<keri-brb> ok sorry I'm late
<keribou> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<cak> thanks keri
<brenda> keri awesome
<brenda> would wallpaper work for this
<brenda> or would it be too thick?
<keribou> a disclaimer- my DH is not home so I may have to rescue my toddler if she gets into peril during class
<brenda> k
<keribou> I think wallpaper would work although I like thinner paper
<vicki> neat keri, but where are irises?
<beanjean1> lol keri....thanks for teaching!!!
<keribou> ok- Iris folding is a Dutch art
<Raven> what a great use for all my marbled bits...
<keribou> and is a close cousin of tea bag folding
<beanjean1> reminds me kind of log cabin quilting
<keribou> I looked at some sites and samples and likes the concept but decided that it was too complex for me
<Raven> yea! That's what it reminds me of... was trying to think of what
<cindyc> i was just thinking quilters would have a one up on me for color cooridination on this tech...
<keribou> Traditionally you use a pattern with lines and spaces on it under your cut out shape
<keribou> CAPS
<keribou> AND YOUR STRIPS ARE 1/2 INCH WIDE AND FOLDED IN HALF
<beanjean1> keri, I really like the triangle one!!!
<keribou> I USE 1/4" WIDE STRIPS (OR SCRAPS OF WHATEVER WIDTH)
<keribou> I DON'T FOLD THEM
<keribou> THERE ARE LOTS OF PATTERNS OUT THERE BUT THE EASIEST FOR ME IS TO USE AN EVO TEMPLATE
<keribou> AND CUT THE SHAPE OUT OF A PIECE OF CS
beanjean1 is liking this more and more
<beanjean1> hey kriz!
<keribou> THE SCANS ARE NOT WONDERFUL BUT YOU CAN GET THE IDEA
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<beanjean1> the last one is beautiful Keri!
<keribou> I USED THE WEIRD COLORS ON THE MAIN SAMPLE SO YOU COULD SEE THE PROGRESSION AS I ADDED STRIPS
<keribou> I USED PASTEL MARBLED WALLPAPER ON ONE OF THE SAMPLES ADN IT LOOKS GOOD BUT IT SCANNED WASHED OUT
<keribou> WHAT I DID WAS SHOW THE "WORK" ON THE LEFT SIDE THEN FLIPPED IT OVER SO YOU COULD SEE THE PRETTY SIDE
<beanjean1> ohhhh
<keribou> BASICALLY YOU ARE LAYING STRIPS OF PAPER STARTING AT THE EDGES OF YOUR SHAPE
beanjean1 was wondering!
<keribou> YOU CAN USE A GLUE STICK OR GLUE
<keribou> I LIKE DOUBLE STICK TAPE
<keribou> YOU COULD PROBABLY RUN STRIPS THROUGH A XYRON
<keribou> YOU CAN CREATE SOME REALLY NEAT PATTERNS WITH COLOR IF YOU USE CERTAIN COLORS IN AN AREA
<beanjean1> or use your left over strips that are already xyroned
<keribou> WHICH LOOKS GREAT BUT IT IS HARD TO SEE THAT ON SCREEN
<keribou> YES BJ
<keribou> OR THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DECORATE STRIPS WITH BOLIO STAMPS THAT YOU BOUGHT AND ARE GATHERING DUST
<kat> URL please
<keribou> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<kat> ty
<keribou> WRAPPING PAPER WORKS VERY WELL FOR THIS- THINNER PAPER WORKED BETTER FOR ME- THEY LAY FLATTER
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> BUT MY SAMPLES I USED CS, MULBERRY PAPER AND A MOMI PAPER- JUST SCRAPS I HAD
<cindyc> i love the depth
<beanjean1> we all need ideas for using scraps
<keribou> I DON'T HAVE PATIENCE TO FOLLOW A STRICT PATTERN SO I FREE FORM IT- I LIKE THE WAY THE STRIPS ARE VARIOUS WIDTHS AND SUCH
<vicki> really, my scrap drawers are getting full!
<keribou> THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO USE SCRAPS
<keribou> ON THE RED,WHITE, BLUE SAMPLE AND THE TRIANGLE SAMPLES I USED CALENDAR PAGES
<keribou> THIS IS A VERY ECONOMICAL TECHNIQUE AND I MADE 2-3 CARDS AND ONLY USED 4-5 STRIPS
<brenda> wow
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<altogether> thanks Brenda
<brenda> yw
<keribou> OH ONE THING YOU MIGHT NOTICE IS THAT THE 'BACK' IS SORT OF MESSY
<keribou> WHERE YOU OVERLAY THE STRIPS?
