Easy Reveal Wheel Card - General Purpose

 

There are so many things to love about this card.  

1.  It's made from paper I want to use up.

2. It's easy to make.

3.  It doesn't require a ton of supplies. - Well you might already own some of the supplies or you can improvise.

4.  It's an interactive card.  Who doesn't love that?

The other day I went through paper I had been hoarding for a long time but know it is time to get rid of it.  It was 8 1/2" X 11" colored card stock.  I turned on YouTube and started cutting and scoring.  Now I have 3 baskets of colorful card bases.  I have a bunch of 12" X 12" paper I'd like to use up as well.  For my card base I grabbed one of my top folded card bases in white.  To cut one you'll cut a piece of 8 1/2" X 11" paper in half at 4 1/4".  Then score it at 5 1/2".  

I took a piece of hot pink card stock and cut a piece 4" X 5 1/4" to mat my Reveal Wheel panel.  

Cut down two contrasting (lavender) card stock 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" pieces for the Reveal Wheel panels.  Die cut them from the Reveal Wheel die set: once with the large opening that comes in the set and once without.  

From a 4" X 4" piece of white card stock, cut out a reveal wheel and small circle from the Reveal Wheel die set.  On the remaining piece,  stamp a sentiment.  I used two sentiment stamps from the set Reveal Wheel Friends & Family Sentiments using the Misti stamp platform.  I was able to line the stamps up perfectly and I stamped it multiple times to get it uniformly stamped and dark enough.  

To add some texture and interest to the simple design I decided to dry emboss the top card panel.  I used a 3-D Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from Sizzix.  You can use any embossing folder that goes with your card.  This design is so simple.  You could swap out stars for the hearts.  Or any other basic shape.  So literally you can use what you already have.  You just want to make sure you cut out your top Reveal Wheel panel before you dry emboss it.  If you dry emboss first you could smash out the texture you just put in the card stock.  Also, for a similar effect you could use the same color ink as your card panel and stamp the panel with a background stamp.  It will add more dimension to your card.  If you don't have a background stamp, that's ok, crinkle up some tissue paper, newspaper or junk mail and pounce some ink on your background.  Or use bubble wrap.  

Here's some advice.  Really think about which direction is up when you're embossing or stamping.  

I had to start over.  Also, everybody's machines are a little different.  You'll need to figure out your sandwich.  You can start by following your manufacturer's recommendations.  You lost your book?  Google it.  I used a Sizzix Big Shot, Tab 1 with 1 Plate for a good impression.  I think it could have been deeper but it was fine.

Decorate the front panel.  I cut two hearts out of the hot pink card stock that I used to mat the reveal wheel panels.  I used my paper cutter to cut out the sentiment.  I used dimensional tape to raise it up and adhered it to the top front of the card.  I also attached the two hearts using dimensional tape.  I only put tape on the bottom of the smaller heart but used glue at the top of the smaller heart where it would be sitting on top of the larger heart.

Next let's work on the wheel.  Put a small brad through the small circle with the Reveal Wheel on top.  You can put the Reveal Wheel Templates: Build-A-House template, that matches the window shape, over the Reveal Wheel.  Open the Brad to secure them together.  Pick the sayings that you want to be revealed through the window, center them in the windows of the template and stamp them.  

Cut small pieces of dimensional foam tape and adhere them to the small circle on the back.  Make sure not to tape over the brad or to the large wheel.  To attach the wheel to the back panel hold the wheel with the template still attached up to the front panel, matching the windows.  Turn the panel over and remove the paper from the back of the adhesive.  Turn it back around to make sure it's all still lined up.  Then match the front and back panel and press the wheel into the back panel.

Open up the brad and remove the template.  Place the prongs of the tweezers on either side of the brads and fold the prongs of the brad over.  Pull the tweezers away.  This will leave a bit of a gap and allow the wheel to move better.  

Adhere dimensional double sided tape around the wheel but not touching the wheel.  The dimensional tape will hold the wheel away from the card allowing it to spin.

Remove the backing from the tape, align the top and bottom panels and press firmly together.

Finishing Touches:  I used sequins sent to me in a stamp order to finish my card.  They are iridescent and picked up the colors in my card nicely.  You could use buttons, sequins, gems or anything you have that matches your paper and theme.  

