Irisfolding Dragon

Today I have made this card with an irisfolded dragon.

Irisfolding is such a great technique and really easy, even though

it looks so complicated. You just need a few strips of

folded paper, some cellotape and a template.

I have a friend who makes the most wonderful irisfolding

templates. You find the dragon template HERE,

If you never tried this technique but would, then I have a turorial

and an easy template for you HERE.

I used different shades of gold for the dragon

and a brad for the eye.

The background paper was first embossed, before 

I cut out the shape of the dragon.

The sentiment added to this card is by

Art Neko and is the Birthday sentiment with kanji

and you can find it HERE.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Elephants

Today we are celebrating  

Michael Strong's

Cloisonné Elephant Stamp

 

Don't you love elephants?

Well if you do, see what I have come up with.

 I have made an irisfolding  and stamping card for you.

On top of the card you see how I cut out the large elephant 

and used it as a template for irisfolding.

You find the template below:

 

Save this template with the right mouse click

to your own computer and print to use it.

 Here you see the finished irisfolding again.

Where it says A and B on the template, I used a large

strip of paper to cover the paws and the tail.

You can do this with a contrasting color if you like.

The sentiment you see here is by Club Scrap.

If you have never done any irisfolding, or 

need a refresh course take a look here for my tutorial:

http://craftchaos.blogspot.nl/2010/07/frame-en-irisvouwen-frame-and.html

 The botom of the card is with the little elephants, 

stamped in versamark and embossed with copper

embossing powder. Around the border of the card

I stamped the flower in vintage distress ink.

 Here an other sample with irisfolding.

Stamped in black on one side of the card

and in irisfolding technique on the other side.

The sentiment here is also by Club Scrap.

 Have a creative day!

Coffee & Cake

Natuurlijk kan ik het niet laten om met mijn eigen

koffiekopje te stempelen: Michael Strong heeft het ontworpen.

Maar bij koffie hoor natuurlijk cake en

het is gevouwen met de irisvouwtechniek

en het patroon vind je op het blog van Bergkaarten.

De tekst is een stempel van Hero Arts.

Of course I cannot stop using my coffee cup tha is made

by Michael Strong. With a cup of coffee one needs some cake

and this irisfolded cupcake pattern you can find on my friend

Bergkaarten's blog for free.

The sentiment is a stamp by Hero Arts.

and be creative.

Irisfolding for Valentine

Dat ik van irisvouwen hou is nu wel bekend

en een hart is altijd populair,

dus vandaag een kaart met het hart in

irisvouw technique.

Heb je dat nog nooit gedaan en wil je het nu wel

eens proberen, kijk dan voor een lesje HIER.

I guess you know by know that I love irisfolding.

So today I have a card with the irisfolding heart for you.

If you have never done this technique and

now is the time to try, I have a tutorial for you HERE.

De kaart is gemaakt met papier van Club Scrap en ook met stempels daarn van

die ontworpen zijn door Michael Strong.

Alleen de tekst voorop {mwah} is van Create with TLC.

This card is made with papers by Club Scrap en also the stamps

who are designed by Michael Strong.

Only the text up front is by Create with TLC.

Hier is ook het patroon om te gebruiken.

Sla het op naar je computer met de rechter muisknop

en dan kun je het printen in de maat die je wil.

Here is also the pattern to use.

Save it to your computer with the right mouse click

and you can print it to the size you want.

Have a creative day!

Irisvouwen/ Irisfolding

Vandaag weer eens even een oude vertouwde technique

ter hand genomen: het irisvouwen.

Wil je het ook eens proberen? Hier vind je een lesje op mijn BLOG.

Het patroon van het balletjurkje is niet van mijzelf,

maar heb ik via de irisvouwgroup van Bergkaarten.

De achtergrond is gedaan met de cuttlebug en de tekst met de computer.

De sterren zijn stempels van Michael Strong,

geembossed met zilver embossingpoeder.

Today I did one of my old and favourite techniques again: irisfolding.

Have you never tried, but want to do it? 

Here is a lesson on my BLOG.

The pattern of this dress is not my own,

but I got it through my irisfolding group by Bergkaarten.

The background here is done with the cuttlebug and

the sentiment is done with the computer.

 The star stamps are by Michael Strong.

The stars are embossed with silver embossing powder.

Have a creative day!

Irisvouwen/ Irisfolding

Heb vandaag deze leuke kaartejes gemaakt met de irisvouw-techniek.

Het patroon is van Bergkaarten en ze is nu ook een blog begonnen,

dus neem een kijkje op:

Irisvouwen

Heb je deze techniek nog nooit gedaan, dan heb ik natuurlijk een

LESJE voor je dat je HIER kunt vinden.