<keribou> I USUALLY COVER THAT BACK PORTION WITH A PIECE OF CS
<keribou> OR I CUT AROUND THE EDGE OF THE IRIS FOLDED PIECE AND MOUNT IT ON ANOTHER CARD
<altogether> Don't you find it gets kinda lumpy bumpy thick?
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> NOT NECESSARILY ALTOGETHER
<keribou> BECAUSE ACTUALLY IN ANY ONE PLACE THERE MAY BE 2-3 LAYERS BUT NOT USUALLY MORE THAN THAT
<Scout> darn, here i thot i was in the right room....
<Scout> was in other one
<cak> Keri--about how big are the beginning openings you cut?
<keribou> CAK- I USED EVO TEMPLATES ON MOST
<Scout> What type of paper did you use?
<keribou> I USUALLY USE THE 3RD LARGEST
<keribou> SCOUT- THE ACTUAL IRIS FOLDING I USE SCAPRS OF CS, PAPER , WRAPPING PAPER, ETC
<cak> thanks
<keribou> IF YOU WERE REALLY AMBITIOUS YOU COULD USE MINI THANGS AND CUT A BUNCH OF OPENEINGS IN YOUR CARD
<keribou> BUT I AM NO SO AMBITIOUS
<keribou> YET
<cak> lol
<Scout> Ive been using great colored liteweight ads that come in the newspaper.
<keribou> THAT WOULD WORK SCOUT
<keribou> I LIKE THINNER PAPER FOR THESE BUT CS DOES WORK JUST FINE
<altogether> Sorry I came in late - do you fold your strips in half lengthwise
<keribou> ALTOGETHER- I DON'T BUT TRADITIONALLY THEY FOLD 1/2 INCH STRIPS IN 1/2
<keribou> YAHOO HAS AN IRIS FOLDING GROUP
<Scout> I got a bunch of shapes that were supposed to be used for photos, Shells, butterflys, traiangle, diamonds, etc. and I've been tracing around them, and cutting the opening....then I start at one edge, use 1-8 inch showing and work in an iris pattern. Coming out really cute.
<keribou> THERE ARE SOME SCARY GOOD ARTISTS IN THE GROUP
<altogether> I tried this but with the folds it was so bulky
<keribou> ALTOGETHER- DON'T FOLD
<altogether> Okay
<Scout> What is the iris group called on Yahoo? Tried to find it, but it kept saying there wasn't one.
<keribou> IT WILL BE FLATTER
<keribou> IRISFOLDING
<brenda> scout where did you get your shapes?
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> ANOTHER SOURCE FOR SHAPES IS CLIPART AND CHILDREN'S COLORING BOOKS- THEY OFTEN HAVE SIMPLE SHAPES
<keribou> AND YOU CNA RESIZE THEM ON A COPIER
<cak> hmmmm, I wonder if you could use your stencils to cut openings to iris?
<keribou> AND IF THAT IS ILLEGAL YOU DIDN'T READ ME SAYING THAT
<vicki> lol
<keribou> STENCILS WOULD WORK VERY WELL CAK
<cak> lol
<cindyc> cookie cutters?
<keribou> GOOD IDEA CINDY
<MomCat> Dover has a line of small card board stencil books
<Scout> We have a little shop in San Diego, that gets all sorts of weird things: cards, stickers, wrapping papers, bags and they sell it all cheap, cheap, cheap. I get lots of stuff there. These were .35 each.
<keribou> EVEN RECTANGLES, SQUARES, BASIC SHAPES WORK WITH THIS
<MomCat> the shapes are about 3 inches
<keribou> I USED MY PAPER SHREDDER TO CUT SOME OF MY STRIPS BUT I DIDN'T LIKE HOW THE EDGES WERE- THEY WERE ROUGH
<keribou> SO I USED SCRAPS FROM WHEN I CUT PAPER ON MY PAPER CUTTER
<brenda> genesis would be great for cutting these strips
<keribou> BUT I AM JUST GIVING YOU THE SPRIGNBOARD TO GO OUT AND EXPERIMENT
<keribou> YES BRENDA
<keribou> BOY IS MY TYPING A+ TONIGHT
<Scout> Of course, those that don't like to use Xacto knives would get really nervous about this.
<cak> (you have other things to worry about)
cindyc likes the freeform idea....
<keribou> IF YOU HAVE A SIZZIX- DOES THAT PUNCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER?
<cindyc> bet coluzzles would be great for this.....
<keribou> THE OTHER PART OF SOMETHING FROM A DIE CUT MACHINE MIGHT WORK
<keribou> CINDY- IA HAVEN'T USED COLLUZZLES BUT I LIKE EVO TEMPLATES
<altogether> url for the Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/IrisFolding
<keribou> YOU COULD EVEN STAMP AN IMAGE AND CUT IT OUT
<keribou> DO THE IRIS FOLDING AND MAYBE STAMP OVER THE IRIS FOLDING- NOT USRE HOW THAT WOULD WORK THOUGH
<cindyc> have you done stamped images in bottom of the "tunnel"?
