Heffy Doodle Stamps and Chibitronics Collaboration Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends, 

today it is blog hop time again! And I'm so super excited, that this time Chibitronics is collaborating with Heffy Doodle Stamps. 
Lesley, the owner of Heffy Doodle is a long time team member from Chibitronics. She is always so fun and always comes up with great card ideas and tutorial. 
Now, let's check up the blog hop!

For today I've created this underwater scene using the fun Oceans of Love Stamp Set. I already had this card idea in my mind as I started creating. I don't know where it came from, but for me there were definitely no other option as to create the card like this. 

 So I started with coloring all the images and fuzzy cut them. I arranged them on the card panel, which I cut out using my Wonky Stitched dies from My Favorite Things. Then I ink blendet the background using my Distress Inks chipped sapphire, broken china and tumbled glass. The sun rays were created out of little strips of washi tape. I guess I need to buy a stencil with sun reys. They brought the scene to life. Then I sprinkled some water drops over the card panel so the distress inks could react. 
The sentiment fit perfectly in the middle of this circle. So I stamped the sentiment and the little hearts using Vermark ink and WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder and heat set it. I cut out the heart images using a craft knife. 

Then I started to create my circuit: 

• draw in where the LEDs will be. In my case behind the hearts.
• draw in where the battery will be. In my case I used the middle of the card, behind the sentiment
• created a switch for the battery and connected the batterys positiv side with the LEDs positive side and connecting the negative to the negative side. This time I didn't create a tutorial. But this is a simple parallel circuit. You can find some instructions over at my YouTube Channel.
• now tape the LEDs and the battery on the card and the light up part is all finished.

To finish the card I taped some vellum behind the open heart spaces. The LEDs, even they are tiny, they shine really bright. On the back of the card panel I create a frame using three layers of foam tape, so I have enough space so the switch doesn't always touches the battery. Now I can tape all my under water images on the card. I also covered the images with my Sparkle Pen. Then the card is all finished. 

***Supplies are listed down below***

Please check out all the great tutorials and inspirations the team members from Chibitronics and Heffy Doodle created for you. They are amazing!

The full blog hop list can be find here: 

Heffy Doodle

Koren Wiskman

Kelly Griglione

Jessica McAfee

Wei Wei Wang

Francesca Vignoli

Yukiko Sugiyama

Isha Gupta

Eiko Uchida

Ali Farmer

Kelly Szafron

Cassie Tezak

-> Vanessa Reinheimer <-

Yukiko Inami

It wouldn't be a real blog hop without something to win, right? So Heffy Doodle will be giving away a £50 gift voucher to one commenter and Chibitronics will be giving away a starter kit to one commenter!

I hope you enjoyed my card inspiration for today and I hope to see you back soon!

Here are the links for supplies I've used. Some of the links are affiliate links. They provide a little commission in case you buy products using my links with no extra costs for you. Products marked with (*) I generously received from the companies to use.

Batterie	Batterie
Chibitronics	Cuppertape*
Chibitronics	LED white*
Chibitronics	Starter Kit*
Copic Marker	Copic Marker
EK Success	Powder Tool
Fiskars	Schneidebrett
Foam Tape	3M
Folia	Bastelskalpell*
Folia	Bonefolder*
Folia	Schere
Memento	Tuxedo Black
My Favorite Things	Wonky Stitched Rectangle
My Sweet Petunia	MISTI Tool
Ranger	Glossy Accents
Scotch 3M	Tape Glider
Sizzix	BigShot
Spectrum Noir Sparkles	Clear Overlay*
Tim Holtz	Broken China
Tim Holtz	Chipped Saphire
Tim Holtz	Ink Blending Tool
Tim Holtz	Tumbled Glass Ink
Tombow	Mono Multi
Versamark	Watermark Ink
WOW Embossing	Opaque White Embossing Powder
	Tonic Trimmer
Heffy Doodle	Oceans of Love*

Charge Me Uo: Light Up Card Making Kit - Lawn Fawn and Chibitronics

Hello crafty friends, 

I´m so really happy to be part of this amazing collaboration between Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn! They teamed to create a kit that includes everything for two interactive cards. Templates, stamp set, coordinating dies, LEDs, coppertape, batteries, as well as patterned paper to create kind of card you want. 

Charge Me Up: Light Up Card Making Kit with Lawn Fawn

 The idea for my card came definitely from the stamp set. The circuit is pretty simple to create, especially when you have the great templates that my friend Eiko from the Chibitronics design team created for you. I wanted the background to match with the set, so I had the idea to use the copper tape to create the fancy background. 

