Catherine Pooler Designs & Pear Blossom Press Together!

Welcome to the Catherine Pooler Designs and Pear Blossom Press Collab Hop! We're sharing fun, interactive cards that will really brighten your day. They feature awesome new stamps and dies from Catherine Pooler Designs, and with help from Pear Blossom Press, they all really light up! Be sure to hop along with us for loads of inspiration; our designers have come up with some brilliant cards.

I have three cards to share with you today!

My first card features the fab "Bright Days" stamp set by CPD paired up with the genius "EZ Lights" by Pear Blossom Press:

Sadly, I forgot to grab a photo of my circuit design behind my card front but the EZ Lights are SO amazing and quick to add, that it's easy to kind of figure out where I placed the lights and the battery pack.

When you press that little blue heart, here's what happens...

To get the heart part of the bulb to be "colorful", I used my Copic Markers and colored the hearts in from the BACK so when the light shines through, the color shows!  SO easy to do too!

For my second card, not only did I used the "Bright Days" stamp set again but I placed my fun bulbs in the arms of the adorable Octopus from the "Ocean Chums" stamp set.  For the sentiment focal area, I cut out a circle to reveal the greeting...

For this card I used the super bright circular "Halo Lights".  All you do is carefully punch out the whole light assembled from it's card and adhere it to your card base.  The little red button is where you press to activate the light on your card front.

When you push the subtle "Push" word on the middle of the right hand side of the card front, the entire greeting is engulfed with a beautiful white, bright light!

For my final card I wanted to see if I could the "Halo Lights" again but beneath my card front entirely.

So I designed the stamping of the bulbs on my card front panel so that 4 of the bulbs sat right above my 4 LED lights in the "Halo Light" assembly.  I added some circles of yellow Copic Marker to the back side of the bulb images so that the yellow would show through the cardstock when lit from behind.

Here's the end result!  A fun group of bulbs all a-glow!  I know my sister and her boys are going to LOVE this one!

I just LOVE making and sending interactive cards to my friends and family!  I can't wait to get my hands on more of the EZ Lights and Halo Lights!

Now, make sure you check out the rest of the talent today...

Catherine Pooler Designs
Cassie Trask
Ashlee McGregor
Laura Volpes
Chrissie Tobas
Marcia Caradinta
Allison Cope <-- you are here!
Jen Carter <-- GO HERE!
Rachel Winn
Ilina Crouse
Ali Farmer
Karen Baker
Pear Blossom Press - Mona Toth
  

Every good hop has prizes, right? So Catherine Pooler Designs and Pear Blossom Press are each giving away a $25 store credit! Comment on this post by June 25, 202 to be entered to win. Winners will be announced on June 28th.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to WIN one of our amazing prizes!

~ Ally ~  

 

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42 comments:

AngelaB said...

What a new bright idea!

Bonnie Peffer said...

Allison, these are all amazing cards. You are so clever. I immediately thought of Erin & Melissa with your Watts up card. Lol

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards and amazing inspiration, as always! The tip to color lit images with Copics on the back is genius. Thanks for sharing that!

MJS said...

Great use of the Halo EZ Lights. Really like your use of the bulbs to create the background

Melissa Leftrick said...

Ok I am loving these all but those “colored” lights are so awesome!!!

julie said...

Such a great idea to use the other CP images!! Great cards👍

Mrsfish02 said...

Ally these are all so great! I love that octopus holding the lights... I haven't tried EZ lights yet. I love the CP sets and now I am thinking these lights might be a fun addition to Halloween cards, EEK!

Jill R said...

All of your cards are great, but I love the colorful bulbs on your first card. Sooo fun!

Mary said...

It’s apparent you had a great time making these cards. LOVE your rainbow slimline card most!

Tracy T. said...

Loving how you mixed the ocean chums stamps with the light bulbs!

MrsKenco said...

Oh so cute. Thank you for giving me a chance to win a gift cert. Have a great day!
Susie Draper

ksplumlee said...

I'm loving the octopus card. It's fantastic. Great idea to color the back of the paper to give off the glow.

LaurieN said...

Love, love, looove the colored lites!!!!!!

Laura said...

love the various alternatives of using these lights - not just on light bulb images. Well done.

Talitha said...

Terrific cards! I love the one with the octopus. Thanks.

MadeByMeghanK said...

WOW! So many amazing cards! I LOVE the pastel one and the way you highlighted the sentiment in the second one!

mwalker said...

I love how you used the three color hearts, so pretty. Great idea on how you did the little "push" botton

Donna Walls said...

3 Amazing Cards! I've GOT to try these light up cards ASAP!

Kathy said...

OMG! Your cards are absolutely stunning!!

Karen said...

An amazing set of cards! Your slimline card is just fabulous!

Denise Bryant said...

Fabulous cards! So fun that they light up! I really love the octopus card with the bulbs! Too cute with that clever sentiment!

Karen K. Creates said...

Genius cards, Ally! They are great!

Patty said...

These are all fantastic cards! I have a different light bulb stamp set that these lights would definitely work with. I have to get some of them!!

Beverly s said...

love your cool designs. Adding the fish theme to the cards. Opens other ideas for use of these stamps.

canadian_liner said...

Woah! So many great ideas with the stamp set and the lights. I like seeing how the lights picked up the different coloured heart/backgrounds on the first card. Very cool!

Mary Holshouser said...

Darling cards. Love the
Octopus lighting up my life.
The different colored hearts
are fantastic. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

Dee Earnshaw said...

love how different your cards are - such clever designs for using these fun light up gadgets

Carrie Arii said...

Such fun cards! I really like the background on the slimline card! the bulbs are just adorable. I love the colored lights!

Marlene Sestokas said...

Your cards are super creative!! Thanks for inspiring me!!!

Tammy Bauer said...

Love your cards! Love how you used the octopus 🐙 💡

Ebrown said...

Cute cards! I love how you lit up the sentiment on the Octopus card with the halo lights.

T Andrews said...

Love all of your cards. The design with the octopus holding the lights is whimsical and fun!

Susan Y said...

Fun slimline card design! Those halo lights are awesome!

Linda said...

I love your cards! They are so cute, especially the one with the octopus!!!.

Eve N said...

Wow, each of these cards is great, but they just come to life when they light up. Now I need to check out the new-to-me Halo lights!

Carol Wortman said...

Oh my gosh, all pretty, but that octopus has stolen my heart! The halo EZ lights against those gorgeous spectacular oceany colors, gasp! To put the sleek long slender lightbulbs in the "hands" was so neat, kinda wished those lit up too with the 3 bulb EZ light. Love it!

Meghan Hendrix said...

I love your cards. I cannot get over the octopus, so adorable!

Jen A said...

I really love the coloring on your octopus, and I also love the pastel you used behind the three windows of the first card. Great job!

Ms. Tamp said...

Great project shares. Nice use with the octopus holding the bulbs.

r.winncreates said...

WOW! That octopus card was possibly my favorite! They're all wonderful!

Sue D said...

Cute variety of light up cards!

Cindy G. said...

Your Light Up cards are so cute! I especially love the "hearts" in the boxex card. I'm into the soft colore with your backgrounds!

 
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