LIGHTS AGLOW GIFT CARD HOLDER & OTHER PROJECTS - A STAMP HAPPY HOLIDAYS POST

Hi Stampers! 

Today we’re going to take a closer look projects I previewed in THIS POST. (Lights Aglow Suite -In Detail) 

The projects presented in today’s post are the gift card holder, Let Your Heart Be Light card, the Happy New Year card, and an alternate version of the Happy New Year card. The gold and white Christmas tree card was featured in its own post. Page down to find a photo of the card and a link to the post. These projects feature products from the Light’s Aglow Suite of products found in the Stampin’ Up!©️ July - December 2022 Mini Catalog.  Let’s get started with the gift card holder!

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR GIFT CARD HOLDERS

SUPPLIES FOR THIS PROJECT

* Brightest Glow Bundle

* Soft Succulent cardstock - 5” x 4” score at 2 1/4” and 4 1/2” along the 5” side, and score at 3 1/2” along the 4” side. See Scoring & Cutting Diagram below.

* 1” circle punch or small circle die (3/4” - 1 1/2”) to cut notch on gift card holder

* Scraps of Soft Succulent to die cut two of the circle labels - one for front and one for back of gift card holder.

* Festive Foils DSP - Cherry Cobbler 3 1/4” x 2” for front and a piece cut at 2 3/4” x 2” for back side; Gold - cut a strip that is 3/4” x 3 1/4”

* Ink - Evening Evergreen

* Simply Elegant Trim - gold, about 14”

* Festive Pearls - Cherry Cobbler, 3 or Pearls Basic Jewels - 3, small colored with Stampin’ Blends Cherry Cobbler (dark)

* Adhesive and dimensionals 

GIFT CARD HOLDER SCORING & CUTTING DIAGRAM

VIDEO 

SIMPLE GIFT CARD HOLDER & OTHER PROJECTS 

USING THE LIGHTS AGLOW SUITE 

LIGHTS AGLOW TREE IN GOLD & WHITE

This card was featured in an earlier post. Supply list and cutting measurements for this card, plus other color options can be found HERE.

LET YOUR HEART BE LIGHT CARD

SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD

* Brightest Glow Bundle

* Card base - Soft Succulent 4 1/4” x 11” score and folded at 5 1/2” and a scrap for greeting

* Gold mat - Gold & Rose Gold 6” x 6” Metallic Specialty Paper or Gold Glimmer Paper 4” x 5 1/4” and a piece that is 3 1/4” square (this goes under the die cut focal panel)

* DSP - Lights Aglow Specialty DSP, dotted pattern - 3 3/4” x 5”

* Festive Foils DSP - Soft Succulent 3 3/4” x 1 3/4”

* Glimmer Specialty Paper - Evening Green 3 1/4” square

* Very Vanilla cardstock for inside panel 3 3/4” x 5”

* Ink - Crumb Cake (inside sentiment), Versa Mark and gold embossing powder

* Gold and Vanilla Satin Edged Ribbon - about 16 inches

* Adhesive and dimensionals 

- To view inspiration for this card layout see page 30 of the Stampin’ Up! July - December 2022 Mini Catalog

HAPPY NEW YEAR CARD

SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD

* Brightest Glow Bundle and Christmas Lights Bundle

* Card base - Basic Black 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” scored and folded at 4 1/4” and scrap of Basic Black for greeting

* Glimmer Specialty Paper- Gold 3 3/4” x 5” - Die cut snowflake shape from center of this piece

* Lights Aglow 6” x 6” Specialty DSP - 3 1/4” x 4 1/2” - black with gold design

* Basic White cardstock 3 3/4” x 5” for inside card - use small snowflake stamp with Crumb Cake ink

* Inks - Crumb Cake, Versa Mark and gold embossing powder

* Adhesive & dimensionals 

ALTERNATIVE HAPPY NEW YEAR CARDI

This card requires the same supplies as the version above. I swapped out the gold glimmer paper for the vanilla glimmer paper, and the Basic White cardstock for inside card for Very Vanilla. I changed the orientation of the card as well.

That is all for today. Thank you for stopping by! Until next time…..

Stamp Happy!

Kim

SILVER & GOLD FOR HOLIDAY CARDS - A STAMP HAPPY HOLIDAYS POST

 Hi Stampers!

Do you have any card making traditions? I do! Every year when I create my Christmas cards I create a gold and white card. Sometimes I make another version of the card in silver and white.  I love the look; simple, elegant, and festive. Today’s cards carry on my tradition with a couple of twists on the theme. The gold and white card might look familiar. I previewed this card in  my 28 July 2022 Lights Aglow Suite In Detail post. You can view that post HERE.

