Hello friends! I have a bright and colorful Summer vacation cards to share featuring latest release from Simon Says Stamp – the Good Vibes!
I am only using one stamp set for my projects today, this is by far my current favorite set for Summer and whenever I have a set that I absolutely adore I try to use it as many times as I can, before I put it down. And that’s exactly the case with the Surf’s Up set.
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I have 2 more cards to share in this blog post (below) and also sneaks of a few upcoming projects & videos featuring this same Surf’s Up stamp set by Simon.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel:
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CARDS DETAILS
I started working on this card by white heat embossing landscape circle onto Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock. Next, I cut this image out using a coordinating die and used my Simon’s dye inks to color it.
I created masks with the help of masking paper and blended each section of this image separately – sky, island and water. I used Maliblue, Deep Sea, Duckling and Scuba inks for my blending.
I also stamped little scene-building images from this stamp set onto same paper using my Intense Black ink. I used Copic colors and did super simple and quick coloring. I mention my go-to Copic color combo in my video – you can check those out here.
I also used coordinating dies to cut the little pieces out and arranged them on my ink blended circle creating a summer vacation theme. I stamped “Have Fun” sentiment and several sea gulls in black ink.
To create a background for this card I used word stamps from the Surf’s Up stamp set and stamped Vacation, Summer and Surf’s Up in versamark ink onto Sea Glass cardstock by Simon Says Stamp. I adhered it onto an A2 white card base, foam mounted my ink blended circle and embellished my card using Butterfly Kisses sequins.
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION
Here are the other 2 cards I made using this same stamp set – both are very similar and use identical supplies. I didn’t differentiate the water, land and sky on these and did simple ink blended transitions.
SNEAK PEEKS
Like I mentioned, I have MORE inspiration coming featuring this stamp set. Catch a quick sneak peek below:
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 Surf’s Up Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Surf’s Up Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Surf’s Up Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Duckling Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Maliblue Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stam Deep Sea Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Main Attraction Magnetic Die Finder Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Kisses Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Emboss White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Scuba Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y13 Lemon Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y35 Maize Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG25 Celadon Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG67 Moss Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E79 Cashew Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Easy Clean Mat Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS |
Your cards are absolutely beautiful, Yana! Puts me in the mood to hit the beach 🙂
All of them are great but I love the color combo on your last one, the pink and yellow/orange it I so pretty together
Love all of it.
Fantastic cards Yana! Love all your inspiration!
These cards are all fabulous Yana, I cannot wait to see the surf boards card. L♥VE them!
Love your cards, so colorful and fun. They make me smile.
These are all so cute. Love the products in this new release.
Super cool, colorful and beautiful cards! 🙂
Love your beachy card inspiration–great job! Great new release from SSS!
Great cards and fun video. I’m with you—when a stamp set or die catches my eye, I want to use it for lots of projects. This particular set has lots of images I already own, so I can create my own scenes. However, I love the Beachy Waves background stamp, the Jazz Dance stencil, and the Perforated Pockets dies in this release.
I am going to try your technique out Yana of stamping all the images from a stamp set so that I do not have to go back to stamping again. I am also going to try and make more than one card with one stamping set. Thank you for all the TOP TIPs and sharing this with us crafters. :O)
Love all the cards you made with this set. When you said you made a bunch I had to head on over to your blog! Wonderful inspiration!
Your cards are so fun! I love the beach scenes 🙂
Love the card, very uplifting
I love all your cards! They’re so colorful and cheerful! Beach scenes are the best. I really enjoyed watching you mask the background.
Fabulous card, makes one feel like they are at the beach
Great cards, I especially love the one with the pink & yellow background!
beautiful cards Yana. I love them all by my favorites are “Soak up some Summer” and “Enjoy your Vacation”
Beautiful cards, each and every one.