Simon Says Stamp | Surf’s Up – Surf Board Stamped Pattern. Video. Blog Hop. Giveaway

Hello friends and welcome to Simon’s Blog Hop celebrating Good Vibes release (more about this below). This product line is filled with fun images that are perfect for Summer and vacation cards! My favorite product from this release is the Surf’s Up stamp and die set and I’ve already made a bunch of cards using it, if you follow my blog and Youtube channel you might have already seen them yesterday here.

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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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CARD DETAILS

If you’ve been a follower of mine for some time you know that I love to use small stamps to create my own unique custom stamped patterns. And yes, there are all sorts of patterned papers out there that one can use for a card, but I think it’s super fun to be able to make a custom pattern yourself. You can pick the colors you like and you can stretch the use of the stamps that you have. So it’s a win win in my book.

Today I used two small surf board images from the Surf’s Up stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. It’s not hard to make this pattern at all, a few good tools will help you easily create it using these or any other stamps you might choose to use.

This is a liner pattern, in other words the surf boards are stamped more or less precisely on the background, the image placement is not random. To create this linear and non random look I like to use a clear block with a grid to help me align and stamp images perfectly. I also often use the grid on my cutting mat and align it with the grid on my clear block for even more precise placement.

I used Simon’s Intense Black ink for my stamping and stamped surf boards forming a pattern on my card. Once the first row was stamped it became much easier to align and stamp the rest as for this particular pattern the images sort of nestle inside each other. It’s just a matter of inking up and stamping these first boards.

I used Copic markers, some of my go-to colors, to color these images. I used:

• YG67, YG17 and YG25 to color green surf boards;
• BG18, BG15 and BG32 to color teal surf boards;
• RV14, RV13 and RV11 to color pink boards
• Y35, Y13 and Y11 to color yellow boards.

I also used a cool gray C1 marker to add a light gray shadow around each board to create the illusion of dimension on my card.

Next, I used my Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen and added a bunch of sparkle to each of the boards. I also coated some of the boards using Glossy accents and finally, once everything was dry I used a white gel pen and added highlights to some of the boards.

I stamped “Surf’s Up” sentiment, added a colored palm tree and umbrella along with a cute little sea gull and called this card done!

MORE INSPIRATION

Like I mentioned, I have MORE inspiration coming featuring this stamp set. Catch a quick sneak peek of my Yippee For Yana video going live tomorrow:

And here’s a preview of a card I shared on Wednesday, there’s a video tutorial there as well. See it here.

HOP ALONG WITH US!

The next step on this fabulous hop is Yoonsun Hur. You can also start over on Simon’s blog.

FREE GIFT WITH EVERY ORDER

Use code PUFFY to get a set of puffy stickers for free in your order (see product image above on the blog hop banner)! Valid until 6/24/2018.

GIVEAWAY!

Simon is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from blog comment section. Comment below for your chance to win.

Winners will be posted on Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday.

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 Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp 3×4 Inch Square Acrylic Block Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp 4×4 Inch Square Acrylic Block 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	Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink 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 RV11 Pink Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker RV13 Tender Pink Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker RV14 Begonia Pink Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker BG32 Aqua Mint Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker BG15 Aqua Blue Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker BG18 Teal Blue 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 C1 Cool Gray 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