This card was made for a challenge that required a masculine theme. Since tools are often a "guy thing" (but I love them, too) I chose a wrench circling a square "nut" I created by silver heat embossing a square brad that was brass colored.
I had just gotten the Stampin' Up! (SU) "Give It A Whirl" die set that creates spinner wheel interactive cards, so was really looking forward to trying it.
I watched a couple videos on how to assemble the card, one of which is by Cindi-Lynn Taylor (. I decided that I didn't want to use the dies to create a window, but instead I wanted a tool to spin around the center. If you are like me and use magnets to hold down your paper/cardstock in your stamp positioner, you've no doubt accidently allowed two to smash together and fracture once or twice. I had saved these tiny fragments thinking some day they would be useful... well, that day has arrived! On an adjacent posting you will see the "inside workings" that I used foam tape to attach to the card front. Note that one of those fragments has been attached to the spinning wheel using super strong Scor-Tape. So when the wheel is spun, the magnet rotates around the center. After assembling the card with that fragment inside, I simply cut a very thin strip off a sheet of magneticf heater vent cover and used Scor-Tape to attach it to the back of the wrench. So the magnetized wrench follows the magnet fragment as it moves.
I created the wrench using an SVG file I bought and downloaded from the web. I don't know who the original seller was, but there are many free SVG files if you do a Google search.
The background paper is a 2010 retired pack of pattern paper from SU called "Sweet Pea". You'll note that I chose all shades of gray (including black and silver). This is because an optional part of the challenge was to create a monotone card.
The little arrow on the spinner wheel is from Lawn Fawn's "Push Here" stamp set.
I am rating the difficulty level of this card as a "3" out of a possible "5". If you don't have a spinner set of dies, it is a LOT harder to create, but not impossible. I think the card will be great for a birthday or any other occasion like "thank you" or just to let the guy in your life know you appreciate him!
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 GMT Views: 1767
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Stamps: SU Happy Birthday Everyone, Lawn Fawn Push Here
Paper: SU Basic Gray, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, SU Sweet Pea DSP, Recollections Silver Foil Cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Accessories: SU Give It A Whirl Dies, Brother ScanNCut CM350, Bearly Art Glue, Recollections Square Brad, Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Score Tape, Magnet Fragments, Magnetic Sheet
Techniques: Spinner Wheel Card, Die Cutting, Digital Cutting, Heat Embossing,