<keribou> I HAVEN'T CINDY BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME SAMPLES WHERE OTHERS HAVE
<altogether> Keri, what kind of paper did you use for the sample with the script writing?
<keribou> A CALENDAR PAGE ALTOGETHER
<altogether> Kewl!
<keribou> IT WAS AN AMERICAN FLAGS CALENDAR
cindyc thinks there ust be lots of possibilities here and is glad she came to keribous class
<keribou> TY CINDY
<keribou> I HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY IDEAS FROM CINDY THAT IT IS NICE TO SHARE BACK
<Janet> i just got here and I've already got a few potential ideas.
<Janet> (so many ideas, so little time)
<cindyc> *†*
<keribou> THIS IS A GOOD WAITING ROOM TYPE OF PROJECT
<keribou> NO INKY FINGERS
<altogether> I have foundation quilting patterns (paper piecing) and I don't see why they would not work
<keribou> MINIMAL MATERIALS AND SPACE REQUIRED
<altogether> same principle
<keribou> I BET THOSE WOULD WORK VERY WELL
<altogether> Now I don't have to feel guilty about my neglected quilting books! LOL
beanjean1 WAS gone...now is back...Lighthouse Memories cutter would be cool for this
<Scout> In that little shop, I found some fabulous wrapping paper in multi-colors, topped with gold designs and all done in 1/4 inch strips. that one made a really terrific card and you could use which ever side of the strip you wanted.
<keribou> AS I SAID- THIS CLASS IS JUST A SPRINGBOARD TO INTRODUCE SOME NEW IDEAS
<keribou> THAT SOUNDS PRETTY SCOUT
<keribou> I HAVE GOTTEN IDEAS FROM YOU FOLKS TONIGHT- COOKIE CUTTERS WTC
<keribou> SCRAPBOOK TEMPLATES
<cak> of course all those sheets one puts down to protect your desk when you stamp might be pretty cool too
<keribou> QUILT PATTERNS
<keribou> GOOD WAY TO RECYCLE CAK
<cak> paste paper might be nice too, although you might lose any pattern you've drawn in
<Janet> my desk pad looks better than most of my art pieces
<brenda> lol janet
<cak> lol (mine too)
<keribou> WELL CAK- IF YOU USED THE SAME PAPER IN AN AREA NEXT TO EACH OTHER YOU MIGHT STILL RETAIN SOME OF THE PATTERN
<cak> I just might have to try that, especially with some of those really ugly ones
<Scout> Yes and the whole package was only .75. They sell the beautiful Marcus Shulman (not sure of the name) tissue paper for .99.
<altogether> keri, what width are your strips on average in the samples?
<keribou> THE TRIANGLE USED THICKER STRIPS- I THINK THOSE WERE ALMOST 1/2 INCH
<keribou> MOST OF THE REST WERE CLOSER TO 1/4"
<altogether> thanks
<brenda> keri you say you varied your widths?
<keribou> BUT THE STRIPS ON THE MAIN SAMPLE AT THE TOP WERE ALL DIFFERENT WIDTHS- THEY WERE SCRAPS FROM CUTTING CS
<brenda> k
<keribou> BRENDA- USUALLY ON 1 CARD I USED THE SAME WIDTH FOR ALL STRIPS
<brenda> k ty
<keribou> BUT THE MAIN SAMPLE CARD- WITH ALL THE COLORS- WAS MORE FREEFORM AND HAD VARIOUS WIDTHS
<Scout> After you get into it, you will find that you can direct the swirls, etc in different directions.
<keribou> YES SCOUT
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> MINE AR VERY BASIC EXAMPLES
<yamamama> ty
<brenda> yw
<cak> basic is good
<keribou> THE COLOR GROUPING IS REALLY NEAT- BUT IT IS HARD TO SEE ON SCANS
<keribou> THAT IT IS
<keribou> DIFFERENT STRIPS
<Janet> this is so cool
<brenda> awesome
<keribou> I AM GLAD YOU GUYS LIKE IT
<brenda> love it
<keribou> I SAW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRAUARY
<Janet> I really do. my mind is spinning already
<keribou> AND TOLD DEB I WAS GOING TO TEACH A CLASS ON IT IN LATE MARCH
<Janet> (and it's skeeery, I'm drugged)
<cindyc> i saw something like this a couple of years ago but had forgotten.... on a christmas card.. the tree was done this way
<Janet> This is really cool stuff.
<brenda> why janet?
