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Interactive "Merry-Go-Round" Card

Welcome to my next adventure in interactive cards!
The circle of transportation icons circles the sentiment like a Merry-Go-Round.

I saw an example of this card quite a while back, right after the Stampin Up Sliding Star dies first appeared in the catalog.  Now that I have some time to create and play, here goes ....

Supplies
  • Stamps:  Stampin Up En Route
  • Dies: Stampin Up Sliding Star, Layering Circles
  • Inks: Stampin Up Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel, Highland Heather, Basic Black
  • Cardstock: Stampin Up Whisper White
  • Pattern Paper:  Stampin Up Going Places DSP
  • Misc: adhesive sheet, fun foam, stampin' dimensionals

 Steps
  • Cut 6 small circles from white cardstock and color them with ink.  Looking back, I could have just cut each circle from colored cardstock but I had ink blending on my mind, so ink blending I did.  😀 










  • Cut the sliding circular track out of the front panel.  Since I wanted to use Designer Series Paper (DSP) that was pretty thin, I cut the track in both the DSP and a cardstock panel and glued the two cut pieces together.  Save the cut ring.  I glued the DSP ring to the cardstock ring for more stability.  NOTE:  If you don't have the Sliding Star dies, you can use two circle dies that have a radius difference of about 1/2".
  • Adhere buttons or coins to ring with dimensionals.  I stacked two under each button so the ring would be slightly higher than the front panel.







  • Cut a circle for the center sentiment that is slightly smaller than the circle from the sliding circular track die.  At first, I tried to use the circle from the track die but there was a lot of rubbing so I cut a slightly smaller circle out of the original circle. 
  • Stamp sentiment on circle.  I used white cardstock for my circle but since my DSP was antique colored, I probably should have used Stampin Up Very Vanilla. 
  • Attach adhesive sheet to fun foam and run through Big Shot to guarantee it is stuck well.
  • Cut two circles from adhesive fun foam that are smaller than the sentiment circle.  There needs to be enough overhang for the edge of the button or coin to fit into.  
  • Adhere the two adhesive fun foam circles together then adhere them to the sentiment circle.
 

  
 

  • Adhere foam to back of cardstock panel.  Around the circle opening, make sure to leave enough overhang for the edge of the button or coin to fit into.
  

  • Adhere the stamped, colored circles to the non-button side of ring.






 
  • Adhere the cardstock panel to a card base.
  • Place the ring with button side toward the card base into the hole of the panel.
  • Adhere the sentiment circle to the card base, centered in the hole of the panel.  I used glue to adhere the sentiment circle to the card base and let it dry thoroughly with a heavy object on it because I didn't trust my tape runner to be strong enough on the foam.  If the circles on the ring get in the way of adhering the sentiment circle to the card base, you can glue the sentiment circle FIRST and THEN tuck the buttons of the ring into the track although this is trickier to do.

  Ta Da!
You now have a lovely Merry-Go-Round interactive card.
Thanks for visiting!

 

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