Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In today’s video, I am creating an abstract encouragement card with Simon’s Waves Builder stamp set. I love products that give me abstract-looking images as I feel I can always get more use out of them.

Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

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CARD DETAILS

Waves Builder is a 6×6 cling background stamp and all of the sections are separate. Yep, they’ve been pre-cut for you so that you can easily stamp each wave in a different color of ink without any masking.

Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

I figured I would stamp from the bottom up and to make things easier I would remove the section immediately next to the one I was inking and stamping. I picked several colors of ink from Simon starting from very light pale blue to very dark, deep blue. I used the following colors: Maliblue, Sea Glass, Audrey Blue, High Dive, Teal, Soft Navy, Deep Sea.

Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

My stamping was done on Simon’s 120lb cardstock. I love this paper for just about anything lately. While this stamp is called Waves builder, you can easily adapt these shapes to create a pretty landscape. If you stamp the shapes in green, or perhaps even yellow or pink, you can create hills for your card. You could keep some sections blue to mimic sky, one section light brown to mimic a road, another section blue to have a river and stamp the rest in various shades of green to create a different looking background.

Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

You also don’t have to stick to any particular landscape, you can use these shapes just as abstract shapes and stamp them in rainbow order, or ombre pink or yellow or any other color. The stamp set name does suggest those shapes are waves, but I encourage you to look at these in a different way. Do these shapes remind you or anything else? Can you combine them with other stamps from your stash?

Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

In my head, this background looks very much like a stormy sea. To add a focal point I used an older stamp set from Simon – Your Light. I stamped a lighthouse in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Simon Says Stamp | Stormy Sea Waves Builder Card. Video

I used Copic markers to color this image:

  • B04, B02, B00, and B000;
  • C9, C7, C5, C3, and C1;
  • E37, E33, and E31;
  • Y17, Y08

I used a coordinating die and cut the lighthouse out in my die-cutting machine. Next, I also cut a sentiment strip from Simon’s Reverse Sunshine and Rainbows Sentiment strips and used a black marker, a Copic, to color the white edge black – I remember this tip from Shari Carol and it does make a world of a difference.

I also die-cut 4 blank lighthouses and I used those to add dimension to my main die cut. I love this trick, it does make the card a bit heavier, but I don’t mind. I used the Bearly Art glue and adhered all of those together.

Next, I used Simon’s dot runner adhesive and adhered my stamped background onto an A2 white top folding card base. I also adhered my lighthouse and foam mounted a sentiment and stamped some additional detail images from the Your Light stamp set. Lastly, I embellished my card using a few silver gems from the Spellbinders Color Essentials Gems Silver Mix.

Have fun stamping!

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 Cling Stamp Waves Builder
Simon Says Cling Stamp Waves Builder
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Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Reverse Sunshine and Rainbows
Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Reverse Sunshine and Rainbows
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Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
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Simon Says Clear Stamps Your Light
Simon Says Clear Stamps Your Light
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Simon Says Stamp White Cardstock 120LB
Simon Says Stamp White Cardstock 120LB
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Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Dye Ink Pad
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Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
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Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
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Mini Misti Stamping Tool
Mini Misti Stamping Tool
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Simon Says Stamp Teal Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Teal Dye Ink Pad
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SIMON SAYS STAMP MALIBLUE INK PAD
SIMON SAYS STAMP MALIBLUE INK PAD
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SIMON SAYS STAMP AUDREY BLUE INK PAD
SIMON SAYS STAMP AUDREY BLUE INK PAD
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Soft Navy
Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Soft Navy
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Simon Says Stamp High Dive Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp High Dive Dye Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Deep Sea Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Deep Sea Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Dot Runner and 2 Refills
Simon Says Stamp Dot Runner and 2 Refills
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Simon Says Stamp 2 Dot Runner Refills Adhesive
Simon Says Stamp 2 Dot Runner Refills Adhesive
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Copic Sketch Marker Y08 Acid Yellow
Copic Sketch Marker Y08 Acid Yellow
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Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow
Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow
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Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain
Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain
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Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue
Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue
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Copic Sketch Marker B02 Robin
Copic Sketch Marker B02 Robin’s Egg
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Copic Sketch Marker B04 Tahitian Blue
Copic Sketch Marker B04 Tahitian Blue
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Copic Sketch Marker C5 Cool Gray Grey
Copic Sketch Marker C5 Cool Gray Grey
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Copic Sketch Marker C7 Cool Gray
Copic Sketch Marker C7 Cool Gray
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Copic Sketch Marker C9 Cool Gray Grey
Copic Sketch Marker C9 Cool Gray Grey
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Copic Sketch Marker E31 Brick Beige
Copic Sketch Marker E31 Brick Beige
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Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand
Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand
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Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia
Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia
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Spellbinders Silver Mix Color Essential Gems
Spellbinders Silver Mix Color Essential Gems
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Bearly Art Mini Precision Craft Glue
Bearly Art Mini Precision Craft Glue
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Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer
Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer
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White Foam Squares
White Foam Squares
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  1. Your card made me smile. Who doesn’t love the ocean and a lighthouse? Thanks for sharing your talents with us.

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