De stempels die ik erbij heb gebruikt zijn van Stampin'Up!

Today I made these fun Irisfolding cards.

The pattern is from Bergkaarten and she now has her own Irisfolding Blog.

So take a look here:

Irisfolding

If you have never done any irisfolding there is a LESSON for you HERE.

The stamps that I have used are all from Stampin'Up!

Daydream

Gaat het lukken? Ja het is een perfecte droom, maar nu moeten ze het nog even doen! Als er gewonnen wordt, dan heb ik morgen een mooie blog candy en moet je zeker terug komen en kijken wat dat zal zijn!

Deze pagina is gemaakt met Club Scrap Expressions papier en Michael Strong's ster stempel. Het shirt is gemaakt in de irisvouw techniek en de oranje tekst komt uit de krant van zaterdag.

Are we going to make it? Yes it is a perfect dream, but now they just have to do it. If the Dutch team wins, I do have some wonderful blog candy for you, so it will be a good reason to come back here.

This page is made with Club Scrap Expressions paper and Michael Strongs star stamp. The Dutch text came out of the newspaper and the shirt is done in irisfolding technique.

Frame en irisvouwen/ Frame and irisfolding

Irisfolding is a technique that intrigues a lot of people. But when you know howt, it is so EASY! On my blog you have seen many samples, but here is another tutorial on how to do it. You don't need anything special.

I used:

Michael Strongs frame stamp

Card paper from Paper Temptress

folding paper from stash (origamipaper, wrapping paper, glossy magazine paper all will do as long as it is thin and not heavy paper - printer paper in color is great)

just ordinairy cellotape

and things like a pencil, double sided tape, scissors, craft knife and ruler.

For this pattern, you need 4 colors of folding paper. You cut them into strips of 1 inch (2,5 cm).

Take each strip and fold it lengthwise (hotdog fold).

Print the folding pattern. Make sure it fits the rectangle of the stamp.

(Save the pattern to your computer by first clicking on it and than use the right mouse button on the pattern to save it on your pc for printing)

Stamp and emboss (in gold) the frame stamp of Michael Strong. Cut out the middle rectangle with a craft knife and ruler. or cut with scissors.

Tape the pattern to your table or craft surface. On top you tape the frame with the

FRONT (embossed) side towards the table!

On the pattern you see numbers.

1-5-9-13-17-21-25 color A

2-6-10-14-18-22-26 color B 

3-7-11-15-19-23-27 color C

4-8-12-16-20-24-28 color D

Take the first color and cut the strip so it coversfrom side to side over the pattern. You lay it on top of the pattern and the frame with the folded side along the line of nr 1 and tape it down with cellotape.

Just follow the pattern: color B at 2, color C at 3 and color D at 4.

This is how it looks at the front side of the card.

Now you take color A again on 5, B on 6, C on 7 and D on 8.

Go on like this.

It should look like this on the front side of your card.

When you have finished with all strips, there is still one whole in the middle left.

Now your work looks like this:

Now you take a piece of holographic paper or you can stamp a word on a piece of paper and add this.

I like the holographic paper and you just tape it to the back of the card, covering all of the whole.

Use some double sided tape to add your irisfold to the card.

Here is the finished card.

Bavaria Bikini

De hele wereld kent het Bavaria jurkje: het Nederlandse oranje jurkje bij het wereldkampioenschap voetbal. Ze werden opgepakt door de politie omdat ze sluik reklame maakte. Nu komen ze met wat nieuws: het Bavaria Bikini. Gewoon onder je kleding aandoen en niemand die het ziet. Goed oranje gevoel, want vandaag moeten we weer extra positieve vibes naar "onze jongens" sturen om ze te steunen in hun strijd tegen Uruguay.
Deze kaart is gemaakt met papier en stempels van Club Scrap en een ster pons.

The whole world has seen the Dutch Bavaria Babes in their orange dress. They were taken by the South African police because this was advertisement that was not allowed at the Football championchip. Well, Bavaria came uo with something new: the Bavaria Bikini. You can wear it under your clothes, support the Dutch Team and no one will see. This way we can send positive vibes to "our boys" and help them beat the Urugay Team.
This card is made with Club Scrap papers and stamp and a star punch.

Happy Independence Day

With this card I wish all my American friends a

The card is made with the Antiqued  Wallpaper background from the Technique Junkies and a bikini in irisfolding technique (made by Bergkaarten.nl). The pattern is HERE. The star in the middle of the bikini is a stamp by Michael Strong colored with copic markers. Hope you all have a wonderful day!