Origami Santas - update

Playing about with stuff on my desk this morning, I’ve found you can fold a small square paper napkin into a Santa. The napkin I used measured 10”x10” and it’s one of the stiffer sort. I’m pretty sure I picked them up in Tesco or maybe Sainsbury’s.

Sue x

ETA In case you missed the original post, it’s here.

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Ali is teasing us today with only a sneak peek of what I know is a fab-u-lous card. Hop to Ali’s blog Alipeep’s Art to see the whole card and to find out how to make it for yourself. :o)
Tomorrow Lou has a lovely Christmas tag for you.
Sue x

Woo hoo! I won!

Those lovely people over at Scrapology chose my page as the winner of their rainbow sketch challenge. Thank you so much. Look at my fab prize from Cardinal Colours! Thank you Jill :o)

Sue x

CCW Christmas Countdown Day 15

Look what Trish has for us today! Pop to her blog Doodles and Swirls to see how to make this fab Christmas notebook.

Tomorrow our Christmas Countdown brings a lovely Christmas card designed by Ali.

Sue x

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Good morning and happy Wednesday. Before I show you my desk I’ll give a shameless plug for a couple of activities going on over at Creative Craft World. We are busy with a daily Christmas Countdown and you can find a festive tutorial every day through November. We’ve also extended the date for our Scrap Map challenge to give everyone a chance to have a go at this manic time if year.

Sorry to hi-jack you. Now on to the real business of this post – to show you my workdesk and here it is on all its glory, buried beneath (some of) yesterday’s shopping haul from a trip with my sister to Gunwharf Quays (thanks for the choccie Advent calendar, Mal. :o)

BTW the white pens are on offer in Paperchase – 3 for 2. They are the Signo uni-ball, broad tips, and I don’t buy any other sort now. At the bottom of the pile on the left is a Tando Christmas Wreath kit waiting for me to decorate for another Countdown project.

Thanks for visiting my workdesk today. You can have a look over a lot more workdesks by visiting What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

Sue x

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o·ri·ga·mi /ˌôrəˈgämē n. pl. o·ri·ga·mis

• 1. The art or process, originating in Japan, of folding paper into shapes representing flowers and birds, for example.
• 2. A decorative object made by folding paper.

[Japanese : ori, to fold + kami, paper.]
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Like all aspects of crafting, origami is addictive … be warned. I only discovered it recently and now seem to be folding bits of paper all the time. I started with the bow you can see on my blog  here and I am aspiring to make some of the beautiful and complicated projects available to learn from internet tutorials. Of course it’s best to ‘start simple’ so, my introduction for you to origami are these cute little Santas which are multiplying around here!


Of the hundreds of origami websites I like Origami Maniacs the best and I can’t make a better tutorial than this one. You can use any thin paper but I have found that purpose-made origami paper is easiest for accurate folding. To make the Santas you need paper that is coloured on one side and white on the other. I bought my paper in Hobbycraft then found it A LOT cheaper in The Works.

We have a family tradition of keeping everyone entertained with games and activities between courses during Christmas lunch – this year I am going to give everyone a sheet of origami paper to make their own Santas. The children will love drawing on the faces even if they are too young to manage the folding.

You could string a line of the Santas to make Christmas bunting, or use them to decorate your Christmas table, or you could help children to make cards with them.

Happy folding!
Sue x

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Today’s Christmas Countdown project from Creative Craft World is this lovely Christmas planner. If you want to see what’s inside and how to make one for yourself go to Lou’s blog All Thing’s Crafty.

Pop in tomorrow when I'll be introducing you to soem easy origami and Trish has a super Christmas Notebook for you on Thursday.

Sue x

CCW Christmas Countdown Day 12

These lovely cello (cello as in cellophane not cello as in the instrument!) treat bags are made for you today by Sarah. See how it’s done on Sarah’s blog Sarah’s Little Snippets.

Tomorrow Lou has a pretty yet useful Christmas Planner for you. 

Sue x

PS Have you checked out the challenges on the CCW blog yet? And have you commented on my tree decs and reindeer noses (page tabs above) to be in with a chance of winning a prize?