Jacob's Ladder Card / Tipnique Tuesday

Tipnique Tuesday is here again and this week I have an interactive card for you that I learnt sitting on a train with other paper arts ladies many years ago. Again it was one my children loved :o). I have a house full of visitors so I do apologize as I can't get in my art room to actually decorate the sample but this is a fun card based on the Jacob's Ladder where parts bend over other parts to reveal different areas.

                              MATERIALS

•  Two pieces of card stock.of choice. I have used red (25cmx14cm) and white (15x14cm) for contrast so you can see easily what I am doing.
• Ruler, pencil, rubber, bone folder, craft knife and craft mat
• Stamps of choice

                            HOW TOO
1) On white card stock have the 15cm sides at top and bottom. Measure and mark across top and bottom at 5cm intervals. Draw a soft line with a pencil. I have used a black marker so you can see what I am doing.

2) Use the ruler and craft knife and cut along the marked lines

3) On each panel trim a further few mm off one long edge

4) Place red card in landscape position. Measure and mark a dot along the top and bottom edges at 5cm intervals. Use bone folder and run it down from each dot at top and bottom. Rub out dots.

5) Concertina fold the red card and use the bone folder to press each fold.

6) Flatten the red card out again. On first line and on last measure and mark a dot at the half way mark. In this case its at 7cm and then half way between this above and below that mark (3.5cm and 10.5cm from the top line). Use the craft knife and cut three lines from the first line at left to the last line at right at the marked dots (3.5cm, 7cm and 10.5cms).

7) Start to weave the white panels you made thru the cut lines under and over as shown till all three panels are in place.

Decorate the card. on all parts showing in the woven areas. Use stamps etc or images that fit in each red or white area and that don't overlap. Decorate front and back! As I said I can't get in my art room to decorate mine so use your imagination :o). Now fold the card up and something like magic happens...the bent areas start to pop open...look at the left hand side below...

This effect happens at the front and the back. Different areas fold out at different times. Hidden ares get revealed and hidden again!!

You don't have to use three panels you can use two like below.

Have fun! If your panels are larger make the "red" card 5 times that length (for three panel cards and 4 times the length for two panel cards)

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Annette In Oz

My new website is live!

I have wanted to do this for a long while but lacked the money and the self belief that my jewellery was good enough to do so but here it is at last....my new website to sell my hand made jewellery from!
http://www.annettesartalchemy.com/
Please drop on by and let me know if it looks Ok and loads OK.
A HUGE thank you to Jen Crossley who taught me so much and so well in how to make jewellery and etch metal etc.Jen has guided me along my jewellery making journey with love and support. Jen you are amazing and there is NOBODY like you :o).
Another HUGE thanks also need to go to Bevela Ross whom built the site for me and did all the photography. I think she did an amazing job and the4 site is so me...but then I may be a little biased LOL.

I also have a new Facebook page just for the website where I'll share web site new uploads, new tutorials and news from here
https://www.facebook.com/AnnettesArtAlchemy?fref=ts
Hubby left early this am for another 28 days away. I have some visitors here for the next few days but after that I hope to get some new steam punk puffy hearts made so stay tuned. Thank everyone for your love, envouragement and support :o)
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Annette In Oz

WOYWW 214

It's Wednesday again and time for artists all over the World to share what is on their work desk for What's On Your Work desk Wednesday-WOYWW. If you would like to join in or read about this please for to Julia's blog here. This week there isn't much change to last week as hubby has been home for his 9 days off and we have been sharing some much needed time together. He flies out again this Friday and will be away for another 28 days. As we hope to move interstate at the end of the year we are trying to go to some of our fav spots here when he has his 9 days home time. I'll pop some shots of the desk up first and the progress I made on the puffy steam punk heart till Grant arrived last Thursday. Under those shots will be some photos of a little trip we did while Grant was home this time. At the end I'll share why my jewellery went away for photos as well!

Where I am up too so far with the steam punk puffy heart :o)

Some mail that arrived from Retro Cafe art...I so love that shop!!

