Beak Sing
Hello! Kelly here sharing a card using Hello Bluebird Stamps and Chibitronics. We have herons in the lakes in our neighborhood, they are magnificent birds. They are often standing on the shore watching for fish to eat. I have only ever heard them squawk I’m not sure if...
On point blinking sign
There’s nothing that catches your eye better than something blinking. That’s one of the reasons I really love the effect stickers by Chibitronics. I used some cacti stamps by Concord&9th that is super cute and there’s a sign in the set that I cut out and backed with vellum...
Hidden Message Lights Up!
Hi Folks! Kelly G. here to share a fun card that has a hidden message … until you pull the tab! Once the tab is pulled, it completes the circuit, turns the lights on, and illuminates the embossed sentiment that is layered behind the top layer of vellum. I...
Light Up Ship In A Bottle
Hi Everyone! Tiffany here on the Chibitronics blog today with a simple light up card. When I first saw the Message in a Bottle stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps I feel in love with it and thought it will make a cute card with a mini world in...
How to make light up love berry card using reed switch.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up love berry card using Chibitronics and Waffle Flower Crafts stamps and dies. I used the reed switch on this card. So when you move the magnet closer to the switch, the switch turns on and Chibitronics glows. Reed switch...
light up diamond card using Winnie and Walter stamp
Hello, friends! It’s Wei Wei here to share this light up diamond card featuring Chibitronics LED Sticker and Winnie and Walter My Precious stamp set! First, I started by creating the background with heat embossing diamonds in white and adding colors with watercoloring. After color dried, I stamped the heart-shaped...
Chibitronics + Winnie & Walter Collaboration Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)
Good morning! We are thrilled to be collaborating with Winnie & Walter today! Our design team and the Winnie & Walter design team have created projects using Winnie & Walter products with Chibitronics LED stickers! To celebrate the hop we have prizes for two lucky random commenters! Winnie &...
Hoppy Birthday Card
Hello! Kelly Szafron here. My families cabin used to be surrounded by swamp and forest. In the evenings we could hear the frogs and toads singing. Away from the city lights the stars were so bright at the cabin. This card was inspired by those summer evenings. I used...
Magical Day
Hello Chibitronic-fans 🙂 today I want to share with you this magical pullman slider switch card. First, I wanted to mentioned that at the beginning the card was planned as a regular LED card, with a push switch. But as I was creating my circuit I liked the...
Chibitronics + Fiber Optic Cables
Hi Everyone! This is Tiffany and I am here today on the Chibitronics blog with a simple light up card. This card incorporates Fiber Optic Cables to stretch 1 single LED sticker into multiple light up points on my card. On my card, each fiber optic cable will light...
How to make light up tag book.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up tag book using Chibitronics and Karen Burniston Tag Book Pop-up die. When you open the tag book, the LED glows. I will make the parts referring to the picture below. Four yellow tags. Two tags of pattern paper. One tag...
light up mermaid card
Hello, friends! Wei Wei here today with light up mermaid card featuring Chibitronics white LED Sticker and Lawn Fawn mermaid for you stamp set! I am using Lawn Fawn stamps on my card today. There’s a video of the entire process at the end of this post if you want to...
Hooray Tween Boy Birthday Card
Hello! I have two tween sons and one of them is turning nine in a couple of weeks. Sometimes I struggle to think of card ideas for boys this age. A light up robot is perfect though for my soon to be nine year old. He is a lively...
Fighting Ninjas Light Upon Impact!
Hi Folks! Kelly Griglione here to share a fun card with the My Favorite Things Ninja-Mazing Stamp and Die set. If you make the blue ninja (the good guy) jump kick across the card to attack the red ninja (bad guy), the impact of his kick will be illustrated...
Light Up Campfire
Hi Everyone! My name is Tiffany and I am on the Chibitronics blog with a campfire card that lights up and toast my marshmallows. Since its been a cold start to spring in the Northeast I wanted to create a card to remind me summer will soon be here....
CUE 2018
This year, we attended CUE for the first time. Set in beautiful Palm Springs, we enjoyed the great weather, meeting some really nice educators, and eating way too much goodness at Sherman’s Deli! Here are some tweets from the event! Chibitronics presentation. Simple circuits combined with coding and arts....
