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Challenge: Get In On The Action

3/1/2018

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Frilly & Funkie are challenging us to make something interactive in their February 28, 2018 challenge. 

Now I confess I have had terrible luck with interactive cards. They simply do not WORK for me --- either they get stuck or they fall apart or...  I suspect my klutzy fingers have a lot to do with this. But I decided to try anyway, and  this card likely will not last past the first attempt to work it. Still...

I started with a series of templates for a "Waving Arm Card" by Sara Sandburg at www.cardmakingparadise.com. My first step was to cut out the pieces and assemble them as the basic card:
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You can see the "arm" at the top and, the "wheel" at the side. This was the first build --- it was rebuilt twice in the course of embellishing the card and probably, like I said earlier, will last one more circuit before the wheel goes off its paper-based bearings.

Since I was using brushed metallic card, I decided to go industrial and embossed the lower right with a Sizzix thinlits die and a Spellbinders embossing pad. I rubbed Distress Crayon over it to bring out the gears (didn't work really well through).

Next was embellishing the card with more gears, using more brushed metallic card in a lighter copper color:

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The larger gear at the top was layered on a circle of the darker copper so that the card behind would be blocked from view when the moveable gear was "resting"...

Spin the wheel on the right clockwise and here is what happens:
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The gear moves up (1) counterclockwise, (2) gradually exposing the message below it before it (3) reverses direction and comes back over the top and (4) down to cover the message again.

Lessons learned:
  • use stronger card (or even stencil mylar) for the workings and card base
  • use stronger tape
  • and don't ever do this again! LOL

Products used in the making of this card were:
  • Dies: Sizzix Thinlits "Gearhead" (6621184) and "Adventure" (660224); Sizzix BIGZ "Gadget Gears #2" (661193)
  • Papers: pre-folded burgundy card base, cut to 5 x 5; scraps of brushed copper and brushed light copper card from Stampin' Up! and gloss white card
  • Adhesives: redine 1/8" Embossing Tape; Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue
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Mrs Lyla Larimore link
3/2/2018 04:47:46 pm

Oh, but I lve this!!! It's so CUTE!!!! The gears are some of my FAVE & I have all the TH dies & embossers w gears on them, so I am gonna hafta try this out!!
If U want to give it a second go; I had success using the TH Alterations Die Picture Wheel. Cut covers to fit, with matched up openings & simply sandwhiched it between 2 cardstock pieces with a long fastener in the middle keeping all three together.
U may have more fun if U start simple & work toward the harder. I know that's what worked for me. A few of the tugher things I did first...I never wanted to go back to, either. lol
Your project -from my pov- is simply SWEET SUCCESS!!!

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Sara Emily Barker link
3/13/2018 03:33:36 am

I totally agree with Lyla above, this is SWEET SUCCESS! And I applaud you for even trying such a difficult task to start with and even more so for trying the second time when the first didn't work out! I think the gears are perfect for this design--how clever of you! Thank you for playing along at our Get in on the Action challenge at Frilly and Funkie! Hugs! Sara Emily

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kathy/NorthCarolina link
3/14/2018 03:45:52 am

This is such a clever design! I've never seen this before, so I was intrigued by it! Thanks so much for "getting in on the action" at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!

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Cec link
3/17/2018 06:41:35 am

Fabulous job and so unique. Love that you actually have that big gear working in tandem with the smaller gear on the left. This card is creative and required some engineering, which is something I doubt I would have been able to accomplish. WELL DONE! Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie.
Hugs!
Cec

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