In case you are interested in how I created my card, there is a full video tutorial over on my YouTube channel. 

This was it for today. Please don't forget to watch all the creations from the Chibitronics and Lawn Fawn design team. There are some great samples!

Lawn Fawn is also giving away one Kit each day of the hop. Head over there to read more about the conditions!

I hope you enjoyed the charge me up kit with Lawn Fawn and until the next time I hope you have a wonderful day. 

Here are the links for supplies I've used. Some of the links are affiliate links. They provide a little commission in case you buy products using my links with no extra costs for you. Products marked with (*) I generously received from the companies to use. 

Lawn Fawn and Chibitronics	Charge me up cardmaking kit
Batterie	Batterie
Chibitronics	Cuppertape
Chibitronics	LED white
Chibitronics	Starter Kit
Copic Marker	Copic Marker
EK Success	Powder Tool
Fiskars	Schneidebrett
Foam Tape	3M
Folia	Bastelskalpell
Folia	Papier Schwarz
Incadincado	Embossing Bag
Memento	Tuxedo Black
Neenah Solar	White Paper Ultra Heavy
Ranger	Glossy Accents
Ranger	Multi Matte Medium
Scotch 3M	Tape Glider
Sizzix	BigShot
Spectrum Noir Sparkles	Clear Overlay
Tim Holtz	Ink Blending Tool
Versamark	Watermark Ink
WOW Embossing	Opaque White Embossing Powder
	Tonic Trimmer

Adventskalender Wichtelrunde

Hallo liebe Bastelfreunde, 

es ist mal wieder so weit. Ein paar verrücke Bastelfeen haben sich zusammen geschlossen und ein Adventskalender-Wichteln gemacht. Gerade komme ich von der lieben Jeanin und habe gesehen, was sie nicht tolles für mich gemacht hat.

Mein Kalender ging an die Dunja. Irgendwann bin ich mal drauf gekommen, dass das Wort "ADVENT" sechs Buchstaben hat. Wir habe aber auch sechs Stationen für den Adventskalender aus gemacht. Advents eins bis vier, Nicolaus und Weihnachten. Somit kam ich auf die Idee statt Zahlen die tolle Wort Stanze "Advent" von Crafters Companion zu verwenden. Und gerade wenn man so einen Kalender verschenkt, darf es eben nicht nur praktisch sein, sondern auch noch schön. Da bin ich auf meine Häuschen gekommen. Die kann man sich nämlich noch als Dekoration in die Wohnung tun und kann sich die Weihnachtsdeko schon fast schenken ;)

Die Basis der Box ist eine Milchkartonbox. Dieses Mal habe ich kein Tutorial hierzu. Allerdings gibt es auch ganz viele im Internet.

Ich hoffe wirklich sehr, dass euch meine Inspiration gefallen hat und dass sie eventuell nächstes Jahr irgendwo aufgegriffen wird. 

Vergesst bitte nicht die anderen Blockteilnehmer zu besuchen. Alle haben wirklich tolle Kreationen versendet.

Kerstin

Kat

Jeanin

Vanessa

Dunja

Kati

Birka

Katrin

Frieda

Karolin

Sandra

Home is where the heart is

Hello crafty friends and happy Sunday!

Today I'm here to share with you another pull tab slider switch card. For long time I wanted to use the happy village stamp set. And now I had a good reason. Near to our house we occasionally saw a house that was left. We are searching for two years already to find a house that we a) can pay and b) is more or less what we want. I decided to create a card and ask the owner if he/she would sell. Until now, I didn't send the card :D

As always I created a video tutorialfor you guys.
But here I will do a little instruction:

• Stamp all images on Neenah solar white paper using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and color with Copic Markers.
• Die cut images using coordinating dies and cut out the little heart in the house using a craft knife.
• Die cut all pieces needed. Card panel and  hill borders.
• I placed all pieces like I wanted them so I knew where to put my light.
• I created my simple circuit first. REMINDER: + side from the battery connects with the plus side from the LED. And so does the minus side ;)
• Then I cut out a stripe into the Circuit. I created a "X" shaped paper piece folding the paper forward and backwards. The piece was covered with copper tape.
• The X has to be put in the cut out stripe. Two arms from the "X" under the panel and two on top. When the X is, where the copper tape is, then the circuit is connected again.
• Glue a pull tab on top of the X.
• Circuit panel can now be taped to the card base and the card can be assembled.
• As I always like to hide the thickness of the card, my sky layer has one layer of foam tape, the first hill layer has two layers of foam tape and the third hill layer has three layers of foam tape.
• Add all the houses, clouds and fences and trees.
• On my pull tab I added a green piece of paper, so the recipient would know easier where to pull. I wrote in german "pull here", as the recipient may just know german.
• Stamp the sentiment. Please stamp the sentiment before assembling the card. I changed my mind and did it last. But I wouldn't recommend this ;)
• Card is all done.

