And, in my very latest video, I just reviewed the specifications for this i7 PC, do check that out too, so you are up to speed on my hardware, including the 3 hard drives I have installed an SSD for Windows, an NVMe M.2 drive for Blue Iris’ new footage and an 8TB Western Digital purple drive for storing footage as a temporary archive. Check out this video on the steps I followed to wipe this machine so it’s running faster with all the garbage from over the last year whipped out. I recently restored this PC back to Windows defaults. With the latest version 5 and, a clean PC, and a handful of optimization tips, performance is about to change. In the past, I’ve struggled first hand with the software’s performance issues, system crashes and coming home to lost footage, error messages and even the blue screen of death. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.For those of you who watch my channel know that I’m a big fan of the video monitoring and recording software Blue Iris. I do need a firm commitment for this fun class and will have a sign-up sheet available at the upcoming stamp camp. As I will need to demonstrate and give verbal instructions, I am giving specific times. The dates for the Iris Folding classes I am offering are Friday October 17th from 3 – 5 PM and 7 – 9 PM, and Saturday October 18th from 10 AM – 12 N and 1 – 3 PM. Ask Judy or Wanda – they will tell you how much fun it is to make these. These cards are beautiful and are easy to make. I took a fine Micron pen and drew my stocking holder and bow up to the mantle top. Real Red card stock and ribbon add to the layered card. A thin gold band also embellishes the top of the Garden Green card. Note the tiny gold stars which were punched from the extra gold foil on the greetings sheet. I picked up some gold holiday greetings at Memories and Beyond in Downers Grove. The washi papers are very thin, pliable and easy to work with. I used brown mulberry paper for the mantle, a red raffia ribbon for the top of the stockings, silver and gold washi foil, red cotton ribbon, and a green pattern washi paper. The second card is titled 3 Christmas Stockings and hang from a 4” mantle. I punched tiny card stock leaves to coordinate with the Iris Folding and mounted the card on Hello Honey variegated DSP, Early Espresso, and Pumpkin Pie. You can make the leaves different, or the same as I did. I can pretend they are flying through the air on a soft autumn breeze! I used Hello Honey and Early Espresso ribbon from Stampin’ Up, and an orange foil as my Iris Folding materials. However, I always forget the leaves are falling and leave them upright. This first card is entitled Falling Leaves. in the future I, however, prefer purchasing them pre-cut and with the pattern. If you are skilled with craft knife cutting, you can make your own cutout. I will be providing your cutout, pattern, and all the materials needed to make a card just like the one sbelow. You just need 1 or 2 good eyes and patience to stick with the pattern.

That’s all it is – cut your material and tape in place, repeat, repeat and repeat. We will tape our pattern face down on the pattern and simply tape our Iris Folding Material to the cutout. Other craft persons doing iris folding create their own patterns.”įor our introduction to Iris Folding, I have chosen two easy seasonal patterns – fall leaves and Christmas stockings hung on the mantel. Iris folding patterns are available from booksellers or as downloadable files made available on Internet web sites. The temporary tape is used to hold the pattern in place while the craft person creates the design. Supplies for iris folding include a pattern, strips of colored paper, permanent transparent tape, cutting tools and a temporary tape such as painters tape. The crafter uses the finished product to decorate the front of a greeting card, as a scrapbook embellishment, to decorate an altered book or a mixed media collage, or in various other ways. Today, crafters use any light weight paper, such as scrapbook paper, origami paper, wrapping paper, the inside of envelopes or pages of magazines. Iris folding originated in Holland, where early craft persons made their designs using patterned paper cut from the inside of envelopes. The center of the design forms an iris - a shape reminiscent of the iris diaphragm of a camera lens. First, a bit of history: “ Iris folding is a paper craft technique that involves folding strips of colored paper in such a way to form a design.

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