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ROMANTIC ORIGAMI is another book from Origami Holiday Series by Oriland authors thatwill teach you how to add origami magic to your romantic moments whatever anniversary youcelebrate, first date, wedding time and, of course, Valentine’s Day!

Reveal your creativity by taking origami magic into your own hands to make original origamigifts for those whom you love! Do-It-Yourself – fold romantic origami cards, charming hearts, lovelydecorative clips, heart bookmarks and garlands - all originally designed by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov.

There are almost 215 detailed step-by-step colorful diagrams, placed on 35 pages that willguide you through folding the 16 original origami designs of the Oriland style and their variations.The 'Origami Symbols' section is explaining international origami symbols to help you to readdiagrams for folding. The models are ranging from simple to intermediate level of folding as shownby stars and are good for the novice and the expert alike. Happy folding!

Introduction and Copyright Notice......

Origami Symbols...............................

Heart...................................................

Clip-Heart..........................................

Clip-Heart Binding.............................

Clip-Heart Bookmark.........................

Clip-Heart Valentines........................

Two-Heart Valentine..........................

Winged Clip-Heart.............................

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Heart Card.........................................

Two-Heart Card.................................

Flying Heart Card..............................

Flying Two-Heart Card......................

Double Heart.....................................

Double Heart Garland........................

Double Heart Card.............................

Flying Heart.......................................

Valentine...........................................

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Romantic Origami. Origami Holiday Series. Copyright©2009 by Katrin and Yuri Shumakov. Allrights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever withoutwritten permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.For information, address [email protected]

This book is available exclusively in electronic format as a portable document format (PDF) file.The product can be purchased exclusively through www.oriland.com or from official Orilanddistributors, see www.oriland.com/store/main.asp#distributors

Any other ways of obtaining this book are considered illegal.

NOTE: The diagrams from this bookmay be printed out only for personaluse, and may not be redistributedor republished in any way withoutthe express written consent of thecreator. For information, [email protected]

Publisher: Oriland.comProduct Format: e-BookPublication Date: 01/15/2009ISBN: 978-0-9811902-4-2Pages: 35Contents: 16 origami-designsPrice: US$5.95

Please remember that by buying items in Oriland Store you’re directly supportingfuture Oriland’s projects, as well as Oriland’s development itself. Thank you!



These simple origami symbols will help you to read diagrams of folding.

The system of levels of folding is more as aguide line, an approximate approach just to orientyou and mostly depends of your skills in paper folding. If you are a novice, even the simple levelcan be challenging for you. And if you are alreadya connoisseur even a complex model can besimple for you.

Valley fold

Mountain fold

Valley fold and unfold

Mountain fold and unfold

Open and squash

Step fold

Pull out

Push in. Sink

Turn the paper over

Turn the paper around

Inside reverse fold

Outside reverse fold

Enlarging the following diagram

Reduction the following diagram

Fold the paper over and over X-ray view

Simple

Simple-Medium

Medium

Medium-Complex

Complex



Use a square of paper, colored side down.

Heart © 1996 Katrin Shumakov - page 1

Valley fold the square of paper from left to right.Press the paper flat andunfold it.

Valley fold the square of paper from top to bottom.

Valley fold the twolayers up, so that theraw edges meet thetop edge.

Separate the front layers.Valley fold and unfold them

in half, as shown.Valley fold the left- andright-hand halves of the bottom edge up tomeet the vert icalmiddle line.

This shouldbe the result.T u r n t h emodel over.

Open the triangular pocket slightly, separatethe two front layers atthe left-hand side andvalley fold them to meetthe vertical middle line.Then, repeat the samefor the right-hand side.

Valley fold the cornersas shown. Note, youneed to fold all layers.

Press them flat.

Valley fold the topcorners, therebyshaping the heart.

This should be theresult. Turn themodel over and...

Here is thecompletedheart!

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Clip-Heart © 2006 Yuri Shumakov - page 1

This Heart-Shaped Paper Clip will be useful to bind a few sheetsof paper with a very special message :)

Use a square of paper, for instance, a 3-inch (7.5 cm) square.If using two-color paper, begin with colored side down.

