Life Got You In A Spin? - She's a Sassy Lady Tutorial

Hi Ya Everyone -  I'm so excited to be doing another tutorial at She's A Sassy Lady on how to make a Spinner Card.  Please head over to She's A Sassy Lady to see all the wonderful projects and tutorials she has daily!  I had heard of spinner cards.  I've even seen pictures, but I didn't know how cool they were until I saw a video that Christy from Tiddly Inks shared with me on how they actually worked.  Here is the one I will be making with you today:

Materials Needed:

-Card Stock

-Foam Pop Dots

-Paper Cutter, Gypsy or Cricut

-Two Pennies

-Glue Dots

You can do this with any number of card sizes.  However, I like to do 5 x 7 cards because you have more room to spin!  I started with a number of papers that I had printed from my Imagine from the Best Friends cartridge and also a few sheets of thicker card stock (not shown) and some bright pink from my Bazzil card stock. 

 On my Gypsy I made a rectangle at 6 3/4 inch long and about 2 1/2 inches high.  I then copied and pasted that rectangle and shrank it to be 0.55 inches high and 6 3/4 inch long and placed in the middle of the larger rectangle.  This middle rectangle will hold the spinning contraption. Again, this slot can be modified depending on your materials.  If you don't have a Gypsy you can use a paper cutter.  I will cut this out twice in order to make the part that holds the spinner very sturdy.   I also chose a round object (Smiley from the new Smiley Cards) for the image that will spin.  This is very important if you want a well functioning spinner card.  Having said this you can use other objects that are irregular - but they don't seem to rotate as well.  I also chose a plain flower image that was equal on all sides and will cut this out twice to mount the smiley face to - again thicker will make the card function better.  Once I had my pieces cut I adhered the double pieces together. 

I pieced together the Smiley face and added pop dots on the smiley.      

Next, I took two pennies and a large .5 inch FOAM pop dot and sandwiched the pop dot between the two pennies.  Don't use the sticky pop dots that are clear.  the foam will glide around the track - the sticky ones will not. 

I then stuck the smiley onto the flower and stuck both to the sandwich with glue dots. 

The penny was then slipped into the rectangle slot.  I then added foam pop dots all around the outside edge of the spinning contraption.  This is really important because this has to be popped off the page otherwise your spinner will get stuck. 

After adhering my papers to my card base and adding the word "Ahhhhh" I stuck on the spinner part. 

I then worked up the sentiment for the inside and had my finished card! 

Thanks for checking out my tutorial!  I hope you will make your own!  For more fun projects head on over to She's A Sassy Lady.

Enjoy!

Doughnut Feel Like Fall? - Tiddly Inks Challenge

Hi ya everyone!
  This week at Tiddly Inks we are creating Fall Spinner Cards!  Ok, had heard of them but never saw one in action until Christy shared this video/tutorial with us: http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/05/bettys-alien-spinner-card-tutorial.html
I couldn't wait to try this myself but had to find the perfect Tiddly Ink image for a card like this!  Well, let's be honest - all the Tiddly Ink Images are perfect for any card! LOL - but I settled on Donut Ya Know - Lilly Bean I thought it would be fun to see her spin around on that big doughnut.  I colored her with my Copics and then stickled the doughnut and cut her out with my Circle Nestables.  I set her aside to dry.

The problem however, was how could I turn this into a fall card.  So, I recruited hubby's help - he's clever with the puns doughnut you know? LOL  Anyhow, enough silly stuff and on to the card.

  I followed the tutorial but decided to make my card a 5x7.  So I just adjusted the dimensions but keeping the slot that the pennies go in at a 1/2 inch.  I used some Stampin' Up paper for the spinner contraption part, but had this beautiful pumpkin paper I thought would be fun.  I computer generated the sentiment.  In the end I decided to make a raffia bow with a button.  It still needed a little something so I added a strip of green bling to match Lilly Beans shirt!  Oh my gosh - now to watch it spin - my daughter LOVED this card - so I snuck it in her lunch with a little note!

Thanks for checking out my spinner card.  Head on over to the Tiddly Inks Challenge blog and join in on the fun!
Enjoy!