Flag Book - Autumn Leaves

Our challenge for our  "Art Of The Fold" November 11th meeting is to create a Flag Book.
I made one from Hedi Kyle's "Art Of The Fold" book in February 2021. So had to make one with a different technique...
Since we're continuing with our goal to use what we have... I raided my off cut orangey & brownish papers... and a piece of a geli print I made.
I cut my accordion 6"h x 12"w from 12 x 12 scrapbook cardstock and folded in 1" increments. I sandwiched the 2 end pieces between the covers cut from the same cardstock and a piece of Elephant Hide paper for added strength.
Cut the inside tabs from scraps in brown and an olive green cardstock scraps. Cut the leaves from one of my geli print papers using Sizzix  BIGZ "Tattered Leaves" die.
Wrote the quote using a Juice Up pen in Blue Rider Typeface style.

 

 

 

Meandering Lotus - Stoneground - Thank You

size: 5"w x 5.25."h x 1/4" thk.
Opens to 38"
I used 2 colors of Elephant Hide paper (white and beige) which creases and folds fabulously and 3pcs of my gelli prints done on Columbia Mills LBS End paper. I Cut them all to 7"sq. It creates pages that are 3.5"sq.
Created the covers from a piece of beige cardstock and a piece of beige Elephant Hide, glued the 2 together for added strength.
Cut a piece of the gelli print paper an 1.5"wide and folded over to create the 3/4"w belt. Glued one end to the front cover then wrapped it around the booklet to create the belt type closure, gluing a little loop to slip the end into.
Wrote out the words "Thank You" in an Art Nouveau style using a brown Juice Up pen. 

 

ECS Env Exchange May 2024 - Betty Locke

Another month of envelopes...

Env: Created a stencil from 2 layers of 110# Staples cardstock and embossed into the Elephant Hide paper. Added a shadow line with a Posca light brown colored pencil. Address done with Juice Up pen.

The gem card was made with some artwork I created a while back... layered onto several colors of cardstock/papers 

Interlocking Accordion - Dreams

The challenge for our next Art Of The Fold Group had us making Interlocking Accordions... I finally made one...
size: 2"w x 6"h
I decided to use beige Elephant Hide paper for the main structure and one of my gelli prints for the interlocking page.

Used a Kuretaki black 3.0 calligraphy pen for the cover and a 3.0 Parallel pen with D'Atramentis Pearlescent ink "Magenta Red - Gold" for the inside text. It bled a touch on the 1st letter...and you can't see the gold sheen on the letters... c'est la vie...

Words: Make your dreams reality.

Interlocking - Pure Insanity

The challenge for our next Art Of The Fold Group had us making Interlocking Accordions... This one is just "Interlocking"
size: 3"w x 6"h
I decided to use beige Elephant Hide paper for the pages and Linen cardstock for the covers.

 

Words 1st inside fold:
If plan "A" doesn't work the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if your in Japan.

Alphabet between 1st and 2nd fold: Unknown font. Mattehope black and red pens..

Words 2nd inside fold: Of all achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous. Frederic Goudy (I know momentous is spelt wrong in the image but has been corrected...)

Alphabet between 2nd and 3rd fold:
Lettering "Anedda Bold" done with a Zig Writer.

Words 3rd inside fold: The English Language is pure insanity... it can hardly spell any word in the language with any degree if certainty. Mark Twain

Scribbled Lives 2023 - Paper - Dr Seuss

This week's challenge was to use paper - something we haven't used before or something laying in our stashes... I choose to use my Elephant hide paper. I have 2 weights and the heavier paper I use for bookbinding, but I haven't used the lighter weight... It's something I was hoarding since it is a bit pricey to just experiment with it... but I bit the bullet and it's beautiful to write on.

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Impossible Box

A friend sent me a diagram for this box structure that really intrigued me... Not very useful but really fun... The diagram didn't have any instructions other than indications of sizes, fold/cut lines. So it took me a bit of time to realize how the top was folded... So I've updated the diagram to include M & V folds which are really important.... 

Click on image for more info on making one and more images etc. Enjoy.

Art of The Fold No 33 - Star Box - Bloom

Art of The Fold No 33 - Star Box - Bloom. As mentioned I wanted a more square type of box... Love this one...

Click on image for more details and dimensions for creating a more square box. Enjoy 

Meandering Lotus Booklet - Be Like The Lotus

Meandering Lotus Booklet - Be Like The Lotus. I came across this structure and was intrigued... so had to try it. I used my Elephant Hide paper (4 different colors) that I recently purchase. It folds and creases fabulously...

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