This blog is about glass. So you may wonder about todays title. I’m introducing some of you to the Tucson Gem Show. It’s sheer madness. It’s not one show, it’s about 30-40 shows that take over Tucson, AZ for about 3 weeks during the end of January through February. You can buy just about anything relating to gems, rocks, minerals and jewelry. So what does this have to do with glass? Well, you have to go over to The Best Bead Show to see. This is the showcase show for glass bead makers. And where you find bead makers you find glass and tools and other goodies related to making glass beads. Oh yeah, there are other shows that have glass bead makers but those shows don’t have Arrow Springs or Frantz Art Glass or Double Helix or Glass Alchemy…it’s one stop shopping for all of your glass needs. Can’t wait to go…
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How to Make a Tri-Fold Spring Bird Card
Add some interest to your card making with a tri-fold design. A tri-fold card has three sections that overlap in a zig zag to create dimension and a little extra interactive element to the design instead of a traditional single fold card. Ilina used new stamps and dies from Hero Arts to create her Tri-fold Spring Birds Card.
The bottom layer of her design is the first flap and it’s got die cut grass, purple flowers and the heat embossed white sentiment, the next layer has different pink flowers and the two birds sitting on a hill, the last layer is the inside of the card with a hedge of greenery where you can add a hand written or stamped sentiment inside. She used markers to add additional color to her images. You can watch her video tutorial over on the Hero Arts blog.
-Heather