12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 7~ Let It Glow

 

Hello, Friends and welcome to Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas!  It’s Barbara W. here and today I am showcasing the Let It Glow clear stamp set and the Let It Glow: Lights digital stamp set from the Quiet Christmas release. 

 

I am sharing a clean and simple design that can easily be mass produced using a digital image and minimal supplies. I elected to go with no embellishments so the card is not only easy to make, it’s also easy to mail. Let me show you what I've done here...

I printed the string of lights and the sentiment from the Let It Glow digital set onto a piece of white card stock. Then I colored it using just a few Copic markers. I didn’t bother to use shading or to leave highlights on the bulbs because I went over them with a shimmer pen and then added a clear glaze, which gives the bulbs a natural highlight. I used the little light rays stamps from the Let It Glow clear stamp set for the accents around three of the bulbs and then I used a glitter pen on the lines to add a bit more sparkle. I matted the focal image with holographic card stock and adhered that onto my card base. And that's all there was to it!

 

 

When I make clean and simple cards, I incorporate details that add interest, like the stitching, the glitter pen and the embossing on the background panel. And just LOOK at the sparkle, shine and dimension the clear glaze gives those Christmas lights! And the holographic card stock matting really makes the simple design pop.  The focal panel is popped up with foam tape but it's not bulky and will still be easy to mail. If I were to mass produce these, I would approach it assembly line style, completing all of one task at a time; die cutting all of the focal panels, embossing all of the background panels, adding the shimmer pen to all of the pieces, etc. That way things stay organized and move along swiftly.

 

The holographic card stock is really showing off in this photo!  But imagine it with a glitter card stock, or with red or green or whatever colors you choose! Oooo..how about non-traditional colors? Pink and teal. Black and gold. Or all of the colors of the rainbow! Will you try it? I hope you do. Whatever you decide, just have fun with it!

Now here's something I think you'll really like...There's a lot going on!

 

You can read all of the details on our Day One post, linked HERE. Please stop by tomorrow for Day 8 to see what my Bloomin' Buddy, Gloria has created to share with you.

Thank you for visiting with me today!  I hope you had fun and got inspired!

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

 

12 Days of Christmas - Day 6 Enchanted Branches Nativity

 

Happy Holidays and Hello to all of you crafters! I am Barbara C here for some interesting ideas for your holiday gifts and cards. I have chosen the brand new stamp set from the Quiet Christmas Release.  It is called Enchanted Branches Nativity.  It comes in a polymer stamp with lots of images and a digital image Angel set. for your crafting pleasure. Visit the shop  here, https://powerpoppy.com/

       

I knew that I wanted to make some tags and this was how I started my ideas. First I did a rough sketch of how I wanted my tag to look. See the sketch with the arrow. I die cut a tag from Main Street Tags by Memory Box and stamped my image of the baby and the large star on masking paper. 

 

I wanted to make some clouds and sun rays and I ordered some stencils to help me do that, but with the mail being overloaded, they did not arrive in time.  Plan B!  Make your own stencils and it was not hard at all.  I had cut some small clouds in a piece of copy paper and also die cut some sun rays to help as a guide. You can do it too! 

Next, I masked off the baby in the manger and the large star and went to work with my sponges to create the clouds. 

Next, I put my handmade stencil for the rays over the tag and sponged yellow ink over until I was happy with how it looked.  Then I removed the masks. 

This is my finished tag on a gift bag.  I also used one of the enchanted branches embossed with gold powder on the bag. There is a sentiment from the set as well on the lower right. This would make a lovely Christmas card too. 

When I thought of making a tag, I went right to my tag dies. But if you don't have any of those, you can use any dies that you have.  The next set of tags are just that and I think that they are much more interesting and different. 

This one uses the angel from the set. 

Using oval and cross-stitched dies and a simple stamp looks so elegant.

It was quick and easy. 

For a more masculine or rustic look, I dry embossed a folder with a wood grain look

For this tag, I heat embossed the sentiment in Platinum.  Another quick and easy tag. 

This lamb image reminds me of younger days.  When we hung ornaments like this on the tree. 

We all need tags to make our gifts special, but I need Christmas cards too. 

I could not help myself, I had to make a card.  This one is for a masculine gift.  I simply used my cross-stitched square dies and cut several sizes. The middle one is just embossed with gold and the large star.  I love the CAS look.  

This slimline card was one that I did for the original release. 

I hope you'll try your hand at decorating a gift tag or card.  They make a gift look extra special.  

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There will be more inspiration each day, but don't forget to check out the fun from Day 1.   

                                                                     

12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 4

Welcome to  Day 4 of  the 12 Days of Christmas! It's Lisa J joining you today for some Christmas fun and I am using one of my very favorite sets of the Quiet Christmas release, Forest Fellas.

Like many folks this time of year I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. I wanted a treat holder for coworker gifts that would be easy yet fun at the same time so I did a search on the Power Poppy blog and came across THIS adorable pouch from Julie. Even though she did hers in a Halloween theme all you have to do is change the paper used and you can make one for any occasion, so I whipped up 2 quick ones for Christmas!

Following the instructions I folded the paper to get the pouch shape and then filled the smaller one that uses the moose image with Hershey kisses. I did a bigger pouch that used the bear image as a tag on the front and put some hot chocolate packets and candy canes it. They are the perfect little gifts to spread some holiday joy at work!

I used the clear set for my pouches but Forest Fellas is also available as digital stamps. Buy them HERE in the Power Poppy store!

Don't forget to check the Power Poppy blog tomorrow for more 12 Days of Christmas fun.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Christmas,

Lisa

Don't forget to check out all the festive fun on our Day 1 post on the Power Poppy Blog, HERE.