I finally decided to do an exemplar with all the letters... Love shadow lettering. I have to get a new 2.0 marker, mine is getting tattered on the end...
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the words in alphabetical order... in Shadow Lettering style. Love this style... using the small end of a ZIG Calligraphy marker
words: Adequate, Boredem (I know a spelling mistake... got a have at least one...), Catchall, Drumstick, Eclipse, Funky, Gravity, Hugs, Iconic, Jinx, Kingfish, Lament, Mercy, Nails, Oops, Packed, quartz, Retire, Sushi, Traitor, Universe, Value, Wolf, Xyron, Yikes, Zero.
Size: 6.5"w x 8"h
This is a weird evolved card - bottom image... it started out with the left (top to bottom) piece which was homework for our next Art Of The Fold meeting using double tab accordion. Then I played with one with single tabs (which I like better), both using my geli print paper.
I had set it aside to work on this other structure that sounded interesting... the blue square section which had interlocking and cut sections. I had adhered it to the orangey piece and then said it would make an interesting card... Then I needed something more for the inside, I used my Art Of The Fold homework pieces.
But of course it didn't stand so had to put the bottom frame on it... and a card is nothing without some calligraphy so added the quote with a black ZIG Calligraphy pen and then added the white highlight using a Gelly Roll 08 pen.
Since I had the inside done I needed something for the front... So tore apart and adhered the marbled rice paper piece from eons ago. I had adhered only the right section, but I had a leftover piece so added it to the other side of the front and wrote in the letters for LIFE with the other end on the calligraphy pen.
I don't know when I had such a convoluted way of making a card...
I did a Google search of "Origami" on my website and came up with a bunch of stuff and this structure was one of them which I did in 2015... I said perfect since I only had 4 words for a booklet.
I used scrapbook cream and deep brown cardstock for the pages, covers and inserts
INSTRUCTIONS:
No
glue or adhesive of any kind and no cutting other than to make sure all
your pages are the same size and your links/spine are the right size
My booklet starts out as an 9-7/8" x 6.25" piece of paper and ends up being approx 4.75" x 3.125"
BOOKLET CONSISTS OF:
Covers - 2 sheets
Spine - 1 sheet
Pages - a sheet for each page (my booklet has 3 pages)
Links - same quantity of sheets as number of pages + 1 sheet for the spine.
All
sheets should be the exact same size. Each page in the booklet will
turn out to be 1/4 the size of your sheet. So an 8.5 x 11" sheet will
give you a page size of 4.25”h x 5.5"w links/spine size of 4.25 h x 11” w
- or page size of 5.5”h x 4.25”w and links/spine of 5.5”h x 8.5”w
Note:
Use decorative papers for the covers, spine, pages and external links.
Inner links can be any paper since they are basically hidden.
Fold
(top to bottom) in thirds (doesn’t matter if the thirds are equal as
long as the edges meet) - this will be the height of your booklet. Fold
pages (left to right) of paper so edges meet each other (this will be
the width of your booklet).
Cut
your spine pieces and fold in half and slip into folded page slots -
one side into the right folded page and the other side into the left
folded page.
When all pages are slipped in, use your spine piece to slip into both cover pieces.
It was another one of those days (end of the year) where I just kept creating...
On Strathmore Toned Gray paper drew out the letters using a black ZIG Writer and painted between the letters using a white Prisma colored pencil leaving a slim space between the white and the black.
words: Endure
My Guild's next challenge is "Cowboy Wisdom" and this is my 2nd piece and my favorite... and so true. In my younger days I used to ride a lot... mainly English style but also quite a bit western style as well. I was also honored to ride in EXPO 67 in Montreal in "Le Grand Spectaque" (spelling??)
size: 7.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the outline cowboy style text. The border words were done in a 2 tone style using w/n Burnt Umber on the lower part of the letter and Gold Ochre on the upper part and letting them blend together. For the inner text I dropped water into the letter then the Ochre and blotted the liquid up. I really like the result of this. I added graphite shadow (2B Caran d'Ache) on the inner text.
words: No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
Winston Churchill
And another spinner card... I think I'm addicted to them... You can see an other one HERE
The mechanism is a the black circle scored to create 24 sections and a 1.25" circle in the center, then 7 sections cut away including the small center circle. Accordion folded both ways to make the mechanism very pliable. (the 1st section will be glued to the card base at the end of construction).
I adhered white squares, then a largish hand cut red heart to each, and then punched out white hearts and then the small punched heart which I added glitter to (some like the heart on the front and some just as an outline of a heart. This was mounted to a gold textured cardstock and then onto my white card base.
On the underside of each white base I wrote out a single letter to read "LOVE U BUNCHES with a glittered heart separating the words.
Card was also made with geli print ends and words done in shadow lettering style...