Autism Awareness Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)
Good morning! Chibitronics is honored to be a sponsor for the 2018 Stamping For Autism Awareness Blog Hop hosted by Veronica Zalis and Tenia Nelson! Several of our designers have created cards to “light it up blue” for Autism Awareness! Chibitronics is one of many sponsors giving away prizes along...
How to make light up skeleton shaker card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up skeleton shaker card. When you push the switch, the fireflies glow. I will make the parts referring to the picture below. Die cut pattern paper with star frame die. Die cut foam sheet with star frame die. Die cut...
Light up lantern cards
Hi, it’s Wei Wei here today, and I have two lantern cards to share. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. On the night of the Lantern Festival, people traditionally carry lanterns, eat sweet glutinous...
Under the Sea
Hello! I’m here today to share how I made this under water scene light up shaker card. I started out by stamping the mermaid on smooth bristol paper. I then used masking fluid to mask the mermaid off. While the masking fluid was drying I made the frame...
Baby Girl
Hello crafty friends, today I’m back with a new Chibitronics light project to share with you. At the moment I’m totally in need of baby cards, as everybody seems to be expecting. I recently ordered this cute little fairy from Clearly Besotted Stamps and I thought it would be...
Light up fireflies
When I saw this stamp set with fireflies I knew I had to make them light up. I used my Chibitronics and some glow in the dark embossing powder to give a double effect. I started by using my Misti to make two panels that looked exactly the same....
Light-up Moon for Japanese Themed Card
Hello everyone! This is Tiffany and I am here on the Chibitronics blog with a simple japan inspired interactive card featuring a moon that lights up. I will also show you how to create a simple battery slot using white post-it tape and a small circle die. — I...
Chibitronics and MFT Stamps Collaboration Giveaway Winners!
Hello!! Just popping in to share the giveaway winners from our collaboration with MFT Stamps! The winners of a Chibitronics starter kit are: Sharon Bessinger and Ldybg93 The winner of the $50 voucher to MFT Stamps is: Sam Burnett Winners, please send me an email at jessica@chibitronics.com to claim...
How to make light up pop-up sphere card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up pop-up sphere card. When you open the card, the sphere pops up and when you pull the pull tab, the rabbits glow. ~Make the parts~ I will make the parts referring to the picture below. Two pink...
Slider light up card with hidden cake
Hi Ladies! It’s Wei Wei here to share a cute card featuring some little aliens celebrating birthday! On this card, when you press the planet, the UFO will light up with fade effect; pull the slider, the hidden cake will appear with purple light candles.
I’m Owl Yours
Hello! Kelly Szafron here. I am sharing a card I made using stamps from My Favorite things and three white Chibi lights. I tried a new technique that Kelly Griglione shared in a blog post. Kelly doubled up on the copper tape. She made her circuit of tape affixed...
Lighting up windows with coloured LEDs
I hope you are enjoying your weekend and get some time to get crafty. Today I wanted to share a pretty simple card. I have a trick I wanted to share. It will help when you don’t have much space to put your copper tape without having it show....
Chibitronics and My Favorite Things Collaboration – Day 2 (+GIVEAWAYS!)
Hello! We are super excited to be collaborating with My Favorite Things this week! Both of our design teams are sharing amazing creations using products from My Favorite Things and Chibitronics! And to celebrate our collaboration we have a few giveaways! We have a $50 voucher from My Favorite Things...
Chibitronics and My Favorite Things Collaboration – Day 1 (+GIVEAWAYS!)
Hello! We are super excited to be collaborating with My Favorite Things for the next two days! Both of our design teams are sharing amazing creations using products from My Favorite Things and Chibitronics! And to celebrate our collaboration we have a few giveaways! We have a $50 voucher...
Kitty Plays with Mouse and Lights Up Birthday Card
Hi Friends! This is Kelly from Notable Nest here to share a cute card featuring a little kitty playing with his mouse toy. While he’s sliding across the floor, swatting at the mouse hanging from the sentiment … … he lights up the birthday greetings! If you’re interested in...
Fishing for a Star Light Up Card
Hello to all my crafty friends. I am here on the Chibitronics blog today with a whimsical card featuring the Hero Arts Dreamy Night stencil which definitely deserve the Chibitronics treatment ;D. Here are the steps for my card: I first create my background piece by taping down my...
