Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Teabag Folding


I have a card today that I'm entering into the Tuesday Throwdown #216 which has a theme of "button it up." I did some teabag folding out of some much-loved snippets of retired dsp from Basic Grey. (You can find a tutorial for teabag folding by Googling it) The button in the center was done with a MS button punch in 2 layers for strength to hold the flower together, and I added some neutral twine to the center. The sentiment is from SU! and I hand-cut the banner ends using a hexagon punch.

I'm also sharing this over at the Snippets Playground #145.

Thanks for spending a few minutes of your day with me, I love having you!
Best wishes for a wonderful day!

and now.......back to finish painting the bathroom :)

Carol

13 comments:

Desire Fourie said...

Stunning folding, Carol. Love the button in the middle. Gorgeous colours too.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Di said...

Fantastic teabag folding there Carol - something I've never tried!

Good luck with the painting :)

Hugs

Di xx

Pumpy said...

Lovely card. xx

aussie aNNie said...

Adorable and sweet folds and added goodies..
Don't forget I have candy .xxx
aNNie The Journey is the Start

jimlynn said...

Just beautiful and love your choice of papers on this. Loving that big button too.
Have fun painting!!
Lynn

Jean said...

This is lovely Carol, the papers you used are really pretty and I love the punched button I thought it was a real one.
Jean x

JD/ Jill said...

Very nicely done, Carol. Been a long time since I've tried tea bag folding...brings back memories of my very beginning days of card making.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Good point to mention videos to learn to do teabag folding. I knew a lady who did it a lot teabag folding and I asked her to show me some. She agreed but it turned out that she didn't like to share her knowledge. Crazy stuff. I like the look of teabag folding but don't think of it. Great card.

Brenda said...

Wow, this is a beautiful card Carol! I am loving that teabag folding flower and the button. It looks amazing. Hugs, Brenda

Mrs A. said...

Your button looks so realistic. Great idea to use a hexagon punch on the fin tails too. Hugs Mrs A.

Sarah said...

Beautiful! Love the blues and browns and your folded flower is elegant! Thanks for joining us at My Sheri Crafts!

Jessi Fogan said...

This is so beautiful, Carol!! What a perfect pattern for the folded pieces.

Emily Lauritzen said...

This is gorgeous! Love the fun and unique folds and the cute punched button in the center!!
Thanks so much for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown!!
<3 Emily L. - DT