Cricut BrightPad Light Box Mint

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For more shadow box ideas, make sure to check out how to make a paper flower filled shadow box and partners in wine gift! There are actually quite a few different light pads you can find because so many crafts and drawings are much easier when backlit. After that you just have to assemble everything by following the step-by-step tutorial and insert it in a shadow box frame where you'll attach an LED strip. It also comes with a USB power adapter, which the regular one does not (I hate when those aren’t included because then that means I’m usually stealing one from somewhere else in the house!

Cricut currently offers two types of lighting products: BrightPads (the BrightPad and BrightPad Go) and Bright 360 Ultimate LED Lamps (in table and floor styles and two color options).

Yes, there are other light pads on the market (some cheaper and some more expensive), but most won’t be nearly as nice or bright as the Cricut BrightPads. I thought I was done making new DIY Christmas decorations until I saw these beautiful light boxes pop up in some Facebook groups. inches thick, meaning it can easily fit into carrying cases you might use for a laptop or vinyl cutter.

It’s designed to hold up to the usage of craft knives, weeding tools, pins, tweezers, or any other craft tools you might want to use its light for.

There are some things to look for when selecting an image for a light box, so let's go over the details. London 2 is belong to our Landscape collectionaimed at creating paper cut light boxes which can be cut by hand or cutting machines (Cricut, Silhouette. It doesn’t come with any sort of rechargeable battery, so you are tethered six feet away from the nearest power source. You can use different light sources depending on what you have on hand such as fairy lights or LED strip lights of white lights or different colors. Plus, a durable 6H hardness* surface protects your light box from weeding tools, scratches, and scrapes.

Patrick's Day 2 is belong to our Hat Lucky Lightbox collection aimed at creating paper cut light boxes which can be cut by hand or cutting machines (Cricut, Silhouette. The slim design is also perfect for use on the go, so you can get crafty on a train, in a cafe, or on holiday. That’s why Cricut developed the BrightPad, one of the only light pads actually designed for crafting. To enjoy all that Hobbycraft has to offer, please enable cookies or check whether another programme is blocking them. Place your frame's backing piece face down (hardware facing up and at the top) on your self-healing mat.The bird couple would also work well, but the others won’t work because they have lots of unconnected parts. If you’re asking me personally if the Cricut BrightPad is a need now that I’ve had a chance to use it for awhile, my answer is yes…I now need this in my life and in my craft room. The Cricut BrightPad Go is essentially the same thing as the BrightPad (they’re very similar in size and weight and provide almost the same level of lighting), but the BrightPad Go has a couple upgraded features, which I’ll go into next. Let me show you how to design your own shadow box and enclose it in a display frame with LED lights!

Some weeding tools can still scratch your BrightPad, but you’ll almost always have a sheet of vinyl backing between the tool and the BrightPad’s surface so I wouldn’t worry about them too much—you’d have to dig pretty hard to leave a mark. Okay, I admit that it can be a little nerve-wracking taking an X-Acto knife to the surface of your brand-new device, that looks suspiciously like a fancy a tablet.Funny story…I got a diamond painting as a prop for this post but then I actually really liked doing it so now I have a new hobby…because I needed one more.