Folding Handheld Fans

Hello, this is in addition to my previous post as I make a mad dash to the finish line!!  The fans on the left were the ones I had originally done, however it just wasn't what I had in my head (I know you can relate!).

My paper folding skills aren't that great and I couldn't get the folds tight enough for what I wanted, then inspiration struck and I cut up a cupcake paper to give me that tight ridge.  Alas I could only find small cupcake papers but I thought better than nothing to try my theory.  Well it worked. I would have like to let it dry longer before taking off as it ripped a bit when taking off but very happy with the result.

I will now be on the hunt for larger cupcake papers to give this another go, but very happy with the result although I forgot to add other coloured icing when I was doing it as per the ones on the left- doh!

I used flood consistency icing for these.

Beautiful entry!

beautiful set

Both sets are lovely! I really like the addition of gold lining the tops and bottoms on the second set. So very pretty!

@Virago posted:

Beautiful entry!

Thank you

@SherylM posted:

Both sets are lovely! I really like the addition of gold lining the tops and bottoms on the second set. So very pretty!

Thank you, only because I forgot to use colours in the icing in my haste to get it finished and submitted so went for paint - lol

@PUDING FARM posted:

beautiful set

Thank you

Your hand-folded fans look impressive, but the cupcake liners really give these fans that perfectly folded look that I'm sure you were going for. Was it just as easy to work with cupcake liners as it was with parchment or waxed paper?

Great idea to make fans with a cup cake paper❤️

These are so pretty.

Absolutely gorgeous. The colors and designs are wonderful.❤️

They look great - such definition in the folds!

Wow!! Great!!! It looks fantastic!! Love these! ❤️😘 @Lisa R

@Sweet Prodigy posted:

Your hand-folded fans look impressive, but the cupcake liners really give these fans that perfectly folded look that I'm sure you were going for. Was it just as easy to work with cupcake liners as it was with parchment or waxed paper?

Overall not too bad, I would have preferred to leave them longer probably another 24hrs to be on the safe side.  I put the non printed side of the cupcake cup on the icing as I thought the colour may be imparted on the drying royal icing.  A few bits got stuck when I peeled it off, but using my scribe I scratched the remaining bits off.  I think that I would be looking for a waxy cupcake cup to ensure it doesn't stick.

@Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. posted:

Great idea to make fans with a cup cake paper❤️

Thank you, yes it worked out okay.  Would go for bigger ones next time, but just had to work with what I had!

@Tina at Sugar Wishes posted:

These are so pretty.

Thank you

@LisaF posted:

Absolutely gorgeous. The colors and designs are wonderful.❤️

Thank you for your kind words.  There is a lot of potential with these I think.

@Julia M. Usher posted:

They look great - such definition in the folds!

Thank you, the cupcake wrappers I think are the way to go.

@Icingsugarkeks posted:

Wow!! Great!!! It looks fantastic!! Love these! ❤️😘 @Lisa R

Thank you very much for your kind words

What beautiful fans Lisa @Lisa R!! Love all the beautiful colors. Once again I'm too late to enter the Challenge...Ugh! I've had a couple of birthday sets that I had to complete before working on the challenge. I was hoping to finish before today but that just didn't happen . I love your entry. They don't look like cookies at all, just  gorgeous fans ❤️❤️❤️ Hugs...         

@Cookies Fantastique posted:

What beautiful fans Lisa @Lisa R!! Love all the beautiful colors. Once again I'm too late to enter the Challenge...Ugh! I've had a couple of birthday sets that I had to complete before working on the challenge. I was hoping to finish before today but that just didn't happen . I love your entry. They don't look like cookies at all, just  gorgeous fans ❤️❤️❤️ Hugs...        

how very kind of you.  Yes I know - pesky orders when you want to play - lol!!!

Beautiful work! ❤