As Polly let us know that photography is one of Priscilla's interests (mine too!), I couldn't resist making a Mechanical Iris for this week's TPT She's the Cat's Meow challenge. To see the view through the "camera lens", you'll have to visit my post on the challenge thread - the thread is HERE.
I followed the tutorial, printing the pdf on white copy paper and using it as a template to cut out the aperture mechanism. I found that the sizes for the circles in the template didn't exactly match my dies/punches of those sizes, but I was able to get it to work with a little playing around.
For the two square panels I raided my scrap box and used a stencil monoprint using? and TCW stencil. Next layer is watercoloured tissue paper with gold embossing, matted on black.
Cat is part of a Katzelkraft stamp, on a random piece of blue background, with bokeh stamped in using a pencil eraser. Smile is FLCC.
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GMT Views: 1483
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50761
Wed, Jun 20, 2018 @ 4:55 AM
Sabrina...this is genius!! I love it! It's so cute and clever and your card is very artistic. She's going to love this from one photographer to another!
Registered: February 13, 2005 Location: Southern Ontario Posts: 26259
Wed, Jun 20, 2018 @ 6:55 AM
Oh my Sabrina...this is absolutely fantastic!!! Love the colour and your techniques but that camera lens is the best ever! Priscilla is going to be 'WOWED' by this beauty.
Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Wed, Jun 20, 2018 @ 12:50 PM
Oh my gosh, Sabrina!! Priscilla will LOVE this card! It is remarkable with the cat behind the iris! The tissue paper background is beautiful!! Love it!
Registered: May 12, 2016 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 8485
Wed, Jun 20, 2018 @ 3:15 PM
Sabrina, I agree will Polly... genius idea and oh so perfect for Priscilla! What a fun interactive card to bring smiles galore! Love your tissue paper bg and those flowers are too cute!!
Love it all!
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Wed, Jun 20, 2018 @ 5:33 PM
What a crazy cool interactive card to make for photography buff Priscilla. She is going to flip when she finds the cat image behind the camera iris. Fun! I am so impressed with all the techniques you put into this one incredible card, and I know Priscilla will be equally impressed- and thrilled. ~Karen.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28964
Thu, Jun 21, 2018 @ 6:55 AM
How cute - love your handmade camera - so cute!! Priscilla will get a kick out of this!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6