Voila! Here is the Joy Fold card I will be showing my creative crew at my next workshop benefiting the Southern Ontario Animal Rescue (SOAR). A Joy Fold card is somewhat like a card within a card. Sometimes it's just fun to have a different kind of fold. It certainly makes your cards stand out more!
This card features a polar bear stamp by C.C. Designs and a die cut snowflake by Boss Kut.
I used a beautiful foil paper by SEI. I'm not sure if it shows well in the photo.
I used a sentiment stamp from Little Paper Shop on the inside. I really like this sentiment. It's one of my winter favourites. It reads: "Snowflakes are the flowers of winter."
With such a lovely sentiment, I decided I would try my hand at a paper quilled snowflake. I've never tried one before. The required symmetry has always put me off. I know that I am not good at making uniform shapes with quilling. I didn't plan it out. I had an idea in my head and just went at it.
This was the result:
Borrowing some gamer lingo, this result is what I would call an EPIC FAIL! The circles were easy, but the delicate swirls are a complete disaster.
I decided to make a second attempt. I made it bigger, too, in hopes of reducing the mangling that happened when I handled the pieces. This time, I assembled all the parts first and then attached them to the centering anchor. First, I made the circles, some snowshoe shapes and some hearts.
Then, I put the circles in the snowshoes and then I put the snowshoes inside the hearts. Lastly, I attached the hearts to the centre.
It's still lopsided, but better. It took me a long time to make it too! I guess practice makes perfect. While it is far from perfect, it was good enough to try it on my card. (It's actually a little too big, but good enough!)
I will have to keep trying to get better. My next experiment, I will replace the hearts with two tear drops. The circle and snowshoe is really an eyeball shape. *sigh* We'll see! Maybe in my trials I'll hit on something that is easier but still looks complicated. (One can hope!)
This card features a polar bear stamp by C.C. Designs and a die cut snowflake by Boss Kut.
I used a beautiful foil paper by SEI. I'm not sure if it shows well in the photo.
I used a sentiment stamp from Little Paper Shop on the inside. I really like this sentiment. It's one of my winter favourites. It reads: "Snowflakes are the flowers of winter."
With such a lovely sentiment, I decided I would try my hand at a paper quilled snowflake. I've never tried one before. The required symmetry has always put me off. I know that I am not good at making uniform shapes with quilling. I didn't plan it out. I had an idea in my head and just went at it.
This was the result:
Borrowing some gamer lingo, this result is what I would call an EPIC FAIL! The circles were easy, but the delicate swirls are a complete disaster.
I decided to make a second attempt. I made it bigger, too, in hopes of reducing the mangling that happened when I handled the pieces. This time, I assembled all the parts first and then attached them to the centering anchor. First, I made the circles, some snowshoe shapes and some hearts.
Then, I put the circles in the snowshoes and then I put the snowshoes inside the hearts. Lastly, I attached the hearts to the centre.
It's still lopsided, but better. It took me a long time to make it too! I guess practice makes perfect. While it is far from perfect, it was good enough to try it on my card. (It's actually a little too big, but good enough!)
I will have to keep trying to get better. My next experiment, I will replace the hearts with two tear drops. The circle and snowshoe is really an eyeball shape. *sigh* We'll see! Maybe in my trials I'll hit on something that is easier but still looks complicated. (One can hope!)
glad you kept trying and didnt give up, snowflakes can be a little tough, but you ended up with a good one, great job, I've made a few and its hard to get the shapes all the same ,just have fun quilling!!!
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I think you did great for a first try and agree with Paula - snowflakes aren't easy in the beginning. Cute card!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is sooo cute! I love the snowflake, I think it's perfect :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card! Hmmm flowers of winter you say, wow you should see how great my garden is growing right now up north where I live. LOL!
ReplyDeleteYour card is adorable.
ReplyDeleteYour snowflake looks stunning. I think you are being to hard on yourself.