Simon Says Stamp | How To Make Watercolor Galaxy Missing You Card. Video

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Hi everyone! I’m excited to bring you another episode from my by-monthly Yippee For Yana video series for Simon Says Stamp Blog! In today’s video I’m showing you how to create a watercolor galaxy background. I’m linking to products I used below. Affiliate links used.

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This project probably seems intimidating because right now you are thinking “there’s no way I can create that watercolor galaxy background”. Trust me, you can. You just have to give it a try and add some black and white at the end. This really is the main trick.

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

I started working on my project by stamping stars and a sub sentiment from the Seeing Stars stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink on Arches Hot Press watercolor cardstock panel. This particular paper is smooth and perfect for stamping and watercoloring, it has almost no texture at all, so images stamp really nicely. The reason I went with Versafine Onyx Black ink for stamping is this ink is nice and rich and it is waterproof; it was vital to use a waterproof ink for my stamping.

I also stamped my critters and I used a bit of masking. Because I was creating a scene, I needed to mask several images for best results.

After my stamping was done I moved onto coloring. I taped my panel onto a board (I knew I would be adding quite a bit of water so I wanted the panel to warp as little as possible and I was able to minimize warping by taping my panel down). For my coloring I used Gansai Tambi watercolors and first colored my critters.

Later, I used several colors or Copic markers (colors are listed below) to add details and shading to my images as I didn’t quite like the watercolored result. You can definitely combine different coloring mediums to add details and finishing touches. Don’t feel like you can’t mix mediums, you most definitely can (and because VersaFine ink is also Copic friendly after it’s been heat set the ink didn’t bleed when it came in contact with markers).

To color my background I first wet the paper using a flat waterbrush and next added initial color. I used a heat tool in between each layer of color and dried my paper. My background looked quite bad during the process but as soon as I added black and later white it magically transformed. I made sure to kept the area around my critters and sentiment light (I added only light shades of blue and purple and just a bit of black) so that the main images still remained prominently visible on my project.

I also die cut and stamped a wooden sign from the Camping Friends stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh onto same Arches Hot Press watercolor paper, added a missing you sentiment and watercolored the sign to match the rest of my scene.

I foam mounted my watercolor panel onto an A2 top folding card base – it was trimmed to 4 by 5 ½” and foam mounted stamped and die cut sign on top. I used black foam tape to make sure it wouldn’t be visible on the card.

This project was inspired by a card I shared several month ago over on my blog – I used the same Seeing Stars stamp set to stamp constellations on my background and went with the same watercolor galaxy technique.

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

Pretty Pink Posh Woodland Critters Clear Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Pretty Pink Posh Camping Friends Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Pretty Pink Posh Camping Friends Coordinating Dies Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Seeing Stars Stamps Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS	Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS	Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack Shop at: SSS	Ranger Studio Paint Artist Brushes Shop at: SSS
Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS	Jack Richeson 9 X 12 Inch Hardboard Panel Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker R20 Blush Pink Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand Beige Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia Brown Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker E79 Cashew Dark Brown Shop at: SSS	Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS	Be Creative Tape 3mm Sookwang Shop at: SSS	White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS

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