Hi there! Laura here! A friend asked me to make a card for her fashion mad 16
year old nephew this week. That got me thinking! Boys!
Fashion....um.......blank! Girls are easy on this subject, with lots of gorgeous
stamps and bling. But boys? Then I thought of something I've never tried before.
Origami! It really must be the oldest craft technique going- around the 6th
centuary I think! S So I had a google and found some instructions on how to make
a shirt. This link http://members.tripod.com/cecilia_liu/shirt.htm gives very
easy instructions (I'm not going to attempt to give any otherwise you will
probably end up with an elephant, hat or crumpled frustrated mess!) However I
have got a few pictues of my second attempt to share along with the card I made
for the friends nephew. After adding a tie and brad tie pin,I can see a fathers
day card in the making!
Brilliant! You have just saved me a job searching for this very thing! I am going to run a Cub Father's Day card making session and I wanted to make just this very thing with them! Thank you so much! Not sure the Cubs efforts will be quite as brilliant as yours...!
Posted by: Gabrielle | May 11, 2012 at 09:28 AM
Lol- glad to be of service! Xx
Posted by: Laura | May 11, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Fab card. I once saw an origami shirt on a card made from a £20 note! That was ages ago and I new knew how to fold it. Thanks for the link :)
Posted by: Mandy | May 11, 2012 at 11:42 PM
It is a fab idea for male cards...You could even bling it up add a beaded necklace & flower & or lace for a female too :)
Posted by: jayne | May 14, 2012 at 09:17 AM
Oh yes I've made these before too, great for mens cards.
Hugs Erika.
Posted by: Erika | May 14, 2012 at 05:34 PM
I am sopleased you posted this. I made one of these years ago that someone showed me and could never do it again.
Yours is fab and easy to follow Thank you
Posted by: Scrapdolly | May 19, 2012 at 07:58 PM