<Janet> my brain is getting jumbled up, LOL
<keribou> OK WELL THAT IS ABOUT IT
<keribou> OH- IF YOU REALLY WNAT TO BE INSPIRED
<Janet> (minor dental surgery, not a big deal except I'm a wimp)
<keribou> CHECK OUT THIS SITE THAT I FOUND
<keribou> THIS IS NOT MY SITE- JUST ONE THAT IS INSPIRING
<vicki> i really like this, keri-thanks
<MomCat> Thank you, thank you, Keri! Great class!
<keribou> http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=237200&uid=74296
<kat> thanks Kerri
<altogether> t/y keri
<keribou> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR IDEAS- I LEARN SO MUCH FROM PEOPLE WHO SHARE IDEAS IN CLASS
<brenda> wow
<cindyc> that is what i love here too keri
<cak> I wonder what an embossed image would look like, centered in the iris?
<Scout> ty, keri....this is such a fun thing to do.
<Janet> i wonder if i can still find that 3D plastic stuff we were stamping on about 10 years ago. would that be a hoot in the middle or what?
<cak> Oh Yes! (and I have some too)
<brenda> oh yes janet
<keribou> oh- such cool ideas
<brenda> 3D vinyl
<Scout> I'd like to try one that has a realistic little eye in the middle...
<Janet> I still have some, too. (somewhere)
<brenda> me too
<Scout> one that would roll like the rolly eyes you can buy
<cak> lol--googly eyes!
<Scout> yeh, googley,,couldn't find the right word
<cak> rolly is pretty descriptive too
<Janet> fish heads fish heads
yamamama looks for the sushi
<vicki> how many pills did you take, janet??
<Janet> enough :)
<vicki> lol
<Scout> Or have a really deep iris and at the bottom of the hole, a little feller looking up, hollering out at you.
<cindyc> a tiny penny in the bottom
<Janet> or a cat. kitty in the well?
<TheQueen> janet has googly eyes?
<kat> lol
<cak> lol
<Janet> LOL i think they're bloodshot right now. but I think I'm having a real good time.<g>
<brenda> lol janet
<Scout> Janet, that's what you get when you take MED-ICK-ATION!
<Janet> i think he just gave me good drugs so i wouldn't hate the oral surgeon
<brenda> keri thanks for great class
<brenda> nite everyone
<kat> nite brenda
<keribou> ty all ofr attending
<vicki> nite bren
<cak> night bredna
<cak> brenda
<Janet> i wonder, could ya fold a rose like, maybe red velvet paper? and do fuzzy stuff in the middle?
<Janet> take care, brenda
<brenda> will do janet
<brenda> you too
<brenda> byeee
<Scout> Janet - or with a drop of dew in the middle
<Janet> there's gotta be a Nixon idea in here somewhere
<Janet> ooo yeah.
<sparkle> I missed the beginning, can you start over?
<Janet> LOL
<vicki> lol
<angel> lol
<vicki> feeling better, sparkle?
<cak> nixon dressed as one of those veggies babies (lennox?)
<keribou> Sparkle- `you'll just have to read the archives
<angel> lol
<cindyc> does sizzix have a tape recorder die cut???? lol
<beanjean1> rofl
<Janet> oh yeah, or maybe Ashcroft in the middle with official looking documents (the constitution) folded in around him
<beanjean1> I don't think so cindyc
<Janet> ooooo cindy!!
<deb> who locked the door???
<cindyc> lol
<deb> I couldn't get in
<Janet> nixon with iris of old cassette tape
<beanjean1> hi deb
<MomCat> just what I was going to suggest
<MomCat> the tape
<cak> before I forget--Thank you Keribou!
<deb> heather - sorry I missed your class
MomCat wonders if she has been hanging around with Janet too long.
<Janet> airplane vortex sort of theme, that would work, too
<deb> I couldn't get into PIRCH
<Janet> lol
<cindyc> peace sign?
<cindyc> hand one....
<Scout> Keri, did you use scotch tape (seen recommended on other sites) or did you use stick glue?
<MomCat> But the tape would be perfect if you could make it work
<Scout> The glue seemed to work better for me....
<keribou> deb that is ok
<MomCat> only I keep imagining G. Gordon being strangled by an iris of tape
<deb> your samples are cool
<cindyc> lol
<Janet> Deb, this is way cool
<Scout> How about a little finger curving up out of the middle.
<cindyc> oh, the hawaii peace sign....???
<MomCat> What is really scarey is I think I want to try this
<Scout> Not that finger
<Janet> oh oh oh. how about daisy pedals with a brownie in the middle? (I somehow volunteered to make bridging gifts this spring)
<Janet> LOL
<Janet> i was thinking THE finger, but didn't say it because I'm trying to behave
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