Spinning Santa

This adorable Santa stamp called “Santa Falling Off Roof” is by Uptown Rubber Stamps.  It just seemed to me like he needed to be “tumbling” so I created a penny slider/spinner card to allow him to “tumble” freely!

A penny slider or spinner card (I’ve seen them called both) has an element on the card that spins as it travels across the card.  It’s called a penny slider or spinner card because the spinning element is mounted on a “sandwich” of two pennies with a pop dot in the center which rolls across the card in a slot or channel that you create on the front of your card.

Click HERE to see a tutorial on how to create a penny slider or spinner card.

After I stamped and colored my image, I used two dies (the 7th and 8th from the outside) from the We R Memory Keepers Nesting Dies “Circles” set to cut out the image and the mat.  I used the smaller of the two long, skinny dies from the Spellbinders “A2 Matting Basics B”  set to cut the channel or slot across the middle of my card.  (It made a beautiful, clean looking cut, but it was slightly wider than I would have liked so I ended up using quarters instead of pennies to insure that the spinning element didn’t fall out.  I discovered later that using larger pop dots would also have fixed the problem.)  What I really like about this design is that with such a large spinning element, it is possible to display the card with the channel completely hidden from view when you are not “playing” with it.  (I created another penny slider card HERE where the channel is always visible.)

I colored the image with Copic Markers (R59, G29, E21, E04, W1, and Y17) .  The striped designer paper is called “Christmas Stripe” from the “A Christmas Story” line by Reminisce.  I mounted this panel on a piece of heavy weight card stock (before cutting the channel) to make it sturdier.  The strip of patterned paper that says “Merry Christmas” is actually the back of the bar code/label strip of a piece of paper called “Christmas Holly” from the same Reminisce line.  The mats are Gina K Christmas Pine.   Recollections heavy weight white was used for the card base.  I adhered the striped piece (that was removed to create the channel) to the card base directly behind the channel to make the channel less noticeable.   A piece of red raffia ribbon was added to finish it off.

This card is one of the cards being featured over at Die Cut Divas this month where I was invited to be a guest designer.  They have monthly challenges where all cards/projects must be made using at least one die cut or embossing folder, and this month’s challenge is Your Favourite Holiday.  (Click HERE to see all the challenge rules.)  Pop on over to Die Cut Divas and share your holiday projects.  I can’t wait to see what you create!

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Wobble Head Santa

An earlier version of this card was originally posted in my StampTV Gallery.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

The Santa I used is from an svg set called “Mr. and Mrs. Country Claus” which I have had in my file for a while. My records show it was purchased and downloaded from “Treasure Box Designs” although it was either discontinued or I am mistaken in the artist/company since it is no longer there on their site. (If I am giving credit to the wrong artist/company, I am sorry.)

I cut the pieces with my Silhouette, inked all the edges with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink, and pieced him together.  To create a bobble-head effect, I mounted Santa’s head on a spring.  (Excuse the poor quality of the GIF file below.  I cannot include videos here in my blog post but wanted to show the movement.)

The spring is called an “Action Wobble Spring” and is a plastic spring with adhesive on both sides so it sticks to your card project and to the element you want to wobble.  (I got these on Amazon.com HERE.) I really love using these springs, but as you can see in the photo below, the adhesive panels are fairly large so your element needs to be big enough to cover the spring.  (They now have mini ones for smaller elements.)

The background paper is Pine Green Plaid by Paper Pizazz mounted on a Gina K Cranberry Tart card base.  The red for Santa’s clothes is Burgundy & Gold Crackle Paper by Colorbok.  His sack was made with Recollections burlap scrapbook paper.  Recollections gold paper was used for the gold elements.  (My original card had gold glitter paper, but I it was difficult to cut, so I switched to a flat gold paper for this card.)  The other pieces were cut from a piece of a manilla file folder and scraps of green, black and white from my scrap box.

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