Spectacular Spinners

There are so many great cards out there featuring a spinning element, primarily using the new Gears & Textures bundle from Stampin' Up! In an effort to organize my craft studio, I've been trying to use products that have accumulated. There are a lot of retired items that I need to use, so I'm trying to show projects to inspire you to see how you can use what you have, or get new products to make these cards.

This idea was inspired by a card from Cindy Brumbaugh. I turned mine into a gift card holder. This card is made with the retired Geared Up Garage stamps and dies, Classic Garage Designer Series Paper (DSP), Stitched Shapes and Layering Ovals dies, a generic gears embossing folder, and some miniature rotating bearings that I purchased through Amazon (see affiliate links below).

Black cardstock:

5 1/2" X 8 1/2", score in landscape at 4 1/4"

Scraps to die cut gears

White cardstock:

4" X 5 1/4" 

Scrap to stamp image and sentiment, die cut 3rd from largest stitched oval for sentiment  die cut/fussy cut images

Real Red cardstock:

Scraps to die cut largest and 2nd from largest stitched ovals

Tranquil Tide cardstock:

Scraps to die cut layering ovals dies (# X # & # X #)

Classic Garage DSP:

1" X 4" (X 2)

Crushed Curry cardstock:

3" X 9", score in landscape at 4" & 8"

Check out the video for instructions and tips.

Here are the versions of this card from the video.

A few other ideas using the spinners are below:

Graduation floating front card using the Online Exclusive Cap & Gown stamp set. I stamped the hands so they appear to be tossing the mortarboard cap into the air.

You start with a standard portrait base card (4 1/4 X 11") and score in landscape at 5 1/2". Then cut at 1" and 3". Take the 4 1/4" X 2" piece and turn it in portrait to create the floating front. Layers on the front: 4" X 2 1/4" (top section--embossed), 4" X 3/4" (bottom section--embossed), 4" X 1 3/4" (floating front section--punch both pieces with a tag topper punch). Layers inside: 5 1/4" X 4"; and 4" X 1"& 4" X 3/4" strips. To assemble front, lay the bottom section so that it lines up with the bottom of the back part of the card, add glue to the top and bottom only of the tag section and adhere centered vertically over the top and bottom sections on the card front. I punched a circle to go behind the mortarboard cap that I stamped and cut out. The rotating bearing is behind the circle to allow that part to spin.

This is a modified gate fold type card using some golf themed DSP. I created the golf ball from a circle punched from white cardstock and embossed with dots. The grass is a die cut using the retired Best Catch bundle. Theink tee was created from cutting extra limbs off of the tree from the retired tree builder punch.

The base is 5 1/2" X 6 1/2", score in landscape at 4 1/4"; and 4 1/4" X 3 3/8", score in portrait at 2 7/8". The small section on the larger piece folds in from the right side. Adhere the 1/2" section of the smaller piece to the left side of the larger piece (toward the inside) centered vertically. Add layers to these pieces:

Inside: large section--5 1/4" X 4" white with 5 1/4" X 2" DSP on the left side, small section--5 1/4" X 2" DSP

Front: left section--4" X 2 5/8" DSP, right section--5 1/4" X 2" DSP

"Catch" punch/die cut labels added with dimensionals

The tee and grass go on the right side with the rotating bearing behind the golf ball.

I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog. If you like the projects I share, please like and share my videos to help my YouTube channel grow. You can also subscribe to be notified when I upload more videos. If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd appreciate you shopping with me. I also have an affiliate link to Amazon for the rotating bearings:

Miniature metal thin bearings

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Have fun crafting!