Welcome!! Hopefully you have arrived here from Heidi's blog, if not then I'm sure you are missing out on something awesome!! So, just click on the Holiday Blog Hop banner above, and start from the beginning of our Hop! I'm sure you are all looking forward to trying out the latest & greatest goodies from Stampin' Up's holiday catalog, and we are here to tempt you further!
I'm really in love with all the beautiful papers in this year's catalog!!! So my designs are going to feature the newest papers, with an older technique - tea bag folding! What's that???
Tea bag folding is a kind of origami
that was developed late in the 20th Century in Holland. Origami itself
is a Japanese art of paper folding that dates back to antiquity.
However, it has become a popular craft in many places around the world
and has given rise to new designs and trends such as tea bag folding.
Tea bag
folding was developed by a Dutch woman named Tiny van der Plas. She had
been practicing origami for quite some time before she came up with
this technique. The story goes that she was sitting at home one day
having a cup of tea when she realized that she'd forgotten to get a
birthday card for her sister. As she sat there, she began fiddling with
the small paper envelope that her tea bag had come in. This gave her an
idea for a new kind of origami.
This new kind of origami that Ms. van der Plas developed is made by using small square pieces of paper, like the packets that tea bags come in, and folding them in such a way as to create a three-dimensional interlocking design. Following the history of how this kind of origami was invented, tea bag folding is often used to create embellishments for greeting cards. They are also sometimes used to affix to gifts and certificates of achievement. They can also be used to embellish pages of scrapbooks and photo albums.
Pretty cool, huh?
Project #1
Recipe:
Stamps: Christmas Messages
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Season of Style DSP paper pack
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Circle framelits, vintage faceted buttons, large pearl, mini glue dots, decorative label punch, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, dimensionals
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Project #2
Recipe:
Stamps: none
Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Silver Glimmer Paper, Silver Foil paper, Winter Frost DSP paper pack
Ink: none
Accessories: Bitty star punch, Expressions framelit, polka dot embossing folder, dimensionals, mini glue dots, Tombow multi adhesive
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Project #3
If you've seen the catalog already, you must have seen the gorgeous new Festive Flurries stamp set and matching framelits. Soooo yummy!!! And
everyone is making the most gorgeous ornaments with them. Including me,
lol! But I wanted to show something a bit different, so I again used a
tea bag folding technique
to show off the Winter Frost paper, while making a beautiful, sparkling
ornament. Did you notice the new rhinestone embellishment in the
center? And the super sparkly, silver ribbon? Both are new, and only
available while supplies last in the Holiday catalog!!! (So get 'em
while you can!) To see a video making this fold, you can view it here.
Stamps: Festive Flurries
Paper: Pool Party, Silver glimmer paper, Winter Frost DSP paper pack
Ink: Illuminate inkpad
Accessories: 1/8" silver ribbon, Frosted Finishes embellishment, mini glue dots, Tombow multi adhesive
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Have fun!!!
25 comments:
Those are awesome cards with an interesting twist. I've never done tea bag folding before. Will have to try it. Love the cards.
Great projects Jeannie. I've tried tea bag folding - my fingers don't work well enough to do it but I love the look!
Wow! Your projects are aMAZing. I'm never precise enough to make that sort of thing work. Ha. I really love what you did with the papers!
Very intersting cards, have to ty this. Thanks!
Jeanne, I love the way you've used folding in all your projects. I am definitely going to use your videos as a tutorial to try to make some of these myself. I can't say which one I like most because they're all wonderful in their own way. Well, maybe the tree. Just because I love those colours. Or not...maybe I love them all equally. They're awesome! Thanks so much for sharing this great new technique.
awesome projects, Jeannie!! My favorite is the ornament. I'll have to learn the tea bag folding. We miss you over at SC!
Jeanne, I'm blown away by your amazing paper-folding! I'm definitely going to watch your video, and see if don't make too much of a mess! So glad you're part of this Hop :)
Love your Christmas cards, blue one is my fav!
Those folds are truly amazing! Oh my I reslly want to try that. You have a video on it? Can you say "bookmark"? Saving this for later. Super, super, super!
Wow!
Great projects!
I didn't do the blog hop!
I know, I'm a slackard!
I'm tempted though cause your stuff is so great!
Your folding is fabulous!
Great folding projects Jeanie - especially the Christmas Tree and the Hanging Ornament - very pretty! I've never tried this technique but I've added it to my list to give it a go! hugs Mary x
I love these cards, Jeannie! You will have to teach me how to do that!
Love the cards! I've seen this technique but have yet to try it. I think after looking at your creations I'll be doing that soon :)
Misty
i ♥ ALL of your beautiful projects (as always!) and especially appreciate the video links and history "lesson" :) Thanks!
I want to CASE all 3 of these for my stamp camp next week, but my customers will freak if I do more than one folding project, so now I have to decide. Sigh.
I am going to check out all 3 videos and maybe decorate for Christmas this year. I haven't decorated in years and years.
That Christmas tree one is really cool!
I assume the color is "Winter Frost" - someday maybe we will see a color like Konik Pinaceae Cedrus
Those are just so pretty! You are so clever. Love both the cards and the ornament, too. Yes, pretty new papers and colors. :)
My sister and I had a go at the hanging decoration - ours didn't look anything like yours but we had fun making them - it's on my blog (playing with ribbon)
I DO enjoy your projects! Keep 'em coming. I look forward to seeing many more...thanks for sharing the videos as well.
What fun projects! TFS
hi jeannie, i absolutely love the designs you shared & especially the technique! i have done origami but hadn't heard of the tea bag folding. can't wait to come back & view your videos!
thanks for the inspiration ~ smiles, karen ;-)
All gorgeous! It's a few years since I did any teabag folding, so will refresh my memory with your videos, and maybe CASE your lovely work for my Christmas classes. Thanks so much
Oops! I didn't mean to be "unknown"; I always seem to have trouble leaving comments on blogger blogs! Jan McAnulty
What great cards! Love them!
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