Valley fold the opposite sidestogether in both directions,and open them up.

Valley fold the top and bottomsides over to meet thehorizontal middle fold-line.

This should be the result.Turn the paper over.

Valley fold both halves of the top edge over tomeet the vertical middle fold-line. Press the foldsuntil horizontal middle fold-line and unfold them.Repeat with the bottom edge.

Reduce the paper along the ‘valley’ fold-lines toward you, at the same time,mountain fold the middle, as shown.

Continue reducing the middlepoints, thereby bringing themodel into the position shownin the next step.

Valley fold and unfold thecorners at the top, asshown. Repeat behind.



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Clip-Heart Clip © 2006 Yuri Shumakov - page 2

This should be the result.Working with the right half, openout the front layer slightly.

Working with thefront layers only,inside reverse foldthe top corner alongthe existing fold-l ines, s inking i t

between the layers.

This should be theresult. Continueworking with theright half, from themiddle, open outthe f ront layer slightly as shown.

Inside reverse fold the topright-hand corner (all itslayers) along the existingfold-lines, sinking it insidethe model.

Insert the corner intothe pocket , as

shown, therebylocking the right half of the model.

This should be theresult. The right half of the model is ready.Working with the lefthalf, open out the frontlayer slightly.



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Clip-Heart © 2006 Yuri Shumakov - page 3

The clip-heart isready.

This should be the result.Continue working withthe left half, from themiddle, open out thefront layer slightly asshown.

Working with the front layers only,inside reverse fold the top corner along the existing fold-lines,sinking it between the layers.

Inside reverse fold the top left-hand corner (all its layers) alongthe existing fold-lines, sinking itinside the model.

Insert the corner intothe pocket, as shown,thereby locking the lefthalf of the model.

When separating the layersat the bottom slightly, you’llsee a slit, which will be usedin order to attach the heartto something...



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Clip-Heart Binding © 2006 Yuri Shumakov - page 1

Insert the corners of thesheet (or a few sheets)under the layer into the

pocket as far as it will go.

For the clip-heart, use a 3-inch (7.5 cm) square of paper or so.Take a few sheets of paper to bind them with this Clip-Heart.

Take the folded clip-heart.Separate the layers at thebottom and open out themsoftly, not making the folds.

Valley fold the layersdown, thereby lockingthe corners of the sheetsby the paper clip.

Mountain fold the heart inhalf as shown, just tostrengthen the paper lock,and then release it.



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Clip-Heart Binding © 2006 Yuri Shumakov - page 2

Here is the completedcl ip-hear t b ind ing.

You can bind two nicesquares of differentsizes for a veryspecial message :)

This clip-heart will be useful tobind a few regular sheets of paper with an article or your homework or whatever you want.

You can adda picture intothis frame.

If you add the clip-hearts oncorners of the paper rectangle,you’ll receive a lovely frame.

Play with this clip-heart and adda lovely touch to regular things!



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Clip-Heart Bookmark © 2006 Yuri and Katrin Shumakov - page 1

For the clip-heart, use a 4-inch (10 cm) square of paper or so.For the bookmark, take a strip of thick paper, about 8 incheslong or so.

Take the folded clip-heart.Separate the layers at thebottom and open out them

softly, not making the folds.

Insert the end of the paper strip into the pocket of theheart as far as it will go.

Valley fold the layers down,t h e r e b y l o c k i n g t h ebookmark by the paper clip.

This should be theresult. The Clip-HeartBookmark is ready.

Adding the secondheart on the stripwill make a nicedecoration.

You can vary sizes of theheart and the strip, butkeep in mind that paper for the strip should be

strong enough.



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For the clip-heart, use a 4-inch (10 cm) square of paper or so.For the card, take a half of the regular sheet (Letter or A4 format).If using two color paper, begin with colored side down.

Clip-Heart Valentines © 2006 Yuri and Katrin Shumakov - page 1

Prepare 4-inch (10 cm)square of paper or so for the clip-heart and arectangle of paper, whichis a half of the regular sheet (Letter or A4format), for the card.