This was my card for today. I hope I manage to send the card to the house owner. We are just waiting to talk to the neighbors, so we know better about the situation. We don't want to annoy anyone.
I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and I hope to see you back soon! Happy Sunday

Vanessa

Here are the links for supplies I've used. Some of the links are affiliate links. They provide a little commission in case you buy products using my links with no extra costs for you. Products marked with (*) I generously received from the companies to use. Batterie Batterie Chibitronics Cuppertape Chibitronics LED white Chibitronics Starter Kit Copic Marker Copic Marker Create a Smile Acrylblöcke Foam Tape 3M Folia Bastelskalpell Folia Bonefolder Memento Tuxedo Black My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame My Favorite Things Stitched Snow Drifts My Sweet Petunia MISTI Tool Neenah Solar White Paper Ultra Heavy Scotch 3M Tape Glider Sizzix BigShot Tim Holtz Broken China Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Ink Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Tombow Mono Multi  Versafine Onyx Black

Interactive Switch LED Card

Hello friends,
today I have this interactive switch system to share with you. For long time I wanted to create a card in which you can open the oven and then the light would shine. It took me a bit, but finally I can share with you how I did it.

Basicly the circuit is a simple circuit. The circuit is all time closed. The little acetate piece which is glued behind the ovens door is there to interrupt the circuit. This is all you have to know. So the light is only shining while the ovens door is open.

As always I created a >>video<<tutorial for you, so you can easily recreate the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card for today. Soon this month I will be back with another tutorial for you. I wish you a great Sunday.

Vanessa

Here are the links for supplies I've used. Some of the links are affiliate links. They provide a little commission in case you buy products using my links with no extra costs for you. Products marked with (*) I generously received from the companies to use. Tonic Trimmer Abstandklebeband Transparent Abstandklebeband Transparent Batterie Batterie Chibitronics Cuppertape Chibitronics Starter Kit Chibitronics Pink, Orange, Green LED* Copic Marker Copic Marker Create a Smile Acrylblöcke Foam Tape 3M Folia Acrylblöcke Folia Bastelskalpell Folia Bonefolder Folia Schere Folia Vellum Lawn Fawn Push Here Lawn Fawn Sprinkled with joy Lawn Fawn Bun in the oven Memento Tuxedo Black Neenah Solar White Paper Ultra Heavy Scotch 3M Tape Glider Spectrum Noir Sparkles Clear Overlay Tombow Mono Multi  Versafine Onyx Black

Mach's wie die Möwe und scheiß rauf!

Hallo ihr Lieben,

heute gibt es einen kurzen und schmerzlosen Post von mir. Mal wieder die Zeit, die Zeit, die Zeit. Aber auf dem Bastelwochenende habe ich die Chance bekommen die Juni-Release-Stempel von Create a Smile auszuprobieren und da wollte ich noch rechtzeitig meine Inspiration zeigen!

Anlass für diese Karte war mein Arbeitskollege, denn er hatte Mitte Mai Geburtstag und hat seinen 50sten gefeiert. Sein Motto war Nordsee und als ich die Möwen von Christine gesehen habe bin ich vor Glück ausgeflippt. Ich wusste direkt, das diese Karte der Knaller wird. Sie kam auch wirklich sehr gut an bei ihm! Ursprünglich war die Idee, dass die Möwen noch auf eine 50 scheißen, aber leider hatten wir keine geeignete 50 im Kloster dabei ;) Aber auch ohne war die Karte perfekt.

