Simon Says Stamp | You Are Cherished Tropical Watercolor Card + New Release

For Simon’s Blog Hop Post please go HERE. Thank you! This post is additional inspiration using new goodies.

Hello, friends! You might have already guessed there’s a new release from Simon Says Stamp on the horizon! I’ve been posting some sneaks on my Instagram (and a card from the sneaks is coming to my blog tomorrow along with a video tutorial). In this post, however, I wanted to share a different project I made using new products – a tropical watercolor You Are Cherished card.

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CARD DETAILS

When I sat down to make this card I was very much inspired by a sneak video Debby posted a few days ago. I loved her coloring and expert use of colored pencils, but I knew I would never be able to do coloring like that myself. So I settled on what was doable and realistic for me – watercolor.

Despite the fact that I am not a big fan of masking I made a few masks for the tropical flowers from the Summer Flowers stamp set and stamped this floral arrangement using Versafine Onyx Black ink on Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper. I saved my mask so I can always go back and stamp more floral arrangements using these images (I am really looking forward to that as these are just stunning florals).

I pulled out my Daniel Smith watercolors (I used dot watercolors that came in my Simon’s kit) and did some coloring. I also added a bit of aqua around the images to add some color to the background and help images stand out. After my coloring was done I used one of the new stencils – the Circular Lace and dry embossed my panel in my Platinum 6 die cutting machine. I’ll be sharing the dry embossing part on video on Friday, so stay tuned.

By the time I finished my dry embossing the watercolors have dried completely and lost a some of their color, they weren’t as vibrant as I had hoped they’d be so I pulled out my Copics and used them to intensify the darker, shadow areas on my panel.

For my sentiment I went with “You Are Cherished” from the new Thoughtful Messages stamp set. I heat embossed it in white onto vellum and wrapped velum around the panel. I thought about stamping it in black onto the panel itself, or stamping onto a strip of cardstock, but I didn’t want to cover up any of my coloring so I went with vellum.

I foam mounted my panel onto a 4 Bar card and added several white dots using Nuvo Drops. I also used a white gel pen to whiten the certain areas on my card.

SIMON SAYS STAMP CHERISHED RELEASE

Have you seen new release from Simon? I am loving all of the new stencils and also the Summer Flowers stamp set. Those are must have!

Simon Says Stencils Circular Lace Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stencils Star Medallion Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stencils Heart Mandala Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp Rebecca Lace Background Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Summer Flowers Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Clear Stamps Thoughtful Messages Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamps and Dies Big Perfect Shapes Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Big Perfect Shapes Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Big Perfect Shapes Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Envelope Greetings Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Clear Stamps Cool Panda Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Crafting Time Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Suzy’s Birds and Butterflies Watercolor Prints Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Celosia Sequins Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Chameleon Sequins Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Amethyst Sequins Shop at: SSS

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

Simon Says Clear Stamps Summer Flowers Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stencils Circular Lace Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Thoughtful Messages Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Vellum Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS
Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS	Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS	Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS
Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Extra Fine Essential Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Primary Extra Fine Watercolor Triad Set Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Secondary Extra Fine Watercolor Triad Set Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS	ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS	Be Creative Tape 3mm Sookwang Shop at: SSS	White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS

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