Supplies

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Friends & Family Sentiments

Reveal Wheel Templates: Build-A-House

Sizzix 3-D Textured Impressions A6 (663628)

Lawn Fawn Stitched Heart Stackables

White Card Stock

Hot Pink Card Stock

Lavender Card Stock

Hot Pink Ink

3D Foam Tape

Mat Glue

Paper Cutter

Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Sequins

Misti Stamp Platform

Acrylic Blocks

Tweezers

Gingerbread House Reveal Wheel

 

In this adorable Gingerbread House Card project I wanted to demonstrate that you can mix two different houses together to create a new house.  And Reveal Wheel Cards are a fun interactive card that reveals a surprise in the window as you turn the dial, built into the card.  This is a simple card to make but it has a lot of pieces to cut out.

To get started you'll need to cut your card stock. 

Cut a piece of Raspberry Card Stock (4 1/4" X 11") for the card base and score it in half, at 5 1/2",  for a top fold card.  

Cut two pieces of blue card stock 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" then cut two panels out with the Reveal Wheel die set.  One of them will need the window cut out using the Reveal Wheel Build-A-House Add-On.  Tape the window die into the Panel Die like a puzzle piece and cut out as usual. 

Cut a wheel and small circle from the Reveal Wheel die set from yellow card stock.

Cut a piece of White Card Stock (4" X 5 1/4") to adhere inside the card for a place to write a message.  This piece also adds weight to the back of the card to even the feel of the card when open.

For the snow drift:  from white card stock cut a piece about 2 1/2" X 4 1/2" and run it through the die cutter with the Reveal Wheel panel along the bottom.  This will cut the stitched lines in the white piece and help it to match up with the blue sky background piece.  

Then use a hillside die to make the stitched hill on the top edge of the white piece.  The hillside makes great snow banks.  I removed my hillside die from the packaging years ago so I don't know what brand mine is.  Go ahead and stamp your message on the bottom of the snow bank.  

It's easiest to do your stamping now rather than once you have dimensional foam tape on the back.  Make sure you're using ink that will play well with the medium you're using to color your images.  I'm using alcohol markers so I'm stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink.  Cut a straight set of lights and an angled set of lights from Build-A-House Christmas Add-On from the white card stock.  I find it's easier to color white card stock than to try to paper-piece tiny Christmas lights.  

With your scraps of white card stock, stamp some images that you'll want  peeking through the window.  I chose three but you could have four.  I also stamped two opposing candy canes to decorate the front of my house.  I wanted three gumdrops grouped together so I masked and stamped three together.

To group three gumdrops together you'll need to make a mask by stamping two gumdrops on a low tack reposition-able paper or tape.  I used a post it note that is completely sticky on the back.  Then fussy cut them out.  Stamp one gumdrop on the white card stock.  This will be the one in the foreground.  Place one of your masks on top to cover it up.

Then stamp your second gum drop down and to the side of the first one and place the second mask on that gumdrop.  If your third gumdrop won't intersect the second gumdrop it won't be necessary to mask that one.  I wasn't sure when I started so I went ahead and masked the second gumdrop.

Stamp the third gum drop.  

Then remove all of the masks to reveal the cluster.  This is like magic.  It is work to mask images but you get dimension by doing this.  I think its totally worth it.  You'll have to fussy cut these because the die won't cut this out.  But you can use dies for all of the other images.

Color all of your images and die cut them.  I used Spectrum Noir markers to color my images.  You could stamp the images on a white Reveal Wheel and color the wheel but I wanted it to look like there was a light on in the house so I cut my reveal wheel out of yellow card stock.  

For the house:  cut the house from Build-A-House with brown or Craft Card Stock.  Then stamp and cut out the Gingerbread House from Sweet Christmas.  In hindsight it wouldn't have been necessary to stamp the house.  I did stamp a red heart above the door.  I thought it was a nice touch.  

For the door and roofs we will be cutting out the angled roof, awning and rounded door from the Build-A-House die set, from pink card stock. 

To make the roof for the front Gingerbread House I stamped the Gingerbread House from Sweet Christmas using a Versa Mark Watermark Stamp Pad and sprinkled white embossing powder on it, on pink card stock.  Then I used a heat gun to melt the powder.  

It wasn't necessary to stamp the whole house since I only needed the roof.

