Day 31 - Floral Greeting Card

Day 31 - Floral Greeting Card

A simplistic floral card that will be perfect as a 

thank you or thinking about you card.

This card was created from repurposed material. 

Day 30 - 3 Eyed Bear Origami

Day 30 - 3 Eyed Bear Origami

Found this original origami creation on an obscure

website.  He is part of their Urban Paper Collective.

This guys took lots of folding and gluing on very small edges. 

All in all I think he turned out pretty good.

To make your own:

 http://www.3eyedbear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/3eyedbear.pdf

Day 29 - Mr. Whitesnake Finger Puppet

Day 29 - Mr. Whitesnake Finger Puppet

Today's paper craft is slithering in for  your enjoyment.

A simple entry for an super busy day.

To make your own little snake:

http://www.mrprintables.com/finger-puppets-snakes.html

 

 

Day 28 - Groundhog Day Crown for "The HEAD"

 

Day 28 - Groundhog Day Crown for the HEAD

A new crown for "The HEAD " in honor of

Groundhog's Day on February 2nd. 

 

Day 27 - Go Broncos Superbowl Football Papercraft

Day 27 -Go Broncos Superbowl Football Papercraft

Today's papercraft is a "GO BRONCOS"

puffed/stuffed football in honor of the

upcoming SUPERBOWL.

To make your own and personalize it:

http://www.freeprintable.com/free-printable-name-tags/football-name-tag

Day 26 - The Snorfs "Aiden"

Day 26 - The Snorfs "Aiden"

This origami foldable comes as one is a set of many

friendly home gnomes to brighten your day.

To make your own:

http://www.3eyedbear.com/2012/08/14/the-snorfs/

 

Day 25 - Flowers and Butterflies Greeting Card

Day 25 - Flowers and Butterflies Greeting Card

My first adventure into creating greeting cards using cardstock. 

Pretty simplistic design.  I repurposed an embossed

greeting card by cutting out the raised images. 

Then I added some "bling"to the corners for "pop".

 

Day 24 - Corn Crashos Cereal Box Miniature

Day 24 - Corn Crashos Cereal Box Miniature

Who doesn't love a yummy box of Corn Crashos?

This is a miniature foldable papercraft. 

It even has nutrition information on the side of the box!

To make your own:

www.printmini.com/printables/vose/cerealp.html

Day 23 - Origami Farm House

Day 23 - Origami Farm House

A quick and easy entry for today.

Day 22 - Heart Greeting Card

Day 22 - Heart Greeting Card

My next cute greeting card. 

Not sure who to give this to but 

I'm sure it will find a good home!

To make your own:

http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/heartgreeting.html

Day 21 - Origami Boot

Day 21 - Origami Boot

A fancy sample of what appear to be fairy boots.

This 2" boot was harder to fold than what it looks,

but it is pretty cute.

To make your own:

www.creaselightning.co.uk

(My wireless printer app actually printed this out for me.)

Day 20 - Groovy Smiley Box

Day 20 - Groovy Smiley Box

What better way to start of a MONDAY

then with a box with a smile on it.

Have a GREAT week! 

To make this box:

http://www.donteatthepaste.com/2014/01/smiley-box.html

Day 19 - Stained Glassish Rooster

Day 19 - Stained Glassish Rooster

For anyone who knows me you know that 

I DO NOT like Roosters.  No deep story for the past,

They just creep me out!

However, my good friend Karl LOVES them

so that is what motivated me to make this little guy. 

To make your own follow instructions at

http://sg-patterns.com/slides/Stained%20Glass%20Patterns%20for%20FREE%20015%20Cock.html

Day 18 - Origami Basketball Box

Day 18 - Origami Basketball Box

On tap for today is another folded gift box.

I had my daughter Courtney in mind when I made this one.

To make your own:

http://www.donteatthepaste.com/2013/03/2-printable-basketball-inspired-boxes.html

 

 

Day 17 - Rose Greeting Card

Day 17 - Rose Greeting Card

This simple greeting card template made a beautiful card when

printed out of scrapbook paper.

To create your own:

http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/flowergreeting.html 

Day 16 - Celtic Design

Day 16 - Celtic Design

A little international flavor to todays craft.

This braided paper craft is a little more challenging than it looks.

