simon says stamp - waves for summer

Have you seen the latest SSS release, Rest and Refresh?  I got to play with this wonderful background stamp, Waves.

So I know, it's called "Waves". But...  if you stamp it once, turn it 45 degrees and stamp it again... you get the coolest design. Just sit back, chillax and watercolor. You may have seen this in my IG stories...

SSS Waves stamp

Altenew watercolors

orange embossing powder

And maybe you saw the first three cards I posted using portions of the watercolored 6 x 6 panel.

The pattern and colors screamed summer to me, so using the panel I reached for the Simon Summertime die and made two cards. First with the negative. Did some ink smooshing with acetate to match the colors of the die cut piece and added two tropical die cuts Kesi Hibiscus and Flora and Fauna Flamingo.

With the positives I revisited a CAS design. Used an older Simon set, Summer Garden and some Nuvo drops.

Check out the release if you haven't, and all the makes with it in the gallery at Simon Says Stamp. Thanks mucho, Simon.

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SSS Wednesday - AG

Happy Little Stampers - AG with Dies June