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  • Simon Says Stamp | Heat Embossing & Copic Markers. Video

    • March 25, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Spellbinders | Foiled Happy Easter Cards featuring March 2020 Clubs. Video + Blog Hop + Giveaway (Now Closed)

    • March 16, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • MFT Stamps | DIY Colorful Birthday Cards. Video

    • February 28, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Hero Arts | Heroscapes – Lavender Field Cards. Video. Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • February 14, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Spellbinders | Foiled Basics Collection – Glimmer Hot Foil Plates. Video

    • February 10, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Wintry Valentine’s Day Card. Video

    • December 21, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Starting with Colored Cardstock. Video Tutorial

    • October 26, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Everyday Foiled Glimmer Cards – More Tips, Tricks & Ideas. Video

    • October 14, 2019
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    • Misc
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  • My Favorite Things | Copic Market Tips For Dark Backgrounds. Video

    • September 25, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Cardmaking with Spellbinders July Large Die Of the Month | Video

    • July 12, 2019
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Color With Paper and Stamps. Video

    • July 9, 2019
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  • My Favorite Things | Underwater Scene Cards with Nothing but Markers (and critter stamps, too). Video

    • June 27, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Hot Foil Backgrounds Made Easy (Repeat Foil Stamping). Video

    • June 25, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Hot Foil Stamping Tips | Video

    • June 15, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • How to Color with Chameleon Dual Ended Color Pencils – 4Bar Magnolia Greeting Card. Video

    • May 23, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Flip Up Birthday Card. Video

    • May 21, 2019
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  • How to Money Holder Cards without Specialty Supplies | Pretty Pink Posh | Video

    • May 13, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Watercolor Clematis Card for Mom. Video

    • April 29, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • How to Assemble Shadowboxes & Calculate Paper Size using Spellbinders Shadowbox Dies. Video

    • March 16, 2019
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    • Tutorials
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  • 5 Ways to Use Nuvo Drops. Video

    • March 3, 2019
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    • Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Spring Inspired Thank You Card. Video

    • January 23, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Floral Pattern Birthday Card. Video

    • January 8, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Hero Arts | One Layer Floral Pencil Colored Card. Video

    • January 4, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • My Favorite Things | Female Birthday Card Idea. Video

    • December 27, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Last Minute Christmas Cards. Video

    • December 17, 2018
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  • Alexandra Renke | 3 Sheets of Paper = 8 Holiday Cards. Fast Holiday Cardmaking with Minimum Supplies

    • November 29, 2018
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Calligraphy-Like Christmas Cards. Yippee For Yana Series. Video

    • November 21, 2018
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  • Spellbinders | Foil Stamped Christmas Cards. Video (Blog Hop + Giveaway)

    • November 8, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Alexandra Renke | Super Easy Washi Tape Christmas Cards. Video

    • October 29, 2018
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  • Pretty Pink Posh | Seasonal Happy Mail Cards. Video

    • October 24, 2018
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Christmas Coloring with a Single Pen (or Pencil). Video

    • September 29, 2018
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  • Gina K Designs | One Layer Floral Birthday Card. Video

    • July 24, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • My Favorite Copic Color Combos (UPDATED!)

    • June 26, 2018
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    • Misc
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  • My IKEA Craft Room (Craft Corner) Tour 2018

    • May 30, 2018
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    • My Craft Corner
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  • Pretty Pink Posh | Sequin & Confetti Shapes. Video

    • April 27, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | One Stencil – Four Ways. Video + Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • January 27, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Center Cut Heart Background – Selective Polychromos Colored Love Card. Video

    • January 23, 2018
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  • WPlus9 | Emerald Pencil Colored Background (Take Two) – So Very Grateful Card

    • September 29, 2017
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    • Cards, Misc
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Textured Lace Cards. Video + Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • May 26, 2017
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • WPlus9 | Floral Cards Trio – Easy Watercolor Ranunculus using Daniel Smith Watercolors. Video Tutorial

    • March 8, 2017
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    • Cards
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Easy Galaxy Background. Video

    • August 7, 2016
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • WPlus9 | Adding Foiled Accents with Heat Embossing. Video

    • July 6, 2016
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    Simon Says Stamp | Floral Happy Birthday Card by Yana Smakula featuring ENTIMENT STRIPS ALL THINGS HAPPY sssg131013, LEAFY FRAMES sss201901 and Stencil EXTRA LARGE DOTS ssst121347 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping

    Simon Says Stamp | Floral Happy Birthday Card

    • March 31, 2020
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    Happy Tuesday, friends. How are you holding up? It’s been more than 2 weeks of quarantine here and I can’t be more thankful for my little craft corner and cardmaking to keep me sane and busy. Here’s one of the cards I made last night, just for fun. I went through my older stamp set…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Heat Embossing & Copic Markers. Take 3 by Yana Smakula #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #copiccoloring