Lava Land
Hello crafty friends, today I want to show you this sweet dinosaur and lava land light up card. The images are from Clearly Besotted stamps. From the moment on I saw them, I wanted to create a light up card. Finally, after Christmas and a little stressful time, I...
How to make light up elephant shaker card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up elephant shaker card using Chibitronics and Mama elephant stamps and dies. When you pull the pull tab, the balloons glow. I will make the parts referring to the picture below. Folded ocean blue glimmery cardstock. Circuit card base. Die...
Light up scrapbook layout
Hi Ladies! It’s Wei Wei back with a new 12×12 scrapbook layout. Besides cardmaking, I love making layouts so I decided to bring Chibitronics LED stickers to my layout.
Shine Like A Diamond
Hello, Kelly here today with a colourful card. Using Yupo and Alcohol inks in card making is very trendy at the moment. I used Ranger Alcohol Ink Blending Solution and Ranger Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper to create my background. I left the inks to dry overnight then...
Background lit window card
I made this happy pig card light up by putting the LEDs on the front panel instead of the back as I would normally do. That way the light reflects off the back of the card, it gives it another kind of effect. I added glitter to the background...
Kissing Dogs Light Hearts Up (Valentine Slider Card)
Hi Folks! Kelly here from Notable Nest with a fun little Valentine’s Day card to share. This one features two dogs. When you slide the dog on the right so that his nose touches his friend’s nose, they kiss! and then the hearts light up! Let’s take a look...
Twinkling Fireworks Card
Happy New Year Everyone! I’ve been saving my Twinkling effect sticker for a while and I am so happy to finally find the perfect stamp set for it. My card features a lion dancer with fireworks and I used the twinkling effect sticker to make a realistic firework display....
Light up shaker card
I can’t believe that 2017 is almost over, it just swished by so fast. I really look forward to seeing what 2018 is going to be like, I think there will be a lot of crafting going on at least. We’ll see. As I got to blog on one...
Christmas card with removable battery cover door
Hello friends, it’s Wei Wei here, today I’m back with a Christmas card with removable battery cover door! That means you can replace a new battery. Here is my card:
Hello Kelly here with a winter themed Birthday card. Chibitronics are a very fun way to embellish masculine tween cards. One of my favorite reasons to make greeting cards is being able to personalize the card for the recipient and my sons favorite animals are seals. Supplies: Chibitronics white...
How to make light up Holiday 3D house card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up Holiday 3D house card using Chibitronics and Waffle Flower Crafts stamps and dies. At the basic level, when you pull the pull tab, one Chibitronics glows. At the advanced level, when you pull the pull tab, the two colors Chibitronics...
Craft a Holiday Greeting with Love to Code
Happy holidays from team Chibi! Our intern, Shicheng Lim (@caligomartia on Instagram), designed a fun color-in, light-up holiday card template activity so you can craft your own holiday greeting using Love to Code! Anyone with the Love to Code Starter Kit will have the electronic parts to do this project....
Pull Tab Slider Switch
Hello friends, today I’m back with a new project using the uber cute “sealed with love” stamp set from Lawn Fawn. For long time I wanted to create a cool pull tab slider switch card and now I’m forcing myself to do it. The first time I saw this...
Christmas Carousel Card Featuring A Multilayer Chibitronics Circuit
I’m very excited to bring you my reindeer card featuring a multilayer Chibitronics circuit (which sounds way more complicated than it really is). The idea behind this card is to incorporate the LED circuit into a sliding card with the top side of the pole connected to the LED...
How to make light up shadow box card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up shadow box card using Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. When you pull the pull tab, the windows glow. I will make the parts referring to the picture below. Die cut a pattern paper with shadow box die. Cut the white...
Winter Unicorn Light Up Advent Calendar
Hello crafty friends, today I´m back with another light up project. I have a friend of mine that loves unicorns. As I was buying some adventxcalendars to go, I have found one with unicorns. In this moment I thought of her and bought one. Directly I had the winter...
How to create a buttery easel card using effect sticker
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BLACK FRIDAY SALES!
