| This card had to be ripped quickly. When I read the invitation I thought,"Okay, that's at the end of the month." Later when I double checked I realized it wasn't the END end of the month and in fact I had only a few hours. And there were other matters more pressing than making a card. Of course I could make the card afterwards and mail it but that is not the way I roll. |
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a few notes on the crimp. * The new layer is attached to the right side of central fold at the same distance as the step in the new layer. * The red lines are the positions where the new layer is attached. They are not drawn on the card, they are imaginary lines for demonstration only. (Unless they would be slots, then that is different.) The distance between the two red lines is the same distance as 'content' on the new layer. Glue goes on the tabs, obviously. The new layer is flat with the backing when the card in fully opened, and so is the crimp. The crimp forms only when the card is folded. * The new layer can be any shape and the tabs can be any size. The tabs can be glued on the surface of the card or underneath the card through slots. The tabs can aim outward, as here, or inward. *The tabs can be covered with content and they can have their own crimps at their crease as long as the crimp portion remains unglued. *The second photo shows most clearly the new layer forms a rectangular tube. * This crimp is placed at the corner of the top step up to the new layer * This time the point of the crimp is positioned at the top with the fan of the crimp pointing downward. This creates an upward movement of the arm glued to the crimp. * Had it been reversed it could have been positioned at the extreme edge of the crease in the new layer, but in that case, the extension would move in an arc from the upward position to the downward position and it would look like the man is grabbing flowers rather than presenting flowers. Not altogether bad if you want something to look like it is taking something, or pulling something down. * Only half the crimp can take an extension, either half will work but with a variation in effect. One half of the crimp flips the extension, the other half slides it. * Crimps can be placed anywhere along any of the creases and they could operate in either direction. That's all you're having on crimps. There is much more that can be said about the amazing and marvelous wonders of the crimp mechanism, but this is a very simple, obvious and undisguised crimp here so there is no point in getting into all that here. Even the tabs here are ridiculously overt and oversized without the slightest content to disguise them. |
| I
like the way the flowers are lifted off the page. The
page was trimmed specifically so it would do that dramatically as
possible. The party is an annual thing. My understanding is these cards are saved, so the year is noted. The tendency to elaborate with additional content was resisted. The original idea was to create a whole paper garden on layers but then I thought, "It's a thank-you card, Stupid, keep the thing simple." That had the satisfying advantage of going much faster. The envelope is made to fit from the same stock as the card. It has the individual's name written in hieroglyphics and in English. There is no "from" mentioned. The host will know immediately who left this thing on their table so there is no point for me to mention myself. |
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