Happy Monday, everyone! Today I have such a cool card to share with you! For this month's Karen Burniston Designer Challenge, we were asked to choose another designer as an inspiration and create a card based on one of theirs. I have been intrigued by
Donna Wright's Westminster clock card from the time she made it and jumped at the chance to make one. I think it's one of the most clever ideas I've ever seen!
How awesome is this opened?! I couldn't resist making this into a steampunky Halloween clock (am I the only one who's ready for fall to get here?). I was lucky enough to have a few sheets of these amazing Steampunk Spells stickers from Graphic 45 - it made it so easy to get the look I was after.
I took a few photos along the way to show how mine came together:
Start by cutting a piece of manila cardstock to 11" x 6". Score down the center and cut using the Pop it Ups Spiral Circle Pull Card die. Close the card and trace an outline around the circle that was cut with the die (I used a jelly jar that was about 1/4" larger than the die cut area. Next, align the wavy edge die as shown - this will cut the clock edge. Run the card back through your die cutting machine to cut the edge. It should cut through both layers of cardstock with no problem. After the edge is cut, carefully trim your clock outline and fold the card front back along the score line. You've made a clock! Note: it's a good idea to practice this on an inexpensive piece of scrap paper before you cut into the good stuff. It took me a few tries to get it just the way I wanted it!
To create the look of wood, use an inking tool or sponge to apply brown distress ink to the cardstock. Add grain by dragging a brown and black ink pad down the surface, trying to keep the lines as straight as possible. Ink the clock face background with orange ink and stamp with a gear stamp. Cut the clock face from cream cardstock and the backing piece from black kraft core'dinations. Layer together and adhere to front of card.
Next, add gears and start decorating your clock! I used a set of Graphic 45 stickers that I found at Tuesday Morning. Unfortunately, these have been discontinued, but you could use something you have on hand, or one of their other lines.
I added flowers that were dyed to match using Ranger's Distress Stain Sprays. The clock face was stamped with Tim Holtz's crackle stamp. The large Steampunk Spells sticker is only attached to the left side, allowing the card to be closed using the tab.
I used the spiral die that comes with the Spiral Circle die to add a 3D element to the inside. After decorating the inside of the card, I die cut a piece of transparency with the spiral and adhered one end to the right side of the card (you can barely see it attached just under the bicycle handlebars), and the other end to the left. I die cut gears from Shimmer Sheets and added them along the spiral. They fold up perfectly when the card is closed, but unwind and are suspended when the card is open.
The gears stamp is from Oxford Impressions'
Steampunk Works set and the crow is from their
Haunted collection (one of my faves!)
Finally, here is a video to show how the clock face pivots when the card opens. I love those gears!
All the supplies I used can be found at Elizabeth Craft Designs and Simon Says Stamp via the links below.
Thanks so much to
Donna for the amazing inspiration! Be sure and check out the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog on Wednesday to see a fantastic tutorial from Karen as well as all the design inspiration cards from the rest of the team.