Let’s take a look at today’s cards:

First is my original gold and white version of the card, next the silver and white version, and one of my new twists - Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla with gold! Watch the video below to see my fourth color combination.

SILVER & GOLD  

HOLIDAY CARDS THAT GLIMMER AND SHINE 

VIDEO

I used products from the LIGHTS AGLOW SUITE to create the cards: the Christmas Lights stamp set and coordinating Twinkling Lights dies; the Brightest Glow stamp set and Labels Aglow dies; the Glimmer paper, the Lights Aglow Specialty DSP, and the Gold & Vanilla 3/8” Satin-edged Ribbon.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STAMPED IMAGES

TWINKLING LIGHTS DIE CUT IMAGES

BRIGHTEST GLOW STAMPED IMAGES

LABELS AGLOW DIE CUT IMAGES

FOR ALL VERSIONS OF THE CARD

CUTTING MEASUREMENTS

* Card base 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” scored and folded at 4 1/4” 

* Mat - 5 3/8” x 4 1/8” 

* Focal Panel - 5” x 3 3/4”

* For stamping & die cutting (tree and greeting) 1/4 sheet cardstock - 5 1/2” x 4 1/4” 

SUPPLIES

* Versa Mark

* Embossing Powder - gold, silver

* Heat tool

* Dies - Twinkling Lights - Tree Outline

              Labels Aglow - Long Label

              Stylish Shapes - circle die - 2nd largest

* Adhesive and dimensionals

HELPFUL ITEMS

* Embossing Additions Tool Kit (Stampin’ Up!®️July - December 2022 Mini Catalog, pg. 49)

This kit contains great tool to help make heat embossing easy peasy - Embossing Buddy, Powder Pal (I  call it an embossing tray), Crafting Brush, and Crafting Tweezers. (I love these tweezers!)

TIPS

* Die cut the Stylish Shapes circle from the center of the mat layer.

* For inside sentiment - emboss it or use Crumb Cake ink for gold cards, and Smoky Slate ink for silver cards. These inks will resemble gold / silver and create a balanced look to the card by allowing the focal image to really shine!

* If you do not have the Embossing Additions Tool Kit you can use the following substitutes:

   - Embossing Buddy - A fabric softener sheet will work and give your stamping space a nice scent!

   - Crafting Brush - small flat paint brush

   - Crafting Tweezers - a wooden clip style clothespin

   - Powder Pal - a piece of paper on a shoe box lid (cardboard or plastic), or just a piece of paper

GOLD & WHITE LIGHTS AGLOW

SUPPLIES SPECIFIC TO THIS CARD

* Card base - Basic White - thick cardstock

* Mat - Gold Glimmer Paper

* Focal panel - Basic White cardstock - emboss with embossing folder

* Basic White cardstock for stamping and die cutting

* Embossing Folder - folder of choice - I used “Bark.” It is a retired product

* Gold embossing powder

* Simply Elegant Trim - gold - about 9 1/2” (Annual Catalog)

* Crumb Cake ink for inside sentiment

SILVER & WHITE LIGHTS AGLOW

SUPPLIES SPECIFIC TO THIS CARD

* Card base - Basic White - thick cardstock

* Mat - Silver Foil (Annual Catalog)

* Focal panel - Silver & Gold 6” x 6” DSP - silver stripes (SAB item)

* Basic White cardstock for stamping and die cutting

* Silver embossing powder

* Simply Elegant Trim - Silver - about 9 1/2” (Annual Catalog)

* Smoky Slate ink for inside sentiment

CHERRY COBBLER & GOLD LIGHTS AGLOW

SUPPLIES SPECIFIC TO THIS CARD

* Card base - Cherry Cobbler cardstock

* Mat - Glimmer Paper - gold

* Focal panel - Lights Aglow 6” x 6” DSP, Cherry Cobbler (with gold star/ snowflake pattern)

* VerryVanilla cardstock - for stamping and die cutting

* Gold embossing powder

* Gold & Vanilla 3/8” Satin- Edged Ribbon - about 7”

VERY VANILLA & GOLD LIGHTS AGLOW

SUPPLIES SPECIFIC TO THIS CARD

* Card base - Very Vanilla thick cardstock

* Mat - Gold Glimmer Paper

* Focal panel - Very Vanilla cardstock - dry embossed (I used Timeworn Type - Annual Catalog)

* Very Vanilla cardstock for stamping and die cutting

* Gold embossing powder

* Simply Elegant Trim - gold (Annual Catalog)

LIGHTS AGLOW CARDS

I hope you have enjoyed today’s cards and they inspire you to create your own Christmas cards that glimmer and shine! Thank you for stopping by. Until next time…

Stamp Happy!

