Iris Folding Rubber Stamp Instructions by Personal Impressions
Preparing your work area and materials.
1.Apply a length of sticky tape onto your cutting mat and cut width ways into strips using your craft knife.
2.Select your papers from plain to patterned.
3.Cut 3cm strips from these papers (lengthways or widthways), and divide them into separate piles of colours, (A, B, C, or/and D) for 3 or 4 sided designs.
4.Fold strips
Preparing your Iris Folding template
5.Ink your IRIS pattern rubber stamp and stamp the image onto tracing paper (from now this will be referred as your template) For stamping onto a tracing paper use STAZ ON ink pad.
6.Turn the template over so that the numbers are the correct way up.
7.Attach the template to a white plain piece of paper using sticky tape and then onto a cutting mat so it is ready to be used.
8.Once your template is ready it can be used time and time again.
Doing your Iris Folding
9.Lay a piece of selected card down.
10.Stamp the image onto the middle of your card (remember - do not over ink and ensure even pressure)
11.Cut out the area with the numbers
12.Turn your image card with the removed area over and stick on top of your template so that you see the numbers clearly
13.Use double sided tape and stick around the edge of the cut out area.
14.Decide which papers you are going to use where e.g. based on 4-sided pattern.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| PL | PA | PL | PA | PL | PA | PL | PA | PL | PA | PL | PA |
For 3-sided pattern adjust accordingly. PL-plain, PA-pattern
15.Start at number 1 (or if you see letters e.g. A - cover them first), with first strip of paper.
16.Place it over section 1, exactly against the line of the pattern with the folded side towards the centre.
17.Ensure that the strip of paper you are using is face down.
18.Allow about 1cm to stick out both sides and tear the rest away.