Origami Box with Gelli Prints - Creative Team Thursday with Marit Barentsen

Whenever I play with my gelli plate I come out with a whole stack of 'backgrounds.'  I use one or two of those prints for a project that started the 'gelli session' in the first place, but I keep all the leftover paper in a file. The stack grows and grows...

  

My mum once taught me how to fold a paper box with a lid (origami) and so I came up with this little project to fold a box from the leftover backgrounds and film the process to teach you how to do it.

It's a quick and easy way to make good use of old backgrounds (or any other paper for that matter) and a hand fold paper box makes a lovely and personal wrapping to put a small present in, to give to someone on a birthday.

With Easter coming up, you can also fold some boxes and fill them with chocolate eggs or other candy. You can make a whole bunch of boxes, from very small ones (to put one piece of chocolate in) to bigger ones... don't you think that will look good on a decorated Easter table?!

So here's a video on how to fold an origami paper box with a lid, have fun!

The used gelli prints were made with these stencils:

·         Circles& Squares

·         Dots &Dashes

Happy Easter!

Marit

Marit Barentsen is a passionate art journaler, mixed media artist, art instructor and creative writer from the Netherlands. Marit inherited a passion for words from her mother, who is a writer. Her father taught her to not only “look “ but also “see.”  That combination led Marit to become an art teacher and her art always showed images and words. After art school, she worked as a graphic designer. Years later, she re-discovered the  combination of words and images in art journaling and her art took flight.  Marit's art has been published in various magazines and art books. 

Find Marit on her website, Facebook page, and  blog.

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THANK YOU MARIT for an awesome post! 

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FUNKY LAYOUT WITH STENCIL & STAMP Creative Team Thursday with Marit Barentsen

I don’t care a lot for holidays. Easter, my birthday, "(Dutch) Sinterklaas"… I don’t pay much attention to it and I don’t celebrate. Even Christmas used to go by like any other day – but that changed in 2009 when I started my "Top 2000 Creative and Musical blog party."

The "top 2000" is a big, annual event in the Netherlands on radio and television. From Christmas right to the New Year, the radio in the Netherlands presents the 2000 favorite songs of the listeners. One week, 24 hours a day: a musical marathon.

In the slipstream of the broadcasting I decided to create something inspired by a song from the list, every day during the time 'the list' was on the radio, and publish it on my blog daily. In no-time, many of my followers joined me and the party was born. And the really fun thing is: it is not "Dutchies only"… the party brings together artists and crafters from all over the world, making art inspired by the songs on the Top 2000 list.

How special my international blog party has become is proven by the fact that the Dutch media picked up my initiative and sent a television crew to film and interview me in 2011.

When December arrives, the Top 2000 virus starts rearing its head. On the radio, people are called to vote for their favorite songs and I can't wait for the event to start. What better to do then, than create a 'Countdown' layout to get in the mood... and Jesscia Sporn's stencils & stamps are just perfect for creating such a layout.

Put some funky music on and GO...!

I hope that you enjoy this video!  You can watch it on YouTube and while you’re there, go and have a peek at the other creative team members fabulous tutorials. 

Used Stencils

Retro Flowers and Circles

Used Stamp

(Build-A-Cosmos) Meculiar Mercury

Other used materials

·         White scrapbook paper 12x12"

·         Dylusions Ink Spray: Pure Sunshine, Bubblegum Pink, London Blue, Cut Grass, Postbox Red

·         Some funny photos (printed)

·         Glue

·         Sand paper

·         Black stamping ink

·         Black acrylic marker

·         Colored brush pen

Have fun creating!
Love from the Netherlands,
Marit

Marit Barentsen is a passionate art journaler, mixed media artist, art instructor and creative writer from the Netherlands. Marit inherited a passion for words from her mother, who is a writer. Her father taught her to not only “look “ but also “see.”  That combination led Marit to become an art teacher and her art always showed images and words. After art school, she worked as a graphic designer. Years later, she re-discovered the  combination of words and images in art journaling and her art took flight.  Marit's art has been published in various magazines and art books. 

Find Marit on her website, Facebook page, and  blog.
________________________________________________________________________________

THANK YOU MARIT for an awesome post! 

Click here to check out all of the Creative Team's wonderful creations and inspiration.

         Visit Stencil Girl Products and RubberMoon Stamps to see all my designs!

If you haven't already - please connect with me here:

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Your comments make me so happy and let me know you were here. I read and treasure every comment and will happily answer any questions as soon as I can.

How to Make a Memory Keeper Using Books

I love these memory keepers! This week we're taking a look back on a unique way to showcase memorable moments with your own personal flare and up-cycle old books at the same time.

You can watch the video tutorial here.

What are some of your favorite moments you could showcase in an Altered Book Memory Keeper?

Leave your comments below.  I'd love to hear your ideas!

PS - don't forget, the Facing Faces Online Class is increasing to $44.99 on September 1. 

Sign up today and take advantage of the current price, $34.99!

         Visit Stencil Girl Products and RubberMoon Stamps to see all my designs!

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Stencil Test Drive Redux #8 - Jump for Joy

Welcome to the 8th Stencil Test Drive Redux!  (See all the test drives here.)

GIVEAWAY ALERT!  Each month, I will give away one of the featured stencils to one randomly chosen person.  All you need to do is post a comment below. Comments for the giveaway will close on Monday at 9PM EST, and the winner will be posted in this post by Tuesday morning 10AM EST, so make sure to check back!    

This week - a look back at the Jump for Joy Stencil Test Drive. Here's a peek at one of my projects from that Test Drive and the Jump for Joy Stencil itself!

 

I had two other projects on my blog from that test drive, with two videos. So make sure to hop back and see them.

Here are the amazing projects from the artists on that original test drive. Click the names below the images to go to the original blog posts.  The tutorials are fantastic.

Carolyn Dube (who has a video in her blog post)

Maria McGuire

Michelle Rydell

I hope you'll check out all of these posts and the great tutorials they have!  Thank you again to all the artists who participated!

And although not part of the original test drive, I wanted to share these awesome tags by artist Lisa Dobry!

GIVEAWAY ALERT: For a chance to win the Jump for Joy Stencil, make sure to leave a comment below and include your email address.   To avoid SPAM, please write it like this: jessicasporndesigns (at) gmail (dot) com

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Your comments make me so happy and let me know you were here. I read and treasure every comment and will happily answer any questions as soon as I can.

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