Monkey Spinner Card + Tutorial

Today is a Crafty Designer's Design Team day over at Craft Junkie Too!! This time Tracy's theme is bright and fun! Well, this card isn't super bright but it sure is fun! :)

Here are all the pieces you'll need for this project:

Monkey Spinner Gypsy file via 4 Shared

The Gypsy file uses Create a Critter, Wild Card and Plantin Schoolbook

Card base - 5" circle shaped card

shadow layer - 5" in black

spinner part - 4" in the face color

card front - 4 3/4" - patterned paper - with a notch for the spinner and a hole for the face

monkey body from Create a Critter - 3 3/4" - cut in tan

monkey layer 3 from Create a Critter - 3 3/4" - cut in brown

a few bananas from Create a Critter - I used 1 1/2", 1 1/4" and 1"

A brad, glue, pop dots, ink, glitter glue, gel pen etc for embellishing

Place a brad in the center of the card front and the spinner circle (behind).  Add the face stamps at this step too.  I used Peachy Keen Everyday face assortment, 1" size.  Stamp a face and turn the spinner 1/4 turn, and repeat.  If you'd like four faces, they'll all fit, I chose to add a sentiment on the fourth section.

Piece together the monkey. See how the monkey's body covers the brad?? Perfect right?! I added the monkey with pop dots, but you can glue him straight to the card front.

Add the card front to the shadow layer using foam tape or pop dots.  This gives the spinner enough space to move without getting stuck anywhere.

I added some doodling to the card front and decided I needed some bananas to work with my sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Punny-licious "bananas 4 you!".

I used a finger dauber and brown ink to give the bananas just a little shading.  I stamped the sentiment directly onto the largest banana.

After adding some glitter glue (Stardust Stickles) and a little more doodling I am finished. 

Here is my monkey's smiley face....

Here's his "ooops I dropped my bananas" face...

Here's his "just kidding... they're for you!" face.

Instead of a fourth face, my 6 year old really wanted this sentiment (also from My Pink Stampers Punny-licious).  So cute! :)

I used my white gel pen to add details to the eyes and doodle around the monkey's body.

A little inking goes a long way on the bananas... glitter glue around the peels doesn't hurt either! :)

I added all the bananas with 1/8" pop dots. The card front (blue patterned paper layer) is traced in Stickles too.

This is a top opening card. So cute how you can stand it up!

Here is the Gyspy file in case you missed it:

 Monkey Spinner Gypsy file via 4 Shared

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members
Amber ~ Staying Crafty
Indira ~ Crafty Homemade
Jessica ~ My World Made by Hand
Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie
Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door
Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom
Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room
Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet
Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations


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