You probably wouldn’t believe it, but we had another Keepers meeting yesterday. It’s hard to fathom how time can fly so fast! Aunt Jody hosted this week’s meeting and taught us how to do Iris Folding!
- If you’re anything like me you might think that Iris Folding has something to do with folding flowers… or bits of paper. So, just to prove myself wrong and teach you some new things… I’ll give you a little background info on Iris Folding -
Point 1: Iris Folding originated in Holland. 2: The word “Iris” refers to the iris of an eye or a camera.
3: Iris Folding is a paper craft technique that involves taping strips of paper to form a design.
4: In Iris Folding, strips of paper are layered upon each other to give a dimensional/layered look.
5: It has nothing to do with origami and it does not involve folding of any kind.
Iris Folding can be put to use on cards, scrapbook pages, envelopes, etc.
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Here are some pictures of us girls hard at work:
Trace the pattern to the front of a card. Cut out. Lay pattern face down and tape onto the front, turn card inside out [You should be able to see the entire pattern]. Start with the number 1 and lay a piece of paper over it {to the line} and then go to number 2, number 3 and so on.... When all pieces are taped, take off the pattern and turn it over....then you can embellish to your hearts delight!
When you are done it should look something like this:
If you need ideas...just check out some of these awesome cards:
Keepers ended with choir...
...and singing Happy Birthday to Joy :)
So, what do you think? I hope you are just as inspired by this Keepers meeting as I am... You should try it! It's a ton of fun... if you do try it, be sure to tell me! I'd love to hear about it and see it :)
Z♥ë
Elizabeth
Joanna
Abigail
Bethany
Grace & Emily
Lillia
Faith
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It all starts out with a pattern. {You can find patterns online or in a book}
Here is a sample square pattern.
Trace the pattern to the front of a card. Cut out. Lay pattern face down and tape onto the front, turn card inside out [You should be able to see the entire pattern]. Start with the number 1 and lay a piece of paper over it {to the line} and then go to number 2, number 3 and so on.... When all pieces are taped, take off the pattern and turn it over....then you can embellish to your hearts delight!
When you are done it should look something like this:
Cute :)
Lillia
Anna
Grace
Joanna