Kim

All stamps and stamped images ©️1990 - 2022 Stampin’ Up!®️

LIGHTS AGLOW SUITE - IN DETAIL

 Hi Stampers!

Today we are taking an In Detail look at the LIGHTS AGLOW SUITE from the STAMPIN’ UP!®️ JULY - DECEMBER 2022 MINI CATALOG. This is a large suite of products made up of nine components! There are two bundles - 2 stamp sets each with coordinating dies, specialty designer series paper, foiled papers, glimmer paper, ribbon and pearls! The color palette for this suite contains Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen, Gold, Soft Succulent, and Very Vanilla. You can purchase the the entire suite using just one item number! The price of the suite includes a 10% discount on each bundle. As always each item can be purchased separately. 

Here are some sample projects I made using products from the suite:

LIGHTS AGLOW SUITE - AN IN DETAIL VIDEO

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STAMP SET & TWINKLING LIGHTS DIES

(CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BINDLE)

The CHRISTMAS LIGHTS STAMP SET is a red rubber cling set of eight stamps. Six of the stamps have coordinating dies.

The TWINKLING LIGHTS DIES is a set of 14 dies. Six dies cut out shapes; the remaining eight die cut designs. Two dies add embossed - like detail (Christmas tree and snowflake).

BRIGHTEST GLOW STAMP SET & LABELS AGLOW DIES

(BRIGHTEST GLOW BUNDLE)

The BRIGHTEST GLOW STAMP SET is a sentiment set of 12 red rubber cling stamps. 

The LABELS AGLOW DIES is a set of 13 dies. Three of the dies are label dies. The remaining dies cut very pretty designs in cardstock or other papers.

LIGHTS AGLOW SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

This 6” x 6” DSP is a collection of 12 double-sided designs (24 designs total). One side of each sheet has gold foil in the design. There are 48 sheets total.

FESTIVE FOILS SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

This 12” x 12” package of DSP contains 6 sheets of foiled papers - 2 each of three designs. (This paper has a design on one side only.)

GLIMMER SPECIALTY PAPER

This paper pack consists of six 12” x 12” sheets of glimmer paper. There are two sheets each in Gold, Very Vanilla, and Evening Evergreen. This glimmer paper certainly is glimmery! And the glimmer bits do not come off!!! I love that!

GOLD & VANILLA RIBBON AND FESTIVE PEARLS

The ribbon is so pretty. It is a satin edged ribbon with a sheer center lined with thin gold trim on each side. It is very easy to work with, and looks great with all the papers included in the suite. The pearls come 200 to a package (50 of each color) in Cherry Cobbler, Soft Succulent, Silver, and Gold. The pearls are adhesive backed making them super easy to place exactly where you want them.

 Below I’ve listed the suite products used for each of my sample projects. There will be more details on these projects in the coming weeks in my STAMP HAPPY HOLIDAYS CARD MAKING SERIES.

SUITE PRODUCTS USED

* Christmas Lights Bundle (tree)

* Brightest Glow Bundle (sentiment)

* Glimmer Paper - Gold

SUITE PRODUCTS USED

* Brightest Glow Bundle (sentiment, label, mat)

* Lights Aglow Specialty DSP

* Festive Foils Specialty DSP- Soft Succulent 

* Glimmer Paper - Evening Evergreen

* Gold & Vanilla Ribbon

SUITE PRODUCTS USED

* Brightest Glow Bundle (sentiment)

* Festive Foils DSP - Cherry Cobbler and Gold

* Festive Pearls - Cherry Cobbler

SUITE PRODUCTS USED

* Twinkling Lights Dies (snowflake)

* Brightest Glow Bundle - (sentiment, label)

* Lights Aglow DSP

* Glimmer Paper - Gold

TO PURCHASE THIS SUITE OF PRODUCTS CLICK HERE

Thank you for stopping by. Be sure to check in on Tuesday, 2 August 2022 for the first of my STAMP HAPPY HOLIDAY posts. Every Tuesday and Friday from 2 August - 16 December I will present paper crafting projects for autumn (including autumn birthdays), Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s. Tuesday posts will feature project on the quick & easy side. Friday posts will be exclusively Christmas cards and projects (gift tags,  gift card holders, treat holders, etc).

That’s all for today. Until next time…

Stamp Happy!

Kim

All stamps and stamped images ©️1990-2022 Stampin’ Up!®️