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Origami Roses and Flowers: Give that special someone a flowers that never wilts. Of all the origami roses and flowers available, the most loved one is probably the origami roses created by Toshikazu Kawasaki. These roses are difficult to fold and origami enthusiasts have dedicated many pages of texts, photos, videos, and tips on how to fold these amazing origami roses. If you're not an expert paper folder, maybe start with an easier origami flower like the traditional Iris or a simple 4-petal buttonhole flower. Can't seem to get those origami roses to look presentable? Try these easy to make paper napkin roses.

The napkins are preprinted so that you can make perfect paper napkin roses every time. Green stem with choice of white, pink, red, yellow or purple flower. From amazon.com. Books about Origami Flowers Origami Flowers by Soonboke Smith (book review)Blooming Origami by Fumio InoueOrigami Flowers: Popular Blossoms & Creative Bouquets by H HayashiRoses, Origami & Math by Toshikazu Kawasakisee these books in: USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France. Handmade Card Ideas - Card-Making Projects for Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day & Others. {Valentines day} pixelated popup card. I‘ve been scratching my head trying to come up with a card for my hubby {AKA the non-romantic type}. I finally decided to make this pixely popup heart card! They are really minimal (which I love) and take about 20 minutes to make (that includes the card, insert and envelope).

You can even make some pixely confetti to put inside the card (if you are a big kid like me!). Full instructions and printable templates below! (BTW I remember seeing something similar in a popup book years ago. If anyone knows of the book then do let me know!). How to 1. (If you have a cutting machine then see note at end of post!) Cut along the black lines and score the grey lines. 3. 5. 7.

Edited to add: The lovely Kayla from saynotsweetanne has send me a .dfx file of the card which you can use if you have a cutting machine. May Guest DT plus a paper garland tutorial - Screen Prints BLOG. We have a special treat for you this month- our guest DT is Laurie Cinotto! She is an amazing paper designer (among other things)! Her gallery has some really creative projects in there, each one is so unique and different! I love her pinwheels! (she sent some for Hambly to have on display at the New York Stationary Show!

We also used her tutorial to create paper garland for our booth in New York! Here's Laurie's tutorial for the garland... What You’ll Need: Several sheets of coordinating papers (Laurie used an assortment of patterned Hambly papers)A circle craft punch – approximately 2 inches in diameterPaper glueTwo yards of string 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Be sure to see the rest of her projects in her Hambly gallery! Kusudama Tutorial part 1. The Japanese kusudama is a paper ball made out of multiple identical origami shapes glued together. They were traditionally used as a ball for incense or potpourri but now we see them more for decoration or as a gift.

Today I am showing you part 1 on how to make the Japanese traditional shape. There are many different patterns to make a kusudama ball but I find this the easiest pattern to get started. This is also the pattern I used to make the pink flowers on the tree in the banner. What you need for this tutorial is: 60 pieces of paper cut into squares. Below I will show you how to make the basic shape, you need to make 60 of these. Fold the bottom corner to the top. Fold the left and right corners up to the middle corner. Fold the same points down. Open up the flaps you have just created and flatten them. Fold the top triangles towards you so they are level with the edges of the paper. Fold the triangles back using the crease you made earlier and glue the outside triangles together.