Some wildlife and nature shots from our little trip to Victoria River and Timber Creek. There were these gorgeous metallic looking beetles on a night spotting walk to Joe creek which is near Victoria River Roadhouse where we stayed (approx 500kms from our home).

 Aboriginal rock art at Joe Creek

and a cute little frog.

The next day we went to Timber Creek (600kms from home) and did a river cruise where we saw salt water crocodiles...

This one has had enough to eat I would say!!

We also saw birds... 2 Jabiru stalks and a freshie crocodile at their feet!

birds on the wing as the boat passed by

 A beautiful sea eagle

Whistling kite

Lovely scenerey

Whistling kite nest

and a beautiful goanna.

Here is my jewellery back after its photographic session

The reason my jewellery went away is I'm soon to announce the opening of my own web site where I shall sell my hand made jewellery. The site has been made for me by Bevlea Ross who does amazing website work. It's live now but I wont share the link yet as I need to check out all the details and make sure its all tweeked and then I shall shout it out. I'm so excited about it!!

hugs

Annette In Oz

Diamond Fold Pop Up Card How Too / Tipnique Tuesday

Yeh hubby is here for his 9 days off . Gosh I miss that man. Regardless Tuesday is here again. This weeks card tutorial is similar to last weeks and in fact I had then back to back in my old paper crafts tips and techniques book. This creates a diamond shape in the centre with a type of concertina fold on each side. I'm away and this will be a scheduled post so I'll add a video from Youtube (not my own video) so you can see and a step by step in person plus samples.

                                              DIAMOND FOLD POP UP CARD

SUPPLIES

• Card stock. This time you need the long edges to be three times the measurement of the short end. Mine was 9cm by 27cm. Its the same whether you use inches or cms eg; 4x12inches
• Ruler, rubber, pencil, craft knife, bone folder and craft mat.
• Stamps/images and papers of choice.

HOW TOO

1) Have card stock in the landscape position. Lightly mark a dot at the centre point.

 2) Bend bottom edges up so that they align along the centre marks and crease the fold with your bone folder. Open it back up.

3) Bend top edges down so that they align along the centre marks and crease the fold with your bone folder.

Open it back out to look like this

4) Now turn it over bend each end into meet the point where the two lines of the "X" intersect.

5) While the ends are still folded forward, fold the edges in again to the centre mark on your card stock.

Unfold it to look like this.  Rub out any pencil marks

 6) Gently fold the the sides in on themselves over centre diamond. Turn it to the front and the diamond pops up. Decorate as desired. It will fold flat down for posting.

Here is a video I found on Youtube of one being made by Chris Walker :o)



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Annette In Oz

Whats On Your Workbench Wednesday (WOYWW)

I'm in the middle of doing an on line workshop at Artful Gatherings 2013 and nearly forgot it was Wednesday...the day to share what is on my work bench and to see what is on others work benches from arty folk all over the World. If you would like to know more about WOYWW or join in go to Julia's blog here So here is my VERY messy desk today...

At lower left and back there is some mail that has arrived in the form of Stephanie Rubiano's amazing art. I bought an ipad cover called "I Rock" . Click on her name to go and have a look at her shop!!

As I was Stephanie's first international buyer she kindly sent me some cards, a magnet and some stickers with more of her gorgeous art on them all!!

The little note she sent me

Under the Uni Pin drawing pens and pencils is a drawing I did a few days ago from a magazine image

On an easel to my right is the drawing I did a few weeks back but I have now corrected the nose and mouth

On my right of the desk I'm making another etched copper puffy steam punk heart. My jewellers saw is at the left and I'm about to cut down a bit of brass tubing to make a spacer to add a cog under the propeller so the cog and propeller are able to spin freely from each other

Behind my desk is the spare bed and its covered in ALL my embellishments. It saves me having to look thru everything each time to find what I want to use when I'm in steam punk mode. Usually all of this is neatly stacked away in a cupboard at my right :o).

and lastly on my chair is Scoot our cat!

I know I said I would share why my jewellery was sent away for photos last week, this week but it's still not ready so that will have to wait. HHHMMMmm looking at all the chaos on my desk me thinks I had better tidy up! Off to look at others desks first though

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Annette In Oz