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!
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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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