Good morning and happy Black Friday! Have you been wanting to give Chibitronics a try?! Well now is your chance! Take 40% off STEM Starter Kits with the code “BFSTART” (expires November 25th) and 30% off the whole shop with the code “BFWKND18” (expires November 27th). Happy shopping!
Jolly Holiday Card
Hello, Kelly Szafron here with a card made with fun stamps from Reverse Confetti and a red LED from Chibitronics. I made a slider to switch on Rudolph’s nose using instructions from Eikos post here. I really enjoyed how simple it was to make this slider switch. I...
How to make light up snow globe tags.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up snow globe tags using Chibitronics and Papertreyink‘s Tinsel & Tags Kit. This kit is a very popular limited kit released in 2014. If you could get it, try making a glowing tag! When I pull the pull tab,...
Sugar skulls with flashing eyes, using Chibitronics effect stickers
I love experimenting and trying to come up with new ways of doing things. These sugar skulls was an idea that I got and needed to try to make. The idea is that the skulls are attached on sliders and the sliders are also the switch. So you can...
Chibitronics Lights are Perfect for Ice!
Hello, Kelly from Notable Nest here. I’m really excited to show you how neat the Chibitronics lights look with vellum when you have an element of ice on your card! Let’s take a look! Because I need the light to be diffused across the ice, vellum is used...
Light Up Christmas Fairy Card
Hi Everyone! This is Tiffany and I’m here on the Chibitronics blog today. I have a pretty simple interactive card featuring a Christmas fairy and candle that lights up. The stamp set I am using today is from SSS Magical Wishes stamp set and it is the perfect stamp...
Chibitronics and Sweet Stamp Shop Collaboration, Day 5
Good morning! This week we’re excited to collaborate with Sweet Stamp Shop and both design teams will be sharing inspiration all week long! And what’s a collaboration without a giveaway? 😉 One lucky commenter on our blog will win a Chibitronics starter kit so make sure to leave a...
Chibitronics and Sweet Stamp Shop Collaboration, Day 4
Good morning! This week we’re excited to collaborate with Sweet Stamp Shop and both design teams will be sharing inspiration all week long! And what’s a collaboration without a giveaway? 😉 One lucky commenter on our blog will win a Chibitronics starter kit so make sure to leave a...
Chibitronics and Sweet Stamp Shop Collaboration, Day 3
Good morning! This week we’re excited to collaborate with Sweet Stamp Shop and both design teams will be sharing inspiration all week long! And what’s a collaboration without a giveaway? 😉 One lucky commenter on our blog will win a Chibitronics starter kit so make sure to leave a...
Chibitronics and Sweet Stamp Shop Collaboration, Day 2
Good morning! This week we’re excited to collaborate with Sweet Stamp Shop and both design teams will be sharing inspiration all week long! And what’s a collaboration without a giveaway? 😉 One lucky commenter on our blog will win a Chibitronics starter kit so make sure to leave a...
Chibitronics and Sweet Stamp Shop Collaboration, Day 1
Good morning! This week we’re excited to collaborate with Sweet Stamp Shop and both design teams will be sharing inspiration all week long! And what’s a collaboration without a giveaway? 😉 One lucky commenter on our blog will win a Chibitronics starter kit so make sure to leave a...
Creating 3D buildings with Tim Holtz and Chibitronics
Good morning and Happy Halloween! Jess here to share projects from three of our fabulous designers. Tim Holtz kindly sent our designers a few of his Village dies and they have created some amazing light up creations! Here’s a sneak peek but I encourage you to head to their...
How to make light up Halloween monster card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up Halloween monster card using Tim Holtz stamps and dies. I used an effect sticker on this card, so when you pull the pull tab the eyes of the monster will flash. I will make the parts referring to the...
How to make light up spinner card.
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up spinner card using Heffy doodle stamps and dies. The LED glows when you pull the pull tab. And if you wind the center part before putting it in the envelope, it starts spinning when the recipient opens the card....
kitty friends -a circle spinner light up card
Hi Chibitronics friends! This is Wei Wei here today and I would like to share a circle spinner light up card I created using some LED stickers and Honey Bees stamp.
You light up my world (with effect stickers)
Have you ever given the Chibitronics effect stickers a try? I had them for a while and was waiting for the perfect time to use it. Well, after a while I realised it’s always the perfect time to use them, they are really fun and easy to use. I...
