Oh So Cute By Lisa: EZ Lights

Friday, April 17, 2020

#spreadjoynotgerms Official Blog Hop

Welcome to the Spread Joy Not Germs Blog Hop!

First off thank you to Catherine Pooler and Alexandra Stapleton from The Hedgehog Hollow for putting on this hop! There are 31 sponsors and approximately 150 bloggers participating today to bring you joy!

The theme of this blog hop is to show off our happy cards and to make people smile! It is also intended to inspire people to send their hand made cards to friends and loved ones during this time!

Won't it be nice to spread a whole lot of JOY 😃to those that are doing their part, staying home and NOT spreading germs 🦠!

There are 31 amazing sponsors for this hop and they are giving away some terrific prizes!

Today I have 2 happy cards to share with you using products from 3 of the companies that are sponsoring prizes in today's hop! Here are the links to their shops and the prize amounts:

i-crafter ($20 Gift Certificate)

Paper Sweeties ($50 Gift Certificate)

and

Pear Blossom Press ($25 Gift Certificate)

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The first card I have for you today is a light up card using the

EZ Lights from Pear Blossom Press and the Rose Heart die from i-crafter. I placed the EZ lights behind the center of the rose so it would light up when you pressed the button. I really enjoyed making this an interactive card and what a smile it would bring to someone's face to see their card light up! The Rose Heart die from i-crafter is such an intricate beautiful die and is perfect for so many types of cards! The sentiment just says it all, "you brighten my day"! Don't we all need a little brightening no matter what is going on in our lives!

Here is what the card looks like when it is lit up:

And here is the card in action:

For my second card today I am featuring products from the Paper Sweeties April Sweet Kit and I used the sweet bicycle embossing folder with the Hello Sweet Cuts die cut. This card just makes me smile! What could be more fresh and happy than some pretty puffy clouds and a fresh bouquet of flowers in a sweet bicycle basket! I think this card would cheer anyone up who needs it right now!

You should have arrived here from Kathya Kalinine's blog and

Your next stop on the hop is Jessie Banks' blog.

If you get lost along the way you can always visit the Catherine Pooler blog or Hedgehog Hollow blog for a full hop list and details!

PRIZE INFO

The prizes will be randomly drawn from all the blogs and all the comments. You can leave as many comments on as many blogs as you can! Some of the companies are also offering discounts and freebies! That info can be found on the individual companies blogs!

The deadline to enter is April 24th for prizes. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 27th on Catherine and Alexandra's blogs. You can find a full list of all the sponsors and prizes being offered on Catherine Pooler's blog or The Hedgehog Hollow blog.

Now keep on hopping, there is still A LOT of inspiration and smiles waiting for you!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Have a wonderful day, I already am!

😋 Lisa 😋

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Light Up Halloween

Good morning and welcome to my blog, if this isn't your first visit than welcome back!

Today I am up on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog and I have a fun Halloween card to share with you!

You've got to love a holiday that says......"It's ok to combine orange and purple with each other!"

You wouldn't think that these colors would look good together but I just love them

blended next to each other! Maybe it's that they are so opposite, they do say opposites attract!

Anyway, I just love the color combination and I love the way this card turned out!

The best part about this card is the light up pumpkin!

I used the EZ Lights by Pear Blossom Press.

These lights are super easy to use and make easy work of making light up cards!

They consist of one battery pack attached to 3 mini lights.

I placed the 3 lights under the pumpkins eyes and nose.

Here is a quick recipe for my card:

1) I used the largest Wavy Wonky Rectangle die from Kat Scrappiness to cut a

panel out of Bristol Smooth card stock. (I love this paper for blending Distress Oxide Inks)

2) Blend Distress Oxide inks: Carved Pumpkin into Spiced Marmalade on the bottom and

Wilted Violet into Shaded Lilac at the top. Next I spritzed the panel with water using the

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer and dry to give your background a distressed look.

3) Stamp Happy Halloween from the "Boo To You" stamp set in black

ink at the top of the panel and add the little spider around the words.

4) Add grassy border at the bottom of the panel to ground your card. I used patterned paper

from the Queen and Co Dots Paper Pad and I cut it out using the Lawn Fawn

Grassy Border Die. I also sponged the top of the grass with dark green ink to give it a little depth.

5) Stamp the pumpkin image from "Hey Gord-geous" in Gina K Amalgam Ink

and color in with various Copic Markers. I added Gina K Glitz Glitter Gel to

hat, eyes and mouth for a little sparkle. Die cut pumpkin with matching die.

6) Lastly tape the EZ Light battery pack to a piece of black cardstock measuring

5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and place foam tape all over panel avoiding battery pack.

I placed my battery pack on the bottom left of the card

and threaded the 3 lights up through the bottom right of the main panel. I adhered the

3 small lights to the back of the pumpkin behind the eyes and mouth. I placed my pumpkin on foam tape to leave room for the lights and then I adhered the main panel down to the black panel.

Press purple button on battery pack and prepare to be amazed!