Yippee for Yana: Copic Markers on Kraft
Hi friends! Happy Monday! Allow us to start your week off with some gorgeous inspiration from none other than the fabulous Yana Smakula! Read on to learn more about how she created this gorgeous card and enjoy!
Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this episode, I will show you how to use kraft cardstock to your advantage when coloring with Copic markers and creating a Fall card in muted colors.
video! In this episode, I will show you how to use kraft cardstock to your advantage when coloring with Copic markers and creating a Fall card in muted colors.
When I was finishing this card my husband stopped by my desk and expressed his astonishment regarding the fact that Copic markers color so well on kraft cardstock. He said, and I quote – I thought they only worked on white.
And I think a lot of people have this perception, we believe that Copics are a good coloring medium to use on white paper only. I am the kind of person who likes to break the rules and even rebel if you will, so when it comes to this coloring medium I’m all about trying something else besides the ordinary.
I started to work on my card by stamping a beautiful floral cluster from the Thankful Flowers stamp set from the October 2019 Card Kit from Simon in Intense Black ink onto kraft paper that was included in my kit. I cut the panel down to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2” and I’ll later trim it down some more.
I wanted to have more than just that one cluster on the card, so I used other, single floral and leaf images from my stamp set to add additional imagery to this panel. I did a little bit of simple masking – I stamped the two single flowers onto masking paper, cut them out making partial masks, and added single stamped leaves next to them creating two mini clusters in the bottom right and top right corners on the panel forming a floral cluster triangle of sorts. The middle bottom area of the panel is where I planned to have the sentiment, so I kept it relatively free from imagery.
With the stamping done I moved to the coloring part. I am not a pro when it comes to Copic markers, I don’t have a whole collection, in fact I only have a handful of markers, but over the years I have collected the colors that work really well together and whenever I color with Copics I tend to stick to the same colors over and over again and you’d be surprised, the only thing that changes is the color of the paper that I color on. Truth be told I find myself rarely coloring on white these days.
The colors I picked for my coloring are G99, G94 and YG03 to color the leaves. This green combo looks great on kraft and becomes more muted and a lot more suitable for Fall coloring all thanks to that background paper color. It does look more vibrant on white, but the kraft here mutes the vibrancy of the color and makes it ideal for Fall.
To color the flowers I used a set of red and orange markers. My red go-to color combination is R89, R39, R27, R24, and R22. I did go very dark deep red here to have nice bold shadows for my flower petals. Again, as with the green markers due to the background color of the paper, I was using the reds ended up a lot more muted here. As for the orange colors, I am not really a fan of orange color per se, but I do enjoy seeing it in nature, I love the orange leaves and the orange flowers you’d see during Fall. But I just somehow struggle to re-create that same gorgeous orange color on paper. Here, on this kraft background, it was much easier to have pretty orange flowers. I used YR18, YR04, YR15 and Y15 colors to color the flowers orange.
With the coloring done I heat embossed a sentiment. It reads: “You couldn’t be more awesome. I can’t thank you enough. Thank You, Thank You, Thank you”. It was embossed in Antique Gold embossing powder.
To spice this background up I decided to trim the panel down to 4 x 5 1/4” and treat the edges with embossing powder to make them look as if they are dipped in gold paint. I used one of Simon’s pre-made card bases for this card, the A2 side folding card and foam mounted the panel over it using fun foam. The panel warped a bit from the heat embossing and the fun foam helped to flatten it.
Lastly, I picked a few of the gold and cream sequins from the Sunken Treasure sequins mix to decorate this card. I used my Crystal Katana tool and Simon’s Craft Tacky glue to adhere them in place. I loved using this glue bottle, the applicator is very fine and precise and allowed me to add just the right amount of glue to adhere even the smallest sequins in place.
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Art Journaling: Beware with Shari Carroll
Happy Sunday everyone!! It’s Shari here with a fun Halloween Art Journal page. I was inspired by the Spooky Tree die set which is a FREE GIFT with purchase.
I’ve paired the dies with some delicious new Abandoned Paperie 8×8 paper stash from Tim Holtz along with some stamps and a bit of inking.
The haunted house is attached at the top with a small brad and metal Halloween Adornment that swings to the side to add hidden journaling.
Picket Fence Distress Ink worked beautifully to pounce through the Simon Says Stamp Cloud stencil to set off the Spooky Tree.
I used a silver Marvy Gel Reminisce pen to add small details to the tree and tombstones. A bit of white paint was added to the Ghost for the Idea-ology Halloween Cling foam stamps and stamped over the “Paper Moon”.
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Happy World Card Making Day from Simon Says Stamp!
Happy World Card Making Day from Simon Says Stamp! It’s a holiday created just for all of us, and we’re excited to share inspiration with you!
World Card Making Day was created in 2006, and the original purpose was to kick-start the holiday card making season. Chances are you make lots of cards for Christmas, but we all know that those beautiful cards don’t come together in one night. So grab your scissors and adhesives and cardstock and stamps and make some cards today! Your family can fend for themselves, right? You deserve to celebrate.
Two of the best things about card making are inspiration and creative connections, and today we’re bringing you both with inspiring creations from designers from 5 different countries! You can find these holiday cards and many more inspiring projects using Simon exclusives from our 2019 STAMPtember® release in our Simon brand STAMPtember® gallery!
Let’s take a journey around the globe and be inspired. And stick with us, because there are prizes to be won, because every good holiday deserves gifts!
Representing Australia – Yoonsun Hur
Yoonsun created this pretty card using the Winter Floral Mix background stamp and Ho Ho Postage stamp set from our STAMPtember® 2019 release. The intricate Kate Snowflake and Rina Snowflake dies were previously release, but they look so magical with her beautiful coloring!
Representing Italy – Barbara Schiassi
Barbara’s rich and traditional design is anchored with the gorgeous Poinsettia background stamp. So pretty in blue, don’t you think?
Representing Russia – Olga Moss
Olga created this beauty using only one stamp set—Inside Christmas Greetings! The berries and leaves look so gorgeous surrounding the sentiment.
Representing Ukraine – Yana Smakula
Yana’s beautiful Christmas design features the Inside Christmas Greeting stamp set, too, but her pretty and sparkly background was created with the Holiday Foliage stencil which was part of our STAMPtember® release.
Representing the USA – Cathy Zielske
Cathy brought her signature clean and simple style to these two adorable holiday designs using her Simon brand designs—the Tabbed Sentiments Holiday stamp set, and her Ho Ho Deer Circle and Joyful Word and Shadow dies!
Oh my goodness, wasn’t that a fun trip around the world? Some great inspiration to get you going with all of those cards that you’re making today. You should probably get back to that, huh?
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But wait…!
What would World Card Making Day be without prizes?
Show us what you’re making today for World Card Making Day! Upload your cards at the InLinkz below by 11:59 pm on Saturday, October 12th, and we will choose 1 random winner to receive a $100 gift card from Simon Says Stamp!
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad, щасливого Різдва, Wesołych Świąt, 메리 크리스마스, Vrolijk Kerstfeest, καλά Χριστούγεννα, Fröhliche Weihnachten, 聖誕節快樂, and Geseënde Kersfees to you all!
Have an awesome World Card Making Day, and we can’t wait to see what you’re making!
