A Valentine Slice Form Sphere That Rotates with a Gear

 

A Valentine Slice Form Sphere That Rotates with a Gear

This Valentine Slice Form Sphere would make a beautiful gift for your Valentine with its romantic scenery inside. A sea captain is giving his sweetheart some flowers before he leaves for foreign shores. They are standing on one of two bridges in town with two swans swimming under the bridge.  His schooner can be seen in the background waiting for him to sail the seas. There is a gear mechanism in its base which allows the sphere to rotate.

I used Neenah brand 65 lb WhiteGold metallic cardstock from Office Depot, a sheet of American Craft  paper from a paper pad named Lucky Us from Tuesday Morning. I recommend using a new blade and overcut to cut out this design as the intricate pieces might not cut out correctly.  I do not recommend a brand new mat because the reeds by the swan will stick to the mat (I had to glue them on after cutting). 

Here is the PDF.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YZExq0WoSB_i94WFPNNkHt6Acn7Zwv8t/view?usp=sharing

Here is the .Studio file.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FPQ8BgN1Gq114tOu1VrapYdLuyJ5w-2l/view?usp=sharing

Here is the SVG.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BfUSHaE6mZgSXq72L5-FhJ3kpGQEmb5c/view?usp=sharing

 It has the same gear mechanism as the Birthday Slice Form sphere and it rotates in the same manner.  https://papercraftetc.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-birthday-slice-form-sphere-that.html To make this slice form, follow the directions from the Birthday Slice Form sphere as it is the same construction. 

Please note: I made this design several times and I realized that the internal slice form base pieces are not needed because the size of the sphere is smaller in this design than the previous Birthday Slice Form Sphere.  This smaller sphere size does not need the additional support when the gear is rotated.  I left the pieces in the design if you would like to use them.

The Valentine Slice Form Sphere is 4 inches in diameter compared to the Birthday Slice Form Sphere which is 4 1/2 inches.  The slice form base pieces that I eliminated in this design are shown.  If you use the pieces, it will not effect the movement of the gear as it has been sized correctly.  These pieces were needed in the larger design because of the larger sized sphere.