Origami Booklets - Geli Prints

size: 4.5"w x 5.5"h x 1.5" thk.
size: 4.75"w x 4.25"h x .75" thk

I made a pile of geli prints at my last gals get together and created Origami Booklets from them... Nothing inside them yet.
The green one has 18pages including the covers. It's the largest I've done one so far. I reinforced the spine using 110lb cardstock and then glued a geli print onto it.
The orangey one has 10 pages including covers.
Both sizes are made from 8.5 x 11 paper depending on the orientation of your folds you can get either size.

3 Page Geli Print Card

Size: 5"w x 6.75"h
One of our Crafty Dozen gals made a card like this and brought it in to show us. She'll be showing some of the gals at the next Wed get together which I won't be at. I only go to P&I for the past while... So thought I'd give it a try on my own. I love the results but left it without words since I have no idea whom to give it to...
It almost reminds me of a baby card...

I used Value Pack blue and some pale pink cardstock and my geli print paper.
The card base is folded with approx 1/2 gutter in the middle for the middle page to fit in and have room for the embellies.
Rounded the corners. Added the pockets for the bookmarks to each page.
Raided my boxes of pre-die cut or electronically cut butterflies and flowers etc. When everything was glued down... I added some mini rhinestones or butterflies made from woven threads.

 

Oodles Of Doodles

size: 4.5"h x 6"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper started with the doodles type of abstract floral images... (imagination needed) using a ZIG Writer, then added the caterpillar, blue background and gold semi border.
Funky words also using Prisma colored pencils and a white gel pen.
words: Oodles of doodles

Origami Booklet - Beyond The Horizon

size closed: 3.75"w x 3"
I was creating this little booklet at my Guild's play day this past Saturday. I love making these little guys... I'm using one of my recent geli prints I made. Added the text in a style with a ZIG Writer.
words:  Just beyond the horizon of the so-called impossible is infinite possibility. Bryant McGill

Origami Booklet - Green Geli Print - With Buckle

size closed: 5" sq
I was in a mood to create a square booklet so pulled out my recently made geli papers. I love making these little booklets... I'm using one of my recent geli prints I made.
Was rummaging for something and came across this molded buckle type thing - I again made eons ago... so thought I'd use it on this belt.
No text in this one yet...

Shadow Letters - Create Without Limits

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
I was at my Saturday Play Day with my Guild and started doing some shadow lettering and this emerged.
On Canson Mixed Media paper started with the black shadow line but found it too dull... so added the pink and green accents.
words: Create without Limits

ECS Env Exchange - Feb 2026 - Edwina Klein

Looks like I got Edwina for a 2nd month...

Env done on Genoa Bond paper in a Western style lettering using the 5.0 end of a ZIG black calligraphy pen, a red pen and adding Uniball gold gel pen dots.

Artwork was made a few years back in Gemma Blacks class. I mounted it onto a light brownish base and then onto a white card base.

Dragonfly With Glitter - Change Of Mind

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the butterfly painting with several US ArtQuest Mica Color palettes, then adding glitter to the large circle/ovals
Created the Dragonfly word in shadow lettering with a ZIG Calligraphy marker.
words: Dragonfly arrives and leaves like a change of mind. David Mitchell

Shadow Letters - Alphabet Words

size: ea 3 word pic is approx 6"w x 4.5"h

I finally decided to do an exemplar with all the letters... Love shadow lettering. I have to get a new 2.0 marker, mine is getting tattered on the end...
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the words in alphabetical order... in Shadow Lettering style. Love this style... using the small end of a ZIG Calligraphy marker
words: Adequate, Boredem (I know a spelling mistake... got a have at least one...), Catchall, Drumstick, Eclipse, Funky, Gravity, Hugs, Iconic, Jinx, Kingfish, Lament, Mercy, Nails, Oops, Packed, quartz, Retire, Sushi, Traitor, Universe, Value, Wolf, Xyron, Yikes, Zero.

