How to make light up hibiscus card.

Hi, crafty friends!

This is Eiko. Around the summer of 2023, Chibitronics will release three new animating LEDs. Gem-shaped blink type, Heart-shaped fade type, and Flower-shaped rainbow fade type. So today I make light up hibiscus card using Chibitronics new animating LED and Lawn Fawn dies.

When you pull the tab, the hibiscus fades to rainbow colors.

I will make the parts referring to the picture below.

• Die cut guava cardstock with notecard die.
• Die cut white cardstock with frame die and notch die and then color with squeezed lemonade and spiced marmalade distress ink.
• Die cut white cardstock with frame die and notch die.
• Die cut 2mm thick foam sheet with snow globe and pedestal dies.
• Die cut colored paper with leaves, hibiscus and sentiment dies.
• Die cut white cardstock with pull tab and sleeve dies.
• One small piece of foam sheet 3mm thick.

• Assemble the cover panel.
• Put the die cut parts on the colored cardstock and make a square hole in the center of the hibiscus.

• Make a slit by referring to the picture.
• Put the cover panel on white cardstock and mark the square hole with a pencil.
• Mark the position of the battery.
• Draw the circuit with a pencil.
• I colored the positive side red and the negative side blue.
• Apply the double-sided tape on the battery place and square hole.

• Apply a small piece of foam sheet to the square hole area.
• Peel off the release paper, stick the foam piece on the double-sided tape.
• Put the one more double-sided tape on the foam piece.
• Peel off the release paper on the foam piece.

• Stick the conductive fabric tape on the pre-drawn path.
• At the battery place, peel off the release paper, stick the negative side fabric tape, fold it back and cut it.
• Stick the positive side fabric tape.
• At the position of the battery leave the positive side fabric tape about 1 inch and cut it.
• Place the battery on the fabric tape with positive side facing up and stick the positive side fabric tape on the battery.
• For the foam piece, apply fabric tape on the foam piece.

Here’s an enlarged view of the foam piece.

Make the pull tab. Fold the pull tab along the crease.

• Insert the flap into the slit and place the switch at the top end of the slit.
• Mark the position of the fabric tape.

• Remove the switch part from the slit and stick the fabric tape on the mark.
• Fold the flap along the crease.

• Put the wrap part on the pull tab part.
• Put the foam tape around the entire edge of the circuit card base.

• Stick the cover panel on the circuit card base.
• Stick the finished parts on the folded card base.

• Stick the animating LED on the foam piece.
• Stick the pistil part on the LED sticker.

I finished it!

When you pull the tab, the hibiscus fades to rainbow colors.

Be sure to check out the whole video tutorial for more details.

Thank you for stopping by!

Eiko Uchida

~Supplies list~

• Chibitronics animating LED
• 3V coin cell battery (CR2016)
• Conductive fabric tape
• Lawn Fawn happy hibiscus
• Lawn Fawn tropical leaves backdrop
• Lawn Fawn shutter card
• Lawn Fawn Let’s toast pull tab add-on
• The Greetery crimped notecard die
• Distress ink squeezed lemonade
• Distress ink spiced marmalade
• Lawn Fawn guava cardstock
• Lawn Fawn chili pepper cardstock
• Lawn Fawn sunflower cardstock
• Lawn Fawn noble fir cardstock
• Lawn Fawn cilantro cardstock
• Lawn Fawn ground coffee cardstock
• Distress white heavy stock
• Neenah 80lb smooth solar white paper
• 3mm thick foam sheet