Video Tutorial Introduction: To celebrate #PopUpTober and #LightUpPopUpTober, I’m sharing a fun way to combine light with an engaging pop-up mechanism, to create a “smore-themed” pop-up spread! This type of mechanism has a lot of visual interest, with arms that move and rotate whenever a card is opened. The Double Pivot mechanism, found on page […]
Chibitronics Lights Up #PopUpTober!
What is #PopUpTober? This fall, Chibitronics will be collaborating with @5am_popup, during his annual #PopUpTober Instagram challenge! PopUpTober is a daily pop-up art challenge throughout the month of October, an annual event devised by author-illustrator, pop-up and book artist Keith Allen. One Call – 31 Prompts Starting back in October of 2019, Keith, a Senior […]
Meet the Maker: Keith Allen
Since 2019, author-illustrator Keith Allen has been working behind the scenes to create one of the most eagerly anticipated, instantly recognizable, Instagram challenges of the paper crafting world—#PopUpTober. In the five years that have followed, his highly anticipated list of 31 prompts—one for each day of the month of October—have brought together a mix of […]
Light-Up Heart Pin with a Rotating Switch & Red Fade Animating LEDs
Making a light-up pin (or magnet) is a fun and easy way to let someone know you are thinking about them. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a glowing, heart-shaped pin that turns on and off with help from a Red Fade Animating LED and a DIY rotating switch. Video Tutorial Directions: Step […]
Spooky Spider Dissolve Card Featuring White Blink Animating LED Stickers
In my latest tutorial, featuring our new White Blink Animating LED stickers, I’ll show you how to make a mechanical card that reveals a spooky, blinking spider whenever you move a lever. Hidden inside of this surprising card, you’ll find a pair of hinged doors with a clear acetate lever that controls their diagonal movement. […]
Brighten the Night with a Bookish Light using Chibitronics LED Stickers
In my latest tutorial, I’ll be sharing a Carousel Book Light that combines paper circuits with paper crafting to make a versatile structure that may be turned into a hanging ornament, tabletop display, or nightlight. Changing the colors of the LEDs or the paper you use, as well as the shapes you choose for the […]
Pop-Up Shop Card with LED sticker lights
Hi, crafty friends! I’m so happy to see you again here. I show you a pop-up shop card today.When you look inside this shop, you can feel the cozy air. You will feel like you are a dwarf and would like to get in this shop. I’d like to talk about @shirarin . She is […]
Create Glowing Garland with Circuit Sticker LEDs
In my latest tutorial, Glowing Garland: Paper Circuit Streamers, I’ll teach you how to use Circuit Sticker LEDs and Conductive Fabric Tape to create festive strands of illuminated garland to light up your holiday celebrations, your mood, and your home! Highly customizable and modular, our glowing garland is designed to be easily displayed, with shapes […]
Light Up a Dissolve Card with Chibitronics LED Stickers
In my latest tutorial, Dissolve Card: Light Up Picture Switcher, I’ll show you how to make a light-up version of a Victorian Era mechanism known as a dissolve, or dissolve card. This paper mechanics project combines a trick of the eye (and pictures that flip) with a little electronic trickery of our own — Circuit […]
Pop Up Rainbow Card With a Sliding Switch
In my newest tutorial, Rainbow Pop Up Card, we’ll be exploring a couple of eye-popping paper circuit techniques that are as good as gold! In addition to showing you how to create an interactive rainbow card that pops up and lights up when it’s opened, you’ll learn about an innovative sliding switch mechanism that may […]