Reach for the Stars
Hello crafty people, today I´m back with a new video tutorial using stamps from Lawn Fawn. For long time I wanted to use the upon a star set, but it never fit. But In case I would find an opportunity to use this set, I already knew what I...
Spooky Haunted House
Hello Folks! Kelly from Notable Nest here to share a spooky project just in time for Halloween! Of all the holidays we make cards for, I think Halloween is one that most benefits from Chibitronics lights … flickering jack-o-lanterns, a glowing moon, eerie ghosts, and haunted houses all become...
Kitty Flying Through a Starry Sky
Hi everybody! This is Tiffany and today I bring you a Halloween card featuring the adorable witchy kitty from The Greeting Farm flying over a Chibitronics filled starry night sky :D. This card uses a slider to move the kitty across the sky and to activate the Chibitronics LED...
World CardMaking Day Blog Hop with Honeybee Stamps
Good morning and Happy World CardMaking Day!! Today the Chibitronics design team is excited to be collaborating and hopping along with the Honeybee Stamps design team and sharing projects using Chibitronics LED lights along with Honeybee stamps and dies! And what’s a hop without a giveaway?! We’ll be giving away...
How to make light up Halloween treat box
Hi, crafty friends! This is Eiko and I make light up treat box using Lawn Fawn scalloped treat box dies. This treat box has thin circuit so you can put sweets inside. The basic version glows only on the front side and the advance version glows all sides. ~Basic version~...
CAS-ual Friday Stamps Hop Winner!
Good morning! We’re a little behind but wanted to announce the winner of a starter kit from our giveaway with CAS-ual Friday Stamps! Congratulations to Kirsty: Kirsty, please send us an email at JessicaAFrost@gmail.com and we’ll get that prize out to you ASAP!
U Guys R Fantastic – Light Up Shaker Card ft Heffy Doodle
Video Available here —> https://youtu.be/7-i991c3DpA Hello everyone, It’s Lesley here, aka Hungry Heffy. I am thrilled to be hijacking the Chibi-blog today with a fun interactive project which features some Heffy Doodle stamps. And, if you are familiar with my work, you probably know that i LOVE an interactive...
Glowing Star Background
CRED Forms Hello, Kelly here to share how I made this card using Chibitronics and Hero Arts products. To start I diecut the starry background from navy card stock and splattered it with a bit of white paint. I then colored a piece of velum with alcohol inks to...
Chibitronics and CAS-ual Friday Stamps Collaboration, day 2
Good morning! We’re excited to be back for day two of a fabulous collaboration with CAS-ual Friday Stamps! We’re hopping along with the CAS-ual Friday designers to show off creations using CAS-Friday stamps with Chibitronics LED stickers! And what’s a hop without a giveaway?! We’ll be giving away a...
Chibitronics and CAS-ual Friday Stamps Collaboration, Day 1
Good morning! We’re excited to be back for a fun new collaboration with CAS-ual Friday Stamps! Today and tomorrow we’re hopping along with the CAS-ual Friday designers to show off creations using CAS-Friday stamps with Chibitronics LED stickers! And what’s a hop without a giveaway?! We’ll be giving away...
Hello Birthday Yeti Up In The Starry Sky
Hi Everyone! This is Tiffany and I am here to show you my card feature a birthday yeti waving to you up in the starry night sky. This card used a slider switch to activate this light stickers and move the yeti arm. Here are the steps to create...
Flying Hippo Shining Circle
Hello crafty people, it´s Vanessa here today to show you a flying hippo LED card. I had the idea in my mind to create a slider switch card like Eiko has done lately. But I totally failed. Nevertheless I wanted to encourage you to continue your projects and not...
Chibitronics and Studio Katia Collaboration Winner!
Good morning! We had a wonderful time collaborating with Studio Katia last week and we have a winner to announce! The winner of a Chibitronics starter kit is: Amy, please send an email to jessicaafrost@gmail.com and we’ll get that prize out to you ASAP! 🙂 Thanks so much and...
Chibitronics and Studio Katia Collaboration, Day 2
Good morning and welcome back to day two of our collaboration with Studio Katia! Click on the links below to visit the Studio Katia blog and our designers! You’ll definitely want a closer look at these projects plus videos showing them in action! 😉And make sure you check out details for our...
