Textured ivory double-fold square aperture greetings card 100 mm (3¼ in) square.
Iris folding strips in five clours of your choice.
Adhesive tape
Craft knife
Cutting mat
Metal edged ruler
Method
The design is placed on a layout pattern showing the position of the folded strips of paper.
Select three different coloured or patterned papers that harmonise together.
Fold each strip in half along its length with the patterned side out. It is easier to fold if you score the paper along the fold line first. The back end of a craft knife and a ruler can be used for this.
Lay your Iris folding pattern on your work surface.
Lay your aperture card over the pattern with the wrong side facing towards you. Fix it to your pattern with tape.
Take a folded strip of patterned paper and place it on section 1 of the pattern. The folded edge should be against the line of the pattern. Trim each end of the strip so that about 5 mm overlap the edge of the aperture at either end. Fix the strip to the card with small pieces of adhesive tape at each end.
Select a strip of another colour and fix this in position 2.
Add a third coloured strip in position 3.
Work around the pattern adding the three different strips in sequence until your design is complete.
The small hole left in the middle of the design can be covered with a flat piece of paper in a colour of your choice.
Mount the finished pattern on the front of your greetings card.