For Simon’s Blog Hop Post please go HERE. Thank you! This post is additional inspiration using new goodies.
Hello, friends! You might have already guessed there’s a new release from Simon Says Stamp on the horizon! I’ve been posting some sneaks on my Instagram (and a card from the sneaks is coming to my blog tomorrow along with a video tutorial). In this post, however, I wanted to share a different project I made using new products – a tropical watercolor You Are Cherished card.
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CARD DETAILS
When I sat down to make this card I was very much inspired by a sneak video Debby posted a few days ago. I loved her coloring and expert use of colored pencils, but I knew I would never be able to do coloring like that myself. So I settled on what was doable and realistic for me – watercolor.
Despite the fact that I am not a big fan of masking I made a few masks for the tropical flowers from the Summer Flowers stamp set and stamped this floral arrangement using Versafine Onyx Black ink on Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper. I saved my mask so I can always go back and stamp more floral arrangements using these images (I am really looking forward to that as these are just stunning florals).
I pulled out my Daniel Smith watercolors (I used dot watercolors that came in my Simon’s kit) and did some coloring. I also added a bit of aqua around the images to add some color to the background and help images stand out. After my coloring was done I used one of the new stencils – the Circular Lace and dry embossed my panel in my Platinum 6 die cutting machine. I’ll be sharing the dry embossing part on video on Friday, so stay tuned.
By the time I finished my dry embossing the watercolors have dried completely and lost a some of their color, they weren’t as vibrant as I had hoped they’d be so I pulled out my Copics and used them to intensify the darker, shadow areas on my panel.
For my sentiment I went with “You Are Cherished” from the new Thoughtful Messages stamp set. I heat embossed it in white onto vellum and wrapped velum around the panel. I thought about stamping it in black onto the panel itself, or stamping onto a strip of cardstock, but I didn’t want to cover up any of my coloring so I went with vellum.
I foam mounted my panel onto a 4 Bar card and added several white dots using Nuvo Drops. I also used a white gel pen to whiten the certain areas on my card.
SIMON SAYS STAMP CHERISHED RELEASE
Have you seen new release from Simon? I am loving all of the new stencils and also the Summer Flowers stamp set. Those are must have!
 Simon Says Stencils Circular Lace Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stencils Star Medallion Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stencils Heart Mandala Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp Rebecca Lace Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Summer Flowers Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Thoughtful Messages Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Big Perfect Shapes Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Big Perfect Shapes Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Big Perfect Shapes Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Envelope Greetings Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Cool Panda Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Crafting Time Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Suzy’s Birds and Butterflies Watercolor Prints Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Celosia Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Chameleon Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Amethyst Sequins Shop at: SSS |
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 Summer Flowers Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stencils Circular Lace Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Clear Stamps Thoughtful Messages Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Vellum Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS |
 Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Extra Fine Essential Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Primary Extra Fine Watercolor Triad Set Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Secondary Extra Fine Watercolor Triad Set Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Be Creative Tape 3mm Sookwang Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
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Beautiful coloring techniques!
This is just beautiful! I love the pretty colors and your beautiful design! Wow!
So pretty and summery – love it!
Gorgeous card!
Love the bird of paradise stamp.
Stunning!!!!!
Your watercoloring is so beautiful. Love the card!
Love this! Your watercoloring looks fantastic.
Gorgeous card. Love the watercolor!!
A stunning card, bright and beautiful
I love the idea of dry embossing with the stencil as a finishing touch for your panel. So pretty!
Wonderful watercoloring on the Tropical creation.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful card! Love these florals! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Such a beautiful card and great watercoloring. So happy I ordered this set.
As always, you have created a beautiful card!!!
I like how the background dry embossing shows up – reminds me of a beautiful quilt to snuggle under.
Beautiful floral – love it!
Beautiful coloring! Like the embossing with it.
Beautiful watercolor! And that stamp set is really nice.
Pretty card, lovely use of vellum. Thank you for sharing
Gorgeous!!
Beautiful. I love these flowers! And your masking looks great 🙂
Love the background – really sets off your pretty flowers!
Beautiful, Yana! Your card and Debby’s are different, but equally lovely. The bird of paradise is stunning!
Such a great job! I love your website and am looking forward to the dry embossing info… Thank you!
Amazing card, love that Debby inspired you but the cards are so different
Such a pretty card and really like the vellum to soften the look.
Really pretty. A great summer cards.
Your card made me long for tropical places and lush gardens! Thank you fro sharing 🙂
Lovely cards
These Tropical Flowers are so lovely. Such a beautiful, beautiful card!
Very beautiful card.
great card design. thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card, Bird of Paradise always remind me of my mom, so they always make me smile.
You could frame this!! So pretty :))
Very pretty card, I like the flower stamp set.
Beautiful watercoloring. Love the colors you used. Can’t wait to receive my order!!!
Such gorgeous colours and texture!
Pretty colors, just lovely
Lovely coloring! I love the embossed texture in the background too.
I really like the idea to emboss a stencil as a background, it gives texture, letting at the same time the flowers to be the main focus.
Beautiful. You are such an awesome designer.
gorgeous card! Love the water coloring!
The embossing really caught my eye!
I am so glad I’m checking out everyone’s Hop this is giving me so many new ideas for cards. Your card is so pretty and bright. Thank you for sharing your idea.
Your card is just so beautiful! Very inspiring.
Pretty Card and your photos of your cards are outstanding!
Very beautiful! Love the Bird of Paradise.
I think this set is going to be a favorite of mine! Thanks for sharing your beautiful card.
This is quite striking! Lovely coloring on stitched florals. The textured background adds a lot.