, I cut it half an inch smaller to have a bit of a red border here.
Next, I foam mounted my main panel onto the card and that finished my project. I hope you’ll give this idea a try! Have fun stamping!
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