We are getting close to wrapping up my Twelve Weeks of Christmas Series. Today on Week 9 I have an incredible card to share with you. I first saw this card by Barry from Mitosu Crafts I was so intrigued! I love a card with movement like this! I have made many of these cards to work on figuring out the mechanism for you. I've taken apart cards multiple times, many have ended up in the trash, believe me when I say this has been a labor of love to figure everything out. I hope I can break it down easy enough that you'll want to give it a try too! The front of my card is pretty simple, you could easily dress this up as much as you want, I wanted a simple front with some DSP and a fun greeting. I used the Mini Alphabet Dies to die cut a custom greeting, and I covered each letter in the glossy Fine Tip Glue Pen, that makes them look like custom enamel letters. Inside the card.......
...This is where the magic happens, as you start to open it, the card rotates and turns and all the incredible elements appear, as if you're a magical wizard! For the inside I used the Christmas Friends Bundle. SOOOOO cute! The coordinating dies are amazing and have lots of fun pieces to them like the gift boxes. My images are colored with Stampin' Blends-of course!
Adhering the pieces inside a little bit of a trial and error. You don't want them to stick out of the card when it's close, they can't interfere with the mechanism and of course you want them to be adorable. When making this one I found that making my circles smaller worked better for me. I was able to add in more rotating elements. If your pieces are smaller maybe try bigger circles. I added a gift card to the inside of this card, because why not!
I will stress that this card may require lots of trial and error. I hope that my instructions will eliminate some of that for you, but before you jump into making your final card use some old or scrap cardstock to work on and play with the mechanism. The more comfortable you are with it the smoother your card will go together. I have a diagram pictured below with how to score and trim the mechanism so you can refer back to that when you make this card.
Measurements
Real Red
-Card 11" x 5 1/2" score long side at 5 1/2"
-Mechanism 3" x 3 1/2", on the short side score at 1" each side, on the long side score at 1/2", 1", 1 1/2" and 3"
-Deckled Circles Dies
The 4th, 6th and 8th smallest
-Scraps for die cutting
Take a Bow DSP
-5 1/4" x 5 1/4" three pieces
-5 1/4" x 1 1/4"
-5 1/4" x 2"
Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green
-Pieces for stamping and/or die cutting
Make sure to check out my video for all the tips and tricks for this card. I want to recommend again using some scrap cardstock to test it. The mechanism can get a little tricky, check out the diagram.
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Thanks for looking, see you soon!!!
Twelve Weeks Of Christmas:
Week 9 Christmas Friends Rotating Pop Up Card
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