Blessed Are The Curious

Hello my friends, I'm back to share another card made using products included in Simon Says Stamp Beautiful and Curious May 2025 Card Kit. The kit is available to purchase HERE if you don't already subscribe to Simon Says Monthly Kit or, if you wish, individual items are also available to purchase (see the links below).

I created a card using the Beautiful and Curious 6" x 8" stamp set along with the Distress Crayons included in the kit.

I began by trimming Distress Watercolor card to 4" x 5.1/4", stamped the large moth image from the stamp set repeatedly on the panel, inked with Simon Says Clear Embossing Ink pad, sprinkled with Simon Says White Embossing Powder and heat set.

I applied a coat of Distress Collage Medium Matte over the panel using a Distress Collage Brush. The Distress Collage Medium creates a slick surface which allowed me to move the crayon around and blend with a slightly damp finger.

I scribbled the Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber Distress Crayons randomly over the surface, dampened my finger and blended the colours together. Once I was happy with the background I used a paper towel to remove any crayon sitting on the embossed surfaces.

I placed the Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Gradient Dot Mini Layering Stencil from Set 39 on the panel, scribbled over with the stencil with the Abandoned Coral Distress Crayon and used my finger to push the colour through the stencil.

I inked the splatter and ABC images from the stamp set with Distress Black Soot Mini Ink pad, included in the kit and stamped randomly n the background.

I stamped the large moth and sentiment from the stamp set on to Simon Says Heat Resistant Acetate, inked with the Distress Black Soot Mini Ink pad, sprinkled with Ranger Black Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I fussy cut around the moth and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium applied only to the body and pulled the wings up to create dimension. I trimmed the sentiment to create an acetate banner and fixed to the panel using Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Tiny Attacher. I stamped the small text and postmark images from the stamp set, inked with Black Soot Distress Archival to fill in some of the blank areas on the panel.

To finish, I added splatters of Dina Wakley White Gloss Spray, matted the panel on to Distress Black HeavyStock trimmed to 1/8" larger and fixed to an A2 white card blank.

I hope you all have a very HappyEaster Weekend with lots of chocolate treats and I'll see you all on Monday to share my DT project for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

Hugs Kath xxx