Hi everybody! I hope you're all having a great day today. I'm so glad you stopped by because you are in for a real treat today! Today Hero Arts is teaming up with Pear Blossom Press for a collaboration blog hop. We will be showing off how to use the Pear Blossom Press EZ-Lights with a variety of Hero Arts products. We've got a great blog hop full of really fun light-up cards and some GIVEAWAYS so make sure to hop along with us today. As you hop make sure to leave comments on each of the blogs to enter to win either a $50 gift card to Hero Arts, or, a $50 gift card to Pear Blossom Press.
For today's card I was inspired by this set from the Stamping Village. The Hero Arts contribution is so cute (small stamp of weiner dog with three cupcakes on his back) so I decided to recreate the small stamp but much larger. I used the Birthday Paw-ty stamp set to make make my card and it's perfect bc it had all the same elements as my inspiration stamp, but, on a larger scale. I started out by stamping my sentiment and image in Hero Arts INTENS-ified Black ink. I love this ink because it plays nice with both alcohol inks and watercolor. Then, I colored in my image with copic markers.
Next, I used my craft pick to poke holes in all three of the candle flames. I turned my card over and a grabbed a set of EZ-Lights. Each EZ-Light unit consists of a battery unit that has a button on it and three wires that extend from the battery unit and have tiny light bulbs on their tips. I taped one light bulb behind each hole that I had poked. Then, I secured the battery pack at the bottom left corner of my card front using tape adhesive. This placement will allow for the button to easily be pushed to light up the candles. I gently looped the excess length of wires and taped them to the back of the card. Last, I added a double layer of foam tape and adhered my card face to a top folding card base. To see pictures of what the guts of these cards look like make sure you stop by the Hero Arts blog. I shared a card over there as well and took quite a few pictures of the process of putting the card together.
When you press and hold the bottom left corner of my card the candles light up like this...
I had so much fun making this card today. My idea to recreate the stamp from the Stamping Village set came together so easily. It's simple but the lights really take it up a notch and add a fun-factor!
Ok, you guys! That's all I've got for today. I hope you'll keep hopping along with us and check out all of the other fun light-up cards on this blog hop. Remember to comment below for your chance to win the GIVEAWAY! Two lucky winners will be randomly selected from comments along the hop. There are two $50 gift cards up for grabs: one each to Hero Arts and Pear Blossom Press!
I hope you all have a great day!
Maria
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Maria Willis: You are here.
My 2 dogs and I like the light up candles raise the woof card.
ReplyDeleteMelissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
My Aunt would have loved this card. Her whole life she had these type dogs. She loved homemade cards and this would have thrilled her. It's very cute. [Bunny]
ReplyDeleteI love how you recreated your inspiration stamp. Super cute card.
ReplyDeleteI like your coloring myself; especially the shadows of the cupcakes. It really pops.-Roxy T
ReplyDeleteThat's one sweet and talented pooch balancing cupcakes with lighted candles on his back! So much fun.
ReplyDelete<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com
Maria, this card is so fun!!! I just love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card! So cute
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute Birthday card! Love how it lights up...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
ooh this card is so fun - love the puppy with the cup cakes
ReplyDeleteVery cute card! I love using EZ-Lights.
ReplyDeleteThe cutest! Love that 'hot dog' and your light up candles!
ReplyDeleteLove that little dog💕. Fun card 🥰
ReplyDeleteAwww I love that puppy! What a cute little light up bday card!
ReplyDeleteMarisela Delgado said: Such a cute dog! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteSuch a darling card, love it!
ReplyDeleteSo adorable!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I just love that dog and his cupcakes on fire!
ReplyDeleteThese EZ lights certainly do raise the woof with this super cute Hero Arts stamp! This is so fun! Adorable card!
ReplyDeleteLove your card! I need to make a dog card for a teacher and just may have to put cupcakes on his back. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou know how I love an interactive card! So cute. ☺️
ReplyDeleteOh this is such a fun card! I laughed out loud!
ReplyDeleteYour card is so stinking cute. I love how u used the fact that a wiener dog is long to add cupcakes to his back. Very imaginative, even if u did use another stamp for inspiration. I won't tell.
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet card! Love the adorable pup and fun light up candles.
ReplyDeleteOMG! This dog is stinkin' cute! Fun light up!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute card! Love the adorable pup and the cupcakes! So fun with the lights!
ReplyDeleteWhat a super cute card! So creative!
ReplyDeleteNice share for the light up element. I like the image choice and coloring.
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable. :)
ReplyDeleteThis one made me smile! So cute!
ReplyDeleteHa! Ha! I just love this cute little card with the sweet little dog carrying the light up candles! Super fun! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Take care! :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute smile generating card.
ReplyDeleteI love the dogs!! So cute! ❤️
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love the lit candles and the cupcakes on the puppy's back is super cute!
ReplyDeleteOh my--this is so cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing way to use the lights. Your card is so cute.
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