I cut out the piece with the die cut but I only needed the roof so I fussy cut the bottom of the roof.  The whole thing could have been fussy cut but by using the die cut I was ensured the top would match the house underneath perfectly.

Let's put the house together.  You can glue the roofs on the houses.  Glue the lights onto the roofs.  Put the window trim around the window.  I like to cut the panes out of the window so you can see what's inside better.

The door:  you could glue the door right on the house.  The door doesn't need to open.  But I like the door to open.  I think it would be really cute to put an elf behind the door.  But I'll save that for another project.  If you want a warm glow to shine through the opening we need to put a yellow piece of card stock behind the door.  There isn't a solid die to put behind this door so I traced the door onto yellow card stock and cut it out and glued it to the back of the door.  Make sure not to glue the door to the back ground if you want to be able to open it up.

Add foam adhesive to the back of the Gingerbread House.  

When you peel off the adhesive backing and stick the Gingerbread House to the back house, you don't want to line up the bottoms.  That would cover up the upper window where your window reveals things.  I line up the center peak of the Gingerbread House roof with the center of the awning.  Also, the base of the house is wider than the Gingerbread House so you're going to have to trim the sides a bit.  I usually just eye it and cut.  About an 1/8" from the bottom edge up to the corner under the roof.  I drew some lines to demonstrate. 

This is what the houses will look like from the back.

And the front.

My yellow wheel was cut from double sided paper so make sure that the small circle is behind the reveal wheel with the desired color facing up.  Use a brad from the back to attach the small circle to the large reveal wheel.  A tip I learned is to lay down the pieces with the prongs facing up.  Put the prongs of tweezers on either side of the brad prongs and open the brad up.  

By putting the tweezers under the brad prongs you make a gap and the reveal wheel turns more freely.

We'll be opening this up later to put a template in place.  But we can repeat this step again later.  

We're going to attach the front and back panels together but we must first add our images and place the reveal wheel.  To line it up perfectly you can use Reveal Wheel Templates: Build-A-House to position your images onto the reveal wheel and line up the wheel with the window.  Also you can line up the score line shown in the picture above with the edge of the cut out semi circle in the card front.  

The back of the wheel has the small circle.  Place small amounts of foam tape around the brad, but not touching the brad or going off the edge of the small circle.

Holding the wheel with (or without) the template behind the front card panel, line up the windows.  Carefully turn the card over and remove the backing from the adhesive tape.  Turn the card back over and double check the alignment.  Match the front and back card panels and press them together.  This will adhere the reveal wheel to the back panel.  If you used the template and attached it with the brad, you can now remove the template and fold open the brad as shown earlier with the tweezers.  Then adhere more foam tape all around the back panel but be sure not to get foam tape on the wheel.

  

Remove the backing paper from the adhesive and line up the front panel to the back panel and press down.  Check out the wheel to make sure it turns freely.  Don't you just love seeing the different images appearing through the window?  

You're ready to adhere this to the front of the card panel.  I'll share a mistake I made.  I put double sided adhesive on the card panel because it seemed easier than putting it on the back of the house panel with all of that foam tape.  But I forgot about the hole where you turn the wheel.  So my wheel got taped down.  I removed the front panel and removed the tape from that area and all was well.  Whew!  It might be easier to use glue to adhere the front panel to the card base but I find glue can warp.  So I'll leave that to you.  Just don't glue down your wheel.  

I cut an arrow with the Reveal Wheel die set from blue card stock and glued that to the card base next to the notch where the wheel turns.  This lets the recipient know they're supposed to do something.  

Adhere the white panel inside the card.  This really does make the card feel more sturdy and gives a crisp white space to stamp or write an additional message.

Finishing Touches:  With my white gel pen I added catch lights to all of the lights on the house as well as the candy canes.  Then I glued the candy canes to the front of the house.  I also used my white gel pen to make snow in the back ground.  You could splatter white paint on the blue background before you assemble the parts but I was keeping the supplies to a minimum.  

 The very last thing I do is make a door knob on the house with brown Nuvo Crystal Drops (not shown in the picture) and take some Glossy Accents and put a dab of glue on each of the Christmas lights.  This makes them look very dimensional and they really shine.  

