Crealies: Crealies Spinning Beach Ball Card

Spinner Card

Hi crafters...it is scorching hot in my part of the world in India right now
and I am dreaming of a holiday on the beach!

I made this fun interactive card using the Crealies Ball die
and added a nice twist to it...the ball actually spins!

The "Smile" from Crealies is such a versatile and apt sentiment diecut for many themes
and it goes perfectly for this project too. I popped up the children on
Crealies Decorette XL no.9 diecuts which is also used as a background to highlight
the other elements and tone done the pattern paper design a bit!

The beach chairs embellishment is actually a button and it is propped up on tags
cut using the Crealies Labelzz and Tagzz No.15 die set.
Love how Crealies has such a variety of designs in the tag dies.

The Beach ball on the card spins on a wooden skewer stick!

Here is how you can make the spinning card mechanism:

Materials Required

Crealies Ball Die Cardzz No .14

Cardstock : One A 4 card- fold in half, 2 pieces of 1 x 1 inch card, One card 8 x 4 inches

Craft Knife/Scissors

Skewer stick- at least 2 inches longer than the ball

Adhesive : Liquid Glue, Adhesive tape

Make 2 Balls using the Crealies Ball Die Cardzz No .14

Fold an A 4 card in half and place the Ball on the folded edge as shown above.
Mark the semicircle around the ball.

Die cut or handcut out an aperture on the folded edge of the A 4 card in such a way that there is at least a 1/4 inch margin around the ball when you place it as shown above

Glue a skewer stick in the center of the ball using adhesive tape and strong wet glue.

Stick the other ball on top and hold with clips till the glue dries

Open the folded A 4 card and place the ball with the stick in the center of the
aperture so that the stick lies in the groove of the fold. Score and fold the
two 1 x 1 inch card stips every 1/4th inch to get an M shape.

Stick the outer arms of this "M" on either side of the skewer stick in such a way
that the stick can move freely inside the groove.
Do this on both sides so that the ball can swing and spin freely.

Optionally add a base using an 8 x 4 inch card scored and folded every inch.
Fold in such a way as to get a W as shown above and stick the 2 outer arms of the W
on the base of the folded A 4 card as shown above and below