Lightbox Wedding

Hi guys

A friend of mine had her gorgeous wedding on Saturday and today I'm sharing the card I made for her and her husband.

I wanted to use a new stamp set and co-ordinating embellishment from Skull and Cross Buns with which you can create one of the massive trends at the moment....a lightbox!  Check out the site, here, for this new stamp set, as well as some new embellishments and stencils :)

This one took a little forward planning as it was my first attempt at creating a light up card using Chibitronic LEDs and a pull-tab slide switch, I've only made them previously using the push battery method.  My first circuit started to be a little temperamental before I completed the card so I started again and had success the second time around!

Here's the completed card...

And here it is with the light activated...

I started by cutting an aperture where the lightbox would sit and marked on a piece of card behind (on which I would build my circuit) where I wanted the LED, battery and slide switch to be.  I then followed this tutorial, here, to create my circuit (my card is much less complicated than the one in the example!).  Apologies, I didn't take any photos of the inner panel.

I marked through the acrylic grid with pencil onto the back of some vellum to help with alignment and then stamped the letters and heart in black and heat embossed with clear powder.  I then erased the pencil lines and adhered the vellum behind the aperture.  I wanted to diffuse the light a little more so added another layer of vellum.  The light is very bright in these photos, you can in fact see the heart with the light activated.

The circuit panel was then adhered in position on the card base.  I didn't take into account that the copper tape could be seen through the vellum so I did some surgery with some scrap white card to cover that area and just made a hole for the LED to shine through.  I stamped the sentiment before adhering the top panel on 3D foam.  Next I adhered the acrylic lightbox grid over the aperture using Glossy Accents to ensure it adhered well.  I then stamped, coloured and die cut the floral image and popped this up on 3D foam.  I finished by adding some really pretty iridescent jewels.

I just hope the little circuit is still behaving itself now it's in the hands of the new Mr and Mrs! :)

Below is a very amateur video I took to show it in action...

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Lightbox Love; Clearly Besotted - Fairytale Ending(flowers), Time to Celebrate (arrow on slider); Lawn Fawn - Happy Wedding
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Dies: Clearly Besotted - Fairytale Ending; Stripped (for the slider switch)
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Clear Gloss
• Image coloured with ProMarkers
• Tools: Chibitronics - White LED sticker (copper tape and battery)
• Vellum from stash
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Jewels (Clear iridescent mix)

Challenge entries:

Daring Cardmakers - Weddings and Anniversaries

Just Add Ink - Challenge #415 - Inspiration photo

Dream Valley - Challenge #182 - All Things Bright and Beautiful

AAA Cards - CAS Game #118 - Use a Frame

Thanks so much for visiting today.  Why not get yourself some Chibitronics LEDs and have a go yourself.  It's very satisfying when it works! :D

Light Up Rudolph

Hi guys

Yes, I'm back with another light up card!  This time, using a red LED for Rudolph's nose, and a card I sent to my bestie.

On the front panel I started with a mask across the bottom and created a gentle blend with blue Distress Ink and stamped the trees with the mask still in place.  I then stamped the sentiment and Rudolph, and coloured him with coloured pencils.  I pierced a hole through his nose and then made a circuit on the card base using a red LED sticker.  For this one the trees were the trigger for the battery.  There are lots of videos on YouTube explaining these light circuits, just search for 'Chibitronics'.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Let's Prance
• Ink: Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass; Versa Color - Evergreen; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils
• Tools: Chibitronics - Red LED sticker (adhesive copper tape and battery)

Challenge entries:

Creative with Stamps - Challenge #21 - Reindeer

CAS-ual Fridays - Challenge #189 - Dreaming of a White Christmas

Creative Inspirations - Challenge #284 - Winter/Christmas

Uniko - Challenge #44 - Christmas

Thanks for all your visits and comments, I'll be back with more to share very soon.

Light Up Winter Star

Good morning, and a very Happy Christmas Eve to you all!

I'm having a relaxing day at home today so thought I'd share some more of my recent Christmas makes.

At the Happy Little Stampers Craft Retreat we had great fun making light up cards.  I've shared two previous one here and here.

This is the card I made for my good friend and fabulous teamie at Less is More, Sarah of Sazzle Dazzle Crafts.  I was really pleased with it and I know she loved it too.

I started on a panel of white cardstock and, using a piece of scrap paper cut with a curve, I masked and blended the ombre sky at the top of the panel.  I shifted the paper down just a fraction (about 1mm to allow for the stamp meeting the mask) and then stamped the trees using deep blue pigment ink in first and second generation stamping to create some depth and distance.  I removed the mask, blended a little more ink where the deer would be positioned and then stamped the deer and sentiment in black.  I then stamped and heat embossed the star in silver.  I pierced a hole through the star (which you can see in the photo below) and then marked through with a pencil onto the card base so I knew where to place the LED and also marked out where the battery would be placed, behind the sentiment.  There are lots of videos on YouTube to show how to create light-up cards, just search for 'Chibitronics'.

Once I'd created the circuit and surrounded the LED and battery with foam, the panel was popped onto the front.  Here is a pic of the card not lit up.

Materials used:

• Ink: Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Versafine - Onyx Black; VersaMark; Versa Color - Neptune
• Stamps: Card-io - Mini Tall Trees, Winter Walks, Christmas Scenery 1; Clearly Besotted - Merry Little Christmas (star); sentiment from set free with a publication
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver
• Tools: Chibitronics - White LED Circuit sticker (adhesive copper tape and battery)

Challenge entries:

CAS-ual Fridays - Challenge #189 - Dreaming of a White Christmas

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Pines

Creative Inspirations - Challenge #284 - Winter/Christmas

Happy Little Stampers - December Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - December Challenge - Winter Trees and Flowers

Creative with Stamps - Challenge #21 - Reindeer

Uniko - Challenge #44 - Christmas

Thanks for popping by, I'll be back in a short while with another light up card I made for my best friend.