Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn Card Kit

Welcome to my post featuring the Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn Kit.  I think it is so wonderful that Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn have gotten together to design a card kit. Eiko from the Chibitronics Design Team has extremely clever cards, she helped design the kit.

You can find the kit here (affiliate link used at no extra charge to you).

For my card I used the papers from the kit and the circuit design.  I used two Lawn Fawn stamp sets; "Oh Gnome" and "Charge Me Up for Chibitronics".  

I started out by painting a galaxy sky on water color paper.  I went with a pastel palette, "Pastel Dreams" from Prima.  When the sky was dry I used "Large Cross-Stitched Circle Stackables" dies from Lawn Fawn to die cut the circle.  I also diecut the little heart and taped a piece of colored velum behind it.  I stamped and watercolored the gnomes and the lantern and fussy cut the images.  I adhered the pieces of the card front together on a piece of patterned paper included in the kit.  I did mark on the pattern paper first where the lights were to shine through and used a craft pick to punch the small holes.  

I made the circuit using the plan Eiko designed for the kit.

I adhered the card front to the circuit using some foam tape so there is some clearance for the battery switch.

This kit is adorable and anyone you gift a special Chibitronics card too will be wowed.

I hope you are enjoying seeing the many ways this kit can be used.

Out of this World Birthday

Something relaxing to me about swirling around watercolors to create a galaxy background. But I don't think it looks like much until I add the white splatter for the stars.  While the background was drying I colored the planets and rocket with Copics.  I fussy cut the colored images out.  I adhered the planets to background.  The rocket has a piece of clear thread taped to it.  The black diecut panel has a piece of diecut foam adhered to it.  I adhered the ends of the thread for the rocket in between the foam and black cardstock so the rocket moves a bit when the card is shaken.  I forgot to emboss the sentiment on the front of the card until after I stuck it all together.  I tried to heat emboss the sentiment in white on the front but it was a mess.  So I ended up adding the sentiment on a white strip of cardstock (which covered my failed embossing attempt). I finished my card off with dash lines using a white gel pen and some clear Nuvo Drops on the rockets window.

I used Lawn Fawns "Puffy Stars" dies and "Out Of This World" stamps for this card.  I am sharing this card at Lawn Fawnatics.

Have a great weekend.

Card for Tween Out of This World

Hello.  Two of my nephews have Birthdays coming up, they are both the same age and will be turning into ten year old tweens this year.  Cards for tween boys can be tricky, don't want the card to be too cute but not too grown up either.  I used a card layout from CASE This Sketch for this card to help me get some inspiration.

Method:

1.  Mask off stripes on black cardstock cut to 4.25 x 5.5".  I used some thin masking tape and worked on a craft mat with a grid printed on it to help me place the stripes straight.

2.  Sponge on Distress Oxide Ink.  I used three colours.  

3. Splatter with white paint.

4.  Remove tape and use a ruler to draw a stripe with a white gel pen.  

5.  Stamp and colour planets (from Lawn Fawn set Out Of This World) with Copic Markers.

6.  Fussy cut planets and color cut edge with black marker (I find this makes the edge look cleaner).

7. Stamp and heat emboss sentiment.

8.  Adhere black cardstock to cardbase then adhere planets and sentiment to card.  Some of the planets and the sentiment I adhered with foam tape.

9.  Embellish with black Nuvo Drops.

I am also entering this card in the Lawnfawnatics challenge, "Cards For Kids".

Thank you for stopping by.