Penguin in a spin

This card is hugely inspired by two of my “imaginary” friends, Victoria and Taylor. Taylor set a challenge to create a spinner card… Victoria took up the challenge and made a beautiful card… then I set out to copy it! In my (very weak) defence, I did change the colours, the papers and the stamps.

A word about the greeting. The “happy” is from Happy Everything and the “birthday” is from Basic Phrases. Happy Everything contains a “birthday” stamp which is perfectly adequate but the Basic Phrases stamp was already dirty from the previous penguin card (inside) so I used that. In case you were wondering.

All the papers are from the Wintergreen pack of Designer Series Papers – it’s a kind of Christmassy themed pack but the ones I’ve used here are suitable for other occasions, too.


The spinner card is fun because the little penguin circle spins around to reveal another image; in this case the Circle of Friendship words which you can see in the smaller picture.

This was my first spinner card ever so, naturally, I’m not 100% happy with it. I want to move the penguin over to the right a little but, of course, I can’t.

Next time I make a spinner I’ll prepare a tutorial so that, if you don’t already know, you can see how it’s done.

Edited to add: Apparently this is a suspension card, not a spinner card! I'm so confused now. 

Stamps: Wild About You (p32), Happy Everything (p65), Basic Phrases (p65)
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Whisper White
Paper: Wintergreen (p72)
Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery
Accessories: 1 ¼” circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, 1” circle punch (p80).

All products by Stampin' Up! Please email me to order a catalogue, or click the picture of the catalogue on the right to view it online.

This card is hugely inspired by two of my “imaginary” friends, Victoria and Taylor. Taylor set a challenge to create a spinner card… Victoria took up the challenge and made a beautiful card… then I set out to copy it! In my (very weak) defence, I did change the colours, the papers and the stamps.

A word about the greeting. The “happy” is from Happy Everything and the “birthday” is from Basic Phrases. Happy Everything contains a “birthday” stamp which is perfectly adequate but the Basic Phrases stamp was already dirty from the previous penguin card (inside) so I used that. In case you were wondering.

All the papers are from the Wintergreen pack of Designer Series Papers – it’s a kind of Christmassy themed pack but the ones I’ve used here are suitable for other occasions, too.


The spinner card is fun because the little penguin circle spins around to reveal another image; in this case the Circle of Friendship words which you can see in the smaller picture.

This was my first spinner card ever so, naturally, I’m not 100% happy with it. I want to move the penguin over to the right a little but, of course, I can’t.

Next time I make a spinner I’ll prepare a tutorial so that, if you don’t already know, you can see how it’s done.

Edited to add: Apparently this is a suspension card, not a spinner card! I'm so confused now. 

Stamps: Wild About You (p32), Happy Everything (p65), Basic Phrases (p65)
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Whisper White
Paper: Wintergreen (p72)
Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery
Accessories: 1 ¼” circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, 1” circle punch (p80).

All products by Stampin' Up! Please email me to order a catalogue, or click the picture of the catalogue on the right to view it online.