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PopUpTober: Light-Up Floating Plane Pop-Up Mechanism Featuring Chibitronics

Video Tutorial Introduction: In this video tutorial for #PopUpTober, I’ll show you two different methods for building a light-up pop-up structure called a Floating Plane.  A Floating Plane is useful for creating large pop-up shapes that appear to float upon a flat plane that rests upon three parallel supports. A Floating Plane may be folded […]

PopUpTober: Light-Up Double-Pivot Pop-Up Mechanism (featuring Chibitronics)

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 […]

5 Tips & Tricks for Using Chibitronics Reed Switches (Magnet On)

If you are reading this post, there’s a good chance that you have: In the event that you don’t fit into any of the aforementioned categories, please allow me to suggest that you check out Magical Magnetism:  Intro to Reed Switches (Magnet On) before reading on. There, you’ll find an in-depth explanation of what reed switches […]

Let’s Cook! Light Up Card

Hello, crafty friends! This is Yukiko from Prima Crafts.How have you been doing?I am enjoying Spring Break with my girls. Today, I am showing “Let’s Cook!” Light Up Card.I love this chef stamp with a potbelly. It’s so cute! So I turned his belly into the Push Button for light up. These are the materials […]

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 throw them away. We spend so […]

Light-up Rosette

Materials Cardstock 2 Strips of copper tape 1 Coin cell battery 1 Binder clip 12 circuit stickers Foam stickers Hot glue Directions 1. Accordion fold each sheet of paper lengthwise at 3/4″ intervals. Take one accordion and adhere the ends of one side by folding it in half. Repeat for all three accordions. Connect the […]

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