Welcome to week forty four of our Art With Heart 2022-23 Colour Creations blog hop.
This is a weekly blog hop where we showcase the stunning range of Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order over 12 months and this week we are featuring Sahara Sand from the Neutrals family.
Sahara Sand is an extremely versatile neutral that I use all the time, however it is a colour I rarely choose it as the feature colour on a card.
I knew using Designer Series Paper that features Sahara Sand would be a great way to showcase this colour, so I’ve made some origami shirts in two different sizes. These are the three cards I made using the smaller origami shirt.
If you’ve never made these shirts before I urge you to give it a go. Once you have cut your rectangle of DSP to size, here is no die cutting involved – both sizes of origami shirt are made by simply folding the DSP.
I’ve used a combination of the He’s The Man DSP and the Neutrals 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) DSP.
Origami DSP Shirt Card Instructions
Start with a rectangle of DSP measuring 4×6 inches for your origami shirt. Make sure you DON’T do what I did in the images below. Your DSP pattern has to be upside down while you’re scoring and folding the shirt, not the right way up, as you flip the front of the origami shirt up at the end.
I made three different origami shirts using the Neutrals 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) DSP as the patterns looked liked mens shirts. They were then attached to Stampin’ Up! Notecards with a layer of the He’s The Man DSP.
Coordinating die-cut images from the He’s The Man DSP were used for the sentiments on each card. Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots and Enamel Dot Essentials were perfect to use a buttons. The little bow tie is also one of the Coordinating die-cut images from the He’s The Man DSP.
I also made this larger origami shirt that is actually a card and gift holder in one. It uses a 6 x 12 ” piece of DSP and I CASED it from Stampin Savvy, Tammy Beard, following her instructions in a blog and video on her website.
The steps to make the larger origami shirt are basically the same as the smaller origami shirt, however she adds two extra folds at the bottom of the card, allowing it to stand up for display and providing enough room inside the card for a gift card and a handwritten message.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what has made this week!
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Catherine Proctor – you are here!
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We’ll be back next Wednesday, March 22, with projects showcasing Shaded Spruce.
I hope you can join us then.
Oh my goodness, Cath – these are ADORABLE! Great, clear, instructions for making the origami shirts. It looks like you have had a heap of fun creating all these cards (and the gift card holder), out of the different papers that are just perfect for the purpose.
Cathy your cards are fabulous and I will be CASEing them. A fabulous idea and the perfect choice of paper. Thanks so much for sharing the detailed instructions.
Such a great idea and perfect for adding all those cute labels from He’s the Man DSP. Many thanks for the explicit pictorial guide, I think I will be able to follow along step by step.
These are terrific, Catherine. I love how well the two different DSP’s work together – they’re a great combination! Thank you so much for the instructions on how to make the shirts. All of your cards are top notch! Love them!
What great shirts, Cathy. This DSP is perfect as are the selection of embellishments. Like Tina, it took me back to the Hawaiian shirts we did a few years ago too!
Wow Cathy those shirt cards are fabulous and thanks for the in depth instructions. Will have to give them a go.
How adorable are these shirts! Great use of DSP and embellishments from He’s the Man set. Fabulous masculine cards Cathy.
Wow Cathy, I love your Sahara Sand men’s shirts coordinating with the He’s A Man backgrounds and the extra elements. Thank you for the instructions for creating the shirts – I must give it a go. xxx
Great idea for a masculine card Cathy – the He’s the Man DSP is just perfect for these cards.
Oooh, these are soo cool, Cathy! I used this idea with the tropical paper we had years ago to create Hawaiian shirts. I love your versions – Sahara Sand was a great choice for the origami shirts.