Making a fun spinner card for the June Inspiration Station Challenge
Hello everyone and welcome to my post for the June instalment of the Inspiration Station Challenge. Keep reading to find out more about the challenge and how I created this fun spinner card.
The Inspiration Station Challenge: June
The Inspiration Station Challenge is a monthly challenge for all types of crafty projects. It starts the first Monday of each month and runs to the end of the month. Each month there is a new image to use for inspiration and it is a perfect way to jump start you creativity!
You can find all the details and link up your projects to play along on the Inspiration Station Challenge Blog! P.S by entering your projects you get entered into a giveaway!
Making my Spinner Card
When I saw the fun inspiration image for this month, I decided it would be a prefect time to make my first ever spinner card! The fair ride in the image spins around and around (and around!) so I though having a spinning image on my card would be so fun!
I decided to create an A6 size card because I had some A6 envelopes in my stash that never get used and the design I wanted to do ended up working better on a slightly larger card.
Mirror Stamping
One of the things you run into when making a spinner card is that you need to be able to create a reversible image so that when it spins you don't just see the back of the image. There are some stamp sets that are set up to do this already or you could use an image that is symmetrical (like a butterfly).
But I had my heart set on using this cute cat image so to achieve a reversible image I did some mirror stamping.
I placed one of my photopolymer grip mats inside my MISTI (I used one from Picket Fence Sudios but any of the photopolymer grip mats should work fine).
I stamped directly onto the grip mat using alcohol marker friendly ink
I lined up my cardstock perfectly into the corner of my MISTI and then pressed the cardstock down onto the grip mat where I had stamped the image
Then, I repeated step 2 and 3 to get a darker image. Because I was using the corner of my MISTI to position my cardstock I could line it up perfectly to re-stamp.
Then I just had to stamp the image normally to create two images that are perfect mirror images.
Ohuhu Alcohol Marker Colour combinations
These are the Ohuhu markers I used to colour in the images.
Red: R8, R160 & R200
Orange: YR190, YR170 & YR250
Yellow: Y1, Y050 & Y030
Green: GY42, Y190 & GY4
Blue: PB2, B140 & B120
Gray: CG5 & NG03
Cat: YR2, YR33, Y1 & Y3
I shaded the underside of the umbrella with the gray markers and then went over the area with the mid-tone colours in stripes so that it looks like you can see the rainbow stripes from inside the umbrella too.
Creating the Spinner
To create the spinner I cut a circular window in the front of my card and my card front. I fussy cut the cat images and then adhered them together with a strand of clear thread sandwiched between the images.
I dry embossed the cardfront using a stencil before assembling my card to add some texture to the front of my card. Then I used some double sided tape to attached the top and bottom of the clear thread to my card bases making sure that the cat image was approximately centred in the window. After the spinner element was added, I adhered the cardfront on top sandwiching the clear thread between the cardbase and the cardfront.
When you wind up the spinner and close the card it will start spinning as soon as you open it!
Check out my Instagram to see it in action! Click here to watch
Finishing touches
To finish off the card, I added some soft ink blending to the inside of the card so that there is a little bit of a background behind the spinning cat. I also stamped a sentiment directly behind where the cat image is when the card is closed. So it is covered when the card is closed but when you open it you can read it!
I heat embossed a sentiment strip for the front of the card and glued it in place to finish my card!
I really hope you enjoyed reading how I created this card. If you have any questions about how I created this card please leave them in the comments, I would be happy to answer them!
If you like my card and want to see more of my crafty creations, please give me a follow on Instagram @rookiecardmaker! I post my finished cards as well as cardmaking tutorial reels and I would love to have more crafty friends join me!
Supplies
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Happy Days stamp set from Simon Says Stamp
Paper Inking Palette from Picket Fence Studios (I used the 4x4 one because I had it out, but you can use any size so long as it is larger than the stamp you are using). Picket Fence Studios is switching to only doing subscriptions so I don't think their Paper Inking Palettes will be available much longer. I have also used the Waffle Flower Grip mats for this technique and I'm fairly certain most of the photopolymer grip mats will work fine for this technique.
Such a sweet image and perfect coloring! And making a Spinner card is so cool, Thanks for your amazing team project for The Inspiration Station Challenge.
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Thank you so much Donna!
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