Chibitronics and Studio Katia Collaboration, Day 1
Good morning! We’re excited to be back for another collaboration with a fabulous company: Studio Katia! Over the next two days days our designers along with the Studio Katia design team will be sharing creations using Chibitronics LED stickers and Studio Katia stamps and dies! Click on the links below...
Chibitronics and Newton’s Nook Design Collaboration Winner!
Good morning! Thanks to all of you for your great comments and feedback during our collaboration with Newton’s Nook Designs last week! The winner of the $30 gift certificate to Newton’s Nook Designs and a starter pack from Chibitronics was randomly chosen from the comments left on Tiffany’s blog...
Chibitronics and Newton’s Nook Collaboration Recap!
Good morning and welcome back to the final day of our collaboration with Newton’s Nook Designs! We’ve had a great time combining Newton’s Nook Designs stamps and dies with Chibitronics LED light stickers and we hope we’ve given you some ideas on how to combine the two companies on...
Chibitronics and Newton’s Nook Collaboration, Day 4
Good morning and welcome back to our week long collaboration with Newton’s Nook Designs! All week our designers along with the Newton’s Nook design team will be sharing creations using Chibitronics LED stickers and Newton’s Nook Designs stamps and dies! Click on the links below to visit the Newton’s Nook Blog and our next designer!...
Chibitronics and Newton’s Nook Collaboration, Day 3
Good morning and welcome back to our week long collaboration with Newton’s Nook Designs! All week our designers along with the Newton’s Nook design team will be sharing creations using Chibitronics LED stickers and Newton’s Nook Designs stamps and dies! Click on the links below to visit the Newton’s Nook Blog and our next designer!...
Chibitronics and Newton’s Nook Collaboration, Day 2
Good morning and welcome back to our week long collaboration with Newton’s Nook Designs! All week our designers along with the Newton’s Nook design team will be sharing creations using Chibitronics LED stickers and Newton’s Nook Designs stamps and dies! Click on the links below to visit the Newton’s Nook Blog and our next designer!...
Chibitronics and Newton’s Nook Collaboration, Day 1
Good morning! This week the Chibitronics design team is thrilled to be collaborating with one of our favorite companies, Newton’s Nook Designs! For the next five days our designers along with the Newton’s Nook design team will be sharing creations using Chibitronics LED stickers and Newton’s Nook Designs stamps and dies! Click on...
Chibitronics in China
Jie Qi, co-founder and inventor of Chibitronics, was recently in China, sharing our Love to Code and Circuit Stickers at the Communication University of China and Asia Society & Jack Ma’s Foundation. Communication University of China Professor Hongliang Wang of the Communication University of China invited Jie to teach...
ISTE 2017
We just got back from a busy week at ISTE. We had a great time meeting new and old friends and had a chance to share our new Love to Code kit: the Chibi Chip and Chibi Scope! We hosted a workshop “STEAM-Based Learning and Self-Expression with Chibitronics” with...
Paper Circuits at Maker Faire with IEEE
We just returned from Maker Faire, where our friends from IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) hosted us in their booth. IEEE is a non-profit professional engineering association whose goal is to advance technology for humanity. IEEE’s booth had inspiring technology projects to spark interest and imagination. We...
Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn Collaboration, Day 3
Good morning and welcome back to the last day of the Lawn Fawn and Chibitronics collaboration! You can find our first 2 days of posts here and here! Click on the links below to visit the Lawn Fawn blog and our first four designers! Lawn Fawn is giving away a $30...
Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn Collaboration, Day 2
Good morning and welcome back to the second day of the Lawn Fawn and Chibitronics collaboration! You can find our first day of posts here! Click on the links below to visit the Lawn Fawn blog and our first four designers! Lawn Fawn is giving away a $30 gift card...
Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn Collaboration, Day 1
Good morning and Happy Monday! Today the Chibitronics design team is thrilled to be collaborating with one of our favorite companies, Lawn Fawn! For the next three days our designers along with the Lawn Fawn design team will be sharing creations using Chibitronics LED stickers and Lawn Fawn stamps...
2017 Chibitronics Design Team
Meet the 2017 Chibitronics Design Team! We’re so proud to work with these wonderful artists and paper crafters. We will be featuring their great projects on our website and social media. Jessica Frost-Ballas, Design Team Coordinator: Hi, I’m Jess from All the Sparkle! I live in the Shenandoah...
