Light Up Card Hop

Hello! I am so happy you are joining us for the Pear Blossom Press Light Up Hop using EZ Lights. Trust me when I say, “you will be using these all the time once you see how EZ they are to  assemble.” Please hop along with all of our wonderful designers. You should be coming from Nicole’s blog. If you are just starting the hop, please make sure you start at the top at Amanda’s blog. Please note that affiliate links are used in this post, at no cost to you. I have a real treat for you today because I am not only sharing a card that I made, but Phoenix (age 13) made a card for the hop as well and it is so cool. Let’s start by checking out a video of how our cards light up. Turn up the sound for details!

So now that you’ve seen them in action, how about taking a look at the insides of our cards so that you can see just how simple EZ-Lights are to add to your cards and other projects.

It looks like a hot mess, right? But that’s actually a good thing in my mind! No copper tape, no worrying about circuits, which wire goes where, etc. I just chose where I wanted my lights to go, and taped them down with regular tape. I mounted my decorated layer with foam tape, and I left open the area where the battery goes, so that if I ever need to, I can easily change it out. Seriously, they’re called EZ-Lights for a reason!

Since Phoenix used a Reveal Wheel on his card, he had to be sure to not let the wires get tangled when someone spins the wheel. So he taped his wires to the top layer of his card, which I think is so smart.

So let’s back up a bit so I can tell you a bit about the cards. For mine, I used the Build a Lighthouse Stamp and die set from Stampendous. I masked this entire 1 layer scene, so the dies were only used for creating my masks. I colored everythin with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens, except for the sky and water, which I used my Koi watercolors on.

I added velum to my 3 cut-out areas, to help diffuse the light. It’s got a beautiful glow when the lights are on.

Hi, it’s Phoenix. I’m excited to do this hop with my mom for Pear Blossom Press’ EZ-Lights. I thought that the “Build a House” die set from Lawn Fawn was really cool so I wanted to use it with the lights. I decided to have the lights turn on when you pressed on a book with the word “Lumos” in it, which is the spell in Harry Potter for light (as in, to get illumination).

I wanted to make the house look old and shabby, so I decided to use the some of the dies from the “Halloween Build a House Add-On“. I added faux texture on the door, windows, and roofs by lightly pressing my die cuts into Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Those pads have a great texture and help things to look old.

For the Lumos book, I didn’t want it to simply be sitting there on the card, so I decided to put it on a “Reveal Wheel” so it would seem to appear out of thin air as you spun the wheel. However, I didn’t want to have empty windows, so I die cut window frames and attached them to small hinges that I created. I also used door knobs from the Build a House set so that you would have a knob to grab on to when you opened the windows. The window on the first floor has candles that I drew and cut out myself.

I used the pumpkin stamps from Lawn Fawn’s “Pick of the Patch” and used small hole punches to cut out the faces, which is where my lights are. After that, I used a piece of yellow vellum behind each of the pumpkins to diffuse the light like my mom did on her card. To make the grass, I used a Fiskars border punch with a few types of green paper. I used pieces of foam to give everything dimension.

I am extremely happy with how this card turned out. I had been working on it for a while, and I thought that it would be perfect for this Blog Hop. I like that you have to lift the window frame and push the Lumos book to get the lights to work, because it adds another interactive quality to the card. Thanks for having me in this hop, Pear Blossom Press! -Phoenix

Who wants to win an awesome prize from Pear Blossom Press?? Two prizes will be awarded to two separate winners, chosen at random, from comments left on participating blogs and videos. No purchase necessary. Comments must be posted by 11:59 pm PST on March 25, 2020. Only one comment per blog or video will be counted, but you can comment on multiple blogs and videos in the hop for additional entries. (This is to prevent spam.) Contest open internationally to participants over 18 years of age. Void where prohibited by law. Any personal information collected will only be used for the purposes of contacting winners, your information will never be shared or sold. Comments left on YouTube videos must not violate community guidelines. This contest is not sponsored by YouTube. Winners will be announced on April 1, 2020 at pearblossompress.com and prizes must be claimed within thirty days of announcement, or new winners will be drawn. 

Thank you so much to Amanda (owner of Pear Blossom Press) for putting this hop together. Phoenix and I were really thrilled to play along, and we will definitely be making more light-up cards in the near future. Below is the full hop list, and you should be headed over to Sue’s blog next. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Amanda 

Lynnea

Niccole

Justin

Carol

Tanna

Nicole

Alison (you are here!)

Sue

Rachel

Erin