Steampunk Style Fan Invitation/Ornament

Today's post is all about gears and bolts and Victorian style mixed together with a fan's design.
I've taken the previously shown holiday fan and changed out its shape, narrowing it so that more sections may be joined together, creating a variety of possibilities for you.
I've also left the message frames blank, so that you can add your own hand lettering or rubber stamped letters, expressing your own choice of sentiment, such as "Happy Birthday" or "It's a Tea Party!" or, as illustrated below, "Steampunk Tea Party," even.
This has been made to accompany a brand new set of travels for our Steam Tea Travels sister blog. This time, we are heading for Cairo, Egypt where adventures abound!
Each sheet contains 18 fan sections, more than enough to create a variety of expressions.
I suppose you could also take your original down to your local copy center or extension and enlarge this one. And, as it was produced at 300dpi, it should look okay, provided you don't go overboard with the enlarging.  
There is a lot of fussy cutting involved in this project, I know, but it will have a lot of character at the end for all the work involved.
But. If you would rather keep it stylish and simpler, you could always simply cut the base gear bits away as you go, making a refined circle.
I'd like to recommend using card stock for this project, along with a fetching grommet for the holes, or a bit of thin metallic braid. A bit of metallic super fine glitter might also go over well with your guests.
The 4:00 teatime could also be covered over with a different clock face with hands set for a different time (before you head for your copy center might be best here), but I'm awfully fond of my regular teatime, and thought it would be fun to include the teatime clock in this design.
No matter where we may roam during our Steam Tea Travels, for example, there is always time for a cup of tea at around 4:00 in the afternoon (or, 16:00 for our friends in the EU).  :)
I do hope you'll enjoy the entire Steampunk Theme Party product line, which you may find more items for in the PPSPartyGear™ category.
Also, for my complete Steampunk-themed Category, you can go HERE.
Happy Steam-themed Creativity!
Rose

NOTE:

This product is never to be repackaged for sale. You may use it, for free, but you may never sell it--not even if you repackage it or alter it somehow. We have exclusive copyrights to the final design. However, the design includes certain elements and Digital Brushes (not owned by us) that we have pledged never to sell in any form, no matter how updated, re-made or altered our design team may make them.

It's simply the LAW (that is a link).

In other words, some parts of my work, my Steampunk party accessories included, are not completely mine.

While parts of them come from copyright free sources, some come with Licenses to copy and use, but never to sell for any reason, in any way, shape or form.

I am free to use them, but would not abuse that privilege.
Plush Possum Studio will uphold the copyrights of others 
wherever possible

Thank you for joining me in doing so.

Steampunk Style Fan Party Invitation/Ornament

Download Digi PNG Version HERE

Download For Print Version HERE

EXAMPLE

Our Next Episode Is Now Ready!

Here are a few display examples (resolution 96 dpi) of the offerings currently available over at Steam Tea Travels.
If you have time during this hectic season to take a breather for a spot of fun and a warming cup of Victorian cocoa, we'd love to have you as our guests there.
Hope to see you soon!
Rose

(Display Sizes Only--for links to 300 dpi versions, you can go HERE)

You are free to:
Make art using any of the items in this post. We would like a link back to this blog, with full credit only as having processed and altered the images chosen by us.
You are not free to:
repackage these for sale as a set. They have been offered for the public's use, and must remain available that way.
Thank you.

Our Next Chapter!

Today's latest Steam Tea Travels post is now up and rolling!

Do stop by for a peek at our Links Party there, won't you?

You may find it and Downloadable Imagery HERE

Meantime, here is a display copy of only one of the offerings you'll find there (and there are 3 in today's post alone!), all for Free and for use as you choose. Just another service of our Studio's for you.

NOTE:

This set was not pre-packaged when we found it. In fact, it took weeks of searching and then processing and cleaning up to make this set a finished product.

We would never sell anything which you, our guests, had not given us permission to sell, and we ask that that same courtesy be given to us in return.

Otherwise, a theft would occur, or friends part ways. This may not seem all that valuable an item, but it does belong to our Studio, in that it was processed for months before being offered for your use.

Free of charge.

Please be mindful of others' copyrights.

Thank you.

Some Sneak Peek Images
(for Downloads at 300 dpi of the following image sets, 
please go HERE)

Steam Tea Travels #2 Tomorrow Noon PST!

This was a fun project, done a few years ago. the site used for it is defunct. I've left this post here for the sake of the illustration below. Thank you for understanding.

Our Holiday journey will soon be underway, so we are inviting everyone interested to choose any of their favorite posts that fit our themes list for this time out (please see highlighted below), whether old or new, to include in the Linky we'll have posted by tomorrow noon, PST.
This is a very exciting opportunity for PPS, in that we are sharing the limelight with our dear friend, Rhissanna of Gaslight & Gilt. She will be adding at least one chapter to the storyline over at the Steam Tea Travels blog, starting with her first post there this next week. So, welcome Rhissanna!


We begin our Holiday jaunt with a stay in the London of more than one era, ending with a New Year's Eve celebration somewhere north of the Scottish border {yet to be revealed! ;) }.


Our Linky Themes this time include any of the following: Victoriana; Old London of the 19th and very early 20th centuries; steam-powered technology of the Victorian and Edwardian Eras; Steampunk Art and/or Science; your ideas for entertaining with tea and friends; Scottish food/culture/celebrations/history of the Victorian Era; Fashion/Costuming (Scottish included);  Also Your hand crafted and/or digital works focusing on any one or all of the themes in this list. 


Please Remember: This time, our Linky List is to remain active until the first part of January, so there's no need to worry or hurry. Take your time choosing what you'd like to Link to this Party.  As we will add new chapters periodically once things are underway, you can also look forward to a little more foot traffic from any Links you may offer there.


NOTE: More than one Link is permissible. 


Visitors can expect updates, including multiple posts this time around, with extra ephemera sets as a way of thanking everybody for joining us.


There will be fashions on display, a few recipes, ideas for entertaining and decor, a little weird Victorian (and Neo-Victorian) steam-powered technology, along with adventures and sidetrips. You won't want to miss out on all the fun! 


So look for our special Holiday Edition of Steam Tea Travels throughout December into the first part of January starting tomorrow!


Won't you join us?
Rose, Rhissanna & Co


Here's a 96dpi  Sneak Peek Preview of one of the images you can expect to find during this month-long salute to the Holiday Season in Old London. We'll post the 300dpi version once we're up and rolling.
;)

(The Display Version) 

Steam Tea Travels #1

Good morning (or good afternoon, alternatively), everyone!
We are pleased as punch to allow our guests a first peek at our new sister blog, Steam Tea Travels!

There you will find all manner of lovely treasures to collect in the way of ephemera. This is a short term offer, so now's the time to climb aboard our good Airship, the Viola, for High Tea with friends.
This invitation will hold only for a week, through the following Sunday evening. (This time lasts from 11/6 thru 11/13)
We'll leave each journey's links visible until it's time for the next journey. That way, everybody gets a chance to be first to add their link(s).
But you may post several links each, as long as they fit with the themes of old French style, Steampunk (of course!), Teatime, or Travel back in the day.

Those of you wishing to head for Paris with us at this time, may exit using our gangplank-- 

HERE.


The linky for this special event closes late this evening, 11/13/11.