Spinning Sphere Card Instructions

Robyn Cockburn 2012 purchased from www.craftsuprint.com

These designs available at http://www.craftsuprint.com/robyn-cockburn/

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1. Print all of the sheets. I used 180gsm; 200gsm would also be fine. As you will be cutting out with two layers glued together you won’t want much heavier than 200gsm.

2. Cut out the two panels on panel

sheet 1. Cut around the FOOT of each panel (marked in yellow here) and then follow the straight red cutting lines on the sheet. You will get shapes something like that pictured here – with white spaces around most of the circles (or ovals).

3. Glue these two panels back to back **IMPORTANT** - use a glue that will allow you to slide the pieces over each other until you have all of the edges perfectly aligned.

4. Cut around the outside, removing all excess white card. I prefer to use a paper knife/scalpel, but curved scissors are also excellent.

5. Cut around the inner circles to remove the rest of the white card and cut out your feature image.

6. Cut through the circles along the white cutting lines.

7. On the circles and image that were in PANEL SET 1 you will see small dots where you need to pierce holes (marked A,B,C). Make those holes now that you have glued the two panels together.

8. Repeat cut out steps 2 through 6 for the panels on sheet 2. You will then have two sets of circles as in this photo, plus the double-sided feature image.

9. Slot the two larger pieces over each other as shown (just like Cathedral Cards and Criss-Cross Cards).

10. Tape over the top and bottom joins. Flip over and do the same on the other side.

11. Fold the pieces so that these taped sides are now “inside” the card. Repeat the taping of the joins back and front.

12. Do the same for the small circles – slot over each other and tape (steps 9 through 11).

13. Using ordinary sewing cotton, thread a piece (be generous with the length – it’s easier to manage) through the hole in ONE side of the small circles. Then thread it through the hole at the top of the large circles.

14. TIP – position the small circles inside the larger ones so that there is space all the way around. And then put something heavy on them so they won’t move while you are tying off the cotton. When tied the cotton must be short enough so that the small circles don’t touch the bottom or top of the space in the middle. Ie. They end up suspended in the middle of the large circles.

15. Your card should stand up like this now and the middle circles should spin freely. If not, adjust the length of your cotton.

16. Use a similar process to thread cotton through your feature image and the hole in the SMALL circle. I used the same “heavy weight” approach after positioning the astronaut so that I could tie off the cotton at the right length.

17. Trim any excess cotton.

18. The foot areas can be used to write your own personal message. I suggest including a small print of the preview image in the kit so that the recipient of your card can see how it should stand.

Assemble the matching envelope as per the instructions on that sheet.

Here are a few samples of my other 3D Cards. Please view my homepage to see more at

http://www.craftsuprint.com/robyn-cockburn/

More designs available at http://www.craftsuprint.com/robyn-cockburn/