A card for Joel

A friend asked me to make a card for a little chap who will be celebrating his 5th Birthday and loves football (or soccer as our friends across the pond like to call it). I sat pondering for a while and then came up with the notion of making a spinner card. I've had this football die for ages and don't think that I have ever got round to using it before. I found that a Sizzix Framelit die was just the same size, so I cut one of those to use as a backing to stick all the fiddly bits onto. I cut one each in black and white and made 2 balls. I will use the other later sometime. The little footballer chappie is from a very old set of kid's stamps from Bang on the door. They are kind of foam backed, but work really well! By making the grass quite deep, it served to make a space big enough to accommodate the ball and by putting the cut out stamp to the back made it look like he was in the distance running up to the ball... that's what I think any way! I cut the name and the number with my Silhouette Portrait!

With the sphere of the ball and the hexagons on it , I thought it quite suitable for the challenge at Addicted to CAS.

Spinner card tutorial

ABC Challenge X- Xtra dimension

Spinner cards have an element which spins along a track when the card is tilted... in this case the flower. A few people asked how I made my spinner cards, so I thought I'd show you a few piccies of how I did this one.

1. I began by cutting out 2 Nestie Labels from white card

2. Next I drew a line horizontally along the back of one of the shapes, to use as a guide when punching out the track. I used my Stampin' Up Word Window punch, but you could achieve a similar result by using a craft knife and a hole punch for the rounded ends to the track.
3. I began at one side, and keeping in line with the previous cut and the central line I punched the length of the track.

4. Using dimensional pads I then stuck both shapes together. I used a double thickness of pads to ensure the the spinner had sufficient clearance to run along the track.

5. Because I used a silk flower, I stuck a circle of card to the back of it to give strength.

6. Next comes the little sandwich of the spinner.

• a penny or other small coin
• a circular dimensional, (I cut one from a pad with a hole punch)

• a second coin

The spinner is then inserted into the track; you may have to ease it into position, as the track has to be between the two coins.
I then added this whole element to the front of my card and Hey Presto!
I hope this helps and if you have any questions do please email me!

One Stop Crafts - On the Move

It is my turn to set the Challenge this week at One Stop Crafts and I chose 'On the Move'. Any kind of movement on a card is great for this challenge, so shaker cards and cards with flaps, waterfall cards or anything else you can dream up will be perfect.

I decided to make a Spinner Card, and this little teddy from Pollycraft is a super subject to spin.

I thought that I would also include him in another couple of challenges. Pollycraft's 'Anything Goes' and Cooking it Up with Katie's Recipe Challenge of Something Old (the sentiment) Something New (the SU Stamp) and Something Sweet ( I think this little bear is SO sweet!)

He was coloured with Copics and cut out, then a penny was stuck behind his tummy, then another penny was stuck to the first one using a circular 3D pad.

I made the track for him to spin along with a Word Window punch from Stampin' Up. The track fits between the two pennies.

You would need to raise this track from the surface of the card to give room for the pennies to rotate, so I added the grass section to the base of the card using 3D tape.

The houses are from a Jumbo Wheel stamp also from Stampin' Up.

I have added a little video for you to see him tumbling along. (It's my first attempt at video, so please be kind!)

WOYWW

It Wednesday again and time for another look-see at other crafter's desks... their drawers too today I understand!

Earlier in the week I made a 'penny spinner' card which you can see a couple of posts back.

(with simple instructions). I liked it so much I had another go and this was the result. The flower spins along the slit when the card is tilted.
When I went to my choir last night, both cards were bought very quickly and I have orders for two more, so what you see on my desk is the work in progress on these. I have just received my SU word window punch and it was for just such a project that I bought it. So the gymnast will go twirling along the base of the card. The recipient for the little bear, is the younger sister of the gymnast and they both like pink! I raided my charity box for some more pennies! (I'll pay it back... promise!)

Now a quick swing to the right and you can see the table at which I am now typing on my laptop, but here it's in the incarnation of a 'spraying box'. If I need to use a little Sparkle spray or Cosmic Simmer Mist, I remove my tastefully draped damask cloth (the backdrop for my photos) place the items to be sprayed on the box and spray away! Simples!

I thought that I would let you have a little look into my border punch drawer at the same time... not very organised I fear.

That seems to be it for today. I shall be off to Julia's WOYWW listing very soon to have a gander at some others. There's a permanent link on my sidebar if you'd care to come and join us!

Head over heels!

I had such fun playing with my stash from SU which arrived today. I have wanted to make a spinner card for ages and today I had the wherewithall to do it.

The image is another of the fabulous bears from Pollycraft, this time turning head over heels , so I thought him perfect for this type of card.

I made the slit in the red spotty card with my SU word window punch, and mounted the Copic coloured and cut out bear onto a penny, put another penny on the back side of the slit and joined it to the first penny by a dimensional circle. When the card is tilted the bear spins head over heels along the slit. I love it!

The paper is from Forever Friends and the tiny hearts are punchies.

I made the sentiment in Word Art on the computer and mounted it on Nesties.

I wish I knew how to take a video on my camera, I'll have to find the instructions!

This card is for :-

Hearts Challenges from Little Red Wagon

& Hand Full of Stamps,

Corrosive Challenges - love

Lily-Boo - Valentine

Something New - Doodle Palace (New image, Punch, Spinner card)

Pixie Dust Studio -3D

I am also entering this for the 'Moving' challenge from Sir Stampalot in celebration of their move into larger premises in Peterborough, and where the first prize is a Big Shot. Go to Brenda's Blog for details and join in the Blog Hop!

I can't stop playing with this card, it's really fun!