Thursday, July 12, 2012

Fabulous Accordian Fan Card

We are teaming up this week with our friends over at the Scor-Pal Blog to show our favorite crafty tools and products from Scor-Pal and Really Reasonable Ribbon. Head on over to the Scor-Pal Blog when you are done here and see what they are up to. Leave them some love and tell 'em we sent ya!!

Be sure to leave a comment on each post on the RRR blog beginning with our July 4th post and ending with our July Blog Hop on July 13th. I will be selecting several random winners from our Scor-Pal/RRR posts on these days to receive some fun ribbon assortments from Really Reasonable Ribbon. You've gotta be in it to win it!! There will also be some fun prizes over at the Scor-Pal Blog, so don't forget to visit them too!!

I love hoarding my designer paper that has images on it rather than just patterns. I decided that at least once a month I have to make a project that uses some of that paper, and today is it for July! The paper is the Mariposa Stack from DCWV. I chose the accordian fan pattern first, and then found a contrasting pattern for the background second. 
The fan was made by cutting a piece of the paper 8 X 2 inches. I used my Scor-Buddy to score every 1/4 inch. When I got to the end, I just turned it around to complete the scoring.
I held the fan in place with 1/4 inch Scor-Tape. I added some thin rub-on letters to the bird cage part of the designer paper for a sentiment ("thinking of you"). I adhered the fan, button, and Ivory Box Pleated Ribbon with 1/4 inch Scor-Tape as well. I added a bit of  Light Green Curly Sparkling Trim to the button.

Thanks for taking a peek today, and be sure to join our blog hop tomorrow!




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24 comments:

  1. Rozy7/12/12, 6:39 AM

    Very pretty card. Love the fan. Thanks for some inspiration...often hard to figure out how to use those papers with images!

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  2. ~♥~The Navy Wife~♥~7/12/12, 7:06 AM

    Wow! I love this! The fan is stunning as it is but on the side of the card it really highlights the gorgeous DP.

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  3. Miriam Prantner7/12/12, 9:52 AM

    What a pretty card! That big fan is such a great focal point/design element!

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  4. Tammy B7/12/12, 10:21 AM

    thanks for the inspiration!

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  5. Bonnie Garby7/12/12, 10:23 AM

    Great card Judy. I love your accordian fan and that color combo is gorgeous!!

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  6. Sandra H7/12/12, 12:23 PM

    Totally beautiful:)x

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  7. Gloria Stengel7/12/12, 1:40 PM

    This is great, Judy! Wonderful idea!

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  8. Crafty Aunt Dee7/12/12, 1:49 PM

    What a gorgeous card and such a great idea. Very Elegant, but not fussy. Great job. This is sucha fun blog hop, I'm getting the best ideas. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. sharon g7/12/12, 3:08 PM

    I like the Asian look. The fan is cool!

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  10. Ravengirl7/12/12, 3:40 PM

    What a gorgeous project! I love the fan you made and that ribbon is so delicate that it doesn't overwhelm it!

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  11. Anonymous7/12/12, 3:42 PM

    What an interesting ribbon the Ivory Box Pleated Ribbon made as a trim! And who knew that playing with paper, making fans as kids would one day pay off as a card embellishment?

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  12. Rhonda Miller7/12/12, 4:10 PM

    This is gorgeous. TFS.

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  13. seau7/12/12, 7:25 PM

    Lovely card. I liked how you used the background paper to add to your focal point (fan). Nice Idea because I have many background paper that I just didn't know what to do with, Thanks.

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  14. krcmasterpiece7/12/12, 8:48 PM

    I love the fan! What a great idea.

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  15. Unknown7/12/12, 8:53 PM

    I'm one of those paper hoarders, too! I like yourbackground color and the combination of the butterfly and birdcage.

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  16. Venus and Luanne @ Sisters Craft Cafe7/12/12, 9:21 PM

    the fan is so gorgeous

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  17. Denise Bryant7/12/12, 9:24 PM

    Lovely card! I am the same away about some papers... can hardly stand to use them!
    DeniseB

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  18. howo347/12/12, 11:51 PM

    I love the fan on the card! Thats such creative element to add!

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  19. K Clark7/13/12, 12:13 AM

    lovin that fan!!!

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  20. cinmfoster7/13/12, 10:41 AM

    Love this card. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
    Cindy F

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  21. jordanbev5@yahoo.com7/13/12, 11:21 PM

    Great fan card!

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  22. rlovew7/14/12, 9:03 AM

    Absolutely beautiful cards. I love the fan.

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  23. Auntie Em7/14/12, 10:01 PM

    I love this idea! I have so many pretty pieces of patterned paper in my scrap pile and this is such a fun way to use them. The ribbon and fancy button really gives it the finishing touch.
    Thank you for sharing! :)

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  24. Linda from AZ4/9/20, 12:52 AM

    Beautiful card. I noticed that this is a square card, is the overall size a 5 x 5 or a 6 x 6? thanks, Linda

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