Supplies

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel

Lawn Fawn Build-A-House

Lawn Fawn Build-A-House Christmas Add-On

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Build-A-House Add-On

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Templates Build-A-House

Lawn Fawn Sweet Christmas stamps and Lawn Cuts

White Card Stock 4" X 5 1/4", Scrap 2 1/2" X 4 1/2", and Scraps

Blue Card Stock 10" X 5 1/2"

Brown or Craft Card Stock 

Brown Ink Pad

Blue Ink Pad

Yellow Card Stock 3" X 3"

Pink Card Stock

Brown Nuvo Crystal Drops

Red Ink Pad

White Gel Pen

Dimensional Foam Tape

Crystal Effects Glue - or other glossy glue

Wet Glue - mat finish

assorted colored markers

Masking paper or post it tape

Versa Mark - Watermark Stamp Pad

White Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Heat Gun

Scissors

Manual Die Cutting system

Acrylic Blocks or Stamp Platform

Paper Trimmer

 

 Haunted Reveal Wheel House

 The most time consuming part of this card is cutting out the pieces.  I've pre-cut the pieces and snapped a photo so you can see what pieces I cut.  This project is good for using up some scraps.  

I'm using purple card stock for the card base.  Cut one piece 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" and score it down the middle, horizontally for the card base.  I stamped the message "Turn Here to Spook" from the Tiny Halloween set once I had cut the orange background piece.  I centered the orange piece over the card front and placed the turn sentiment where it would show up.  This can be done later but the reveal panels will be raised with foam tape and can make it more difficult to stamp later.  Just remember when stamping this, that there will be a wheel sticking up past the cut out so you don't want to stamp your sentiment too close inside the cut out semi circle.  

I cut a white panel, 4" X 5 1/4" to tape inside the card.  This gives a white area to write or stamp a message inside the card as well as adding a little weight to the right side of the card when opened.  All of the decorations and panels on the front add weight to the left side of the card when opened.  Adding an additional panel balances the feel of the card.

While cutting out all of my black pieces, two of my dies overlapped and it cut a notch out of the bottom of the door.  To avoid this problem, secure dies to the paper using a small piece of low tack tape.  Since this is a spooky house I thought the irregularity just added to the theme.  As it turns out, I forgot to glue on the bottom house trim and covered up the bottom of the door anyway.

I wanted to give the impression of light glowing behind the windows.  There isn't a solid die for the window and door so I traced the window and door and cut on the inside of my drawn lines.  I stamped the spider inside the door.  Then I glued the solid yellow pieces behind the door and window.  

I cut a square of white card stock 4" X 4" to cut the wheels from.  I stamped and cut out 4 images from Tiny Halloween from the scrap of white that was left after cutting out the wheels.  I am going to use the black and yellow wheels to cover the white wheel.  This will make it look like a light is going on and off in the upstairs window.  I will be gluing the ghost, eyes and bats in the yellow and black areas of the wheel.  You could use the white wheel as it is.  By placing the Reveal Wheel Templates for Build-A-House over the white wheel you can know exactly where to stamp directly onto the reveal wheel.  I will demonstrate this in another card.  You can also place the template over the wheel to know where to glue your die cuts.  

In this photo you can see that I used a scrap of paper to cut out my yellow wheel.  I am going to be cutting this wheel into quarters and then cutting on the impressed circle.  My scrap was large enough for what I needed.  

I will be alternating black and yellow wedges so I will only need half of each wheel.  I lined these two die cuts up together and cut them down the center with scissors.  Then cut the halves into quarters.  Cut on the embossed circle that is about 1/4" from the scalloped edge.  

Glue or tape down the wedges onto the reveal wheel alternating colors.  

Put a brad through the small circle, then through the back of the large circle.  Place small pieces of foam tape on the back of the small circle making sure not to tape over the brad or the large circle.  The prongs will be poking through and folding over on the front side of the wheel.

Before assembling the card, decorate the front panel.  Here's a tip:  glue the moon, grass and fence before putting the house down.  Also, it is best to stamp a message on the grass before assembling because there will be foam tape under the grass.  Before adhering the window frame, cut the pane to make it look broken.  This will also allow you to see the images better.  If you want to see what's behind the door,  make sure you don't glue the door closed.

There are two ways to proceed.  You can put the Build-A-House Template over the wheel to line it up perfectly in your window or you can line up the score line on the wheel with the edge of the semi circle cut out.  

Also note to cut the window in the top panel, place the window die in the frame like a puzzle piece.  Hold it in place with low tack tape and cut it out.  