Die Karte war nicht schwer zu machen. Zu beginn habe ich meine Motive gestempelt und mit meinen Copic Markern ausgemalt. Im Kloster hatte ich den Luxus die Brother Scan and Cut zu testen und musste daher nicht selbst ausschneiden. Ich sag euch, die Investition lohnt sich! Nachdem die Möwen erledigt waren habe ich mich an meinen Hintergrund gemacht. Dafür habe ich aus Wolken Stanzen Schablonen geschnitten und bin mit Tumbled Glass Distress ink drüber gewischt. Das Mehr habe ich mit verschiedenen Blautönen gestaltet. Vorher habe ich den Wellenstempel von Create a Smile mit weißem Embossingpulver gestempelt und bearbeitet. Für die Baumstämme habe ich Schlitze in die Wellen geschnitten, sodass es wirklich ausschaut, als ob die Möwen im Wasser sitzen. Den Spruch habe ich ebenfalls mit weiß embossed, allerdings habe ich rotes Distress Ink Stempelkissen verwendet um das weiße Papier einzufärben. 

So, das war es auch mal wieder von mir. Ich habe hier noch ein paar Projekte die gezeigt werden wollen. Aber wie gesagt, leider schaffe ich im Moment nicht wirklich viel. 

Ich wünsche euch noch eine schöne Restwoche und bis ganz bald,

Here are the links for supplies I've used. Some of the links are affiliate links. They provide a little commission in case you buy products using my links with no extra costs for you. Products marked with (*) I generously received from the companies to use.

Folia	Bastelskalpell
Lawn Fawn	Puffy Clouds Border Die
Memento	Tuxedo Black
My Favorite Things	Wonky Stitched Rectangle
My Sweet Petunia	MISTI Tool
Neenah Solar	White Paper Ultra Heavy
Scotch 3M	Tape Glider
Sizzix	BigShot
Tim Holtz	Ink Blending Tool
Tim Holtz	Blueprint Sketch
Tim Holtz	Chipped Saphire
Tim Holtz	Ink Blending Tool
Tim Holtz	Tonic Trimmer
Tim Holtz	Tumbled Glass Ink
Tombow	Mono Multi
Versamark	Watermark Ink
WOW Embossing	Opaque White Embossing Powder
Brother	Scan n Cut

Hummingbirds and Cherry Blossoms

Hello crafty friends, 

maybe you got that some crafty friends and I had a great weekend with lots of chatting, crafting and having fun. The cards I wanted to show you were mostly done with supplies I borrowed from my friends. 

At the Moment I'm having a crafty hangover. I guess I had so much trouble at the moment, that it became a big effort to go to my crafty table and make something creative. I have to admit, that my heart is broken as crafting is my love. Normally it helps me feeling better and relaxes. And this made me sad and I was struggling if it would make sense to go on a crafty weekend without wanting really to craft. But I went. 

And I´m glad I did. I went there to meet the most incredible crafty peeps we have here. They are so funny, we had great talks about everything, we had workshops and they had great supplies :D I felt like in heaven. I went trough their places looking for supplies I don't own. So I went home with six cards and not even one stamp set was mine. 

I'm sorry I talked so much about my problems and feeling at the moment. Maybe it makes you understand better my abstinence and poor posting. 

For my card. I started with coloring both stamp sets I borrowed from Annika Lerche. I stamped the sets with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and started coloring the images with my Copic markers. As mentioned I was struggling with getting creative and my best tipp for this kind of problem: take a stamp set you really love, stamp and color it. Nothing fancy, just playing. Sometime I already have a card design I love which I just replicate. But this time not. I started coloring and then wen to the Brother Scan n Cut for fuzzy cutting. Then I remembered Yana Smakulas cards and how dimensional they are. So I went for this style. At the end I had two great cards. I was so happy for finding my way back to being creative. 

The other cards from my crafty weekend will be posted soon as well. I wish you all a great monday. 

Here are the links for supplies I've used. Some of the links are affiliate links. They provide a little commission in case you buy products using my links with no extra costs for you. Products marked with (*) I generously received from the companies to use. Copic Marker Copic Marker Foam Tape 3M Folia Bonefolder* Memento Tuxedo Black My Favorite Things  Wonky Stitched Rectangle My Sweet Petunia MISTI Tool Neenah Solar White Paper Ultra Heavy Pretty Pink posh Sparkling Clear 4mm Pretty Pink posh Sparkling Clear 6mm Ranger Glossy Accents Scotch 3M Tape Glider Sequins Picker Sequins Picker Sizzix BigShot Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Ink Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool Tim Holtz Tonic Trimmer Tombow Mono Multi  Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen* Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossom Pretty Pink Posh Hummingbird Thanks Brother  Scan n Cut

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