Chibitronics 2016 Recap: A Year in Review
We’ve had a busy 2016, and are grateful for the friends, educators, crafters, partners, and community members who’ve supported us this year. In January, we were off to CHA for our second year. We met some amazing partners, including this wonderful partner, Kelli from Lawn Fawn, who really helped...
Interactive Flashcard Tutorial
For Grades: 5+ These interactive flashcards are a fun and unique way for students to review topics learned in class. Each student can create a unique flashcard to contribute to a class compilation of review questions. The example shown here is an example for a 6th grade science lesson...
Light-Up Cards with Lawn Fawn Stamps and Chibitronics LED Circuit Stickers
We’re excited to do another collaboration with our favorite stamp company, Lawn Fawn! This week, we’ll be featuring some light-up cards made with stamps from Lawn Fawn’s latest collection (so cute!) and our LED stickers. We have some amazing light-up cards made with our tropical LED circuit stickers, effects...
Avery Elle & Chibitronics Collaboration
We’re excited to be collaborating with Avery Elle this week! We loved using the super cute stamps from Avery Elle with our lights. Check out the Chibitronics and Avery Elle Design Teams’ cards using the latest stamps from Avery Elle and our fun LED circuit stickers. Click on the...
My Favorite Things Design Collaboration Week 2
We’re having a great time working with My Favorite Things in our fun design collaboration. My Favorite Things has the cutest stamps, and the combination of stamps and Chibi lights are so fun. Last week, we shared some fun cards from Nancy and Jessica. Today, we’re sharing a design...
My Favorite Things Design Collaboration Week 1
We’re so excited to be working with My Favorite Things in our fun design collaboration. My Favorite Things has the cutest stamps, and the combination of stamps and Chibi lights are so fun. We’ll be sharing designs from both of our design teams this week and next. Come back...
Our First ISTE Appearance
In late June, we attended our first ISTE conference in Denver, Colorado! We had applied for and had gotten into the startup expo, a pavilion with 32 start-up companies in ed-tech. We had a little booth, which we lit up and met with lots of great educators. It was...
Meet the Maker: Colleen Graves
We’re excited this month to introduce rockstar maker/educator/librarian Colleen Graves. Colleen has been sharing all sorts of wonderful ideas and resources for making with technology and how to set up spaces that nurture such creativity! 1. What is your story? I’m Colleen Graves, I’m a Maker, a Teacher, and...
Aslı’s Circuit Sketchbook
Welcome to Asli’s Sketchbook page! We will be sharing completed scenes created by artist Aslı. Each week she is posting a new page, along with creations by others in their own sketchbooks. Keep updated by checking here or following us on Instagram or Twitter.Please feel free to share your...
Chibitronics at ASTRA
This June, we went to our first toy show at ASTRA. ASTRA is the American Specialty Toy Retailer Association, and they hold an annual Marketplace and Academy show every year. This year, it was in early June at the Denver Convention Center. We had heard from others that it...
Maker Faire
We had a great time this year at our third Maker Faire! We met old and new fans, and had fun creating light-up cards. This year, we were in the Expo Hall and wanted our booth to stand out. We got a banner made and light up the banner...
Cambridge Science Festival
We had an amazing time participating in the 10th Anniversary of the Cambridge Science Festival and 100th Anniversary of MIT in Cambridge, where over 40,000 visitors from all over the Cambridge/Boston area came to visit for MIT’s open house festivities. In collaboration with the MIT museum, we hosted a...
NSTA Conference
We just got back from a fun week at NSTA in Tennessee. We met so many great educators and learned so much! Thanks to Robin Glugatch, Randy Rogers, and Liz Bassey for helping with decorations in our booth. Everyone loved seeing the classroom examples and were inspired by the...
Lawn Fawn Collaboration
We were so happy to meet Kelly Marie from Lawn Fawn at this year’s CHA. This week, we are doing a fun collaboration with Lawn Fawn’s super cute stamps and our stickers. Check out what our Chibi designers came up with their favorite Lawn Fawn stamps. Alisha Christina Jessica...