    Simon Says Stamp | Heat Embossing & Copic Markers. Take 3

    • March 29, 2020
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    • Cards
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    Hello, friends! Happy Sunday! I’m keeping busy at home by cleaning our apartment, doing some decluttering in my crafty corner and, of course, crafting my heart out! Here’s one of…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Heat Embossing & Copic Markers. Take 2 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping

    Simon Says Stamp | Heat Embossing & Copic Markers. Take 2

    • March 26, 2020
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    • Cards
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    Hello, friends! I hope are doing okay and you and your families are safe and healthy during these difficult times. Today I have a card to share I made the…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Heat Embossing & Copic Markers. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping #copiccoloring

    Simon Says Stamp | Heat Embossing & Copic Markers. Video

    • March 25, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! For today’s episode, I decided to go back to two of my favorite techniques – first, coloring with Copic markers on…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Spring Tulips Greeting Cards featuring Simon Says Stamp Stencil Layered Tulips #SimonSaysStamp #Cardmaking #HandmadeCard

    Simon Says Stamp | Spring Tulips Greeting Cards

    • March 21, 2020
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    Happy weekend, friends! Recently I shared a card featuring a new layered stencil from Simon Says Stamp called Layered Tulips. I got so carried away, I made a few more…

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  • Spellbinders | Foiled Happy Easter Cards featuring March 2020 Clubs - Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month – Eggstra Special; Large Die of the Month – Basket Full of Bunnies; Small Die of the Month – 24 Carrot #Spellbinders #NeverStopMaking #SpellbindersClubKits #EasterCard

    Spellbinders | Foiled Happy Easter Cards featuring March 2020 Clubs. Video + Blog Hop + Giveaway (Now Closed)

    • March 16, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello, crafters. Today I have 2 Easter cards to share featuring a lot of die-cutting and creative foiling showcasing products from Spellbinders March 2020 Small Die of the Month, Large…

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  • Hero Arts | Color Layering Mountains at the Lake Cards. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula #heroarts #colorlayering #cardmaking

    Hero Arts | Color Layering Mountains at the Lake Cards. Video

    • March 15, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello, friends! Sharing the new episode from my monthly “Color Layering with Yana” series with Hero Arts featuring Color Layering Mountains at the Lake stamp set. Do these stamps look familiar?…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Background Stamping with Thankful Flowers. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula featuring THANKFUL FLOWERS sss201905 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #patternstamping

    Simon Says Stamp | Background Stamping with Thankful Flowers. Take 2!

    • March 12, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello, friends. In my previous post, I mentioned I wanted to try a different approach to the background I had made and while I had some free time this weekend…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Background Stamping with Thankful Flowers. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula featuring THANKFUL FLOWERS sss201905 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #patternstamping

    Simon Says Stamp | Background Stamping with Thankful Flowers. Video

    • March 10, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! It’s been a long time since I did any pattern or background stamping using non background stamps; and since pattern stamping…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Layered Tulips Spring Greeting Card by Yana Smakula featuring Stencil LAYERED TULIPS ssst121476 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping #greetingcard

    Simon Says Stamp | Layered Tulips Spring Greeting Card. Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • March 7, 2020
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    • Cards
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    • 160 Comments

    Hello, friends! Happy Saturday! Spring is just around the corner and I can’t help but long for colorful flowers around me. I’ve been trying to surround my home with fresh…

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  • Hero Arts | March 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit & Add Ons – Asian Greeting Cards by Yana Smakula #mmh #heroarts #cardmaking #stamping

    Hero Arts | March 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit – Asian Greeting Cards. Video. Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • March 2, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello, friends! Today I have several Asian inspired greeting cards to share using March 2020 My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts as well as some of the add on…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | French Thank You Card by Yana Smakula featuring SKETCHED FLOWERS sss101830 and ALL THE THANKS cz40 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping #thankyoucard

    Simon Says Stamp | French Thank You Card

    • February 29, 2020
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    • Cards
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    • 6 Comments

    Hello, friends. Happy Saturday! The weekend is here and I could not be more excited. Also, today is the last day of February, time sure goes by very fast. It…

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  • MFT Stamps | DIY Colorful Birthday cards. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula featuring Birthdays Take the Cake stamp set #MFTstamps #BirthdayCard #Cardmaking #Stamping

    MFT Stamps | DIY Colorful Birthday Cards. Video

    • February 28, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 5 Comments

    Hello, fellow stampers! Who has enough Birthday cards on hand to gift? Not me! So today I have another video tutorial to share showing how to make colorful Birthday cards…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Thank You Greeting Card with Botanical Heart by Yana Smakula #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping

    Simon Says Stamp | Thank You Greeting Card with Botanical Heart

    • February 27, 2020
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    • Cards
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    Hello, friends! Happy Thursday. The week is almost over and I’m oh so looking forward to the weekend. I have a dinner planned with my cousin and I’m hoping to…

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Hi! I'm Yana Smakula (pronounced Sma-coo-la)! Glad to see you here! Feel free to look around and subscribe! I'm sharing cards, layouts, mini albums and all things crafty. I blog about new products and sometimes make video tutorials.


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