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Hi friends! I have some belated inspiration to share with you using the February 2026 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month, which is now available for preorder! (Click HERE to see all of the details of the kit!) I love the opportunity to work with these carefully-curated kits, because the coordinating components work so beautifully together that some of the creative work is done for me! I simply have to come up with a layout and add the general details. Here’s a sneak peek at this month’s kit:
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My card today takes it’s cues from the beautiful rose gold metallic cardstock that comes in the kit; I adore pairing rose gold with blush and peach tones, and so used that as my inspiration for this bokeh card. Let’s get started with the details on my project!
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To begin, I used a stamping block to stamp the solid circle images from Be Your Beautiful Self onto an A2 panel of Ivory cardstock, included with the kit. Whenever I see solid circle stamps, my mind immediately goes to bokeh. Remember how bokeh was all the rage about ten years ago? Well, I have created this bokeh background in honor of those bygone stylistic days! I used the “stamping off” method to achieve these soft overlapping circles, stamping circles of Rhubarb, Salmon, and Paprika Pawsitively Saturated Inks once on scratch paper off to the side using a stamp block and the foam Craft Pad to ensure extra crisp stamping, then stamping the soft remnants on my A2 panel. I did leave the Shell inked circles at full strength to keep them visible. I made sure to overlap some circles and try to be as random as possible with the placement so that it looked soft and blurred, like bokeh in a photograph! Once I had completed the stamping, I blended more Shell ink around the edges and splattered the background with some beautiful rose gold metallic watercolors.
While the background was drying, I used the concentric circle dies from the included Artful Palette die set to cut three different sizes of solid rose gold metallic circles. I envisioned a collage of die cut shapes on my bokeh background, and also die cut the three different sized butterfly dies from the sheet of vellum cardstock included with the kit.
To complete my collage, I stamped three different greetings from the Be Your Beautiful Self onto some more Ivory cardstock using embossing ink, then added Rose Gold embossing powder to coordinate beautifully with the peachy blush tones of the rest of the card. I used the coordinating dies (sold separately from the kit and linked below) to die cut the sentiments, then began arranging the die cut elements on my bokeh card front. I used liquid adhesive as well as the thin foam adhesive squares included in the kit, doubling the foam adhesive up for a few of the elements so that they were a bit taller than the others, adding plenty of dimension and interest to the card. Finally, I added some sparkling Peachy Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to the bodies of the butterflies and around the die cut collage!
Well, that’s all for me today! I think this card is so pretty, and shows that even the simplest of shapes can become the prettiest cards.
The Simon Says Stamp Card Kits are such an incredible value; the value of the individual elements of each kit equals far more than the $44.99 price tag, so you’re getting incredible bang for your buck. If you are consistently interested in the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month, you can sign up HERE to become a subscriber for an even bigger discount on these carefully curated products. As always, Simon also makes each individual element of the kits available a la carte, so that you can pick and choose what you would like to purchase if buying the entire kit isn’t really your thing. Options galore! Who can say no to such incredible value though, right?
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
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