Working with a rectangleof paper, begin withcolored side down, if usingtwo color paper. Fold it inhalf, as shown.

Note, two raw edges areon the top. Make a fold-mark, as shown.

Fold the clip-heart. Putthe folded heart asidefor awhile.



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Valley fold and unfoldthe top corners (all thelayers), as shown.

Separate the layersand fold the cornersalong the existing fold-lines inside the model.

This should be the result.Now, take the folded clip-

heart, separate the layers atthe bottom and open outthem softly, not making thefolds.

Insert the cornersof the card intothe pocket of theheart as far as itwill go.

Valley fold thelayers down,thereby lockingthe corners bythe paper clip.

Mountain fold theheart in half asshown, just tost rengthen thepaper lock, andthen release it.




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This should be the result.The card is almost ready.You can use it as is, buta few more folds willmake it stand.

Valley fold and unfold

the bottom edge, asshown. The distanceis about 5/8 inch or 15 mm or so.

Separate the layers and

sink the bottom edgeinto the model along thefold-lines made in theprevious step.

Here is the completedClip-Heart Valentine!Check another variationout, shown in the nextsteps.

If in step 4,you fold thetop corners inthis way…You will receive a

nice variation of the

Clip-Heart Valentine.

Don’t forget that youcan use fancy paper for the card to makeit stand out.




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For the clip-heart, use a 4-inch (10 cm) square of paper or so.For the card, take a half of the regular sheet (Letter or A4 format).If using two color paper, begin with colored side down.

Val ley fold andunfold the bottomcorners, as shown.

Separate the layers and sink the cornersinto the model along the fold-lines madein the previous step, thereby making thecard heart-shaped.

H e r e i s t h ecompleted Two-Heart Valentine!

The first 11 steps are thesame as for the Clip-HeartValentines.

Two-Heart Valentine © 2006 Yuri and Katrin Shumakov - page 1



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Winged Clip-Heart © 2006 Yuri Shumakov - page 1

Here is an original origami clip for holding papers together. This onecan hold together up to about 12 sheets of regular copy paper, especiallyif the clip is folded from origami foil. Let your papers to be boundcreatively!

Use a 4-inch (10 cm) square of paper, preferably origami foil. Whenyou mastered this model, try to fold it from a smaller square of paper,for instance, a 3-inch (7.5 cm) square.

If using two-color paper, beginwith colored side down.

Valley fold the opposite sidestogether in both directions,and open them up.

Valley fold the opposite cornerstogether, in turn, to mark the diagonalfold lines, and open them up. Then,turn the paper over. Make ‘valley’ folds, as shown.

Valley fold twoopposite cornersover to meet themiddle point.

This should bethe result. Turnthe paper over.

Valley fold and unfold theopposite corners asshown. Then, turn thepaper over.

Along the existing fold-lines, valley fold theside points into the middle, thereby makingtwo small squares. Squash them flat.

Valley fold the frontlayer of each of twosmall squares asshown.



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Valley fold all the layers of the top left-hand corner.Press it flat and unfold it.

Valley fold all thel a y e r s o f t h eopposite corner.

Val ley fold themodel as shown.

Insert the corners of thesheets into the pocketbefore the last layer asfar as it will go.

Unfold the front flap,as shown.

Separate the layers andvalley fold the front flap,keeping the thin layer inthe same place.

Valley fold the lower f lap, as shown.

Insert the corner into thepocket, thereby lockingthe model.



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Open out the triangular pockets and bring the middlecorners to the side points, asshown, thereby shaping themodel into the position shownin the next step.

Mountain fold the points, as shown,thereby shaping the heart .

Here is the completedpaper cl ip ‘Heart ’ .

With this paper clip, you can

bind the sheets at the top.To do that, place the paper sheets with front side downand valley fold the top cornersof the sheets as shown. Then,turn the paper over.

Attach the paper clip as shown insteps 13-20.

This shouldbe the result.

Play with thispaper clip andhave fun!



