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

In miniature

Hello bloggers!  

One of the fun things about being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is the training you get to help you make the most of the products you can get from SU.  The minute you join, you have access to training materials, videos and webinars to support you and share ideas, and you also get an advance look at the new catalogues and supplements before they are available to everyone else (good deal, eh?)

Anyway, the Autumn/Winter catalogue opens for business at the beginning of September, so that means that we Demonstrators got a sneaky peek of what's coming at a online-streamed Launch event,  which is where I saw the tiny card and envelope demonstrated.(and we also get the chance to place our orders so that we could play with the goodies  become familiar with the products).  

The finished card is 2" by 2" so you'd get quite a few of them out of a piece of A4 yardstick.  The DSP on the front of the card is from our Pretty Petals stack,  and so is the envelope.  You can make the envelope (using the Envelope Punch Board)  and the card from one sheet of 6" by 6" paper and still have some paper left over.  It would make a super gift card (Christmas is coming!) or a sweet little "Thinking of You" note for a loved one.

To make the envelope, you need a piece of paper 3 3/4" square.  Punch and score at the 1 7/8" mark on the Envelope Punch Board on all four sides.  Super-simple and a great way of using up small pieces of card and paper.

Anyway, that's it for now.  Please do come back another time, when I'll be sharing another project.  Oh, and if you'd like to know more about becoming a Demonstrator and having access to all the advantages and benefits of being part of the team, please get in touch - I'd be happy to help!

Crafty Hugs,

Keren