Xyron & Chibitronics Blog Hop
Hi everyone, we’re doing our first blog hop with Xyron. Xyron makes great adhesive and crafting machines and tools, and we’ve had a blast using them with our products. Check out what our Chibi Designers came up with! Alisha Christina Joanna Nancy Patricia Head on over to the Xyron...
Decorative project ideas with Xyron Creative Station and Chibi Lights
The best thing about Chibi light is that it is a light sticker. Don’t we all love crafting with stickers? It’s a great medium to create quick, easy and aesthetically pleasing projects. One needs to just peel, place and press to create delightful craft magic. Ever wondered how you...
Celebrating love for Science on Valentine’s day with circuits at AAAS meeting
What could be a better way to express our love for science than to make DIY light-up cards on Valentine’s day? We were lucky enough to create such an opportunity for hundreds of energetic children and their families on the Valentine’s weekend. Thanks to the Computing Research Association, who...
Light-up your Valentine’s Day- DIY project ideas with Circuit Stickers
Make this Valentine’s Day extra special. Here are some ideas to express your love with unique light-up projects. #1 Hack your favorite Valentine’s Day card and make it flashy with our tropical lights. #2 Add extra spark to the sparkled hearts #3 How could someone possibly ignore a light-up stiletto? #4...
CHA 2016 Recap
We just came back from the Craft & Hobby MegaShow in Anaheim, CA! There was a lot of work for our small team of three, but we had a blast! We wanted to keep our booth expenses to a minimum, but still wanted it cute. Our good friend, Linda...
Chibitronics 2015 Recap
Looking back, it’s been a fun and fruitful 2015 and grown so much since our small crowdfunding experiment from a year ago. We want to thank you for the support and feedback- we couldn’t have gone this far without you – our wonderful community! Early in the year, we...
Welcome 2016! 16 fun ideas and projects to try this year
“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” -Rainer Maria Rilke It is time to welcome 2016 and make a plan for funnier, healthier and sparklier new beginnings. Here are 16 wonderful light-up ways to get started. #1 Learn new things # 2 Catch...
Making with Chibitronics at TEDxBeaconStreet
This month we got to share Chibitronics as part of the TEDxYOUTH event, hosted by TEDxBeaconStreet. It was a blast to watch everyone’s faces light up as the created their first circuits and then added their own personal stories with drawings! One of the most rewarding parts for us...
Chibitronics at Programaê! Makers Educa in Brazil
We were extremely thrilled to be part of the Programaê! Makers Educa workshop in Sao Paulo. Programaê!, an initiative started by Lemann Foundation recently launched the Makers Educa program to support creative maker activities at public schools and afterschool centers in Brazil. As part of this program, several educators...
Circuit Stickers at HUBweek: A week of art, science and technology in Boston
We were delighted to be part of the Boston HUBweek as part of A Pop-Up Makerspace: The Future of Learning Laboratory, hosted by Harvard University. On 10th October, the Harvard Ed portal was transformed into a space of playful experiences with hands-on workshops, interactive activities, and participatory demonstrations. The...
Chibitronics Circuit Stickers at SIGGRAPH
We just got back from sunny, LA, where we had a great time at SIGGRAPH. Using circuit stickers, Agic conductive ink, and Conductak conductive sticky putty, we made a beautiful circuitry – CircuitTree! For more info: http://s2015.siggraph.org/attendees/making-siggraph-2015 http://semiaccurate.com/2015/08/12/conductak-make-conductive-sticky-putty/
Chibitronics at the White House STEM Event
We shared Chibitronics Circuit Stickers at the White House’s STEM event, “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.” The goal was to get youth interested in and excited about STEM careers. There were several activity stations, and we helped the OSTP Staff (Office of Science and Technology...
Chibitronics at CHA Mega Show
Our circuit stickers debut at CHA and had a great reception with crafters and artists at the Mega Show. We were excited to show everyone how circuit stickers could add light to their favorite paper crafts, mixed media, textiles, and more. We started off by creating a beautiful...
A new way to make circuits
chibitronics takes the soldering out of making electronic circuits. chibitronic components are provided as stickers, so applying them is as easy as peel and stick; wires are likewise laid down using sticky copper tape. Our components are fabricated on a flexible kapton substrate, laminated with an anisotropic conductive tape,...