I Wheelie Love You

Here’s another Sneaky Peek of a set soon to be released at The Cat’s Pajamas. You may have seen an earlier peek of this adorable bunny on a bike in a recent SCS tutorial. As soon as I saw the biking bunny, I knew I wanted to make a card where the image could move—so I did!

I colored up the image using Copic markers and cut it out, then set it aside to build a little scene for it. I embossed a light blue panel with a dotted pattern, then attached a strip of clouds cut with the new CutUps Cloud Border die across the top. I added a sun, made from the flower base part of the new Sunflower Rosette CutUps die, spritzed with some shimmer spray, and an orange button tied with matching baker’s twine.

My bunny’s bike is set on a track created similar to the kind you’d use for a spinner card that allows it to move back and forth across the card. I took a few photos of the process to show you.

To make the track, I cut two strips of green grass using the CutUps grass die. I used a narrow oval-ish punch to make the track in one of the grass strips, being sure to leave some uncut space at the edges to use later to attach the strip to the cardfront. The uncut grass strip is set directly on the dotted blue panel to make the track’s opening just a little less obvious once the pieces are in place.

After coloring and cutting out the image, I attached a pair of pennies to the back, placing one penny on each of the wheels. I put one foam dot on the back of each of a second pair of pennies. These pennies will be what holds the bike on the track.

I put the pennies inside the cutout track in the green strip, adhesive side up. Next, I attached pennies on the back of the image to the sticky side of the foam dots, making a sandwich (penny, foam, penny). The cardstock strip shouldn’t be stuck between the foam and the pennies—if that happens, your image won’t be able to move.

This photo shows how this looks flipped over with one penny sandwich completed and the second ready to go.

After you have your bike secured to the track, flip the piece back over and add two more foam pieces to the ends of the track. This will secure it to the cardfront and keep the strip far enough from the base of the card so the piece can move smoothly from side to side. Now you're ready to ride!

Thanks for sticking with me all the way through this long post! Be sure to check out Alma’s blog for the full list of Cat Packers and guests who’ll have their own Sneaky Peeks to share today. And, join us on our In It to Win It thread in the TCP forum on SCS for your chance to win one of these new sets for yourself!

Materials Used:
Wheel Love stamp set, Neenah Solar White cardstock, CutUps Cloud Border, Sunflower Rosette, and Grass dies, orange Divine Twine (The Cat’s Pajamas); Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Frost Shimmer Spritz (Tsukineko); Bashful Blue and Kiwi Kiss cardstock, word window punch (Stampin’ Up!); Harvest Gold cardstock, Orange Zest button (Papertrey Ink); Gold Pearl Liquid Pearls (Ranger); Polka Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); foam tape; pennies