Merry Sentiments Christmas Light String Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some cute and colorful holiday cards using one of my oldest favorite 3x4 sets, our Merry Sentiments Stamps.

For my first card of the day using the Merry Sentiments Stamps, I started by die-cutting the curved light string SVG file on my Silhouette (which I've shared below as a free download). I then adhered it to a strip of rainbow-striped paper from our Rainbow Bright Paper pack and used my scissors to trim close around the bottom of the string. I marked in pencil lightly where each of my seven lightbulbs would go and then I moved them out of the way to lightly ink around them using Distress ink and PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes. I then slipped each bulb under the string, covering my pencil markings. Lastly, I stamped the words "friends make the season" using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and added the Merry Word Die cut from red cardstock.

Next, I created a circular, radiating design with 14 spokes of lightbulbs in a repeating rainbow using the Merry Sentiments Stamps to match the diagonally striped Rainbow Bright Paper in the background. I trimmed down the white cardstock panel by using our Stitched Rectangle Dies. I then stamped the stacked sentiment "merry & bright" from the set using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and Gina K. Dark Carnation Ink for the ampersand symbol. This card came together rather quickly using the free printable (provided below).

For my last card of the day, I used a different light string die-cut on my Silhouette Machine using the SVG download below with the lightbulbs from the Merry Sentiments Stamps. I laid out where I roughly wanted my bulbs to land, lifting them one at a time to pencil in a faint oval below them where I would ink with Distress ink to give the look of glowing lights. I stamped the "May your Christmas be merry & bright" from the same stamp set and added a thin strip of Rainbow Bright Paper with a stitched edge using the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

I have created two FREE DOWNLOADS to share for both the light string cut files I used today and a printable for the 14-spoke lightbulb card I made.

• Light Strings SVG Cut File Download HERE 

• 14-spoke PDF Printable for Circular Bulb Card Download HERE

To download from the Dropbox link, click "file" at the top left and select "download" from the dropdown menu (or click the downward arrow button at the top right).

Here's the fun pile of rainbow bulbs I stamped to have on hand for the cards I shared here today (plus for so many more cards in the future). This is a super-easy stamp image to line up in my Misti tool and stamp assembly line style, so I could stamp and die-cut all of these in a single evening session.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images, so I have shared what I used today for these examples (from lightest to darkest).

Red Bulb
Gina K Dark Carnation
Gina K Cherry Red

Hot Pink Bulb
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K. Medium Orchid

Orange Bulb
PinkFresh Studio Clementine
Hero Arts Tangerine

Yellow Bulb
PinkFresh Studio Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Studio Marigold 

Lime Green Bulb
Versafine Clair Verdant Green
PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll

Blue Bulb
PinkFresh Studio Sky Blue
VersaFine Clair Bali Blue
Hero Arts Aquatic

Lavender Bulb
PinkFresh Studio Lavender
Gina K. Dark Orchid

Bulb Socket
Hero Arts Soft Granite
Hero Arts Charcoal

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the retired Merry Sentiments Stamps, Merry Sentiments Die, and Merry Word Die in our online shop, which are all currently on sale and in limited supply.

Supplies Used:

Merry Sentiments Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Sentiments Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio