Fairy Lights Christmas Card By Sarah

If you’re still undecided about Christmas card designs for this year, here’s one last one from me to help you choose.

Process

Cut a panel of black card to the width of your fairy lights stamp, and a height to leave an even border all the way round when you attach it to your card blank later.
Stamp your fairy lights in embossing ink – I used a stamping press to keep them all level and evenly spaced.
Sprinkle over your embossing powder of choice and heat til just melted.
Flip your fairy lights stamp to the other way up and repeat the stamping and heat embossing in the spaces between.
Use a white paint pen to fill in each lightbulb, then colour over the top with felt tip pen. I experimented with a couple of different combos of pencil and pen – this is what I thought made them shine brightest!
Finish off the lightbulbs with Glossy Accents. I love the texture these little raised domes bring
Add your sentiment sitting on the wires between the lights. I tried handwriting in white pen first but it didn’t look quite right so I found a website where I could type it to look like it was made on a label maker, printed it on lightweight card and stuck it down covering my handwriting.
Drag a gold ink pad along the edges of your card front, pop your black panel in the middle raised up on foam tape and you’re done!