Yippee for Yana: Crafting with Coordinating Stamps & Stencils
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday and welcome to the latest edition of Yippee for Yana with the always amazing Yana Smakula! Read on to learn more and enjoy!
Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula, welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this episode, I will show you how to create a stunning Christmas card using a background stamp and a coordinating stencil for an effortless yet beautiful background.
I love how Simon Says Stamp now has not only background stamps and not only stencils, but stencils that coordinate with those background stamps. That opens up a lot of creative possibilities and really stretches the use of our supplies.
I am using the beautiful Outline Winter Floral background stamp. I’ve heat embossed it in Antique Gold embossing powder on a sheet of Adriatic cardstock from Hero Arts. Of course, other colors can be used for this technique, I happen to love this color of paper and so I’m using it for nearly every project I make these days.
This background stamp is very beautiful and it works really well for the Holiday cards. I think it looks both stunning just simply embossed in a pretty color of embossing powder or stamped in black and colored using watercolors or markers. I, for example, don’t always feel like coloring, so I appreciate it when images look fantastic even without the coloring.
Next, I used a set of stencils from Simon, the Winter Floral Layering set. I used just one stencil from here, the one with the flowers. When using all 4 you can add color to every section of this stamped image. After positioning the stencil on the background and aligning it with the flower I used using my ink blending tool and dark blue ink to add shading and color to the flowers.
Having colored or rather ink blended the background I trimmed it to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2”, this will make the front of my card. Next, I used Tonic Studios Aqua shimmer pen and added shimmer over the ink blended sections and also onto the leaves. This adds a really nice touch of shimmer and sparkle to this card and makes festive.
To create a sentiment I’ve decided to combine stamping with stickers. I want to spell the first word of the sentiment using puffy letter stickers and heat emboss the rest in the same Antique Gold embossing powder. The sentiment I picked reads “Warm Holiday Greetings”. I heat embossed “Holiday Greetings” and added “Warm” using stickers. This sentiment comes from the Tiny Words Christmas stamp set.
After trimming the sentiment panel to size I adhered it onto a piece of mirror cardstock from Tim Holtz to give it a bit of a frame.
Next, I added the background to the A2 white top folding card base and used foam adhesive squares to foam mount the sentiment panel on top. Finally, I used gold confetti from Simon and scattered them around the card going diagonally from the top right to the bottom left corners.
If you like to add additional accents you can also use a white pen, for example, and color the berries white.
Have fun stamping!
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LOOK at what Tim Holtz Oxide Sprays in ACTION!
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! If you’ve been keeping up with all of the Tim Holtz latest news you will have seen that as of last Friday, ALL of the rainbow of distress oxides are now available in Spray form! This is joyous news for Oxide fans as there are SO many fun techniques you can do with sprays (pssst. keep scrolling for some AWESOME inspiration by Jennifer McGuire!!)
Did you see this SUPER gorgeous new inspiration using Distress Oxide Sprays? Be sure to pop by Jennifer McGuire’s blog for all the details and watch the video!
Holiday card making is upon us, and there are SO many fun new goodies from Tim Holtz! Check out all of the new Holiday 2019 products!
Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Tags 5 Ways!
Hello crafters, it’s Nina-Marie here! I am so excited to be sharing some Christmas and Holiday tag inspiration. I’ve got 5 unique designs for you that should hopefully give you some ideas for YOUR tags this season! All of the tags feature fun stamps and dies from your favorite brands and I can’t wait for you to see how I made these!
I love this Fold Over Tag from Reverse Confetti! Just cut it from some gorgeous patterned papers and you end up with this stunning, two toned design! I decorated the tag with a greeting from our Joyful Frame die and a bit of ribbon and twine trimmings.
Oh Christmas Bee is one of Honey Bee Stamps’ newest stamp and die sets and oh my how cute is he?! Colored with Copics, this little buzzing bee comes to life for the Holidays! I die cut his coordinating bee outline shape a second time from white cardstock and attached that to the back for a top folding card effect.
The greeting on this adorable reindeer is true indeed – who wouldn’t want to receive a gift with this cutie on it? These Christmas Characters from SugarPea Designs are so much fun to cut and build, especially when you make them from ThermoWeb Flock Sheets!
If you need a simpler tag design this year for your gifts, try out this fun mini tag technique! I stamped these colorful trees from Gina K. Designs’ Holiday Trees set and cut them from the coordinating dies. Keeping them super simple, I just added a little embellishment with some fun confetti pieces.
And of course, the holidays wouldn’t be complete without some sparkle and shine! Gina K. Designs’ Ornamental Foil Mates paired perfectly with Brutus Monroe Red Static foil. I cut the foiled stripes paper and some gold glitter cardstock with the Simon Says Stamp and CZ Design Ho Ho Ho tag; when you layer these beauties together and add a sprig of berries, you get pure Christmas magic!
Be sure to watch the video below to see how I made all these festive tags! I hope they inspire you to create some holiday tags of your own!
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