Pinwheels and Clouds 101

Pinwheels are as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4!

Please keep in mind that for the pinwheel above, I cut 2 squares from the same paper and adhered them together so that the same pattern would be on both sides. However, for the purpose of instructions I did not....it is easier to show you with one side plain. Having contrasting colors or patterns make fun pinwheels too! I suggest that you use paper and not cardstock as you will have a more difficult getting a nice crease with the thicker cardstock.




Step 1: Decide on the size pinwheel you'd like to make. Cut paper down to a square. For the example I was making a pinwheel for Tilda. So, I cut it down to 1 inch x 1 inch. You can make it whatever size you'd like, as long as it is a perfect square. Then take your ruler and very lightly draw a line from one corner to the opposite corner. Repeat for the other 2 corners so that you have an X.





Step 2: Cut along the lines from each corner. But not all the way to the center (otherwise you will be left with 4 triangles!)

Step 3: Take the left corner of each triangle and fold it towards the middle. (if making a "real pinwheel": do not fold it....just "Roll" it)
Do this with all 4 Triangles.








Step 4: Punch a hole in the middle. Insert Brad. Use Glue Dot to sick on to tooth pick or wire.

DONE.

...CLOUDS....CLOUDS.....CLOUDS....

My friends Mary and Peggy (who are sisters) are always finding new things. New to me anyhow! Maybe I just don't pay enough attention when I go the the LSS...or maybe I don't see the potential of an item until Mary and Peggy are using it and raving about it. I don't know...but they always have something new. This past weekend, among other goodies...they were all about using a cloud maker for behind their images. And the clouds looked good too. Not cheezy. so they took out their little templates with handles and different shapes and impressed us.



When I got home and was finishing up my Patriotic Tilda card and was wishing I had used the template to put behind my Tilda. I NEED a cloud maker too! Then I thought....uh hello?! Kerry you have oodles of scallop punches and Nesties....why not cut a cloud out of cardstock and just use a sponge to apply the ink???? DUH!
So I used my largest OVAL Nestabilities Die to cut out the cardstock. I use the largest because that had the widest scallops.

Then starting at the top of your cardstock and working your way down you sponge over the oval scallops to form your sky and clouds. The oval really just acts as a mask to keep your clouds white. You do need to be careful when sponging close to the main image and not have her covered in ink clouds. It is important that you start at the top and work your way down. And make sure to stagger the oval so that you don't have straight rows or columns of same sized clouds.

I don't know if these instructions for pinwheels and clouds helped you or confused you! LOL! But after you try them, you will realize how simple they are! These are types of things that are so simple it seems so obvious...and you wonder why it took you so long to think of this before! LOL!


If you give either of these a try leave a link in the comments of this post so that I can drop by and admire your work!

Have a Fantabulous weekend!!