OK I am REALLY proud of myself right now - an idea popped in my head when I was looking at Melanie's new Jumping For Joy set and I was actually able to execute it EXACTLY how imagined it!!! *hugs self* LOL!!
I thought "How cool would it be to actually make a card where the bear "splashed" into the water? (b/c to me he looks like he's getting ready to do a big cannonball into the water???)
I made this into a spinner card - and you know in all the years I've been papercrafting I don't think I've EVER made a spinner card? SERIOUSLY! I've known how to make one since like forever - I've just never bothered to actually MAKE one. This one turned out so cute I think I'll hafta make more down the road.....
I stamped the bear, used a little Cool Shadow Copic marker on him to make him look MORE white, then cut him out. I used 2 pennies and a dimensional to make him into a spinner. You can check out a tutorial on SCS here that shows you how to make a spinner card.
For this card I just used a pencil to mark the "track" for the bear, then cut it out with my craft knife (I used Soft Sky SU! textured cardstock for that). The "water" was made with Blue Bayou CS - I drew the "splashes" on 2 separate pieces with a pencil then cut them out. All the white was made with a Ranger Snow Cap (white) paint dauber.
Haha it WORKED!! I used dimensionals that I got from WalMart EONS ago (sometime around when I first started stamping believe it or not) - they're really thick and tough and round - perfect for something like this. The top layer has doubled-up dimensionals under it so that it's high up enough for the bear to roll under it *grin*
This card is REALLY thick (about 1/2"!) as the textured CS is also up on dimensionals so that the bear spins freely on the track.
To mail something like this you'd need to put it in a box of sorts so that it wouldn't get squished during transit. It'd be worth it tho as people LOVE interactive cards (I'll admit I've been playing with it a fair bit since I completed it - Veronica thought it was pretty cool too except she thinks I should have colored the bear brown LOL!)
