Let's Make a Spinner Card!

Here’s a new “twist” on an old classic. I’m going to make a spinner card but because of the elements I’ve decided to use, I had to think outside the box a little and create this a little bit differently to how I would normally. Keep reading to find out how I put together this fun card!

Supply List

Cardstocks	Other Supplies
Pop Tone Gum Drop Green Pop Tone Sour Apple Pop Tone Banana Split Pop Tone Orange Fizz Pop Tone Black Licorice Pop Tone Pink Lemonade Pop Tone Hot Fudge DCS – Natural White Pop Tone Sno Cone DCS – Textured Caribbean Blue Cougar White Smooth Cardstock Shop CutCardStock (affiliate link)	Dies, Stamps, etc. * Pretty Birds Dies * Spread Your Wings Stamp * Postage Edge Squares * DMC Metallic Thread Basic Supplies * VersaFine Onyx Black * Misti Stamping Platform * Die Cutting Machine The above are all affiliate links

If you like video tutorials, you can watch my tutorial on YouTube.

Let’s Make This Card

Step 1. Cut Your Pieces and Assemble

Green Bird Wings – Pop Tone Gum Drop Green
Green Bird – Pop Tone Sour Apple
Yellow Bird – Pop Tone Banana Split
Yellow Bird Wings – Pop Tone Orange Fizz
Feet, Beak and Eyes – Pop Tone Black Licorice
Eyes – Cougar White Smooth Cardstock
Bird Cheeks – Pop Tone Pink Lemonade
Birdcage – Pop Tone Hot Fudge
Birdcage (for sturdiness) – DCS – Natural White

You will want to cut and assemble two of everything. That way when this element spins, it will look good as it is rotating and which ever side it stops on, it’ll still look nice. The birds are not 100% mirror images of each other, but they are close.

💡TIP: If you have adhesive sheets, you can apply your adhesive sheet to your cardstock and then die cut to create stickers out of these pieces!

Step 2. Cut an Opening Through Your Card Front

I layered a piece of 5-3/4″ Square Pop Tone Sno Cone on top of my 6×6 card base so it’s nice and centered. Then I centered a square die on top. This opening needs to be large enough so that the object that you want to spin can comfortably fit inside. You’ll want to die cut through both layers at the same time, so tape your die down well. Don’t forget to open up your card front before running this through your die cutting machine. You only want to cut through the card front & colored cardstock.

💡TIP: I also tape my cardstock layer to the card front so it stays centered and doesn’t slip.

Step 3. Decorate the “Inside” of Your Card

Next I adhere the square Pop Tone Sno Cone to the inside of the card. Since this was cut out of the front, it should fit perfectly inside that aperture, which you can use to line it up. Technically, this is the inside of the card, but it will be visible from the outside too

Step 4. Punch a Hole

Punch a hole through your card front above the aperture opening and centered from left to right. You can also use a pokey tool to pierce a hole if you don’t have a small enough hole punch. You don’t need anything larger than a 1/8″ hole.

Step 5. Hang Your Focal Image

For a typical spinner, I would punch a hole at the bottom too and loop invisible thread from the top to the bottom so there’s a line going down the middle of the aperture. That only works if the object you want to spin around is centered that way you can sandwich that thread in between two layers of your spinning object.

Since my spinning object is these darling birds that are both on this open birdcage frame, there’s actually nothing in the center that would hide an invisible thread. There is; however, a loop at the top of the birdcage so why not loop my thread through that? It also fits in nicely with the scene since it actually looks like the birdcage is hanging in this window.

I used DMC metallic thread and tied a knot at the top of the birdcage loop. Then I looped the thread through the hole in the card front. To keep the loose thread from unraveling before I was ready, taped it it down with some washi

Step 6. Test Your Spinner

Before you hide your thread, twist your spinning object a handful of times or more to “wind up” the spinner. Then open the card to ensure it spins smoothly.