Spinner Flower Card

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The challenge for last month in our small New Zealand swap group was to make a spinner card.

I watched a video, and though I had it sussed, but did not make the card for a few days, and in the end 'fluffed' the fold, so it is simply a tent style card... 

I started with a smooshed background (again, I have a fair few of them!!)  and a piece of white card that I coloured the edges of with the direct to paper technique using Memento Angel Pink before layering it onto the white base.

I lined the two pieces up to cut the centre oval and then cut the scalloped border, using a scalloped oval die, then cutting the centre out.  The oval cut from the background was then cut again using a smaller oval die, and the  flower die cut and assembled - again the two lighter pink layers were cut from a snippet of  card I coloured with the same pink ink.

The back of the spinner element was where I put the greeting, stamped with some very old clear stamps using the Angel Pink ink.  I used some very fine, iridescent metallic sewing thread sandwiched between the layers to form the 'spinner' mechanism..

I embossed a smaller piece of card for the flap to cover the written message - it's an old embossing folder, then I ended up attaching it debossed side up!  Thankfully it looks O.K.

The card was finished by adding some clear facetted 'bling'

My swap partner loved the card

I have also added this to the Archi-Scraps challenge on facebook - the theme there this month is to "Put a Hole in It"

I am linking this to:

Crafty Gals Challenge #256 - Fancy Fold or Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #653 + 654 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge Week#13 - Anything Goes

Digi Chooseday Week #35 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #675 - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #26 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #281 - Anything Goes

Snippet Playground Challenge #483 - Use Snippets

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2426 - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels Challenge #83 - Anything Goes