Simon Says Stamp | Rest & Refresh Release – Nothing Can Dim Your Light Card

Hello, friends! I hope you are having a wonderful week. If you are on the lookout for some new goodies to create with, your week is about to get even better as there is a new release from Simon Says Stamp – Rest & Refresh! Just in time for Summer!

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I received my goodies several days ago and was eager to rush to my crafty corner to sit down and enjoy some play time with my new stamps. Who doesn’t love that?

NOTHING CAN DIM YOUR LIGHT CARD DETAILS

The Rest & Refresh is yet another fabulous release from Simon. It features several stamps done in different style by different artists (this is what I love most about Simon’s releases – there is something for everyone). My favorite set from this collection is one done by Shari Caroll (I’m guessing, I could be wrong, but this illustration style looks a lot like Shari’s) – Your Light. This set features beautiful dainty illustrated images of a lighthouse, yacht, buoy, as well as many additional, supportive images such as clouds, seagulls, fish, crab, etc.

The sentiments in this set are also fantastic as they aren’t your typical “hello” messages, but those with a beautiful meaning. I used “Nothing Can Dim Your Light” one for the card I’m sharing today.

To create this card I stamped a scene using Simon’s Intense Black ink and my mini MISTI tool. Absolutely no masking was required (you know I’m not a fan of masking), it was an utter pleasure to stamp this scene. I stamped the lighthouse, added rays of light, a few clouds, and seagulls.

I used a few of my go-to Copic marker colors to quickly color these images: R89, R39, R27, R05, B29, B24, B02, B00, B000, Y35, Y15, Y11, C5, C3, C1. This reminds me, I need to order a few refills, better go that before I forget again. 

Using a circle die I cut the scene out, it just made more scene to place it into some sort of shape. To create a background for this card I dry embossed one of Simon’s new stencils – Nautical Stripes on white cardstock. This is one of my favorite ways to use stencils! After foam mounting the stamped scene to a card, I coated the lighthouse with some lacquer to give it a glossy finish and adhered 2 enamel hearts in red to balance the design off.

REST & REFRESH RELEASE

I encourage you to check out Simon’s Rest & Refresh release – there’s something for everyone! I’ll be back with more project ideas later this week on the 2nd day of Simon’s blog hop, I hope you’ll join me!

SUPPLIES

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Simon Says Clear Stamps Your Light Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Stencil Nautical Stripes Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Standard Circles LG Dies Shop at: SSS	Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y35 Maize Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker R05 Salmon Red Bright Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker R39 Garnet Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker R89 Dark Red Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker B02 Robin’s Egg Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker B24 Sky Blue Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker B29 Ultramarine Blue Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker C1 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker C3 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker C5 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS	White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS