Yippee for Yana: I Like You Floral Card
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! We hope you are as creatively inspired as we are after a weekend of quality time with quality people in a great industry and LOTS of crafty fun things on the horizon! Let’s continue this excitement with a gorgeous card to inspire by the one and only Yana Smakula! Don’t miss the video for more info! Enjoy!
Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula, welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this episode, I have a floral “I Like You” card featuring products from Simon’s Hey Bestie release. It’s an easy one to make and hopefully one you’ll be inspired to replicate in your craft room. I started to work on my card by stamping “Like You” from the Like You stamp set by Cathy Z in Simon’s Intense Black ink onto a panel of white cardstock, this is Neenah Solar White 80lb cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2”. I didn’t actually need this “like you” stamped on the card, the final card will have a heat embossed and die cut “like you” foam mounted over the original image, but I have stamped it for placement purposes. It will help me figure out better placement for the flowers I want to stamp next.
The flowers, I have two – a larger and a smaller flower come from another stamp set from SSS. This is a set called Love Friendship and the flowers are simply gorgeous. I love the illustrated style of these images, how the petals are curled up and how the flowers just look so natural. I’ve placed two images both overlapping the sentiment and I’ve positioned them so that there’s a bit of space in-between the images to stamp the leaves. I double stamped them for best impression. I’ve also stamped one more flower, another large one on the other side of the sentiment to balance things out. With the flowers stamped I just need to add several leaves, for this I’m going to use my clear block and just stamped the leaf clusters here and there completing my arrangement.
Next, I’ve selected several colors of Copic markers to color these. I’ve picked G99, G94 and YG03 markers, these are my go-to colors for coloring leaves lately. As for the flowers, I decided to go red. I typically use a lot of pinks for my cards, but with Valentine’s Day being not that far away I feel more and more inspired by red. The colors I picked are R39 my darkest red, R27 medium red, R24 light red and also R22 – the lightest red for the highlights of the petals. I went ahead and colored all of the flowers and some of the detail got lost. I restored the detail using a white pen. First I used my White Sakura pen in size 0.8 to color the flower centers white, this instantly helped the flowers pop and I also used the same pen to add white detail to the petals of my flowers. Again, this added a ton of interest and details to the flowers and helped them stand out.
I’ve gone ahead and prepped a die-cut sentiment for this card. For this, I heat embossed “LikeYou” in white embossing powder on Schoolhouse Red cardstock and have cut it out using a coordinating die in my Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting machine. I foam mounted the sentiment onto the card. Next, I’ve picked an additional sentiment from the LOVE stamp set, one that reads “More Than You Know” and stamped it in the same Intense Black ink right next to the main sentiment under the large flower on the right-hand side. There’s also a letter “I” in the set and I stamped it as well completing my sentiment which now reads “I like you more than you know”. The stamp set comes with a small heart cluster and I decided it would nice to stamp the hearts here and there scattering them around the panel. I stamped them in 3 sections on the card forming a visual triangle around the sentiment and flowers. I also used my red markers and colored one heart red in each of the clusters.
I trimmed the panel to 5 1/2” x 4” and adhered it to the A2 red top folding card base. Finally, I picked some flat white sequins from Simon, these come from the Classy mix and adhered them in place using Simon’s Craft Tacky glue and my trusty Crystal Katana tool. Our card is finished!I love the way it turned out and how easy it was to make.
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Yana for being our guest!
Live from Creativation 2020: Our Must-See Favorites!
Hello friends! Creativation 2020 is still in full swing and we’ve been coming across so many amazing things on the show floor.
Today we’re taking a look at all of the new and buzz-worthy products that have us totally inspired – and we hope you will be too!
Doodlebug is celebrating 20 years in the industry and we’re loving all the cuteness with found in the Doodlebug & Carta Bella booth!
We R Memory Keepers has some great, new storage solutions we had our eye on! The Project Cart is going to be a really handy piece to have in your crafty space!
Heidi Swapp’s new Toner Ink Pad is a huge hit on the show floor and we cannot wait to use it with her new foil colors and Minc machine!
Speaking of foils, how fun is this new line up of Glimmer Foils and Glimmer Foil Plates from Spellbinders???
The American Crafts booths were an inspiring place to wander and explore all the things they are releasing this year!
Ranger had some exciting new products coming out with their signature designers! Take a peek at what has us inspired to create!
Tonic Studios has some gorgeous new Nuvo collections coming out this year – and a unique tote that unfolds for maximum crafty storage!
The Tim Holtz Deckle Trimmer was the latest release from Tim and Tonic Studios!
We are LOVING the new stencils from Darkroom Door!!
Prima has a whole new line up of watercolors – artist grade tubes! And there’s even a cute, watercolor tin set that would be perfect for on-the-go coloring!
The on-trend Farmhouse Market and Summertime collections from Echo Park were catching our eye as we walked through their gorgeous booth!
Don’t forget that you can see MORE Creativation coverage on our Facebook and Instagram; we have an amazing Simon team bringing YOU the all the excitement from the floor to the comfort of your home!
Spotted! Top Finds Inside the 2020 Creativation Stamping Village!
Happy Sunday, crafters! We’re thrilled you have joined us for our Day 2 coverage of Creativation 2020!
Today we are exploring the Stamping Village, which is comprised of some of your favorite brands and hopping with energy and excitement!
Let’s take a look at some of the hot finds we’ve spotted inside the Stamping Village!
Lawn Fawn’s newest collection of stamps and dies are shining across all the beautiful samples in their booth!
The Hero Arts booth was filled with a refreshing assortment of inspiration and new goodies that we cannot wait to get our hands on – including PIGMENT inks!!
And BLACK Misti Tools, designed in collaboration with Hero Arts and My Sweet Petunia! How classy are these???
Speaking of Misti, have you seen the new Misti??? We’re calling it Misti 2.0 because this new and improved Misti is AWESOME! Check out the storage area for the magnet, handle on the door for easy open and close, AND darker grid lines so you can line things up even easier!
Picket Fence has some great, new Paper Glaze that is SO pretty! And a scrubby that feels so good in your hands!
Concord & 9th’s new cardstocks and inks that are coming in a couple months are GORGEOUS!!! And, of course we’re in love with the latest Turnabout stamp!
The ThermoWeb booth is POPPING with color! We’re especially taken by the gorgeous neon, Electro Pop line that Rina K. Designs has released with ThermoWeb!
Everything about the Pinkfresh Studio booth was making us happy! The rainbow paper?? LOVE!
The interactive cards over at the LDRS Creative booth were SO much fun!!!
Check out those dimensional petals! That is ONE whole stamp and the die strategically cuts certain areas that can be popped up for easy dimension!
We’re loving the Pink & Main Ergonomic Blending Brushes. They come with the cutest little case that can double as a stand! And they feel so good in your hand.
We’re over the moon at the cuteness from Avery Elle! How darling are those stamps???
We LOVE this new stamp set from Studio Katia! Art supplies as a giant border?? YES PLEASE! And of course, a Studio Katia release wouldn’t be complete without some lovely new embellishments…!
Gnomes are all the rage over at the Stampendous booth! We also spotted some cute critters and interactive cards too! Those llamas? ADORABLE!
WOW’s booth was the most-sparkly we’ve seen yet! Look at all these new embossing glitters!!!!
Don’t forget that you can see MORE Creativation coverage on our Facebook and Instagram; we have an amazing Simon team bringing YOU the all the excitement from the floor to the comfort of your home!
