Nativity Pop Up Cards - Color & Light Options

 
A Light Up Pop Up Nativity Card

I made 8, in a variety of colors, and then tried a few different light options, after sizing the card down to fit in a standard envelope.  With a fairy light pack, this DOES fit in a standard envelope!  If mailing, I'd definitely check to make sure it doesn't require extra postage.

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Supplies:

• [NOT FREE] SVG 
• Lights - Options below - but for mailing, you will want these (these are also what we used for the light up nativity and angel from Special Hearts Studio in 2020, so you may still have a few left)
• Three sheets of 8.5x11 cardstock.  
• Glue - I used a glue stick and hot glue

This svg, as uploaded, will make a card 7.7 x 5.5

That's just slightly too large for a standard 5x7 envelope.

To fix that, make sure the svg is ungrouped, Select all, align center.

Then with all images selected, size to 6.9 wide.  It will default to 9.907 tall.

Now the finished card will fit nicely into a 5.7 envelope - even with the fairy light pack inside.  (There IS a card, with light pack,  inside the envelope shown here)

Aren't those envelopes gorgeous?  They come in green, blue, and other colors too

Find them on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3Sfc67l

NOTE - When folded, the outside of this card is completely blank.  I haven't decided what I will do on the outside yet - but possibly something print then cut, to not add additional bulk.  But then again, maybe not...  I don't think I will be mailing these, I think all of mine will be hand delivered.

There is a pdf file in the svg download with instructions for assembling the cards.  They are pretty quick and simple to make!

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COLORS

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A variety of options in progress on my desk

Gold Foil for the inserts and background makes a HUGE impact.  It's my favorite, and much better in person than in the photos.

With the Blue, I did some silver foil background, but it really did not make much difference, when compared with the grey background.  If I were going to do more with the silver foil, I'd definitely cut the insert pieces from the silver foil too.

The Kraft Brown paper and white is probably my second favorite - but I have a rustic farmhouse, so this one goes best with my decor here.

Blue with a grey background and white inserts would be my go to color choice, if not using foil.

The original example uses yellow- which is nice, but not my favorite.

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LIGHTS

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Fairy Lights (currently on sale, a 6 pack is less than $10)

Battery Operated Tea Light (2 pack at the Dollar Tree) 

Mini Submersible LED lights (mine are color changing)

Dollar Tree Battery Operated 10 Light Set

My favorite is actually the tea light, in several cases.  However, that will NOT work for mailing and is not as bright.    It's a tight fit - I could barely fit it into the back of the card.

Overall, the fairy lights with the tiny thin battery pack is ideal - they fit right in the card for mailing.  These are the same lights I used in the light up angel, and light up nativity, from Special Hearts Studio (links at the bottom of this post) so I already had these on hand.

The mini submersible light fits better than the regular tea light, but still would not working for mailing.  Mine, a gift from my mom (I have BOXES of them!) are color changing, which I didn't love for this particular project.  

The Dollar Tree Battery Pack of 10 lights was my worst option.  They are not very bright, but the cord takes up a lot of room and looks messier.  The battery pack really does not fit - you need to put that behind the card for the lights to fit in.  

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More Projects That Use Those Tiny Fairy Light Packs

When I went to Amazon to see if they still have the lights I used (leftover from projects I made two years ago) they not only still have them, but they are on sale - a 6 pack is less than $10 right now.
The Lights - https://amzn.to/3Rb5zJz

Projects I've used these lights in:
Nativity Pop Up card shown above

Light Up Nativity (this folds down and stores in the base! Love that! ) FREE svg - https://specialheartstudio.com/3d-layered-nativity/

Light up Paper Angel - FREE svg - https://specialheartstudio.com/layered-christmas-angel/

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