Simon Says Stamp | Desert Island Scene Card. Video

Hello everyone! When I first stamped a few images from the Tropical Leaves stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and saw the cute little bear from the Summertime Animals set I immediately wanted to create a skirt for him out of tropical leaves.

This might sound a bit weird lol, I bet it sounds a lot weird, but I had that idea in my head and I just needed to re-create it on paper. I’m loving the result and hope you’ll love it too!

Simon Says Stamp | Desert Island Scene Card. Video

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VIDEO TUTORIAL – TROPICAL BEAR CARD

I filmed a video tutorial where I share the process of how this card came together. Watch it here or on my Youtube channel.

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CARD DETAILS

I started by stamping the bear and pineapple in Simon’s Intense Black ink onto Copic-friendly paper. Both images were colored with Copic markers, but I only did flat one-shade coloring (I should have done a better job in terms of coloring the bear, but every time I try to add shading I just mess things up).

Like I mentioned, I wanted to have a tropical bear and I wanted to cover his underpants up with tropical leaves. I intentionally didn’t color that part of the image, the underpants, instead I extended the brown color from his feet up so no white would show through.

Simon Says Stamp | Desert Island Scene Card. Video

To create the tropical skirt I used images from the Tropical Leaves stamp set and stamped the smallest leaf 3 times using Willow and also a large leaf using Sunshine. I also did a lot of additional stamping – I wanted to create a palm tree or an illusion of lush tropical vegetation on this card, so I stamped a bunch more leaves using Catkin, Willow, Mint Candy and Duckling.

Simon Says Stamp | Desert Island Scene Card. Video

To create the scene, and by the scene I mean the island I used Simon’s Stitched Ovals die set and die cut the largest out of Sunshine cardstock, that created a perfect hill for my bear to stand on. I blended Mint Candy ink onto a panel of white cardstock to create ocean and sky. My island die cut was foam mounted onto the ink blended panel, I also stamped a Summer sentiment in Slate ink.

Simon Says Stamp | Desert Island Scene Card. Video

The bear was foam mounted onto the panel, so was the pineapple. I also foam mounted the sun die cut and clustered a bunch of leaves around it to create the look of the tropics.

Finally I adhered my panel onto a Chocolate card base and added clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh to finish this card.

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 Stamps And Dies WARM WEATHER ANIMALS
Simon Says Stamps And Dies WARM WEATHER ANIMALS
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Simon Says Stamp WARM WEATHER ANIMALS Wafer Dies
Simon Says Stamp WARM WEATHER ANIMALS Wafer Dies
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Simon Says Clear Stamps SUMMERTIME ANIMALS
Simon Says Clear Stamps SUMMERTIME ANIMALS
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Simon Says Clear Stamps TROPICAL LEAVES
Simon Says Clear Stamps TROPICAL LEAVES
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Simon Says Stamp TROPICAL LEAVES Wafer Dies
Simon Says Stamp TROPICAL LEAVES Wafer Dies
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Simon Says Stamps And Dies TROPICAL LEAVES
Simon Says Stamps And Dies TROPICAL LEAVES
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Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Dye Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Duckling Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Duckling Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Catkin Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Catkin Dye Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Mint Candy Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Mint Candy Dye Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Hybrid Ink Pad Cube Set KARMA
Simon Says Stamp Hybrid Ink Pad Cube Set KARMA
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Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Cardstock
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Simon Says Stamp Dark Chocolate Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Dark Chocolate Cardstock
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Ranger .5 Oz. Multi Medium Matte Adhesive
Ranger .5 Oz. Multi Medium Matte Adhesive
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Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer Die Cutting Machine
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Simon Says Stamp STITCHED OVALS Wafer Dies
Simon Says Stamp STITCHED OVALS Wafer Dies
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Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools
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Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils
Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils
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Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small)
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small)
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Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow
Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow
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Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper
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Sakura QUICKIE GLUE ROLLER PEN
Sakura QUICKIE GLUE ROLLER PEN
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Mini MISTI Stamping Tool
Mini MISTI Stamping Tool
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Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB
Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB
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Copic Sketch Marker E15 DARK SUNTAN Brown
Copic Sketch Marker E15 DARK SUNTAN Brown
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Copic Sketch Marker E31 BRICK BEIGE Cream
Copic Sketch Marker E31 BRICK BEIGE Cream
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Copic Sketch Marker Y21 BUTTERCUP YELLOW Light Pastel
Copic Sketch Marker Y21 BUTTERCUP YELLOW Light Pastel
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Copic Sketch Marker YG03 YELLOW GREEN
Copic Sketch Marker YG03 YELLOW GREEN
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3 Comments

    1. I was laughing hard when saw this card. Such a funny idea! I like that the skirt leaves are a bit oversized for this bear. It makea it look even funnier. And you can tell it from his (her?) face expression!
      Awesome!

    1. Such an adorable card! Thanks for sharing it. You are so talented w/ composition and color choice

    1. Really loved your Tropical Island card. I love watching you make cards. Thank you for sharing.

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