I bought a pack of paper at the Dollar Tree discount store and one of the patterns looked like little silvergrey teabag tiles, so I cut a sheet up and had a play?
A few more Christmas cards
Great cards Karen....I really like the green card with the teabag squares folded. It's gorgeous. TFS Take care, Marilyn
I finally had a chance to look at all the Xmas cards you've been making... I really like that each is different. You have an amazing imagination! I love what you did with the folding on the 2nd tea bag card.
M-C
I've found some nice things at DollarTree lately too.
Your cards turned out very nice. I like that you recycle some too.
Lynne
I really love all the cards you've made. You're doing fantastic with them!
Karen, I love that they are all different! The teabag folded one is beautiful!
OOh after looking at all these cards I am inspired and I wanna play with my stuff! LOL
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That tbag fold is really simple... I always thought they were more complicated than that until I saw somebody else's instructions. (some of them ARE much more complicated origami... but this is about as basic as you can get.)
- Cut eight squares of paper with the same picture/pattern on them.
- Fold the piece in half in the direction you want to be vertical, to make a crease line.
- Open it out and fold it in half in the opposite direction, then open it out again.
- Fold two corners in to the center for the top points.
- Fold the bottom two corners into the center as well.
- Fold the bottom two corners in half again, like you were making a paper aeroplane. This is your basic 'kite' shape for your piece.
- Fold seven more squares the same as the first :)
- Open out the final fold on ONE SIDE of each tile, then glue the tiles together in a circle so they overlap. Glue the folded side of one on top of the unfolded side of the next and so on.
- Decorate the center of your tile however you want... I used a small sticker raised up on a popdot.
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