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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 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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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Color With Paper and Stamps. Video

    • July 9, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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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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    • Cards, Tutorials
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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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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Calligraphy-Like Christmas Cards. Yippee For Yana Series. Video

    • November 21, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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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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    • Cards, Tutorials
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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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    • Cards, Tutorials
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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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  • 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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    Spellbinders | Scenic Snapshot Cards by Yana Smakula featuring S4-1014 Santas Workshop Dies, S3-379 Adventure Time Snapshots Dies, S4-1020 Harvestime Snapshots, S4-1017 Springtime Snapshots #spellbinders #diecutting #cardmaking #NeverStopMaking

    Spellbinders | Scenic Snapshot Cards

    • February 19, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello, friends! How is your week going? I’m pretty busy, as always, especially lately as I have daily hospital visits for my back pain (I’ve been getting treatment for the past 6 months and it’s really helping me have significantly less back pain). Today I have several cards to share featuring a ton of die-cutting…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Lots of Love & Hugs card by Yana Smakula featuring Beautiful Flowers clear stamp sss101826 #SimonSaysStamp #Cardmaking #Stamping

    Simon Says Stamp | Lots of Love & Hugs

    • February 17, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello, friends and happy Monday! I had a wonderful weekend with my mom, I feel so rested and ready to conquer the week ahead. Today I have a floral card…

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  • Hero Arts | Heroscapes - Lavender Field Cards. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula #heroarts #cardmaking #stamping

    Hero Arts | Heroscapes – Lavender Field Cards. Video. Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • February 14, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello crafters, welcome back to my blog! Today I’m playing with a new fabulous product from Hero Arts – the new layering stamps from the HeroScrape line. If you aren’t…

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  • Pretty Pink Posh | Rows of Candles Birthday Card by Yana Smakula featuring Birthday Borders Stamp Set #prettypinkposh #birthdaycard #cardmaking

    Pretty Pink Posh | Rows of Candles Birthday Card

    • February 13, 2020
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    Hello, friends! Since I seem to never have any spare Birthday cards on hand I stamped a quick one the other day using products from Pretty Pink Posh. I love…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | I Really Like You Floral Card by Yana Smakula featuring LOOK FOR THE RAINBOWS sss202067, LIKE YOU czd77 and LIKE YOU WORDS cz49 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping

    Simon Says Stamp | I Really Like You Floral Card

    • February 12, 2020
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    • Cards
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    Hello, friends! Welcome back to my blog. I realized recently that I miss coloring flowers. I don’t know why, but it feels like it’s been ages since I last stamped…

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  • Spellbinders | Foiled Basics Collection by Yana Smakula - Glimmer Hot Foil Plates overview. Video #GlimmerHotFoilSystem #YSFoiledBasics #Spellbinders #Cardmaking #HotFoil

    Spellbinders | Foiled Basics Collection – Glimmer Hot Foil Plates. Video

    • February 10, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello crafters! Today I’m very excited to introduce you to my very first collection of hot foil plates for Spellbinders called Foiled Basics. Previously, I’ve briefly shared a bit about…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Peony Bouquet Ink Blended Card. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula #cardmaking #simonsaysstamp

    Simon Says Stamp | Peony Bouquet Ink Blended Card. Video

    • February 8, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this episode, I have a Clean & Simple floral card featuring some ink blending using a stencil. I simply adore…

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  • Spellbinders | Glimmer of the Month - Abstract Foiled Shapes Cards by Yana Smakula #cardmaking #hotfoil #glimmerhotfoilystem #spellbindersclubkits

    Spellbinders | Glimmer of the Month – Abstract Foiled Shapes Cards

    • February 7, 2020
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    I love abstract art. This is something I can stare at for days and always find something new, something I haven’t noticed before. Maybe it’s silly, but I really do…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Floral Thank You Card by Yana Smakula featuring LEAVES AND BERRIES BACKGROUND sss102039, BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS sss101826 and GREETINGS MIX 1 sss201997 #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #stamping #handmadecard

    Simon Says Stamp | Floral Thank You Card

    • February 6, 2020
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    Hello, friends! I’m happy to be back on the blog sharing a simple floral Thank You card I made the other day. I had a few days off work this…

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  • How to make foiled (and heat embossed) Valentine's Day Cards. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula for Pretty Pink Posh

    Pretty Pink Posh | Valentine’s Day Cards featuring Hot Foiling with Coordinating Dies. Video

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

    Hello and welcome back to my blog! I have been so very busy the past few months (you probably noticed I posted a lot less often here), a lot of…

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  • MFT Stamps | Conversation Hearts Valentine's Day Card. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula #mftstamps #cardmaking #valentinesdaycard

    MFT Stamps | Conversation Hearts Valentine’s Day Card. Video

    • February 3, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello, friends! Oh my, goodness, it’s been a while. Last week I was away on a work trip to Germany – I demoed at the Creativeword show in Frankfurt at…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | I Like You Floral Card. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula #cardmaking #simonsaysstamp #stamping

    Simon Says Stamp | I Like You Floral Card. Video

    • January 21, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 4 Comments

    Hello and 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…

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  • Spellbinders | Foiled Basics Collection by Yana Smakula

    Spellbinders | Foiled Basics Collection – Project Kit. Video

    • January 20, 2020
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    Hello everyone, happy Monday! I’m very so excited to introduce you to my very first collection with Spellbinders – Foiled Basics. Foiled Basics is a small collection that includes everything…

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  • Pretty Pink Posh | DIY Be My Valentine Card by Yana Smakula featuring Large Floral Hearts Stamp Set #prettypinkposh #valentinesdaycard #stamping

    Pretty Pink Posh | DIY Be My Valentine Card. Blog Hop + Giveaway + Sale

    • January 15, 2020
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    • Cards
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    Hello, friends! Thank you for joining me today to help celebrate the Pretty Pink Posh 6th Birthday anniversary! Pretty Pink Posh is one of my favorite stamp manufacturers – I…

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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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