Mold meeting - part 2

Hello again - here I am back with the photos of the project from Thursday's meeting.

Joanna showed us how to make the telescopic card - I have built it into the programme for Mold II & CSNW - but first I had to learn how to do it myself.  I really enjoyed making this little card.  We actually managed to make two cards - well some of us completed two cards.  The first one we made was the square one which of course can also be orientated as a diamond.  these we cut out based on measurements given to us by Joanna.  Then she gave us the circles already cut out - (spoilt weren't we!) - to make a round one.  Two circles one scalloped in three different sizes.

Here are the photos - they have all been shows opened up - I will try & remember tomorrow to show you one actually folded up which is of course how the person receiving it will first see it.
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Lovely colours to this one & I love that poinsettia stamp with the pattern around it

Santa & snow flakes very festive & the colours work so well

I love the bell on this one & I think quite a few of us went for mono colour

more Santa's - a very jolly one - & more snowflakes (but then we did decide to do Christmas!)

two cute little stockings awaiting Santa

Isn't that robin image lovely - I like the colour again

this has been done in a very delicate lilac & small images - looks stunning

Ah - stars this time & a little more colour.  All styles work so well.

Aah - little mice carol singers

Ah! this is mine - now I would love to say here that putting each part offset above the other was a design idea - but it wasn't.  But it did help highlight that it is necessary to be certain you have things central.  I did place the middle image centrally over the bottom image, but I didn't put the brad centrally.  This meant when the card is opened the square moves over to one side.  So I had great fun trying to do it deliberately for the top image.,

More bells & a lovely Welsh greeting

Little shepherds watching their flock at night

One of the round ones as a work in progress - love the modern stamp style

Another round one with the scalloped back circle highlighted as a surround to the inner circle

He's a rather jolly Santa isn't he - very clean design

so many different styles - that "scribble" bauble is unusual

a cute snowman & use of inks to colour the card that we were given

these three above were made by Joanna & brought along for us to see

as was this one where the telescopic card has been placed as decoration on a card rather than a stand alone card.

The picture below shows the same card with the telescopic card open.

a very clever idea.



One of the ladies commenting at the end of the evening said that she thought it would be a nice idea (especially with the round version) to put that on a card but attach it with a non-permanent adhesive & then after Christmas it could be removed & used as a tree decoration the following year. What a brilliant idea!

So there you are - take a good look & enjoy.

Have a good weekend whatever you are doing, & please take care.