Heart Card © 1996 Katrin and Yuri Shumakov - page 1

Use a square of paper, colored side up. The finished card will be 1/4of the initial square in size. For example, when starting from 6-inch(15 cm) square, you will get a cute card 3x3.5 inches (7.5x9 cm) in

size.Valley fold the square inhalf from top to bottomand unfold it. Valley fold the square in half

from left to right. Do notpress the paper completelyflat, but press down on it atthe top half of the paper.Then, unfold it.

Valley fold the left- and right-hand edges over to meet

the vertical middle fold-line.

Valley fold the topedge over to meett he ho r i zon t a lmiddle fold-line.Press it flat andunfold it.

Step fold the frontlayer in to theposition shown inthe next step.

Valley fold andunfold the corners,as shown.

On the top half, valley foldthe left- and right-handedges to meet the verticalmiddle line.

Valley fold thetop edge over tomeet the thebottom edge.

Open out

the flap.

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Open out the model.Form the 'valley' and'mountain' folds alongthe existing fold-linesas shown.

Bring the left- and right-hand sides aroundand together, shaping the paper as shownin the next step.

Press the paper flat.

This should be the result.Turn the model over.

The marked placeis enlarged in thefollowing steps.

Valley fold and unfold alllayers in half as shown.

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Open out the model slightly andunfold the paper on the top. Valleyfold the top edge along theexisting crease made in step 16,thereby making a lapel. Then,collapse the paper in the positionshown in the next step.

Valley fold the topcentral point of the frontlayer down and bringthe lateral points, so thattheir edges meet in themiddle.

Mountain fold and unfoldthe corners as shown.Then, turn the model over.

Pull out the points inthe direction shown bythe arrows.


Pull out the points in the directionshown by the arrows into theposition shown in the next step.

Open out the layers in themiddle slightly. Mountain foldthe top edges inside the model.

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Sink the corners as shown.Then, turn the model over.

Sink the middle corners of the front flaps as shown.

Insert the corners insidethe pockets, therebylocking the model. Then,turn the model over.

Mountain fold the corners back,thereby shaping the heart.

Here is thecomple tedHeart Card.

Starting from step 27, youcan fold this model further to make Two-Heart Card!

Working inside the model,mountain fold the middlecorners under the internallayer, thereby locking thecard. Then, turn the modelover.

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Two-Heart Card © 1996 Katrin and Yuri Shumakov - page 1

Valley fold the corners as shown.

Press them flat and unfold them.Open out the sides and valleyfold each of them along the linebetween two dots as shown andtransform the flaps, therebybringing them into the positionshown in the next step.

Working with frontlayers, valley fold the

corners as shown.Press them flat andunfold them.

Open out the firstfront layers as shownand mountain fold theinner corners alongthe existing fold-lines.

There should be the result.Turn the model over.

Here is the completedTwo-Heart Card.

On each side, open out thefirst front layer as shownand inside reverse fold thefront side corner along theexisting fold-line.

Insert the sidecorners into thepockets, therebylocking the modeland shaping thebot tom heart .

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Use a square of paper, colored side up. The first 27 steps are the sameas for the Heart Card.



Flying Heart Cards © 2009 Katrin and Yuri Shumakov - page 1

This should be the result.Turn the model over. Along the existing fold-lines,open the flaps out, bringingthem into the position, shownin the next step.

Valley fold the sideflaps, as shown.

Valley fold the corners,as shown. Press themflat and unfold them.

Open out thetriangular flaps.

Working with centralcorners, fold them in thedirection shown by thearrows, so the dotscoincide, bringing theminto the position shownin the next step.

Working with one side first, right-hand for instance. Fold the upper side corner along the existingfold-l ine and so the dotscoincide. At the same time, foldthe side flap as shown. Nowrepeat it for the left-hand side.

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Use a square of paper, colored side up. The first 23 steps are thesame as for the Heart Card.



First, fold the top corners,thereby shaping the heart andmaking the paper locks. Then,valley fold the wings in thedirection shown by arrows tobring them into the positionshown in the next step.

This should be the result. Youcan optionally make ‘valley’ and‘mountain’ folds on the wingsas shown at the left-hand side.

