Here’s a fun Christmas card to make if you like those old-fashioned Christmas light bulbs! This Merry & Bright Christmas Bulbs Card takes me back to my childhood! If you are old enough to remember, many years ago Christmas trees were decorated with these big bulbs, not the tiny ones we have been using for a lot of recent years. I remember my dad putting up outdoor lights with all these colored bulbs. The Christmas tree also was decorated with these large-sized bulbs. After many years of using the small Christmas lights, I think some of the big bulbs have come back in style!

This card has a card base of Granny Apple Green. You could choose any of three colors of green that would coordinate with this Christmas tree pattern in the designer paper. The designer paper is the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I love this paper! Not only does it have bright and bold colors, but some of the patterns you can use year round! They aren’t all for the holidays. Many of the patterns would be great for birthday cards or scrapbook pages, wherever you want a bright and happy look to your project!

The Christmas bulbs can be stamped and diecut using the Merry & Bright Bundle, the stamp set, and dies. Or maybe you just want to diecut the bulbs out of paper, such as the Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green Foil Sheets, which is what I used on this card. That’s why there is such a glare in the photo! I used two Melon Mambo bulbs and a Granny Apple Green one in the center. For the bulb holder, I used the Online Exclusive Silver & Gold Adhesive-Backed Glimmer Paper in silver. I intended to peel off the backing and not have to worry about adhesive, but when I put them on the card, I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up so I didn’t need the adhesive backing. But when you want it, it is great to have! To make the lights look like they are on a string, I used a piece of the Silver Trim in the Combo Pack with gold trim. I just wound it through each hole, left it a little loose, and tied the ends in a little knot but kept it looking loose and free. I like the way that turned out.

The greeting is stamped from the Merry & Bright Stamp Set. I used Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green ink and just cut the words out by hand.

To showcase the Christmas lights, I diecut a piece of Granny Apple Green using the Scalloped Contours Dies. I opted to cut another plain rectangle to fit just inside the stitching of the diecut piece to help the bulbs show off better. But the plain white seemed a little stark, so I stamped a bunch of the little stars in the same stamp set using Daffodil Delight in. First I stamped only a few but that wasn’t enough so I stamped as many as I could fit in and I liked that look. I think the stars make the bulbs look like they are shining brightly! The scalloped piece is adhered flat on the card and the bulbs are popped up, as I mentioned.

This is actually an easy card to make, now that you have the idea to copy! And you can change it up with different paper, maybe just stamped bulbs or bulbs diecut from cardstock in different colors. Turn the card in the sideways landscape position and you can add more Christmas bulbs! It’s a fun set and Bundle to play with! If you don’t want to purchase the dies, you can do some fussy cutting.

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