SEND SEASON’S GREETING WITH A TOWER PINWHEEL CARD; A TINSEL TIME TUESDAY POST

Hi, Stampers!

Here we are, beginning the second half  of this year’s Tinsel Time Tuesday! I hope your stash of  Christmas cards is growing, and by the time December arrives you will have all you need to send family and friends Holiday greetings. 

Today’s card is a fun fold of sorts. It is called a tower pinwheel card (or maybe a pinwheel tower card, or a tower card 🙂). Have you seen the card? I first saw the card this past spring on Pinterest (I think), and since have seen more and more of them! I am not certain who came up with the idea for this card, but whoever you are, thank you! 

Let’s take a look at the cards I made:

And here is a look at the card from the top. In the center you can see the mechanism that makes the cards interestingly interactive. Page down to view video tutorial on putting the card together.

This card can be made any size you like by adjusting the height of the “tower” and the size of the “wings” (pinwheel part). We’ll talk more about that later.

Three of my cards, when flat, measure 5 1/2” x 4 1/4” and will fit in a Stampin’ Up!®️ medium envelope. The fourth card measures 6” x 4”. 

PEACEFUL CABIN CARDS

BIRTHDAY

CHRISTMAS

These cards are identical with the exception of the sentiments. I love the colors in the Peaceful Place DSP - Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Basic Black, and Silver. Many of the designs can be used year round, the remaining are wintry. It is a great package of DSP for masculine cards, and of course, Christmas cards.

Here is a look at the stamp set:

PEACEFUL CABIN

Here are the other three sides of the cards:

Isn’t the cabin pattern great?  The cabin with the porch reminds me of my house a bit.

SUPPLIES FOR THE CARD

* Piece of DSP cut at 4 1/4” x 4 1/4” and scored at 1”, 2”, 3”, and 4”.

* 4 pieces of Basic Gray cardstock cut at 4 1/4” x 2 3/4”.

* 4 pieces of DSP cut at 4” x 2 1/2” - be aware of pattern direction.

* 4 pieces of DSP cut at 4” x 1 1/2” - be aware of pattern direction. One piece can be Basic Whiteto use as a space to write a short message and sign.

* Simply Elegant Trim, Silver - about 12 -14”.

* Basic Gray ink.

* Adhesive and dimensionals.

WHIMSICAL TREES CARD

(This card measures 6” x 4”)

The tree is die cut from the DSP. The Holly was stamped with Smokey Slate ink, colored with Stampin’ Blends, and die cut.

WHIMSICAL TREES STAMP SET

Here are the other three sides of the card:

I fussy cut packages from another piece of the DSP, put dimensionals on the back, and adhered them over the top of a corresponding package on the card panel. This added a bit of dimensional interest to the card panel.

SUPPLIES FOR THE CARD

* DSP for tower, cut at 4” x 4 1/4”. Score along 4 1/4” side at 1”, 2”, 3”, and 4”.

* Mint Macaron cardstock cut at 4” x 3” and scrap to mat greeting. 

* Whimsy & Wonder DSP; 4 pieces cut at 3 3/4” x 2 3/4” and 3 pieces cut at 3 3/4” x 1 3/4”, plus 2 pieces of Basic White cardstock cut at 3 3/4” x 1 3/4” for greetings.

* Basic White scraps to stamp and die cut a tree image, and 3 holly images, and for Stampin greeting.

* DSP pattern with tree image and gift images. Fussy cut the gifts, die cut the tree image with the Christmas Trees Dies.

* Inks - Smoky Slate; Stampin’ Blends - Flirty Flamingo (light) and Mint Macaron (light).

* Metallic Pearls- silver. 

* Adhesive and dimensionals.

SNOW WONDER AND PERFECTLY PLAID CARD

For this card I used pieces of Real Red and Mossy Meadow cardstock. I alternated the colors as I adhered them to the tower.

Here are the other sides of the card:

SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD

* DSP for tower cut at 4 1/4” square, and scored at 1”, 2”, 3”, and 4”.

* Cardstock cut at 4” x 2 3/4” - 2 Real Red and 2 Mossy Meadow.

* Heart Warming Hugs DSP - 4 pieces cut at 4” x 2 1/2” and 4 cut at 4” x 1 1/2”.

* Basic White cardstock - 2 at  3 3/4” x 1 1/2”, plus scraps for greeting and to stamp images for die cutting  (trees, wreath, and greeting). 

* Snow Time Dies and Stitched Rectangles Dies.

* Inks - Real Red and Mossy Meadow; Stampin’ Blends - Real Red (light and dark), Mossy Meadow (light and dark).

* Wonderful Gems - red -6.

* Adhesive and dimensionals.

Instructions for scoring “tower” and cutting dimensions for  a 5 1/2” x 4 1/4” size card.

(Click to enlarge.)

DIFFERENT SIZES OF CARDS

It is easy to change the size of the card. For all cards the tower piece will be 4 1/4” wide and the scoring will be the same.  Simple change the height of the tower to the height you want the card to be. For example, if you want the card to be 4” tall x 6” wider

* The tower will be 4” x 4 1/4” svored along the 4 1/4” side scored at 1”, 2”, 3”, and 4”.

* For the “wings” you will need 4 pieces cut at 4” (height of the card) x 3” (half the width of the card - 1/2 of 6 is 3).

Let’ try one more example:

For a 5” x 7” card

* The tower piece will be 5” x 4 1/4”.

* The wings will be 5” x 3 1/2” (half of 7”).

In general it I feel it is easier to decorate the cards if the lesser measurement of the card dimension is the tower height and the greater measurement is the width. This gives more room for decorating the card. This doesn’t mean you cannot reverse the measurements. The sections of your card will be narrower. The tower width will still be 4 1/4”.

VIDEO TUTORIAL

Thank you for stopping by for this installment of Tinsel Time Tuesday.  Check in next week for another Holiday card idea.  Until next time…

Kim

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