Here's a cutting tip:  Cut large pieces diagonally in your die cutter for a smoother cut.

Remove the backing from the foam tape on the small circle.  Line up the front and back orange panel and press the wheel onto the back panel.   

Then adhere foam tape all around the wheel on the back panel but make sure not to bind up the wheel with tape.

Remove the backing from the foam tape and align the front panel to the back panel.  Add tape or glue to the back of the back panel and affix it to the card base.

Finishing touches:  I used Nuvo Crystal Drops to add a door knob and I added eyes to the bat with a white gel pen.  This is a basic card.  You can make it more dramatic by blending inks to the edges of the grass, the house and the background.  

Dies and Supplies

Lawn Fawn Build-A-House Halloween Add On

Lawn Fawn Spooky Fence Border

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel

Lawn Fawn Build-A-House

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Build-A-House Add On

Tiny Halloween Stamp Set and Lawn Cuts

Mushroom Border (or any grassy border)

White Card Stock 4" X 5 1/4" and 4" X 4"

Brown Scrap

Yellow Card Stock 5" X 3"

Green Card Stock 2 1/2" X 4 1/4"

Orange Card Stock 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"

Purple Card Stock 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" and 3" X 4"

Black Card Stock 3" X 6" and 3 1/4" X 3 1/4"

1 3/4" Circle Punch or die

Foam Tape

Black Ink

Scissors

White Gel Pen

Brad

Glue

Quickstik Took

Dark Walnut Crystal Drops Gloss

Acrylic Block

Bone Folder

Washi Tape

Die Cutting Machine

She Who Stirs the Pot

I don't know which is more fun, using a funny expression in your art, making seasonal home decor or making something out of a found or cheap item.  But in this project I get to do all of these.  I found this 6" Shadow Box at a tag sale for $1.  One of our favorite expressions is "He who stirs the pot should have to lick the spoon".  So what better way to incorporate that expression than with a witches pot? 

I cut out the Haunted House and Cat from Pewter Cardstock using the Close to My Heart Artbooking cartridge.  I cut the Cauldron and lettering from Happy Haunting which are Access files.  The cauldron had a handle and steam but I had to cut them away to make room for the lettering.  I cut the cauldron from black vinyl, the pot contents out of purple glitter vinyl and the lettering out of green glitter vinyl.

You want to consider the edge of your shadow box when sizing your elements for your project.  If the edge of the frame covers a 1/4" on all sides you don't want your images to go out to the edge of your background. 

In Design Space I put a square on the mat and sized it to 6" to represent the background.  Then I layered the text, House and pot to look good aesthetically.  If you have a different size shadow box my measurements would be useless.  So just play around with your sizing to fit your shadow box.  This could be done in a picture frame as well.

I cut the lettering out of green Cricut Glitter Vinyl.  It looked good while I was making it but it really doesn't show up well with the watercolored background.  In hindsight I would use black vinyl or just have a black background with a grey house.  But I really like the watercolored background. 

I cut a 2" circle from the Basic Circles Thin Cuts and Canary Cardstock.  I cut small scraps of Canary cardstock and glued them to the back of the haunted house to represent lit windows. 

To make the background I wet the whole 6" watercolor paper with water.  Then I brushed on yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and black from the bottom up, blending the colors and rinsing the brush between colors so I didn't taint my paint pallet.  I dried the background with a heat gun.  Then I took a gold Shimmer Brush and tapped it against my scissors to splatter the ink onto the background to represent stars.

I glued the moon, house and cat to the background using a Dual Action Glue pen.  I positioned the lettering, cauldron and cauldron contents onto the front of the shadow box.  I glued the background to a scrap piece of poster board for added durability and glued the background to the back of the shadow box with Liquid Glass.

I didn't put a hanger on this shadow box because I made it for my daughter to sit on her desk at work.  She is a middle child and likes to stir the pot. 

To view the video where I demonstrate how I made this please visit my YouTube channel at the link below:



To purchase the supplies, follow the links below:

CTMH Artbooking Cartridge
Pewter Cardstock
CTMH Tweezers
Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors
Watercolor Paper
Paintbrush Set
Watercolor Paints
Gold Shimmer Brush
Liquid Glass
Basic Circles Thin Cuts
Canary Cardstock
Dual Action Glue Pen

Cricut Vinyl may be purchased through the Cricut store

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