Three Flowers - Happiness To Hold

size: 6"w x 7"h
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 gel pen created the flowers and colored with Prisma Colored Pencils. Added the quote with a Gelly Roll 08 pen
words: Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands. Japanese Proverb

Expanding Origami Box - Stationary Paper

size closed: approx 1"w x 2"h ea
I used stationary paper to create each box section.
Surprisingly enough I didn't use any text....

Funky Card - Life (Art Of The Fold)

Size: 6.5"w x 8"h
This is a weird evolved card - bottom image... it started out with the left (top to bottom) piece which was homework for our next Art Of The Fold meeting using double tab accordion. Then I played with one with single tabs (which I like better), both using my geli print paper.

I had set it aside to work on this other structure that sounded interesting... the blue square section which had interlocking and cut sections. I had adhered it to the orangey piece and then said it would make an interesting card... Then I needed something more for the inside, I used my Art Of The Fold homework pieces.

But of course it didn't stand so had to put the bottom frame on it... and a card is nothing without some calligraphy so added the quote with a black ZIG Calligraphy pen and then added the white highlight using a Gelly Roll 08 pen.

Since I had the inside done I needed something for the front... So tore apart and adhered the marbled rice paper piece from eons ago. I had adhered only the right section, but I had a leftover piece so added it to the other side of the front and wrote in the letters for LIFE with the other end on the calligraphy pen.

I don't know when I had such a convoluted way of making a card...

Monday Creativeness - Geli Prints

 

I was running low of my geli prints... My immediate area of my craft table was finally free... so decided to make more. I have LBS End paper which I cut in half. After about 4 hours I came away with 31 prints (12" x 14"). I printed on both sides, basically the main paint on the front and whatever was left over on the geli plate was spritzed with water and another print pulled. Love them all especially the top batch.

It was a productive day. 

 

Bubbles - Until It Pops

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 gel pen created the bubble design. Then found a quote to go with it.
words: You never know you're in a bubble until it pops. Andrew Revkin

BVCG Env Exchange Feb 2026 - Gloria Dawn

I used one of my favorite pieces of Geli print paper for both the card and envie... I really have
to make more...

Accordion Glued Spine - Cowboy Proverbs

My Guild (BVCG) gave us a challenge of Cowboy Sayings... I created a couple larger pieces and submitted them... but then I was thinking that there were so many more I wanted to play with... so created a booklet of them.

I was looking for something else and found these papers in the back of the drawer and decided to use them for this booklet. It has a lovely texture. The paper is called Ruche paper because of the crinkly effect in it. It has a weight feel of about 100# although I have no idea what it is advertised as. I have it in several colors and decided to use the beige and deep brown (cowboy colors). Text is written in a western type font called "Cowboy-Movie font. A little time consuming but I like the effect.

The booklet has 16 dark brown pages plus the beige cover which is an accordion fold glued spine with folded over covers for additional strength.

Origmi Booklet - Thoughtful Words

I did a Google search of "Origami" on my website and came up with a bunch of stuff and this structure was one of them which I did in 2015... I said perfect since I only had 4 words for a booklet.

I used scrapbook cream and deep brown cardstock for the pages, covers and inserts

INSTRUCTIONS:
No glue or adhesive of any kind and no cutting other than to make sure all your pages are the same size and your links/spine are the right size

My booklet starts out as an 9-7/8" x 6.25" piece of paper and ends up being approx 4.75" x 3.125"

BOOKLET CONSISTS OF:
Covers - 2 sheets
Spine - 1 sheet
Pages - a sheet for each page (my booklet has 3 pages)
Links - same quantity of sheets as number of pages + 1 sheet for the spine. 

All sheets should be the exact same size. Each page in the booklet will turn out to be 1/4 the size of your sheet. So an 8.5 x 11" sheet will give you a page size of 4.25”h x 5.5"w links/spine size of 4.25 h x 11” w - or page size of 5.5”h x 4.25”w and links/spine of 5.5”h x 8.5”w
Note: Use decorative papers for the covers, spine, pages and external links. Inner links can be any paper since they are basically hidden.

