Full of Smiles Cards Two Ways featuring the July 2026 Card Kit
Hi friends! Heather Hoffman here to share two different ways to fill a card full of smiles to let your friend know how much you love them! One version is monochromatic and uses larger circles, and one is full of fun colors and uses tiny circles. Would you believe they both use the same smiley face? They look so different! Both feature the fun Pop Art stamp set from the July 2026 Card Kit – Pop Art!
Card kits generally come with a stamp set, and while the coordinating dies are often available as an add-on (as is the case with this month’s kit), there are so many ways to use stamp sets without any die cutting needed. Repeating images and/or sentiments is one of the best ways!
For the first card I went with the stereotypical yellow smiley faces! I grabbed the larger circle from the Pop Art stamp set and stamped it 3 times on a panel of white cardstock with Zest ink, then grabbed the dotted circles and stamped that with Honey ink – not bothering to line up perfectly so it kept a bit abstract. I then stamped the smiley faces and sentiments with Nocturne ink. I tore the edges of that panel, then mounted on a background of Banana Yellow cardstock with some strips of Honey cardstock to pull it all together. And finally, I added a few of those Dazzling Clear Gems in the kit to the smiley faces!
For the second card I broke out the tiny circle and an entire rainbow of fun ink colors. I stamped the circles with alternating Lilac, Cantaloupe, Surf, Wheat, and Blush inks, then added the SAME smiley face over each one with Twilight (on the Lilac), Nutmeg (on the Cantaloupe), Tropic (on the Surf), Artichoke (on the Wheat), and Sweets (on the Blush). The layering of somewhat tone on tone colors makes these look entirely different! I stamped a sentiment directly over the background with Nocturne ink again, then added clear heat embossing to make it pop a bit more over the background. I trimmed that panel down, matted it with some black cardstock, then mounted on a white cardbase. Added another sprinkle of those Clear Dazzling Gems around the sentiment on this card as well!
I can’t get over how cute and different both of these look! The first one looks more like little chubby smiley faces, and the second one reminds me of a smiley face version of candy hearts!
Which version do you like best? Have you ever challenged yourself to focus on a stamp set without the coordinating dies?
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I can’t pick one they are both adorable