As I was thinking about what to do, I was inspired by Michael's recent trend of using his stamps and in particular his new dies to create some beautiful iris folding pieces. Since I love iris folding and Michael's designs I decided to take his coffee cup and turn it into and old fashioned tea cup using washi paper. Although there is not a die for the coffee cup yet; it's an easy cut and perfect for iris folding. All of Michael's products and wonderful inspiration can be found at http://www.strongstamps.com/.
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For those of you unfamiliar with iris folding here is a brief description from Squidoo:
Iris folding is a technique that originated in Holland. Color coordinated strips of folded paper are taped into place over a pattern, creating a spiraling design that resembles the iris of an eye or camera. Originally, Dutch crafters would cut their strips from envelopes with patterned interiors, but now it is common to use lightweight papers including those used for origami to create iris folded designs.
Need a lesson in iris folding? Hop on over to Hetty's blog http://craftchaos.blogspot.com/2010/07/frame-en-irisvouwen-frame-and.html for a lesson.
I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog, and I do hope you will come back again soon. Please leave me a comment so I know you have been here. Now it's time to hop on over to Judy McKay's blog http://www.insearchofmycreativeside.blogspot.com/ for some more fun with Michael Strong stamps!
Please note: this is an international blog hop. Due to different time zones other blogs may not be "live" yet. If that happens please hop on over to another blog and revisit that blog later in the day. Here is a list of the participating blogs:
Michael Strong http://www.blog.strongstamps.com/
Hetty Sanders http://craftchaos.blogspot.com/
Dorley Weitzen http://modernadesignsart.blogspot.com/
Miranda http://miepeke.blogspot.com/
Kathie McGuire http://www.kathiemcguire.blogspot.com/
Bev Allaire http://1922designs.blogspot.com/
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19 comments:
Hello Bev, what a wonderful irisfolded cup of American coffee! I love it, but than I love coffee and irisfolding. Hope one day we will share a real cup. Thanks for playing in the blog hop.
Love this idea Bev! Beautiful colors!!
It's so nice Bev!
Awesome cup of coffee Bev!
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!
great card, bev. like the irisfolding. think i also hop over to the folding-class. thanks for sharing it.
OK Bev - this is gorgeous! A real one of a kind card. Thanks for sharing and giving me inspiration for more iris folding projects!
Wow, what a great card, Bev. Beautiful choice of colors and patterns. Just wonderful!
What a great card! Love the iris folding technique.
Wonderful card. The iris folding is great.
The cup looks awesome in the Iris folding!!!!
BrendaLea A. - Purple Lady
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I just LUV oriental and your oriental stylish cuppa coffee is just awesome Bev.
Washi makes wonderful backgrounds and origami project
Lovely - I'm drinking a cup of tea right now but my cup isn't as pretty as your old-fashioned one :)
Love the Iris folding........very creative idea
Thanks for playing
Love the card. I like your colour scheme and the design.
Wow! I've considered iris folding, but have yet to try it. I just might have to after seeing your card. Thanks.
FABULOUS Card, Bev!! Really enjoying this blog hop with my morning CUPPA :)
Bev, how special... I like Iris Folding. TFS
Dorly Weitzen, Israel
I attended a MS class yesterday and we used iris folding on the interior of the Christmas Tree. This will be loads of fun to try!
love iris folding! Great card.
Sandra ltb
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