Happy Monday all! I’m Allison Cope and today we’re going to create a light up swampy scene with this adorable toad and his toadstools!
To begin my card I first created a simple card base with a 3 dimensional fold in the center. This allows for the depth of my foam tape. This card is not a traditional size because I wanted to make sure that our little Sizzix “Myron” toad had enough room on the card front for the scene. I used a variety of Catherine Pooler inks to color up my entire scene.
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To begin my circuit under my card front, I poked holes through the toadstool die cuts in 5 places. Then I poked a pencil through the holes to place marks on the circuit surface. This way I would know exactly where to place my LED Light Stickers.
Once those light positions were located, I used my Craft Stencil and traced where each of my 5 stickers would go. Then I created a spot for my battery housing and connected the batteries and LED Light Stickers to complete the circuit.
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Now I can lay down the Conductive Fabric Tape on the negative side of the circuit. This tape is very flexible and self adhesive.
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Next I created a little house for my 2 batteries. You do not have to use 2 batteries but I like my lights to be nice and bright.
To create the battery housing, I used some 3D foam to build 4 walls to hold the batteries tightly.
Next I used a slender piece of vellum to create a flap to go over the batteries. I wrapped this vellum piece with the Fabric Conductive Tape to ensure that the tape makes contact with the top of the batteries. Then I proceeded to follow the red pen line and finish off the remainder of the positive side of the circuit.
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The final step is to place the Blue LED Light Stickers in their spots. Each sticker is clearly labelled which side of the sticker is the negative side (-) versus the positive side (=).
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To finish off the interior of the card, I added 3D foam around the parameter of the card. When I give an interactive card I always leave the circuit available to be accessed so for this card I added some small magnets for the closure.
And volia! You press the word “press” on the front of the card and those cute little toadstools light up!
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If you’d like to see exactly how I created the circuit was make, please check out my VIDEO tutorial:
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Thanks for joining me today! I hope I’ve inspired you to light up your next card!