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How to Make an Iris Folded Heart:

 

Linda, from Koege in Denmark, made this heart birthday card. She used Mother of Pearl papers in 3 colours for the card. This was her first attempt at an iris folding.
 

Annelie, from Sweden, made this card using the heart pattern.
 

Sasha and her husband Brad, from Peoria Arizona in the US, made this heart card. Sasha designed the card and her husband did the work.
 

Keshet, from Israel, made this heart iris folding card for her husband, Ariel.
 

Barb, from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada just started iris folding with this wedding card. She reduced the pattern on her scanner and used vellum and paper colors similar to bridesmaid dresses. Then she used Dazzling Diamonds with 2 way glue to outline the heart. The paper is Stampin Up card stock.
 

Gretchen, from Arizona USA, completed this heart project.
 

Here is another Anniversary card made using the heart pattern.
 

This greeting card photo was submitted by Lynn, originally from the UK, but now located in Spain.
 

Dee, from Colorado USA, sent in this photo. She made a beautiful Anniversary card using the heart pattern.
 

Jill Hall, from Towlaw County Durham in England, made this heart card with satin ribbon, using the iris folding heart pattern.
 

Kate submitted this iris folding heart project.
 

Anna, from Montréal in Québec, Canada, said she enjoyed making this heart iris folding card.

 

Maggie, from Port Charlotte, Florida in the US, made this card. It was her first attempt at iris folding.
 

Hadas, from Israel, made this heart card using hand colored silk fabric.
 

Faye Ridley, submitted this heart card after learning the craft from her sister.
Safa'a Barhoum, from Amman, Jordan, submitted this heart project.
 

Valerie Smith, from British Columbia, made this project using the heart pattern.
 

Catherine, from Worcester, UK, made this birthday card using the heart template.
 

Shari, from Laguna Woods, CA in the US, made this for heart greeting card for her sister-in-law's birthday. This was her first attempt at iris folding.
 

Linda made this card as a Valentine for her husband. She used pearl beads and inserted them into the finished folds with glue.
 

Judy submitted this heart project idea.
 

Chrissie of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England made this greeting card. It is an A4 card folded in half. She covered the front in a nice lilac paper with little hearts on it, then matted on a pink metallic border. The actual iris folded flower was done on a good quality white card that had a slight tint of lilac flowers in it. Then all it needed was the text peel off.
 

Carol completed these card projects for a swap. The tag on the first card pictured pulls out with a dollar bill folded into a heart inside the pocket. The second picture shows the back of another card.


 

Micha Luz, an 83 year old gentleman from Isreal, completed this heart project with the help of friend, Anat Keidar, also from Isreal.
 

Pam, from Florida, USA, submitted this heart greeting card photo. It shows her first card made using iris folding.
 

Cindy, from northern Maine in the US, made this Anniversary card using the heart template.
 

Nicky Blakeney in the US sent in this picture of the heart card she made.
 

Mahjabeen Dandjee, from Reunion Island in the Indian ocean, submitted this heart iris folding project.
 

Anatasia Pearson, from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, made this wedding card for a friend who absolutely loves animal prints. The three prints match those selected for the bows on her wedding cake. It's difficult to tell but the iris is gold cardstock and there are gold flecks throughout the prints (wrapping paper).
Anat Keidar and Micha Luz, from Isreal, enlarged the heart pattern to fit the size of an A3 page to make these wall decorations for a senior citizen's center.


 

Carol, from Michigan, used the heart pattern to make this greeting card.
 

Donna, from Southhampton, Hampshire in England, used the heart pattern to make this wedding card for a friend.
 

Karen Talbot, from Nova Scotia, Canada, made this heart project.
 

Judith, from Hampshire, UK made this anniversary card for her husband.

Lauren, from Santa Rosa, California in the US, made this heart greeting card.
 

Carol, from Acampo, California in the US, submitted these heart projects showing her first and second attempts at iris folding. She had some extra buttons laying around so used them to decorate the edges of the second heart below.


 

Carol Gartrell, from Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada, created the cover for a wedding album using the the heart template. Instead of paper, ribbon was used for the folding.
 

This greeting card photo was submitted by Donna.
 

Karen Talbot, from Nova Scotia, Canada, used the heart pattern to make this Valentine. She used three different red holographic papers for the folding plus gold holographic paper for the iris.
Carol Gartrell, in Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada, created this wedding card with the heart template.
 

Danesa deChazone, from North Carolina in the US, submitted this heart iris folding project.
 

Betsy Douglas made this iris folded heart. She added glitter around the opening she made for the heart.
 

Del, from Australia, made this Mother's Day card using the free heart pattern.
 

Rush'd Lady, an ordinary American citizen, made this heart, her first iris folded card, using tissue paper. She outlined the heart and card using a silver paint pen. Notice the tiny confetti heart in the center.

Ronni, from New Mexico, used the heart template to make this card for Stampers for Soldiers. The card is stamped on the inside. It will be sent out to a soldier for Valentines, hence the yellow ribbon.
 

Yael, from Israel, sent in the following heart projects.


 

Lisa, from New Jersey in the US, made this card using the heart pattern. She mentioned that this was her first attempt at iris folding and she is now hooked. To make the heart, she used paper that she printed from her computer.
 

Kuki Sandel, from Rishon Letzion, in Israel submitted this heart iris folding project. This was her first iris folding folding project.
 

Alison Sawyer, from Baltimore, Maryland in the US, teaches middle school at a small private school. Each semester, she offers a selection of electives for the students to take for that semester. The options include everything from bridge building and robotics, to madrigal singing and knitting. This year she decided to offer a paper crafts elective. She wrote that she loves working with paper products and wanted to pass some heritage crafts on to younger children. She had a group of 7th grade girls and one other teacher sign up. They started out with iris folding and the girls loved it. Several of them went on to do more projects at home. The first picture below was made by one of the students named Callie and the second one was made by Clara.


 

Pushpa Bakrania, from Northampton in the UK, submitted this photo of an iris folding project she completed using the heart pattern.
 

This photo was sent in by Mary from New York, USA. She stated that this was her first attempt at iris folding.