Simon Says Stamp | Simple Watercolor Waves With Background Stamping

Hello, friends! Do you like to vacation during Summer? If so, where is your favorite vacation destination? Mine, perhaps not during Summer months as it’s too hot, is Sri Lanka. It is a perfect holiday destination in the cold Winter months as it offers nothing short of tropical paradise with gorgeous green-blue Indian Ocean waters, golden sand beaches and lush exotic vegetation.

When I was making this card, and dreaming of a quick getaway, I was remembering Sri Lanka.

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CARD DETAILS

Simon’s new Waves background stamp inspired me to pull out my long-forgotten watercolors and try my hand at watercoloring waves. Truth be told, I had no idea where to start, but remembering the beautiful waters I saw in Sri Lanka I used a couple of blue and green shades from my custom watercolor palette and watercolored away.

I first stamped the background image in Versafine Onyx Black ink on Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper. Having taped the paper down to a hard surface I wet it with water and began applying colors one by one creating darker and lighter areas where the waves met. I used the following Daniel Smith watercolor colors: Indigo, Phthalo Blue, Ultramarine Turquoise, Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, Cobalt Teal Blue, Amazonite Genuine, Fuchsite Genuine, and Duochrome Oceanic. Many of these colors are available in my Daniel Smith Dot Chart if you’d like to give them a try (watch THIS video to learn how to use this chart). To paint the sand I used Goethite-Brown Ochre and Transparent Brown Oxide.

Once the background was dry, I started painting in the sea foam. I had no idea how to do that but decided to try and use a dry paintbrush and white acrylic paint. Using a dry brush I applied the paint along the black stamped line to form the foam. Did it work? I think it did – the foam looks rather real. I alternated between brush sizes when wanting to create larger areas of sea foam.

Next, I stamped, colored, and cut out several images from another stamp set by Simon Says Stamp (my favorite from last year) – Surf’s Up to create a beach scene on this card. I did very simple Copic marker coloring and adhered images in place using glue and foam adhesive.

The sentiment was stamped partially on the background and partially on green cardstock, cut to a strip and foam mounted for some dimension on this card. Lastly, I couldn’t resist embellishing my card with several sequins from the Star Spangles set and Nuvo Drops in Morning Dew.

Have fun stamping!

SUPPLIES

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Simon Says Cling Stamp Waves Shop at: SSS	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
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Daniel Smith Indigo 5ml Shop at: SSS	Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Transparent Brown Oxide 15ml Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Duochrome Oceanic Shop at: SSS
Daniel Smith Ultramarine Turquoise Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Phthalo Blue Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Goethite-Brown Ochre 15ml Shop at: SSS	Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 2 Round 300527 Shop at: SSS
Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 4 Round 300541 Shop at: SSS	Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 6 Round 300565 Shop at: SSS	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS	Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS
Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS	White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS