Good morning! The Chibitronics design team is collaborating with Winnie & Walter today and we’re celebrating with a big blog hop and giveaways! You can find the hop list and giveaway details at the bottom of my post but here’s what I created!
Ha, my card might need a little explanation to anyone who’s never played with a cat and a laser pointer! My cat, in particular, LOVES the laser pointer and she does that iconic cat butt wiggle whenever we get it out and flash it on the wall. So I thought it’d be fun to have that laser “dot” on the wall with a pair of “wiggling” cats!
I started by stamping all the elements from Purrfect onto white cardstock with copic-friendly ink. I colored them with copic markers and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I added a few accents with a white gel pen and spectrum noir clear sparkle. I also added a little liquid adhesive to the dangly on the cat tree and added chunky and fine glitter to make it sparkly! I also stamped a second cat tree and colored the bottom shelf and fussy cut it so that I could make a wider area for my cat pair to sit.
Next I took a piece of strathmore bristol cardstock and blended abandoned coral, dried marigold, and peacock feathers distress ink onto the panel. I spritzed it with water and blotted off the excess water. After it dried I stamped the sentiment and music notes from Party On to the panel with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. Then I poked a small hole where I wanted the light to shine.
I created a basic circuit and adhered a red LED light to mimic the look of a laser pointer. Then I used a double layer of foam mounting tape to build up a border around the battery and light and then adhered the ink blended panel over it. I adhered the cat tree and toys to the card with regular adhesive. The yarn and mouse are adhered over the battery and when pressed the light turns on. Finally I adhered the cats with a mini action wobbler!
It’s a rather simple use of the Chibitronics LED light stickers but I think a very effective one for cat-lovers! 🙂
To celebrate the hop we have prizes for two lucky random commenters! Winnie & Walter is giving away a $30 gift certificate and Chibitronics is giving away a $30 starter kit so leave a comment on each hop stop for the most chances to win!! Leave your comments before 11:59 PM CST on May 29th and the winners will be announced on the Chibitronics and Winnie & Walter blogs! You should have arrived from the Chibitronics blog and Eiko is your next stop!
In case you encounter a broken link here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Chibitronics blog
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Eiko Uchida
- Kelly Szafron
- Wei Wei Wang
- Kelly Griglione
- Tiffany Au
- Lesley Oman
- Maya Isaksson
- Vanessa Amann
- Gayatri Murali
- Heather Hoffman
- Jessica Lin
- Kate Capper
- Keren Baker
- Lea Lawson
- Lydia Evans
- w&w blog
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day! Happy hopping!! 🙂
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What a fun scene you created! We have done this with cats and dogs.
What a cute idea! I love working with lights in cards!
Very cool design!!
Definitely an adorable scene, Jessica! I love it!
I love cats and this is perfect!
Adorable Jess! I love the laser idea, such a cute scene. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Brilliant (no pun intended)…love how clever this is . The scene is one any cat lover would understand.
It was interesting to read the idea behind this card ! It’s wonderful.
Such a cute use of Chibitronics and first time I’ve seen a red bulb used. Your coloring and ink blending are always beautifully done and I love seeing all the elements you use to create scenes. And I had a cat that loved pointers, too.
This is so cute, Jessica!! What a fun idea!!
I look forward to your future creations. You have piqued my interest such as the pointer with cats…
Wow! Love the details and the light bulb. You are the master of creating scenes!
this scene is just darling – what a amazing card for some lucky person to receive!!!
Super cute and fun card! Love the laser light and sparkly bauble for the kitties to play with.
Love this! My cat adores the laser light too! Such a clever idea! x
Love your adorable kitties. What a fun idea.
You had such a wonderful idea with this card !! So fun !!
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Super cute! Love this idea
What a great card!
Awww…. how sweet is that! Love those little critters! Great card Jessica!
Cute! My crazy cat man of a husband would love this 🙂
Nice looking card. Love the idea about the laser pointer
Oh my goodness how cute is that??? I love the wiggly cats and chunky glitter on the dangly! Such a sweet card! Great job!