Dot & Whimsy

Xyron and Chibitronics

are teaming up for a week-long blog hop featuring

them amazing products!

If you're unfamiliar with Chibitronics, they

are the makers of these cool things called "Chibi Lights"

Stop by their blog and check out their products, as well as

their design team's projects for the hop!

At first glance, my project may not appear too "illuminating", but it is.

I started with the set of Paper Smooches Giddy Bugs Clear Stamps

 and Prismacolor Assorted Pencils

It looks all cute, yet ordinary so far...let's turn off the lights and see what we get:

Now he's lit like a true lightning bug (or firefly, whichever you prefer)

should be! With Chibi Lights, you can give light to just about anything!

The science is in just a few products: conductive foil tape, LED circuit sticker, binder clip

ad 3V coin cell battery.  I made a backing piece for the firefly to sit on by cutting

a circle of paper and then adding the conductive tape and circuit sticker to it.

  You will notice that I also drew a circle around the coin battery twice...this is for placing the + and - sides against and then clipping in place with the binder clip.  Once the battery connects with the ends of the foil tape, the light springs to life!

Next, I punched a large hole into the top paper, just under the bug's "bottom".  

The hole was lined up with the circuit light on the bottom paper.  

I used the Xyron 3" Sticker Maker

for attaching all of the bugs to their presumptive spots.  

I also used strips of foam and ran them through the Sticker Maker to create

some dimension between the two layered pieces on the scallop circle.

Again, don't forget to stop by the Chibitronics Blog and Xyron Facebook Page

and take a gander at all of the pretty things!

We're stamping up some fun with a

this week!  Be sure to start with the Xyron Blog

I've created two projects for today's hop using 

Paper Smooches' "Giddy Bugs" Stamp Set.

My first is a card that I paper-pieced using a few stamped

images and different patterns of paper:

To begin, I selected some fun prints from DCWV's "Honey Chic" paper pad.

I stamped the notebook paper with the butterfly image and

I chose purple dot print for the wings, lime diamond print for the body and a 

lilac woodgrain for the face. Each print was stamped with the image and Tuxedo Black

ink and then carefully cut out with micro-tip scissors.

The pieces were then made into stickers with the 1.5" Xryon Sticker Maker.

Next, I took the stickered pieces and dressed the butterfly.

After finishing the butterfly, I cut out around the design with an oval die.

I use the 1/4" High Tack Adhesive tape to layer the card pieces together, as well as 

a way for adhering the strip of ribbon to the cardfront.

My next project is a quick and easy water-colored fridge magnet using the same

"Giddy Bugs" stamp set and papers by Lawn Fawn:

I stamped the bee image onto a white textured cardstock with black Staz-On.

I used three different shades of yellow Aquarelles water-color pencils by 

Faber Castell and a blending tool by Stampin' Up!

I stamped the bee image onto the blue paper and then layered on the cut-out.

I wanted to make the base a little sturdier, so I die-cut the same size circle as the blue

paper from a medium weight chipboard.  I added adhesive to the back of the blue

paper and then adhered.  Finally, I added two strips of 3/4" Magnet Tape to the back.

Now it's ready for hanging!

Enjoy today's hop!  Your next stop for today is Yvonne Yam's Blog.

Thanks for joining us :)