A Tutorial, a Promotion and a Prize

Scraptiv!ty's February kit is the best EVAH!!! Scraptiv!ty mixes up different styles and techniques into their kits every month. They, TOTALLY, (said in my best interpretation of a Valley Girl voice), challenge me, (in an awesome way!!). BUT, February's kit completely rocked my world, sent me to the moon and kept me awake on adrenaline just to get out some of my ideas!

I want to spend a little time on each one this month. But, if you want more great ideas, including step-by-step instructions to several projects in a newsletter, please, grab a kit, in the Scraptiv!ty store, FAST!
(I'm pretty sure this one is going to sell out quickly.)

While you are there, you might want to pick up January's, as well. It is awesome and includes a 7 gypsies stamp that could win you "a 7gypsies prize package that includes Venice paper, paper tape - patterned and naked, chipboard letters/numbers and more." See here.

Then, I will select a random person from commenters here who leave a link to their entry another set of metallic pens. Nathalie will be receiving a set for her guess in a prior post.

Today, I would like to show you how I made the fan from
Scraptiv!ty's February kit. You need naked chipboard, (AKA cardboard :) ), two sheets of Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire Venetian Lace, some off-white string, ribbon and/or fibers, and a couple vintage buttons that match. This is the type of step-by-step that you will find in each monthly newsletter put out with every Scraptiv!ty kit that you order.

First, I created a template in a cone shape with a rounded bottom to be 6&3/4" and traced it 8 times for the fan blades onto the chipboard.








Then, I lined them up and traced each individually to a scalloped edge of the patterned paper. I like to keep each one separate as each blade may have a little discrepancy from the others from the initially tracing. This way, any imperfection copies onto the patterned paper for each piece and will adhere to the chipboard with complete coverage. IMPORTANT:You will need to use three smooth rounded scalloped edges on one side of each sheet of Venetian Lace. On one of those sheets of Venetian Lace, you will trace and cut your cone onto two of the scallops that have the five points on them, from the opposite edge, leaving the fancy five pointed edge to hand cut around. These last two pieces will serve as the end pieces of the fan.






Then, adhere the papers to their respective chipboard. And, put an eyelet approximately 1/4" from the narrow edge on each piece.







Arrange in order the blades as you will want to stack them for the fan.

Adhere them on the right edge overlapping as shown, saving the last one for ribbon.

Pull ribbon approximately 7" long through the eyelet. Tie buttons onto the two ends. Make a little bow from another piece of the ribbon and glue it on top. Adhere the final cone.

I, also, wanted to add this week's challenge from Sketches! {by tamara}. It was a sketch. I created this layout using a couple photos from my In-Laws Golden Anniversary. The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Bittersweet collection.

Be blessed!