Origami Flower Bouquet!

I saw on the Paper Enchantment Blog an origami flower bouquet and I just had to try it! I searched on the web and found directions to make all the flowers except one so I switched it out for another flower. This is my finished bouquet!
I started all of the flowers with 6" square pieces of Designer Series Paper (mostly from the hostess 6" paper assortment!) I got the greenery from the dollar store.
Do not start this unless you are willing to spend some time on it! These folds are tough and take a bit of time!

Here are some close up pictures and the links for the directions to all the folds!



Here is the link for the Lily



Here is the link for the Tulip


Here is the link for the daisy-like flower

If you are looking for more flower options I found a great site with lots of directions, it is just hard to tell what all the flowers will look like, here is the link for that:
A ton of origami flowers

Here is the Paper Enchantment blog where I saw these great flowers!

Chocolate Fortune of Love

This is my little take out container and fortune cookies that I made for the Paper Craft Planet 3D48 'Make it to Go' Challenge. This is the first time I have done one of these so I thought it would be fun.
I used the retired So Many Sayings stamp set for the fortunes and Well Scripted for the heart. I also used Stampin' Up's old take-out container pre-cut boxes but you can get a great take-out template to print out by CLICKING HERE. I used the scallop edge punch, heart punch and the heart sizzlet from the mini catalog for the box.
Here is how I made the fortune cookies:
My circle is 2 1/2"






I even had mini clothes pins to hold them to dry!

Kusudama Flower & Ornament

The whole thing

The close up!

I saw the directions to make this flower and then make the flowers into an ornament this morning. It has taken me all day to do it, but let me tell you, it was worth it! Do not start this project unless you are prepared to spend a long time doing it and to get sticky fingers. That being said, this is beautiful in person. The pictures look nice but don't do it justice. I asked my husband what he thought and he told me, "That looks like it took a really, really long time."
I changed the colors around from the tutorial and added the beads. The pearls are from the pretties kit and the silver ones I had around. To see the tutorial that I used to make the flowers CLICK HERE. To make them into an ornament CLICK HERE. It takes 4 sheets of 12x12 paper to do this. I used 4 double sided papers that were red on one side and white on the other to do this. I folded half one way and the other half opposite to get this look.

Here are the few things that I added:

I strung the pearl on thick string, looped through the silver bead and back through the pearl.


After I glued my folded paper together(check instructions, link above) I added more Tombow adhesive and put the string down the center. Then Iput the rest of the pieces on to make the flower. The Tombow(green double capped glue) leaves your fingers sticky in the end but it dries really quick and holds great. I would suggest it.


Here is one finished flower with the bead.


You get three out of one sheet of 12x12 paper with one 3x3 piece left over. I did 6 flowers of red and 6 of white. The paper I used was red on one side and white on the other.


Here is my army of flowers.


Here are the two halves before I put them together.


I threaded the beads on string for the bottom and looped that through my tied ribbon for the top to hang it. I glued it down the center of one half before I put the two halves together.
Here it is!

Origami Photo Cube or Gift Box with Album

This is a great project to give as a gift for any holiday or a great little album to carry around. The cube is great for a desk at work to show off your photos! All it takes is some creative folding!

The accordion album is approximately 3" x 3" for each square and the gift box is slightly larger so it fits inside. The cube is also made out of the 3" x 3" pieces.

To purchase step by step directions with photos for this project CLICK HERE!