Fold (top to bottom) in thirds (doesn’t matter if the thirds are equal as long as the edges meet) - this will be the height of your booklet. Fold pages (left to right) of paper so edges meet each other (this will be the width of your booklet).

Cut your spine pieces and fold in half and slip into folded page slots - one side into the right folded page and the other side into the left folded page.
When all pages are slipped in, use your spine piece to slip into both cover pieces.

OutlinePen - Breeze

size: 5" sq
I just got some new pens... "Outlinepen" 48pce set outline marker set. Basically you get a silvery colored letter with an outline look of the pen color. Interesting effect. Bleeds through paper like crazy so I have to keep remembering to protect what's underneath... It's quite evident in the large word "Breeze"
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the word and linear section with the "Outlinepen". Outlined and remaining text with a black Micron pen.
words: The BREEZE at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. Rumi

Doodling - Ecstatic On Black

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
OK so I wrote the word "Ecstatic" with the bullet end of a ZIG Writer...And then just started outlining things - one layer at a time... and this emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 and a Uniball Gold gel pen created the design. Colored sections with Prisma  pencils.
words: Ecstatic

Doodling On Black - Everyone's Border

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Another one of those days I was in a mood for circles and this border emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 and a Uniball Gold gel pen created the border.
The text is something funky I saw onLine, but in it's outline form was hard to read so colored in alternative letters with the white gel pen.
words: Music is just another language, but it's very special because it dresses everyone's border. Jacob Collier

Basic Circle Weave Card - Thinking Of You

Size: 5"w x 7"h
On black textured cardstock created my weaving cuts and inserted strips of off cuts from my geli print papers, added the circle lines with a Uniball white gel pen. Text with a Juice Up pen.
words: Thinking Of You

Basic Weave - Funky Weave Cards

I took an online class thru Edmonton Calligraphy Guild On paper weaving with  Suzie Beringer. She had an abstract w/c piece done on Arches Text Wove. She then printed out some text, overlapping and repositioning the copy to get a more textural look to the words then cut strips of it and wove it thru her w/c piece in one area. Striking.
Size: both 5"w x 6"h
While she was working I was doing basic weaving using geli off cuts...  On black textured cardstock, in a greeting card format, created my weaving cuts (one with basic straight cuts the other with a wavy cut) and inserted strips of the geli print papers. I like the results. Added some text to finish of the card. Just 4 U on the straight cut card and Hello on the wavy cut card. On the inside of the wavy lined card I colored the visible strips with a black ZIG Writer. The basic weave on the other card I left as is gluing down the ends for neatness.

Pop Up Tunnel - Abstract - Just For You

size closed: 4.5"w x 6.5"h
mechanism: 3"w x 4"h (closed)
opens to 3"w x 2"h x 2.25"dp approx with 4 windows plus the door.

Mary one of our Art Of The Fold members showed us a video clip from Kit Davey with this finished structure... no details... After doing the 1st one I thought to make the mechanism  a bit wider..

A circle at the top to keeps the mechanism closed.

Basic white card base (9"w x 6.5"h) folded in half, black cardstock then a layer of a background on w/c paper I created a long time ago...

Created the mechanism basic shape from black cardstock 6.75" x 3" scored at 1/2"+ 2 1/8"+ 2"+ 2 1/8" with a 1/2" end to glue to create the box.

Cut the front window in the main structure before gluing.

For these dimensions cut 3 more widows  3"w x 2.5"h. Note: the 3.5" h section is scored 1/2" on top an bottom to glue to the mechanism after windows are cut out.. Glue to basic box. Add images either before or after gluing, I did it after...

I glued one of the images over the whole back area instead of using a window.

Glue half a circle to the card to keep the mechanism closed.

