Cardmaking & Papercraft - UK (2020-05)

Crafter’sQ&A

Thomassays:Mother’sDayintheUSfallsona

differentdayto theUKand,thisyear,it fallsonSunday

10thMay.A notherbigdif ferencebet weenthet wo

countries,of course,is thatinAmericamumsarecalled

‘mom’andI’msureyou’dlikea sentimentthatreflects

this.Luckilytherearesomelovelymomstampsanddies

around.Wefounda diecutFloralMother’sDayWreath

at theCreativeGeekDesignstoreonEtsy,whichyoucan

downloadas a blackandwhiteimage.It featuresthe

sentiment,‘Bestmomever’inattractivelettering,which

is surroundedbya garland.Colouredin,fussycutand

layered onto pretty papers, this will make a lovely card.

I’dlovetohavea goatirisfolding–

canyouhelpmewitha design?

PatsyGausden,Workington

Dorothysays:Irisfoldingis wherenarrowpaperstripsare

foldedlengthwaysandarrangedina spiralpatternbehindan

apertureto createwhatlooksliketheirisof a camera.I tendto

usedigitalpaperforirisfoldingas thedesigncanbeprinted

ontolightweightpaper,whichis easierto fold.Youcanuse

almostanyshapeof aperturesoI chosea guitar,whichis

perfectforcardsfora keenmusician.Tocreatetheguitar

image,tracethetemplateonpage 84 ontokraftcardandcut

awaytheguitar.Securethekraftcardfacedownontothe

template.Cut20mmstripsfromfourdifferentpapersthenadd

thestrips,innumberorder,usingthefourshades.Drawa

stitchedlinearoundtheguitar,addmusicnotesandthe‘Justa

note’sentiment,as shown.Fora neatandprofessionalfinish,

attach the iris fold panel to the base card with foam pads.

I’dliketomakea Mother’sDaycard

formyAmericanmother-in-law.Can

yourecommenda suitable stamp?

Debbie Parkinson, by email

Thiscutebotcoupleandtheirrobotpuppywillmakeyourheartbeep!

TheLoveMachinestampis greatforbirthdaysorjustbecause.Tella

lovedone,‘Youcomputeme’ortella littleoneto‘Gearupforsomefun

onyourbirthday’.This4x6stampsethasa coordinatingdieset,too.

SugarPeaDesignsLoveMachine stamp set, £11.95

http://www.sevenhillscrafts.co.uk

1 Whenmakinga magic

revealcard,whereyouspin

ormovea wheelmechanism

toreveala sentimentor

imageina window,make

sureyouplanyourlayout

andthepositionofthe

aperturemeticulously

beforeyoustartdiecutting

theapertureandstamping

the sentiments.

2 Alwaysusea die-cutting

machinetocreatethecircles

fora magicrevealspinner

card,thiswillgiveyouthe

mostprecisecutsand

ensurethecardworks

perfectly,aswellasthe most

professional finish.

3 A goodtricktohelp

locatethecentreofthe

circleis totakea separate

circleofpaper,foldit into

quartersandthenplaceit

overthecircleandsentiment

panel.Thiswillbringyouto

thecircle’smost accurate

centre point.

4 Whenpushingthebrad

throughthespinnerwheel

andtheimagepaneltofixit

inplace,don’tbetemptedto

overtightenit.Attachthe

bradfirmlybutmakingsure

the wheel can turn freely.

5 Atthebackofthecircle,

positionthebrad‘legs’so

thattheyareparalleltothe

cutlineandcoverwitha

smallpieceoftapetomake

suretheydon’tmoveand

don’tcatchonanything.This

willalsohelptokeepthe

mechanism moving.

FOR

SPINNER

CARDS

5 TIPS

Thomassays:Mountainandvalleyfoldsaretwoof the

mostbasiccardfolds,andmanyvariationsstemfromthis.

Theeasiestwayto rememberthefoldsis bythinkingof a

mountainpeakanda valleydip.A mountainfoldis when

youfoldthepaperawayfromyourself,andthecreaseliesat

thetop.A valleyfoldis theoppositeof that,as thecreaseis at

thebottom.Aswithallfoldsit’simportantto createsharp,

firmcreases,whichmakesthemas preciseandneatas

possible.Somecardmakersusea bonefolderbecauseit helps

givecrispedges.Usea smooth,flatsurfaceforfoldingand,

generallyspeaking,youshouldalwaysfoldina direction

awayfromyou.Whenmakingmorecomplicatedfolds, test

out measurements and folds on scrap paper first.

Canyoutellmewhatvalley and

a mountainfoldsare?

Joan Dodge, High Wycombe

Mountainand

valleyfoldsare

easy to conquer

Momstampfrom

CreativeGeek

Design on Etsy

Createflowersand

heartsusingthe

iris fold technique

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