Spinning Gear

What kind of cards are the most fun to receive? I don’t know about you, but I love to give and receive cards with interactive elements. Something a bit unexpected. This card has a spinning gear.

I tried to create a bit of interaction on an earlier card using Stampin’ Up!®’s Gears & Texture Bundle. I did manage to make gear that would spin as long as you were moving them. They were attached with brads which did give them movement, but they did not spin on their own.

I had seen examples of card elements spinning freely and that is the experience I wanted to create. Well, I discovered they were using nail spinners.

Did you know there are spinners you can attach to your fingernails and then put something on top of them to spin? I must be living under a rock, but I had no idea those existed. So I bought a package. And no, I have no intention of adding spinning elements to my fingernails. But, they do make some pretty great interactive card elements. Check out the video below to see this card in action.

Brown card with layer of light brown checkered patterned paper stamped with brown and green gears and brown striped texture stamps. Strip of marbled green patterned paper is to the right of it and is stamped with a textured circle. Gold gear die is attached to a spinner directly above the stamped circle. Sentiment says "just for you"

Card Details

Do you want to create interactive, spinning elements on your cards. I want to help turn your crafting stress into success. The secret is nail spinners. Here is the link to the ones I found on Amazon.

Here is a picture of the interactive card I created earlier using brads to help the gears spin.

Green card with beige card front layer. A large circle created from green and blue patterned paper. There are three metallic gears around the circle attached with brads. A green sentiment label is across large circle and says "Birthday wishes"

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Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink #785 to see the inspiration cards from the design team and other creative entries.

This card was created for the Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge #401: Sketch Challenge. I created my card using the sketch. I stamped the circular texture element from the Gears & Textures stamp set to represent the wreath on the sketch and then placed my gear die about it. I can’t wait to see what this sketch inspires you to create. SUO Challenge #401 will stay open through Sunday, May 24. Please join us at SUOC401.