Lawn Fawn Angler Fish Light up card, easy diy, with Video

 I like to make my light up card, easier and cheaper than those crafty brands and I have a few diy hacks for this. Today I'm using  simple LED  that you can find in an electronics store, diy or alike, I got mine on Amazon.

No need for mess around with circuits with these as the prongs are the conductors as well. the longer  "leg"is the plus and should go on the side of a battery. I'm using a CR2016 it's thinner than Cr2020 or CR2032 which is probably the easiest to find nowadays, before  this the CR2025 was the standard.

But I like to keep an eye out on these batteries and the thinner the better for cards, but also less juice, so be mindful.

For my card I inkblended a circle for my Sea or ocean with Distress inks and splattered it with water.

Colored the Lawn Fawn Angler Fish with DecoTime brush markers.

the light up mechanism is very easy, you punch a hole for the LED to peek through and then bend the prongs on a 90 degree angle, making sure there's room for the battery and  that they don't touch , until you press the panel.

That's where the round bubble like stamp in the set come sin handy, so the recipient actually knows to push it. The sentiments is also from the set.

I then encase the light and battery with two layers of foamtape and also mounted the fish with foamtape as the LED sticks out. ig you fancy you could have it come through the fish's light, but I thought it was too dainty for me to try, but I have done so with a Santa's noce and a Deer's Nose too.

See the video for my process:

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Less is More Challenge: B is for Beach

 

The Less is More Challenge has started last Saturday. and I tried a few ideas, but I didn't like them, so I slept on it and came up with this today.

I diecut a circle from Watercoloring paper and painted it with Mijello Gold MIssion watercolors, let it dry.

Meanwhile I diecut some sets from Gummiapan (lighthouse and Seagulls) from the same card as my cardbase.

I did adhere double sided tape before cutting, so they turned into stickers without the mess of liquid glue.

The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) and I stamped it with Memento blue, so it all matches.

Mounted the circle with foamtape and adhered the white shapes on top.

And now I have another Idea on this card ;-).

To play along or more information on the Less is More Challenge, see this.

Create magic

 

Hello, today I'm using another digi  from Dustin Pike at the Whimsy Stamps  store.

It's a digital set of six Uni-Kitties, and you all know I love cats, puns and mythical creatures...I hope...

I printed two of them and cut them out with the Scan N Cut, then colored with alcohol markers. In all fariness I wanted to use the trail of stars from the Whimsy Clear set: Create Magic too, you know a la Purrmaid toot, but I decided against, it, might need another card with 3,2,1, we have lift off and a trail of stars ;-) But I did use the sentiment from the same set and a  Memento ink for the stamping, I think it goes well with magical creatures.

For the background I masked off the cardbase with a row of clouds, I free handed them out of masking paper, then inkblended Distress inks to make the clouds.

One of the Uni Cats I placed on the bottom edge as it looks like he's standing, the other one is flying or soaring in the sky, mounted the pink one with foamtape and the blue one flush on the cardbase.

Find the items in the Whimsy Shop:

Uni-Kitties Digi: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/june-2023-digital/products/uni-kitties-set-digital-stamp

Sentiment: https://whimsystamps.com/products/create-magic-clear-stamps?_pos=8&_sid=55601e4b7&_ss=r

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AAA Cards Challenge: #244 Dogs and or Puppies

 

Hello this week we're all about puppies and or dogs, anything canine would work too.

For my card I've chosen the My Favorite Things  set Superdog for image and sentiment.

I stamped the image in MFT Extreme Black ink and the sentiment in Versafine black ink.

I colored the image with Copic Markers and mounted the image with foamtape.

For the background I've masked a circle on the cardbase then, using a Marianne Design Stencil (PS8024),

I've added cloud details to the circle with whatever was left on my inkblending brush; I'd say mostly Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks.

Adhered the image to the cardbase.

As usual, you have two weeks to enter your card here.

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-Decotime Layering Stencils first look and try, Action magnetic board. Video

 

Best Fishes

 

Hello, today I have  another digi from the latest Whimsy Stamps and Dustin Pike release: Purrmaid Crab.

I added the little goldfish as I had it printed earlier from Purrmaid Toot, printed, cout out and the colored with alcohol markers ( Graphit brush and Spectrum Noir).

For the background I've masked off an area on the cardbase and applied Distress inks: Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon and Salvaged Patina, then splattered with water and set it aside to dry.

The sentiment is from Fishing Dragons, a slear set, also from Dustin Pike and Whimsy Stamps.

Lastly I mounted the images with foamtape and adhered it on top of the cardbase.

Find all the Purrmaid Digisets in the store:

https://whimsystamps.com/search?q=purrmaid

and the sentiment:  

https://whimsystamps.com/products/fishing-dragons-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=fb3c1c5ba&_ss=r

I think it's a fun card for the Less is More Challenge: anything CAS goes

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rainbow and unicorns erhm cats...uni-cats

 

Hello, there's another new digital release from Dustin Pike at the Whimsy Stamps  store.

It's a digital set of six Uni-Kitties, and I went with  a rainbow theme today.

For the background I masked of the cardbase with a blob like stencil I made with my Scan N Cut. Inkblended Distress inks through it, then splattered with water and  shimmer.

I actually made this background for the first Uni Cat card I made, but them the problem arose as to way color of cat would go best, so I slept on it and decided a Warm Grey tone with a hint of rainbow would be nice and it is.I added movement marks to make it look the Unicat is actually flying in front of a rainbow, instead of floating in mid air ;-), the opening could have been a rectangular strip too, but I seem to do that enough as is, but you do you, I'm just here to inspire.

For the sentiment I've used a clear set, also Whimsy (Simple Sentiment Strips) and i've used Versafine black ink.

Find the items in the Whimsy Shop:

Uni-Kitties Digi: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/june-2023-digital/products/uni-kitties-set-digital-stamp

Simple Sentiment Strips: https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=fdbc7aed9&_ss=r

#Whimsystamps #Digistamps #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike  #DustinPike  #PunnyCard  #Distressinks    #Unicorns #cats #Uni-kitties