Wednesday, 20 June 2007

Iris Folding - 1st attempt

Well, I decided that today was the day to start my new craft - Iris Folding. I found a really helpful website which has got me started www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com. They have some good, easy to follow instructions and quite a few templates.

The first one I made was the heart using silver card and various shades of purple. I think it's turned out quite well and I'm going to make another one as a greetings card for our wedding anniversary which is coming up at the end of the month.



After making the heart and liking the way it has turned out I decided that I might as well have a go at another one, so I made the angel. This one has photographed slightly better than the heart did becuase it didn't have a metallic card outer!

The only thing that I need to sort out is getting a craft knife and cutting board as that will make cutting the shape out of card much much easier and also make it look a lot neater. There is a christmas tree template on the website so I think I'm going to have a go at making some of my own Christmas cards this year ... better get started sooner rather than later!

xxx