You Light Up My Life

Hello!  Made my first card using Chibitronics, it turned out well!  I sometimes struggle for ways to embellish masculine cards and the Chibitronics lights worked well for this.  I ordered the starter kit which comes with a very informative and helpful instruction booklet and I watched a couple YouTube videos to find out how to use these little lights.  I first made my card front which I water colored and left under a heavy flat object overnight to flatten out the warping from the water.  I cut a piece of card stock to the same size as my front piece to set up my circuit.  I punched small holes in my front piece with a piercing tool where I wanted the lights to shine through.  I placed my front piece on top my back piece so I could mark through the holes where the lights were to go.  I then drew my circuit on the back piece of card stock.  One circuit for positive leading to the positive end of the battery and one circuit for negative leading to the negative end of the battery.  The copper circuits for positive and negative need to be close to each other but not touch.  I than stuck down the copper tape following the pencil lines, carefully folding the tape at the corners, if it rips or breaks the energy cannot flow through the tape from the battery to the lights.

Once I finished sticking down the copper tape I burnished it with my bone folder to smooth it down.  Then  I stuck the lights on my circuit lining up the positive end of the sticker with the positive copper circuit (the light stickers and battery are marked with positive and negative).  In the photo you can see I made a pocket to hold the battery using a piece of folded card stock.  The pocket holds the positive circuit away from the battery and when pressed down engages the circuit so that the lights can be turned on and off.

I than used a triple thick layer of foam tape to surround the battery and to adhere the circuit to the front of my card.  The thick layer of foam tape holds the top flap of the pocket away from the battery  until the recipient presses on the front of the card.  Once adhered to a card base I added my sentiment and some sequins to the stars and the lighthouse lamp.

Lots of instructions but really quite simple, this is the first time I used the kit and the only thing I needed to be careful of was that the copper tape needed to be folded at the corners carefully or it could break.  

Sharing this card at the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Challenge for December, the challenge is to make something new with a new product.

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