DIY: Beautiful Tree Lights for Holiday Decorating
Hello everyone!!! It’s Shari here and I’m really excited to share a simple but mighty pretty DIY project with you today!!
I just love making handmade projects for holiday decorating and this one is super simple. I’ve combined my love of Foil papers with the most genius die ever… the Tim Holtz Tree Light die. These can be made into luminaries or ornaments for your tree.
This die set has two sizes and cuts triangular trees with design cut outs on each side. Score lines are included to help you fold these into their shapes. And, there is a hole in the bottom so the finished tree can sit on top of an LED tea light as its base. Now isn’t that brilliant?
I’ve tried out a variety of papers, some have texture, some are smooth foil and I have also silver embossed a background image onto regular cardstock for completely different look. Tim Holtz just came out with some new Metallic Papers that would be gorgeous for this project, I’ve listed them below. To finish your trees off, you can use washi tape on the tea lights or paint them with a quick coat of Distress Brushed Pewter paint.
I also thought these would be great to hang on the Christmas tree as an ornament. You could position them to sit over cool touch bulbs on your tree to light them up. I pierced through the top of the tree and strung them with silver thread. Now I can’t wait to decorate the whole house!!
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Thanks for stopping by today, I hope I’ve inspired you to try your hand at some Holiday DIY Tree Lights!!! Enjoy!!
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December 2018 Card Kit – More Card Kit Inspiration with Kristina Werner!
Happy Saturday, all! Kristina Werner here with some inspiration using the December 2018 Card Kit!
I thought it would be fun to create a small watercolor scene in the center of the card, so I first lightly penciled in the rectangular shape using a ruler. I masked off the bottom portion of the card with a bit of grid paper (temporarily held in place with blue painter’s tape), and then stamped the Santa image from the Christmas Cheer stamp set (available outside of the kit as well).
To make it easier to paint the area, I used blue painter’s tape around the rectangle so I could paint all the way to the edge. I used the dot card of Daniel Smith watercolor paints included in the kit to paint the scene. Super easy!
I then stamped and white heat embossed some of the snowflakes, and then stamped the small “Merry Christmas” greeting in black ink.
To finish off the card, I adhered some of the striped patterned paper from the kit on a card base made from the white cardstock, and then adhered the watercolor piece on top.
I hope you enjoy today’s video! I think this card design could be modified for a lot of other images in the stamp set!
You can pick up the December 2018 Card Kit here, or subscribe to future card kits here. :)
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Limited Edition Holiday Card Kit Blog Hop!
Happy Friday, friends! We are soooooo excited about our Limited Edition Holiday 2018 Comfort and Joy Card Kit that we wanted to do something extra special to celebrate. Today we are hosting a little blog hop filled with inspiring projects created by some of your favorite designers using this brand new, super amazing, and so so festive kit!
Let’s take a look at what comes in the kit:
I mean WOW, right? I just love all of the wonderful vintage Christmas products that come with this kit! Amazing stamps, gorgeous papers, fun extras, and all that red and green make this one a must-have for sure.
Ready for some inspiration? Hop along with these talented designers and see what they’ve created! Please share some feedback with these artists who work hard to inspire and excite us!
- Simon Says Stamp Blog <<YOU ARE HERE!
- Laura Bassen
- Cathy Zielske
- Debby Hughes
- Nichol Spohr
- Shari Carroll
- Jessica Frost-Ballas
- Suzy Plantamura
- Heather Hoffman
- Vicky Papaioannou
Thanks again for joining us today!
You’ll love browsing all of our card kit galleries on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to the galleries as well!
Please note that this card kit is not part of our monthly card kit subscription. Even if you are a subscriber, you must purchase this kit separately if you would like to.
While we are pleased to offer many pieces of this kit individually, like our brand NEW Comfort and Joy stamp set and Poinsettia Background Cling stamp, this kit packs a major VALUE in buying as a set and is only available in a smaller batch while supplies last.
Enjoy the hop!
