Upcoming Tea Bag Folding Classes featuring Gemlets

I will be teaching three tea bag folding classes this month. They will be on Jan 15th at Scrapology in Lakeway, on Jan 16th at Stamp Salado in Salado and on Jan 29th at Scrapbook Haus in New Braunfels. The papers and designs may change a little, but it will be the same technique. Hope to see you at one of the classes.

I will feature mini stamps by Texana Designs and acrylic guides called Gemlets. The Gemlet will allow you to line up eight identical tea bag tiles that you've stamped. We will use two mirror image stamps to create a medallion with a kaleidoscope effect. You must try it just to see how easy it is to create unique medallions. Bring your scissors, liquid glue and bone folder if you have one.

Tea Bag Folding Class at Scrapbook Haus on Sat, 10/23/10

Join me on Saturday, October 23rd, and go home with two wonderful tea bag folded. We will feature the kite fold. Everyone will make the the wonderful snowflake card complete with glimmer and starburst. Next I will show you how to use a Gemlet (an acrylic tea bag tile guide) and mini stamps to complete a unique medallion. You will have your choice of three different designs (Halloween, Christmas or Ladybug). The fold is so easy and versatile that you won't want to miss this class.

Jimmye Sue Mitchell will be teaching a great 2011 calendar, but her class is already full!!!! Way to go Jimmye Sue!!!

There is also a crop from 4 to 11. Call Scrapbook Haus at 830-627-CROP to reserve a space.

Tea Bag Folding Holiday Cards at Scrapology in Lakeway

10:30 - 1:00

The holidays are fast approaching. Get a jump start on some unique cards for Halloween, Fall & Christmas featuring a triangle folded tea bag tiles. We will be using some great papers from Creative Imaginations and Graphic 45. Stamps used in the class are by Texana Designs and Jimmye Sue will be on hand for a trunk show. A silk bow? Don't worry about not being able to tie a perfect bow. This one is simply made with a fork for perfection every time. Check out my prior post here. We should complete the class within 2 hours, but we've allowed 2 1/2 hours if needed.

Tea Bag Folding Card Class at Lone Star Retreats

featuring Texana Designs Stamps



I will be teaching a class on tea bag folding Saturday afternoon at 2:30 on August 28th at Lone Star Retreats. This will not be your ordinary tea bag folding. You will be stamping and using a tea bag guide to create unique tea bag folding tiles. Then you will create a medallion using the square fold variation of tea bag folding. You will have your choice of a sentiment by Texana Designs for your cards. You may choose to make the star card for $10 (approx 1 hr) or both cards for $18 (approx 2 hrs). The class is open to anyone interested, but space will be limited. You will want to sign up as soon as possible. Email: janetsgems@flash.net for registration or questions.

Tea Bag Corner Tile Guide - Step by Step

I've taken my tea bag folding to the next level. I've designed acrylic tiles so that I can use any small stamp to create unique tea bag folded medallions. The pictures below show how to use the tiles. Click on the image if you would like to view a bigger image.

Tea Bag Folded Kite

This card design was used for a class in February at Scrappin' Good Time. I took it a step further here and colored the posts and grass of the cool fence stamp available at Texana Designs. The kite was in two colors and I used stickles to give it a little sparkle. It was a get well card for Joyce, who created the stamp. It's a pleasure to be surrounded by such wonderful talent!

Stars of Texas

This is one of the cards that I taught at Stamp Salado last month. It was hard to choose which design I liked best. I enjoyed using the Texas Stamps from Deadbeat Designs. They were the perfect finishing touch.

Next Class at Scrapbook Haus

I will be back in New Braunfels on May 1st to teach another tea bag folding class. This time you will learn the basic square fold and the square fold variation one. You will make three cards using the same basic fold, but for three completely different looks. One card is an easel card that will show each of the four stamps on the tea bag folding cube and the basic square fold medallion. The next card will be on acetate where both sides of the stamped medallion can be enjoyed. The last card you will learn how to use any small stamp to make a symmetrical stamped medallion. We will use an acrylic Gemlet to position the stamps. Hope to see you there!

Halloween Stampin' and Foldin'

Now isn't this card cute. I used the mini halloween cactus from Texana Designs and stamped the images about 3" apart on some really cool Karen Foster variegated paper. Then I used my square punch and placed the image in the upper left corner of all eight. From these tiles I used the kite fold and created the background medallion. The top medallion is stamped with Tea Bag Cube #12 from Impression Obsession. The fold was the triangle fold, variation two. I stamped a sentiment and then decorated the card with orange stickles. I never knew all the ways stamps could be used with tea bag folding.

