Simon Says Stamp | Positive Mermaid Vibes. Video

Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!  In this episode, I am sharing a summer Positive Mermaid Vibes card with Simon’s latest Be a Mermaid stamp set. This is a fun and easy to make project that doesn’t need a whole lot of supplies.

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CARD DETAILS

I started to work on my card by heat embossing the Out To Sea background stamp in Simon’s Detail White embossing powder on Sea Glass cardstock. I tried stamping this background in black on white and coloring it with Copic markers for a similar look, but truth be told I really overcomplicated it, so I gave up that idea and just did good old heat embossing in white embossing powder. After all, white embossing always looks fantastic. And it works really well for this stamp.

I love the look of these waves on light blue cardstock! I think this background would also be fun to emboss on various shades of blue and blue-green cardstock, cut the individual waves out, and layer as if coloring the background with paper. I did share this technique last year in another video featuring Simon’s Waves background, that video is called Color with Paper, in case you’d like to check it out.

Next, I stamped several images from the Be a Mermaid stamp set in Simon’s Intense Black ink on white cardstock and did quick Copic marker coloring.

I used RV00, RV10, and RV09 to color the seashells pink. I got this idea from Nina Marie Trapani, she colored the seashells on her recent card pink and yellow and I thought that was such a fabulous idea! Otherwise, I would probably color them the natural seashell color!

To color both of my mermaid tails I used B000, BG45, and BG09 markers. I also used yellow markers to color the starfish and here I went with Y11, Y08, and Y17 markers. These are small images, so not a lot of blending can take place. Doing quick coloring is really the best way to go.

There are coordinating dies available and so I used mine off-camera to cut these images out.

I trimmed my heat embossed background to 4 x 5 1/4”. My idea was to slide the mermaid tails into the waves and to do that I needed to make tiny slits in my background. Easily doable using a craft knife. Just remember to cut the paper on your craft mat and not on your desk! Follow the curve of the wave and you have yourself a perfectly cut slit!

I added my seashells using foam adhesive squares and glue, I also created a sentient that reads Positive Mermaid Vibes, I love that this sentiment has a coordinating die!

I added large foam adhesive squares behind the mermaid tails, but I didn’t remove the backing paper, so these aren’t actually adhered to the card, they are just raised.

Next, to add sparkle and make the tails look wet I used a Tonic Studios Nuco Shimmer pen in Glitter Gloss and gave these a very generous coat of silver glitter. Lastly, I added several dimensional water baubles using Nuvo Drops in Sea Breeze!

Have fun stamping!

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 Be a Mermaid Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Be a Mermaid Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamps and Dies Be a Mermaid Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Cling Stamp Out to Sea Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Misti Regular Black Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Misti Mini Black Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS	Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Powder White Fine Detail Shop at: SSS	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y08 Acid Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker RV00 Water Lily Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker RV10 Pale Pink Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker RV09 Fuchsia Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker BG45 Nile Blue Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker BG09 Blue Green Shop at: SSS	Tonic Sea Breeze Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS
White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS