Light Up Church Winter Card Collab

Hey fellow crafters. Today's card is a collaboration with Catherine Pooler Designs and Pear Blossom Press. Both teams were tasked with creating a light up card and I'm so excited to share what I've created today! I'm also using a technique I rarely do - emboss resist. Why I rarely do this, I don't know. But, after today's results, I just might have to create with this technique more often! 

There's also an Instagram Hop and giveaway and you don't want to miss out. Make sure you head over to either company Instagram page to hop along and be entered for a prize.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.) 

Keep in mind, the Instagram Hop begins on Nov 5, 2026 at 9 am ET and ends Nov 8, 2026. Before you head over there, I'd love for you to hang with me for just a minute.

I don't have every detail imaged from the creative process, but I began by stamping my trees and church on white cardstock using Wow white embossing powder paired with their clear ultra drying embossing pad, and stamping with my Misti stamp positioner.

Then, I took my CPD Dress Blues ink pad and directly swiped it all across my scene. The emboss resist technique comes into play when you swipe the ink off the embossed areas with a damp paper towel. Pretty cool, huh?

Pleases note, I did place a wide strip of low tack tape across the base of the church and tree line, so I could leave the bottom portion of the card panel white. Like snow!

Next, I used my CPD Around the Loop Nested Dies to create the oval shape for my scene.

I decided to add an oval white border around my scene and pop my card panel on 3mm foam strips. This also allows space for the battery on the back side.

I also used a craft knife to cut out the church steeple windows. I'm not gonna lie, it's not an absolute perfect trim, haha. I need a new craft knife! 

Did you know Pear Blossom Press has a variety pack of colored vellum?  Oh my gosh, everyone needs a pack in their stash! I trimmed a small piece of the yellow vellum and taped it to the backside of the steeple windows. I feel like this gives a more warm glow when you press to light up.

Now, don't let the picture above scare you. I started taping down the battery and wires with low tack tape, but it just wasn't tacky enough, so I found some washi tape in my stash that was super sticky and taped over those areas, including the lights as they really needed to be stabilized.

I'm using the EZ lights from PBP and it's so easy to use. I didn't even need instructions and pretty quickly put everything together. There are actually 3 tiny lights but I only needed 2, so I pulled one down away from the steeple windows. The pack I received comes with 2 sets.

By the way, these lights have long wires so, if you needed to, you could spread the wires out to have lights reflect in multiple sections for a card.

I also added splattered white paint for snow, but while the paint was still wet, I sprinkled lots of Wow Halo embossing glitter and let it dry. The sky is so sparkly and pretty but it doesn't show up in these photos.

Lastly, I heat embossed my sentiment which is from the CPD Holiday Joy stamp set, onto that gorgeous blue cardstock from the CPD Party Mix cardstock assortment.

**Attention CPD fans! If you have the More Sentiment Banner Dies in your stash, one of those banner dies works perfectly with the sentiment above!!**

I also stamped the word "press" onto my oval frame before adhering it. The stamp set with that word is included in the Pear Blossom Press stamp & die set.

And, voila, press the button and the steeple lights up! I was so proud of this card, I took it to work and all my co-workers oo'd and aahh'd, lol.

Thank so much for popping in today. You'll find links to most of the products I used below. Have a fantastic rest of the week!

Terri

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Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Project Grip Mat Large - White - 24x18 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom	3 mm Adhesive Strips - 160 strips Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Holiday Joy Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Mint Tape 1" roll - 11 yards Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Gina K Designs Multi-Purpose Scoring Board Tool Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pear Blossom Press Stamp & Die Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Dress Blues Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Catherine Pooler
Exclusive Gripmate Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Mini Misti Stamp Positioner Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Sage Green Platinum 6 Bundle Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pink Platinum 6 Die Cut System Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Dual Speed Heat Tool by Wow Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Wow Embossing Powder Opaque Bright White Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Nested Dies - Around The Loop Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Dina Wakley White Acrylic Paint Shop at: Scrapbookcom
CPD Party Mix Cardstock Collection Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Favorite White Cardstock - 100 lb - 25 pk Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Mitford Falls Stamp & Die Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler	SBC Paper Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Mitford Falls Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Wow Halo Embossing Glitter Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Wow Embossing Pad Clear Ultra Slow Drying Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Pear Blossom Press EZ Lights - 2 pk Shop at: Catherine Pooler
More Sentiment Banner Dies Shop at: Catherine Pooler

 

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Latte Love Shaker Card for Catherine Pooler Designs

Hey crafty friends! The new Stay Cozy collection from Catherine Pooler Designs is now live! My caffeinated heart couldn't be happier. Of course, there's plenty of other holiday goodness in this collection too. I've made a fun little shaker card so scroll down for creative details. Click any of the highlighted links throughout this post for more information. I'll have my full supply list at the end, as well.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.) 

I decided I wanted to do some masking and stamping with the two mugs on the front of my card, having them slightly overlap one another, and then hand trim them together. All my stamped images are from the new Cup of Cheer stamp set. Initially I was thinking of doing a one layer card but went in another direction.

The masking also included taping over where the rim of the cup would be, so I could stamp my whipped cream.

From my stash, I grabbed my CPD Around the Loop dies. This is what I used to create my shaker element and also as a layering for my backdrop, using the Stay Cozy patterned papers.

With the smallest loop die, I ran white cardstock through my Platinum 6 die cut system, then stamped the mistletoe at draped angles and did some ink blending around the edges.

I typically glue a few sequins to the shaker element, then add the remaining sequins.

I grabbed some green burlap string from my stash and fashioned a cute bow. It's really easy to make. I trim a long piece then make a triple loop 3 times, securing it with a tiny piece of wire.

You can go here to view the short 1 minute craft hack video that I made some time ago, on my YouTube channel.

To embellish my bow, I hot glued one of the snow flake sequins from the new CPD Whistler sequin mix (also part of my shaker) and sprinkled on some of the Cotton Candy Sprinkles Glitter by WOW. It's available in the CPD shop too and is one of my favorite glitters in my stash. It goes with EVERYTHING!

For some extra fun factor, I jazzed up the inside of my card too. I mean, come one, it's a Christmas card, let's make it extra special, right?

 Lastly, I split my sentiment, stamping the top line and adding the .... at the end with a fine liner black pen. Then I stamped the bottom section for the inside of my card.

Here are the CPD ink colors I used:

Polished, Aquatini, Over Coffee, Macchiato (mugs, mistletoe, coffee, whipped cream)

S'mores (sentiment)

Wintergreen (ink blending)

Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

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Catherine Pooler Ink Aquatini Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Macchiato Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Project Grip Mat Large - White - 24x18 inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom
3 mm Adhesive Strips - 160 strips Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pink Stamp Cleaning Shammy Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Wow Sparkles Cotton Candy Glitter Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Catherine Pooler	Mint Tape 1" roll - 11 yards Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Gina K Designs Multi-Purpose Scoring Board Tool Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Exclusive Gripmate Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Mini Misti Stamp Positioner Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Sage Green Platinum 6 Bundle Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Pink Platinum 6 Die Cut System Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Craft Pick Pro 4 in 1 Tool Shop at: Scrapbookcom	CPD Nested Dies - Around The Loop Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD Over Coffee Cardstock Shop at: Catherine Pooler
CPD Favorite White Cardstock - 100 lb - 25 pk Shop at: Catherine Pooler	CPD S'mores Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	SBC Paper Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Cup of Cheer Stamp & Die Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Stay Cozy "I want it all" Bundle Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Cup of Cheer Bundle Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Whistler Sequin Mix Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Polished Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Wintergreen Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Over Coffee Ink Pad Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Stay Cozy Patterned Paper Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Precision Craft Glue Mini by Bearly Arts Shop at: Catherine Pooler
Sizzix Glue Gun Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Cup of Cheer Stamp Set Shop at: Catherine Pooler	Clear Acetate Sheets - 5x6 inch - 20 pk Shop at: Scrapbookcom

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