Notable Nest: Winnie & Walter / Chibitronics Blog Hop

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Winnie & Walter / Chibitronics Blog Hop

Hi Folks! I am doubly excited to participate in the Winnie & Walter and Chibitronics Blog Hop, being a proud member of both teams. I have to say this wasn't much of a change for me, however, as I usually reach for my Winnie & Walter products when making a Chibitronics card anyway. There are just so many things to light up!

You may have come from Wei Wei Wang's blog, but if not feel free to start at the beginning with the Chibitronics Blog.

I'd like to introduce you to our cousin Jonny, who proposed to his girlfriend Meredith at Christmas; aren't they adorable?! This scrapbook page is part of a larger album that we're presenting to the new couple at their wedding (I'll share more information on that shortly) but today I'd like to feature the page that lights up!

The word cutaways (Big Bold Happy, and Dotty About You), as well as the gold embossed sentiment (Sentimental: Love) are from Winnie & Walter. Now let's talk about The Ring! The diamond is the Flawless Diamond cutaway, and the ring is from Big Round Balloon cutaways. I left some of the silver glitter facets in the diamond to help make it more sparkly. The tiny "push me" tab is from the Heffy Doodle Interactively Yours set.

I'd like to share the insides of this magical ring so you can see how it was created. I changed the format of the light switch from sliding a lever down the diamond (to make the individual lights go on and off separately, like they were twinkling) to a basic "push me" set up. Although it would have been more efficient to have the copper tape go from one light to the next down the line, it's nice to know there are different ways to do things, and that you can still fix things if they don't start out so well.

You may notice the extra piece of copper tape on top of the LED stickers. This is important to make sure you have a good connection from the battery to the LED.

Would you like to see what happens once you "push me"?!

Ack, it turned out just how I hoped! You can see I cut away three inside facets from the diamond and replaced them with some vellum to spread the light around.

Do you notice something different about the three lights? From left to right they have a pink, blue and purple hue to them. One way to change the color of your LEDs is to put Nuvo Drops on top of the LED and wait for it to dry, like I did here.

Although the lighted diamond ring makes a wonderful engagement scrapbook page, it's also sized jut right to fit on the front of an A-2 sized card.

And here it is in action! Such a fun way to make your scrapbooking more interactive. The bride-to-be, as well as the family at the bridal shower, seemed to really enjoy making the diamond light up and shine.

Prizes!
Each comment in this blog hop left by Tuesday, May 29th will be eligible for a chance to win! There are two prizes, a Chibitronics $30 starter kit and Winnie and Walter $30 gift certificate!

Your next stop is my wonderful Chibitronics teammate Tiffany Au who has the tweetest card to share with you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly