Welcome! I’m Allison Cope and today we’re going to have a spook-tacular time and create a fun light-up Halloween card!
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I begin by creating a circuit base for my card front panel and circuit. I create an actual card base to write to my recipient after my circuit is complete. I just make a base and slap it on the back of my circuit base. I always allow for the depth of my foam tape when creating this base.
I used some Catherine Pooler inks on the front of my card to add a colorful mat and a patch of color to add to the back of my die cut. I die cut the cool word die from thick black cardstock – this will block any extra light from passing through the card other than in the die cut area.
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Next I added some pre-made 3 dimensional pumpkin die cuts made from the Sizzix “Pumpkin Duo Die” set and inky layers of cardstock.
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Next I flipped my circuit base over and traced the die cut on the inside of my panel. This makes for easier placement of all the light stickers, circuit tape and batteries.
I used the stencil from the “Circuit Stickers and Effects Stencil” set and mapped where each of my LED Light Stickers were going to go. Today I used red, orange and yellow stickers.
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Next I attached all the stickers using the circuit lines. Green lines = positive side of the circuit and pink lines = the negative side of the circuit. Each line comes back to cross over the battery.
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Typically I start with the negative side of my circuit but today I began with the positive side. I added the Conductive Fabric Tape to my circuit beginning where my battery will be located. Traditionally I start on the negative side because the TOP of the battery cell is the positive side. To solve this problem, I know I have to add the batteries in UPSIDE DOWN.
Next I created my battery housing. I used some pieces of 3D foam adhesive to create a 4 sided little compartment. Then I added a piece of acetate (you can use anything for the flap!) that runs across the top of the battery. The negative side of the circuit (in this case because I had to flip my battery) has to start on top of the battery, so I begin my Conductive Fabric Tape on the underside of the flap and wrap it around the flap and out to the remainder of the negative side of the circuit.
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Here is my my almost completed circuit…
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Next I need to stick down the LED Light Stickers. In this case, I used 3 orange light stickers from the Tropical LED Lights set, 4 red light stickers and 3 yellow light stickers from the Red/Yellow/Blue Lights set. You can also purchase a Lights Sample MegaPack of LED stickers with all 6 colored sticker colors in it.
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It’s always good to TEST your circuit to see if it works! Ta-da!!
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And here is the final card all lit up…
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This circuit did not take long to map out and create!
I hope I’ve inspired you to create today! Grab one of our new Craft with Lights kits to give this light up project a try! Everything you need for your project’s circuit is included in these kits! All you have to do is pick “white lights” or “colored lights” ~ SO EASY!
Thanks for checking out the blog today! A full product list can be found on my blog.
Happy crafting!