Showing posts with label Origami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Origami. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 June 2016

Origami heart - with a surprise...

Hello bloggists, welcome to my blog.  I'm so pleased that you came to visit!

I've had a few requests for more origami-based projects - so your wish is my command!

I used to spend hours folding paper when my children were younger;  it was easy to pick up and put down and the materials were easy to find and, most importantly, not messy.   This sweet little folded heart has a secret hidden inside, which I think makes it more fun for the recipient.

I used envelope paper.  Stampin' Up! DSP is excellent quality but it's a bit too heavy for most origami- it's almost light card.  The envelope paper is much better for the job as it's a bit lighter, but still top quality.

The heart itself is a very easy fold - here's the tutorial;



I used my favourite cat stamp too - this one looks like my Mysti when she's shouting at us for something she wants.  (I accidentally put her food bowl where her water bowl normally goes and vice versa the other day and she yelled at the top of her voice until I put it right!)  She puts in the occasional personal appearance in my videos and she may well turn up in my live stream Virtual Workshop on 6 July (7.30 pm BST) - so how about joining me to see if she does (or if the tripod remains upright?)  

Crafty Hugs,

Keren

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Origami Gift Pouch

Hello Bloggists, thank you for visiting my blog.
One of the great things about being a Stampin'Up! Demonstrator is the opportunity to get together with other demos and to learn from each other.  We do love to share what we do and the On Stage conferences are a chance to meet and swap ideas.

At the event in April, one of the people is swapped with was my team-mate Heidi Smith (she has a great blog - please of go and visit her!)  Like me, Heidi loves fancy-fold and action cards and for her swap she made this sweet little origami pouch, which generated some comments when I showed the swaps I got on my YouTube channel.  So I had to find out how it was done, and it turned out to be pretty easy - here's how!
This size uses 6 x 6 inch paper, so it's perfect for using up the Pretty Petals DSP stack (still using up my retiring supplies!)

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and I'll see you again soon!

Crafty Hugs,

Keren