Simon Says Stamp | We Grow Through – Watercolor Tree Encouragement Card

Hello, friends! I love to use quotes and meaningful sentiments as messages on my handmade cards. Yes, I have lots of Happy Birthdays and Miss Yous and so on, but meaningful sentiments like this one today is what I personally like best. That’s why the You Got This stamp set from Simon, I think, is one of my all time favorite sets.

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CARD DETAILS

I started working on this simple encouraging card by heat embossing the stunning tree in Simon’s Antique Gold embossing powder (I feel like there’s no other embossing powder for me these days! I’m half way through my second jar!) onto Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper.

Next, I taped my heat embossed panel onto a hard board (to minimise warping), wet it with clean (well, my water had a bit of blue in it) water and started coloring. I used my Yana’s Daniel Smith watercolor palette and colored it in yellow and pink using Quinacridone Gold and Quinacridone Rose colors. The yellow and pink combo always looks great together and it reminds me of Spring!

I let my background dry, next trimmed it to 4 x 5 1/4″, foam mounted onto an A2 card base. For my sentiment I picked one that reads “You Grow Through What You Go Through“. I think it’s so fitting! Heat embossed it in white onto black cardstock, trimmed into skinny strips and foam mounted with the help of black foam adhesive.

Lastly, I embellished my card using pink confetti in several sizes.

I have another card created using this tree stamp, I’ll be sharing it soon, stay tuned!

SUPPLIES

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