Christmas Glitter Tree

Tea Bag Folding Card
Featuring Square Fold Variation 2
By Janet Bradshaw

2 sheets Reminisce Christmas Glitter papers
Christmas Swirl Green (Glitter)
Snowflakes (Glitter)
New Reminisce paper coming soon
Gold Cardstock
EZ Corner Punch – Basket Weave
Stampendous Diamond Dots
Star Brad

Reminisce has a new Christmas paper line called christmastime. It's got some fabulous heavy paper with elegant glitter swirls and snowflakes. The picture just cannot capture the beauty. This paper is fairly difficult to fold for tea bag tiles, but it can be done. If you want to see the original sample visit Scrapbook Haus in New Braunfels.

More Baby Cards

More of my creations from folding tiles at the hospital. I figured who doesn't need a baby card every now and then. I brought home the completed medallions and used my Design Studio and Cricut for matting.

What cha think?

Chatterbox & Metallic

Early Chatterbox paper is a great weight for teabag folding. I've been going through my stash and creating. I combined the old Chatterbox with the new midnight metallic paper and absolutely love it. I even had a few Chatterbox quotes for the inside of my cards.

Have a Great Day Guys!

This week I spent making special Father's Day Cards. I had lots of fun creating. I hope they guys enjoy them!

Upcoming Class at Wendaful Scrapbooks, Aug 1st

I've got another great tea bag folding class scheduled at Wendaful Scrapbooks in Temple on August 1st. That is a day filled with eight different Christmas card classes. You may choose four of the eight classes.

In the tea bag folding class we will make two cards that begin with the basic triangle fold. One will be a Christmas tree and the other will be a wreath. We will be using Cosmo Cricket paper and Bazzil's Dotted Swiss. I will also show you how to make a perfect bow.

The cards below will not be made in the class, but show samples of what you can make using the same folds just different sizes and placement. I hope to see you there.

Tea Bag Folding with Stripes

Note to self:

I can never remember which way to make the valley fold so that my medallion is symmetrical. When folding tea bag tiles with a stripe, make all eight valley folds with the strips going horizontally. This will allow the variation two to come together and match making a great visual impact. If you are cutting scrapbook paper you would want to try to get all of the stripes in the same cut. One way to do this is cut a strip 1 1/2" wide running with the stripe. Then cut your eight 1 1/2" squares from that strip. All will be identical. If you want bigger tiles, try to get the strip lined up on the same cutting edge, then cut eight tiles. Many times if they do not match up, I will alternate the folded tiles to keep some sort of symmetry in my medallion.

Kaleidoscope Creations

This idea came to me when I was thinking about the photo kaleidoscope scrapbook pages I made with photos years ago. I had to have the negatives printed in reverse for half of the pictures. Now that I've learned photoshop I thought "wow, what if..."

This is your basic kite fold medallion. The tiles were created with photoshop. I found images that I liked and resized them to tea bag tiles. I then flipped the image to get a reverse view. I chose a color with the color picker and created another tile with a gradient in the matching color. I found a link online at http://www.masikatiwebdesign.com/teabags/oteabags2.asp that allowed me to easily print the tea bag tiles in two different sizes. Then I printed them on a color laser printer. I had to make a trip to Kinkos to print the tiles, but I think it was worth it.

After folding the kite shapes I outlined the points with the Gelly Roll Stardust pens to give it just a little glimmer. Next I added bling and matted the medallion on the square cards. I'm not sure who will get these are for what occasion, but I will be ready!

Brights on Black

Here is another set that I started at the hospital. This is absolutely one of my favorites. I love the colors. I love everything about these. This one needs the inside mat with the white blank for the sentiment. I would be great for a recycling card. Now, just if I knew what paper I used. I got it at a LLS, but they don't have it any more. I'd make more if I could!

Five Sizes, Three Fold Variations

So many times I forget what size tile makes each medallion. Finally I decided to make a note to self and I thought I would share it with you here.

1” square tile = 1 ½” medallion
1 ¼” square tile = 2” medallion
1 ½” square tile = 2 ¼” medallion
1 ¾” square tile = 2 ½” medallion
2” square tile = 3” medallion

I have found so many great sites in the internet for tea bag folding and free tiles. For this example, I printed the same black & white tile on five different colored papers and in all five sizes available. This tile is available on Rosemarie's Tea-Bag Folding Website.

Below are my photo notes as to size tile and medallion. I used three different variations of the same fold. I love the different looks with how the medallions are assembled. Thanks for looking.

More Christmas Tree Cards

Just look what happens when you keep the same style, but change the paper. Everything seems to change. I used the same technique as described earlier in my Green Christmas Tree Post. This time I used my corner punch for the mat and used coordinating paper for the large mat. The light colored tree is made from Heidi Grace papers that are shimmery and have some sparkle. I added red rhinestones to finish off the project. Then I came across my favorite Christmas paper from last year by Daisy D's and had to try my hand at it again. The bold paisleys really change the look of it. I used my Gelly Roll Stardust pens to add some glitter to the paper. I did not have rhinestones, so I bought red pearls to put on the tree. They look sharp too!

Green Christmas Tree Cards

Yep, I'm at it again. Christmas is just around the corner and I've been making cards. I just love these tea bag folded Christmas trees.