Pop Up Tunnel - BFlys - Dream On

size closed: 4.5"w x 6.5"h
mechanism: 2.5"w x 4"h (closed)
opens to 2.5"w x 2"h x 2"dp approx with 5 windows plus the door.

Mary one of our Art Of The Fold members showed us a video clip from Kit Davey with this finished structure... no details... I looked at it and said OK... Next thing I new I was creating one with my made up dimensions... as you can see it worked... so I'll show it at our next meet (Feb 2026). raided my Joanna Sheen artwork pads (I have several with different themes...) and cut and spliced.

A circle at the top to keep the mechanism closed.

Basic white card base (9"w x 6.5"h) folded in half, covered with one of my marbled papers from eons ago...

Created the mechanism basic shape 8.5" x 2.5" scored at 2", 4", 6", 8" with a 1/2" end to glue to create the box.

Cut the windows in the main structure before gluing.

For these dimensions cut 3 more widows  2"w x 3"h. Note: the 3" h section is scored 1/2" on either end to glue to the mechanism after windows are cut out.. Glue to basic box. Add images either before or after gluing, I did it after...

Glue half a circle to the card to keep the mechanism closed.

 

Funky Calligraphy On Gray - Endure

size: 7"w x 3.5"h

It was another one of those days (end of the year) where I just kept creating...

On Strathmore Toned Gray paper drew out the letters using a black ZIG Writer and painted between the letters using a white Prisma colored pencil leaving a slim space between the white and the black.

words: Endure

Sprout Doodling On Black - Plant Love

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
It was one of those days I just started doodling and this emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 pen created the sprout like design using Prisma colored pencils added white gel pen highlights. Text written in a funky style (not sure what it's called...) using a pointed nib and Kuretake Brilliant Gold Mica ink
words: Plant Love, Let It Sprout

Semi Circle Doodling - Finding Patterns

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
It was one of those days I just started doodling and this emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 pen created the semi circles, adding doodling in the wider ones and coloring the thinner ones using Prisma colored pencils. Then  found a quote to go with my design... I chuckled one I found this one...
words: Finding patterns is the essence of wisdom. Denis Prager

SK - Valentine 2026

4.5"w x 3.75"h
Red basic cardstock base. Hearts punched out from red, gold textured and cream peralized metallic cardstock.
Mechanism white cardstock folded in half then then the center folded with an X. Red with white squares adhered to the X folds. More hearts punched out.

Rotating Spinner Card - BFlies - Just 4U

The mechanism is the aqua blue circle scored to create 24 sections and a 1.25" circle in the center, then 7 sections cut away including the small center circle. Accordion folded both ways to make the mechanism very pliable. (the 1st section will be glued to the card base at the end of construction).

Cream squares glued to the mechanism, then the butterflies punched out of geli print papers and adhered to the squares.. Added glitter to the body area. This was then mounted to a pearlized metallic cream cardstock and then mounted to the blue textured cardbase.

I created the Happy Birthday words  on another geli print, cut out/pasted to the inside.

BVCG - Cowboy Wisdom - In The Saddle

My Guild's next challenge is "Cowboy Wisdom" and this is my 2nd piece and my favorite... and so true. In my younger days I used to ride a lot... mainly English style but also quite a bit western style as well. I was also honored to ride in EXPO 67 in Montreal in "Le Grand Spectaque" (spelling??)
size: 7.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the outline cowboy style text. The border words were done in a 2 tone style using w/n Burnt Umber on the lower part of the letter and Gold Ochre on the upper part and letting them blend together. For the inner text I dropped water into the letter then the Ochre and blotted the liquid up. I really like the result of this. I added graphite shadow (2B Caran d'Ache) on the inner text.

words: No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. 

Winston Churchill

BVCG - Cowboy Wisdom - Bull, Horse, Fool

My Guild's next challenge is "Cowboy Wisdom". I though this was a good lesson...
size: 5.5"w x 7"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote out the text in a light and heavy funky serif style using both a Juice Up pen and a ZIG Calligraphy Marker

words: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.