Simon Says Stamp | Keep On Swimming Card

Hello friends! I’ve got a Keep On Swimming card to share today featuring even more ink blending (I’m on a roll) and some quick Copic coloring. I like to make encouragement cards for my friends (and also just for fun – for myself) so I made one using a few supplies from Simon Says Stamp.

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CARD DETAILS

I started working on this card by stamping 5 fish from the Deep Sea Animals stamp set in Simon’s Intense Black ink. Next, I used my Copic markers to some quick coloring. I used YG67, YG17 and YG25 as well as Y35, Y13 and Y11. Once my coloring was done I cut fish out with a coordinating die, added a white pen highlight and coated with Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen for some sparkle.

Next, I used Deep Sea, Maliblue and Duckling inks to ink blend a pretty background that looked like the bottom of the sea. I also white heat embossed a large “Yay” from the Emphatic stamp set on the left hand side of my panel to add some interest to my card. I foam mounted my fish on top and also added “Keep On Swimming” and “You Got This” sentiments stamped in black on white cardstock strips.

This handmade card uses Nuvo Drops to make water bubbles. Want to see 4 other ways you can use Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studios in card making? Check out this article – 5 Ways to Use Nuvo Drops.

To create the front panel of my card I used my stripes stamp set and stamped a number of stripes in Maliblue ink. I had some yellow ink residue on the stamp, so the color got a bit contaminated and became more mint than blue.

I foam mounted my panel onto the card and added a number of air bubbles onto the panel using Nuvo Drops in Morning Dew. I also used Glossy Accents and coated each fish for a shiny glossy look.

SUPPLIES

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Simon Says Clear Stamps Basic Stripes Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Under the Sea Animals Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Under the Sea Animals Dies Shop at: SSS	CZ Design Clear Stamps Yay 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
Ranger Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White 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	Versamark Watermark Emboss 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 Y11 Pale Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y13 Lemon Yellow Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker Y35 Maize 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
Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS	Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS	Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS	Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS
Sakura Classic White Bold Line 10 Pen Shop at: SSS	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS

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