Susanbcards: Simon Hurley Under the Sea Stamps and Dies

Simon Hurley just released these new stamps called Under the Sea. Spellbinders has some matching dies for the sea creatures. They are interesting stamps, as you can see each one has a design drawn inside the stamps, it's not a simple outline of a fish. It looks good inked up, here I used a few colors together on each stamp. Below is a YouTube tutorial on these cards.

I used some Paper Pouncers to apply multiple colors of inks onto the stamps. The stamps have lovely designs which makes using them so easy! No coloring! I used Simon Hurley inks in Prom Queen, Crown Me, No Diving, Roar! and Sike. Spellbinders has made a set of matching dies for the sea creatures (but not the sentiments).

For the first background, I applied Clear Skies and Crown Me Astro Pastes to black Mixed Media Paper with a palette knife and Craft Tool, just pulling it across the paper.

For the second card, I used Beluga Solar Paste, Crown Me and Breakup Blue Lunar Pastes on the black Mixed Media paper, using the same tools. I didn't like the look of it after it dried, so I went back to an old favorite technique of mine, archival ink on an embossing folder. I love the way the image is raised and the ink is pushed into the recessed areas. It really makes the design pop.

I diecut all the images and also cut an extra layer out of scrap cardstock just to make the images a bit more sturdy. I used foam tape to pop up the sentiments.

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