To make this for yourself:

http://www.funezcrafts.com/Easy-Paper-Crafts-Celtic-Design-12-Circles.html

 

Day 15 - Origami Blue Frog

Day 15 - Origami Blue Frog

This little cutie is just hanging out.

To create him yourself:

www.tammyyee.com/printfrog2.html

Day 14 - Valentine Crown for the HEAD

Day 14 - Valentine Crown for the Head

The "HEAD" was in need of his Valentines attire.

Day 13 - Origami Yapping Crow

Day 13 - Origami Yapping Crow

Todays entry is and EPIC FAIL. 
My friend David said I was successful because
I made myself "yappy"

To  try for yourself
www.Origamiusa.org/diagrams/yapping-crow

Day 12 Origami Swan

Day 12 -Origami Swan

A simplistic swan for today.

To create
Origamiusa.org/diagrams/swan 

Day 11 - Origami Basset Hound

Day 11 - Origami Basset

Who doesn't love a Basset Hound?
Ok, maybe anyone who doesn't like drool!!!

Loving me some doggie! 

Day 10 - Origami Whale

Day 10 - Origami Whale

Off to the sea for today's creation.

Mr. Whale has beached himself for our pleasure.

This is a simplistic folding origami for a busy morning.

If you want to make Mr. Whale:

http://www.origamiwithrachelkatz.com/folding/whale.asp

Day 9 - Origami Giant Panda

Day 9 - Origami Giant Panda

A miniature version of the Giant Panda in all his glory

Learned a couple new folding techniques with this one.

If you want to create this cutie:

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3157/03409/index.html

Day 8 - Paper Doll Mermaid

Day 8 - Paper Doll Mermaid

Today I branched out into a childhood favorite - Paper Dolls!

This lovely lady has shown up as a mermaid.

I have to admit this paper doll was more difficult than I

remember as a childhood.  I'm thinking maybe they were bigger

back then and easier to handle.  Plus better eyesight.

If you want to do these check out:

http://paperthinpersonas.com/

Day 7 - Origami Blue Bird

Day 7 - Origami Blue Bird

Today's bluebird was pretty difficult to get posted
due to problems with Blogger and Internet Explorer.
However, good things come to those who wait.

If you want to make this little cutie go here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacquedavis/3736078147/

Day 6 - Strawberry Foldable Box

 

Day 6 - Strawberry Foldable Box

 

A sweet treat for a frigid Monday morning.

This is a cute little treat box that is doing

the best it can to remind us of warm summer time.

 

If you want to make this cute little strawberry visit:

http://ohhappyday.com/2013/07/strawberry-treat-box-printable/



Day 5 - Origami Cootie Catcher #1

 

Day 5 - Origami Cootie Catcher #1

 

This takes me back to grade school when we made

Cootie Catchers over and over again.

 



Day 4 - Origami Tardis from Dr. Who



Day 4 - Origami Tardis from Dr. Who

 

Today's project is for my son Mitch who is a

HUGE fan of the BBC Dr. Who series.

 

This is the time travel transportation devise called the "Tardis".

If you want to make this or one of many others visit:
http://cyberdrone.deviantart.com
 



Day 3 - Origami Penguin #1

 



Day 3 - Origami Penguin #1

 

Mr. Penguin is waddling himself in to make his 2014 debut.

This was an pretty easy foldable origami project.

 

If you want to make this little guy here are the instructions:



http://www.origami-make.com/traditional-origami-penguin.php

 



Day 2 - Origami Winter Wonderland Box

 

Day 2 - Origami Winter Wonderland Box

 

These adorable little penguins are enjoying the first snow storm

of 2014, just like we did here in Colorado.

 

This was a super

Day 1 - Origami Guinea Pig

Day 1 - Guinea Pig Origami

My first paper craft for 2014 is this adorable little Guinea Pig. 
He is for my daughter Courtney who is the proud
mama to my "Grand-Pig" Casanova!

Big Thanks to Canon for the great patterns.
If you want to make this adorable little creature
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3157/guinea-pig/index.html

365 Days of Paper Crafts Challenge

Today I embark on a 365 day journey.

My goal - 365 Individual Paper Crafts

My reason - To keep my creativity flowing and to prove to myself that I can commit to this goals for a full year.

My commitment - 365 separate pieces of paper craft throughout the course of 2014.  That does not mean every day will have a posting but there will be a total of 365.  I'm realistic - Life Happens!

I'll link back to the original website where I got the instructions.