Hello and welcome to the Cherry Blog! Today I'm sharing a new product, which is Chibitronics! Using Chibitronics you can easily add interactive light elements to your projects. I'm using the Chibitronics Mini Starter Kit which is a perfect starter kit to get started designing and creating your own circuits with fun LED stickers! The first time I tried adding light to my paper crafts was at Creativation back in April when Rachel and I were in Miami! I took a Chibitronics class and thought it was so cool and I had so many ideas of how I could use them! I've now made a few cards, but I'd also love to add light to scrapbook layouts, art journals, and home decor projects. I'm so glad they are now working with American Crafts and that we can start sharing projects using them! 

 

  

 

The first step when adding light to your projects is to plan out your project! There are a ton of things that you could add light to and I recommend checking out the Chibitronics blog for more inspiration. For this card, I'm using adorable Christmas stamps, stencils, dies, and paper from Lawn Fawn's Fall/ Winter release. Once you have the design on your card ready, it's time to start adding light to it!

 

        

 

  

 

Start by grabbing this small rectangle. There are score lines in the center that you can fold. This is what is going to hold your battery.

 

 

Add one of these foam circle outlines to the rectangle piece and leave space for the opening where your tape will come out. The back of this has double-sided tape on it, so peel back the tape and stick it to the base of your card. Where it is stuck is where the viewer will have to press to turn the card on, so keep this in mind before adding it to your page.

 

  

 

Now I am using a 1/16" Hole Punch for creating small holes where I want the light to shine through. I'm adding 3 lights onto this card, so I punch 3 holes. I've found when punching through small pieces like this heart, I get a better result by first punching the heart by itself, then gluing it on the card front, then punching again through the card front. 

 

 

Hold your card front over the card back and draw little dots through the holes. This way we can see where we want the lights to be.

 

  

 

Now it's time to add the Conductive Fabric Tape! I will start with the negative first. Think of a battery with a positive and negative side. Start the tape in the little box where the battery will go and start bringing it up to where the light will be. The negative side will go on top of your dots. To curve the tape, just fold it over and change direction.

 

   

 

Once your negative is complete and you have tape going along the top of all of your dots, it's time for the positive side. Grab a new piece of tape (not connected to the negative) and start sticking it down on the inside of the little battery box where the + sign is. 

 

    

 

Continue to the outside of the box, down the side, then go along the underneath of all of your dots. Do not have your + tape touch the - tape.

 

  

 

Now time for the fun part and see if it works! Add the battery to its holder. Take off the backing on the foam and fold over the cover. Add the lights to your project along the dots that you made. The tops of the lights should be overlapping the negative tape and the bottoms should be on the positive tape.

 

 

Test it out and once you are sure that it is working properly, add foam tape to the background so your card will be at the same height everywhere. I also like to add a little wet glue to the battery holder.

 

  

 

Now add on your card front! I like to add a little PUSH HERE button created by using a small Circle Dies the writing on it. And that's it! How fun is that?? If you'd like to see this process in real-time, watch the video below. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out this new product! Let me know in the comments if you would give this product a try.

 

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Jessica Harvey

Hello! I am the Marketing Coordinator here at ACOT. Here I make blog posts, test out new products, show how to use them, make posts for social media, and curate the Cherry Box. I also teach art classes at ACOT! You can see all of my crafty projects in my Project Gallery. When I'm not crafting or creating art I like to garden, play ukulele, camp, hike, swim, and hang out with my family.
 

 

 

 

Posted by Jessica.

Hello crafty friends! It’s Channin here and today I’m sharing a floral card that features a muted fall palette. I love playing with color in this way, by simply adjusting the palette you can completely change the look and feel of a stamp set. 

 

 

To create this card I first stamped the florals from the All Kinds of Wonderful Stamp Set in Gathered Twigs onto white cardstock. I then ink-blended over the florals with the All Kinds of Wonderful Stencils and the several Pinkfresh Studio Inks (Peach Fuzz, Coral Reef, Marigold, Apricot, Persimmon, Doe and Gathered Twigs). Once I finished ink-blending the florals, I then die cut them out with the All Kinds of Wonderful Die Set. I then repeated this process to create a second set of florals.

 

 

Next, I trimmed down some Candy Floss cardstock to 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” and then adhered the panel to the front of an A2 top-folding white card base. I then stamped a sentiment from the All Kinds of Wonderful Stamp Set in Gathered Twigs onto the card front. Next, I adhered the florals along the left edge of the card with liquid adhesive. I only adhered along the bottom part of the stems and then trimmed off the overhang. Lastly, I finished the card by lifting the flowers off of the card front a bit to add more dimension. 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed my card. Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

~Channin

 

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Channin Pelletier

Hello! I’m Channin Pelletier and I live in sunny Arizona with my husband and our two sweet daughters. I’m a long-time stamper and paper crafter. I actually started paper crafting back in junior high by carving my own stamps from erasers to make handmade cards and scrapbook pages. However, over the years, cardmaking has definitely become my favorite crafty hobby!  It’s difficult for me to nail down my style, I’m a bit of a chameleon! I love clean and simple designs, coloring flowers and critters, and even constructing interactive cards! But overall I love trying to come up with designs that are unique or unexpected!

I’d love it if you would check out my YouTube channel, Blog, Gallery, or follow me on Instagram!!

 

 

Posted by EmilyMooreDesigns

 

Need some ideas for your art journal? Here's a list of 30 creative prompts with examples, plus grab this free printable too! Print it out and keep it nearby when you're ready to create. Try just a few prompts here and there, or for an extra challenge do all 30 of them! There are different techniques, subjects, and mediums to choose from. You can click each example image below to see more details and what products were used. Have fun creating in your art journals!

 

(Click the image below to download the free printable. Personal use only, thank you!)

 

 

 

1. Lace

 

2. Washi tape

 

3. Butterflies

 

4. Dots

5. Texture paste

 

6. Black & white

 

7. 3+ forms of mixed media

 

8. Crayons

 

9. Favorite color

10. Journaling

 

11. Watercolors

 

12. Plants

13. Collage paper

14. Moody

15. Splatters

16. Acrylic paint

17. Florals

 

18. Gold

 

19. Gel Press

 

20. Pink

21. Book page

 

22. Quote or saying

 

23. Torn paper

 

24. Inked background

25. 3+ stencils

 

26. Favorite photo

 

27. 4+ layers

28. Stamping

 

29. Circles

 

30. Markers

 

 

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Hi there! I'm Rachel - one of the owners and the Marketing Director here at ACOT. Kristin, the founder and heart of this company, happens to be my mom and hero. We lost her in April 2018, so my siblings and I are carrying on her legacy with this amazing business. She is dearly missed and we are still inspired by her every day.

I love all kinds of crafting, but my favorites are scrapbooking, art journaling, painting (watercolor and acrylics), and embroidery. I especially love it when I can combine some of these crafts together! Check out my projects in the ACOT gallery.

 

 

 

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