July Workshop Paper Folding

[Marzipan]

Paper Folding your all thinking well yes,

Firstly let me warn you, that you will either need 2 Sheets of A4 or 1 Sheet of 12x12 paper for this and unless you want two white triangles at the front you will want it to be double sided too.

Right to start with you need 8 pieces of 3x3 inch square paper

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Now if you have patterened paper decide which is going to be your front piece and put this side down onto your craft mat

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next fold this square in half from top to bottom

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turn your piece of paper over so the front is facing you and fold it from corner to corner

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then open it out and fold the other corners together

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when you open out your piece of paper it should look like this

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now do you see how it wants to fold in on itself

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let it do so and it should look like this


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next fold the top piece of the triangle into the middle

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and then do it on the other side as well

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do this a few more time till you have folded all your pieced of paper, you can now start to slot them together

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once they are all slotted together they look like this

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now depending on what size square you started off with you can use it as a tag

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this was 4x4 inch

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or you can make it into a card

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this was the 3x3 inch on a A4 sheet of card folded in half

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now these stars can be used for all kinds of card birthday wedding and i even used one on a Christmas card because its never to early to think of christams cards!!!

I hope that you have managed to follow this workshop if not please let me know and i will try and help.

[Julie]

Brilliant Michelle, I love it !!

[Marzipan]

thank you Julie

[Jeanette]

Fabulous Marzy, thanks for sharing this with us

[Anne]

That's really pretty, Michelle. Thanks. :)

[Marzipan]

your welcome Jeanette

[Marzipan]

thank you Anne

[Phree]

Very nice marzi. I like teabag folding tho I don't do it very often.

[Marzipan]

It can give nice effects cant it Phree

[Winspiration]

That's great, Michelle - thank you! I got the Christmas card as my Secret Santa, I think?

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[Dips]

Super workshop, Marzipan, and very nice hand modelling! Thank you so much.

[Pam]

Great workshop Marzipan. Looks pretty.

[Marzipan]

yes you got my secret santa card wins

[Marzipan]

thank you dips sorry about my nails they are on a breaking spree lately

[Marzipan]

thank you pam

[icebubble]

Never tried that technique Marzi but it's really effective and will have to give it a go sometime. Great workshop thanks.

[Marzipan]

it doesnt take as long as you think it might once you have your first square done as well. thank you lesley

[LorraineJ]

What a simple but effective idea, looks lovely, very clearly explained.

[Rainbowwand]

Wonderful workshop, thanks Marzipan :D

[Marzipan]

What a simple but effective idea, looks lovely, very clearly explained.
thank you Lorraine

[Marzipan]

thank you RW

[artysam]

Never tried it before but will certainly have a go now.
thanks.
xxx

[Rentochops]

Yes that was really good and clear, I've always been put off teabag folding cos it looked fiddly, but I'll def have a go now (and I have so much 12 x 12 paper it needs to go)!:D

[Marzipan]

Never tried it before but will certainly have a go now.
thanks.
xxx
thank you artysam

[Marzipan]

Yes that was really good and clear, I've always been put off teabag folding cos it looked fiddly, but I'll def have a go now (and I have so much 12 x 12 paper it needs to go)!:D
thank you ROC, it uses up nearly a whole sheet of 12x12 so if your really good you can throw the 'waste' into the bin lol

[pyjama princess]

That's one of the first teabag folds I learnt. But I've never seen a teabag folding demo so clearly explained.
Well done Marzipan. :)

[Marzipan]

thank you pyjama princess

[Sandra]

Great workshop! Thank you!!

[Bloomin' Myrtle]

Thanks for the workshop. It's very clear xxx

[Little Jan]

OH my next time I go to dye my hair I'm going for blond:mysmilie_493:
I will admit that I don't read all the posts on C.T as I don't normally have the time, so just skim through, well up till now I always thought the workshop section was outside workshops, ie visits to crafty demos, but today as :mysmilie_490:I thougt I'd have look and now realise its crafty demos from our crafty members boy dumb or what:mysmilie_854:

Great demo by the way Marzipan, if i'd been on the ball Claire could have used that demo for her class at Christmas,
Right I'm off to hide under a pile of spellbinders, It may be some time before I dare to show my face again