An Owl in an Iris

Posted in 2012 - A Year Of Learning to Craft, Blog Posts, Cards, July 2012

Hi

My first attempt at making an iris card was to make a card with an owl on it. I chose this as my granny loves owls and I thought I could send it to her.

Iris cards are really easy to make – you just cut an aperture in the front of the card in the shape you want, tape it over a pattern which tells you the order to place the paper strips to make the picture, then put the strips of paper on following the pattern, having folded the edge over first to give a nice crisp edge. And once you’ve finished the iris picture, you cover the back with a blank piece of card to cover your work, then decorate the front to finish! Sounds like a lot of work, but while it’s time-consuming it is easy work.

Hope you like my owl, would love to see any cards you’ve made!

Donna x

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Published by crippledcrafter

Hi! My name's Donna. I've been crafting since I suffered a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in 2007. Stuck in hospital all that year, I started making cards to write letters to relatives in and relieve the boredom. Since then, stuck at home all the time, I've carried on doing that, selling them for charity at Christmas. Now, I want to take my crafting to the next level, and spend 2012 learning a new craft each month. This blog will chart my progress along the way, and hopefully bring some inspiration to some of you too!

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