Well, maybe not quite yet but I did see Christmas stuff in a few stores this past weekend which may have caused me to shiver involuntarily. I love Christmas but come on, can we at least acknowledge autumn first?! Sigh. Anyway, I’m starting to kick my Christmas card making into high gear and I have a fun card to share using items from the newest Hero Arts catalog!
I’ll admit when I first started this card I intended to color all the light bulbs. And I did create one card and got about a third of the way through coloring and realized that it was a little too busy. So I started over and really like how it turned out! I stamped the Christmas Lights Bold Prints with intense black ink and then colored a line of lights with copic markers in a rainbow. Then I applied spectrum noir clear sparkle to the colored lights and a few white lights in the same general direction. I let that dry for a few seconds and then applied a layer of tonic crystal glaze over the lights.
I let the glaze dry overnight and then added a halo of color around the lights and went over it with spectrum noir clear sparkle. The card practically blinds you with sparkle when you tilt it towards the light! Next I stamped the sentiment from Poster Christmas Carols onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed it down and adhered it to the panel with foam mounting tape. Finally I trimmed the panel down and adhered it to a black card base.
Today Hero Arts is the featured partner for Partner Celebration over at Scrapbook & Cards Today and you can head over to their blog and leave a comment for a chance to win a great prize pack from Hero Arts containing the Christmas Lights Bold Prints I used in today’s card, the Color Layering Joy Message, Christmas Banner Stamp & Cut and the Champagne Sequin Mix (which I used here yesterday).
Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!
Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!!
 Hero Arts Poster Christmas Carols Shop at: HA |
 Hero Arts Christmas Lights Bold Prints Shop at: HA |
 Simon Says Stamp Copic Markers Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Smooth Solar White Cardstock 25 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS |
 Wagner Precision Heat Gun Shop at: SSS | HA |
 MISTI Precision Stamper Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios Crystal Glaze Shop at: SSS |
 Scotch ATG Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
I love this card. This was one stamp on my wish list.
Jessica these little colored lights are SO fantastic… the little halo of color actually makes them look as if they are lighted up!! Fabulous card!
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So cute with the shiny sparkly lights.
Super cute card, I love the lights.
Love this. So cheerful!!!!!
I love the halo and the dimension on the bulbs… very realistic!
So cute…love these Christmas lights!
Beautiful card! I love the single string of colored lights 🙂
I love the string lights. You did such a great job with the coloring. Love it.
I love the way the lights glow so pretty! I would love to win that prize pack great for my Christmas card making!
Such a simple yet elegant card!!! I love this so much! Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love how you achieved the glow of the bulbs! TFS! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
If I hadn’t seen your card, which I ❤️, I don’t think that stamp would have excited me. Now I “need” it. Thanks for that! LOL!
Adorable card!!!
Thanks for lighting the way for ousr Christmas card making!
Such a darling card.
Hi Jess ~ Those lights are absolutely adorable and I think you were right on the mark by just coloring a few of them. All of them would’ve been much too busy (and it takes lots less time!). Thanks so much for sharing your sweet card. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
This is so beautiful!! I think it is perfect with just a few of the lights colored; and the sparkle is fabulous!
Great card .. Thank you for the tips
Delightful card, love
the lights.
Carla from Utah
Such a fun card!
Both of those stamps are on my wish list, what isn’t on my wish list…? Love the way you treated the lights, the added halo is so pretty and that sentiment in the bold black and white is perfect for your card! Thanks for sharing
Hero arts just has amazing releases. Love their products
Those two stamps are definitely on my list to get. Love the card you created. The sparkly lights are great.
I love the flow around the lights.
Really looks like they are lit.
Fantastic card.
thanks for sharing.