DIY Star Wars Spinner Card: My Rebel Heart

I'll admit it's early for Valentines, but you guys, I needed a project. I've been lagging hardcore since New Year's, so out of desperation I started brainstorming crafts for the next holiday I could think of, and I happened to be looking at Star Wars stuff at the time, soooooo here we are:

 

 Ready for the big reveal?


Can I just say, I am so pumped this worked.

Plus this doesn't HAVE to be a Valentine; it could work for birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers... well, maybe not baby showers. But maybe baby showers? Or, since the spinner section is made separately, you could add just that part to a card you make yourself.

I originally sketched this as a necklace, but almost immediately hit some roadblocks in the skills department - or lack of skills department, I should say. I love the idea of a heart hidden inside the Rebel symbol, though, so don't be surprised if I revisit this idea later.

For now, though, LET'S MAKE SOME CARDS.

You Will Need:

- white card stock

- black card stock

- red paper (or card stock)

- glue stick
- black mini brads (the teeny tiny ones that look like this:)

Mine came in a multi-color pack from the scrap-booking aisle in JoAnn's.

Tools:

- printer

- thumbtack or small nail

- scissors

This is a pretty quick craft, since John and I've done all the hard stuff for you. (It took a lot of hours of tweaking and prototypes - I'm still finding paper shards all over the office.)

So first, print out my two page template from the bottom of this post. Print the text page on white, and the circle page on red.

I have an alternate poem I like better down below, btw, but I was afraid to post it up here because it's kind of... awful? Funny, but awful. :D  I'll give you both options in the downloads, so be sure to tell me which you like better. (AWFUL PEOPLE UNITE!)

There are two of each template on the red page, enough to make two cards. If you're just making one card, though, don't bother cutting out the duplicates.

Roughly cut around the heart circle(s) and glue them to your black card stock:

Let that dry while you cut out the "Is You" circle(s).

Glue the "is you" circle onto the front of the white card, directly over the printed guide circle: 

(The guide is hard to see in photos, but it IS there.)

 

 Next we're going to poke a hole, so open up the card and place it on a piece of cardboard or an empty box:

 Use a thumbtack (or small nail) to poke through that guide mark in the center.

 Like so.

Your glue should be dry enough by now, so go back and cut out the heart template from the black card stock. Flip it over to the red side, and poke a hole through that guide mark, too.

Now use the metal brad to attach this final layer to the card, being careful not to bend or crease it. (It helps to twist the brad through, as opposed to jamming it straight in.)

If it bothers you that the brad's prongs show inside the card, just glue the left over heart piece from your circle template on top of it:

And that's it, you're done!

 Ahhh, but remember I said something about an alternate poem? I'm just not wild about the Darth Maul line, to be honest, and my initial draft, "Crait dirt is red," was confusing, since most fans don't know that planet name. 

So instead I came up with a line that made John shout with laughter and then immediately judge me. Let's see what you think:

 

Yes I'm terrible. But it's funny, right? Right? Guys?

Well, anyway, there you go: an extra option for Porg haters and/or those of us whose humor is on the Dark Side.

(For the record, I have nothing against Porgs. Honest. :D)

And finally, a completely optional step is to trim down the top and bottom edges by about half an inch:

Unless you're worried about fitting a standard A4 envelope, I prefer it this size. Just a little less dead space.

And that's it! Hope you guys give this one a spin! (Eh? A SPIN?)

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See how I made you read all that to get to the templates you need? I'm sneaky and SUPER subtle like that.

Ahem.

And now, THE TEMPLATES:

 

Click each one to embiggen, then right-click and save to your desktop.

I'm open to alternate poems, by the way, so if you have a better "red" line, lemme hear it in the comments! You know, along with whether I'm the only person awful enough to laugh over "porg meat."


UPDATE: KatyJo in the comments had a really fun alternate - and it's a whole new poem! - so I made that up for you guys, too:

 And the new circle template with just "you" in the middle:

I really like the (literal) twist in this one, since at first it looks like you'd rather have the Rebellion, but then, nope! ROMANCE. Hee! Thanks, KatyJo!

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