After that, fold the top corner of each wing a little as shown.

Working inside the model,mountain fold the middlecorners under the internallayer, thereby locking the card.Then, turn the model over.

Here are the completed FlyingHeart Cards with plain andpleated wings.

Here are the completedFlying Two-Heart Cards withplain and pleated wings.

Flying Heart Cards © 2009 Katrin and Yuri Shumakov - page 2

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Use a square of paper, colored side up. The first 31 steps are the same as for the Flying HeartCard. Then continue folding with steps 28-35 of the Two-Heart Card.



Use a square of paper, colored side up.

Valley fold the opposite cornerstogether, in turn, to mark thediagonal fold-lines, and openthem up. Turn the paper over.

Valley fold the opposite sidestogether in both directions, andopen them up.

Valley fold the corners intothe middle.

This should be the result.Turn the model over.Bring the sides together and

down towards you. Press thetop down neatly into a square.

Valley fold the front flapin half and unfold it.Turn the model over.

Repeat step 6.

Open out the layers and move them in thedirection shown by the arrows into the positionshown in the next step. Repeat behind.

Double Heart © 1996 Katrin Shumakov - page 1

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Valley fold the top corners tomeet the diagonal fold-linesas shown. Press them flatand unfold them.

Valley fold the top edge to meetthe horizontal middle fold-line, atthe same time push and squashthe left- and right-hand top points.

Valley fold the right-handflap over to the left.

This should bethe result. Turnthe model over.Valley fold the top corners to

meet the diagonal fold-lines asshown. Press them flat and

unfold them.

Valley fold the top edge tomeet the horizontal middlefold-line, at the same timepush and squash the left-and right-hand top points.

Valley fold theright-hand flapover to the left. Valley fold and

unfold the topmiddle cornersa s s h o w n .Repeat behind.

Mountain fold the top middlecorners. Repeat behind.

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Sink thetop point.

Mountain fold the topcorners, therebyshaping the heart.Repeat behind.

Here is the completeddouble heart!

You can make a hanging decoration with the double heart. It could be one modeltied by a ribbon or a garland of double hearts.

Here is the completedhanging decorationwith the double heart.

Take a piece of str ing or niceribbon, in length,appropriate toyour double heart.Fold in half andmake a knot to fixthe loop.

Place the string’sends betweenthe layers of thedouble heart asshown and tie upthem to bind theheart ’s core.

When making agarland, tide up thestring around eachheart’s core.

Here is thec o m p l e t e dgarland with thedouble hearts.

It looks pretty from both sidesand the heart’s core with avalve of other side of paper willbe useful to make variousdecorations and attach theheart to something.

You can hangone decorationon another asshown.

You also canf i n i s h t h egarland withhanging thebigger heart inthe end, so itwill add a charmas we l l asweight to keepstring strained.

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You will need the card stock and one or two double hearts. For regular sized card stock, 1/2 of Letter or A4, the size of paper for hearts could vary from 4-inch to 2-inch square, depending

on your idea for a card.For this card, make two double hearts, one from 3.5-inch (8 cm)square and another from 2.5-inch (6.5 cm) square.

Here is thec o m p l e t e dsymmetricalcupboard-likeDouble HeartCard.

Mark the fold-lines out onyour card to receive thecupboard-like form with two

doors that can be openedand closed. You can dodoors symmetr ical or asymmetrical, as in our case.

Define the place for each of the double hearts. Then gluethem to the opposite edges,so the layers of the one half of the heart are envelopingthe edge and glued to it bythe heart’s core.

Here is the completedasymmetrical cupboard-l ike card with theDouble Hearts.

Close the doors of your cardat the same inserting thecard’s edges into the slotsof the opposite hearts.

Double Heart Card © 1996 Katrin Shumakov - page 1

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Valley fold the oppositecorners together, in turn,to mark the diagonal foldlines, and open them up.

Valley fold the upper right-hand corner to meet theintersection of the fold-lines made in step 1.Press it flat.

Valley fold the upper left-hand corner tomeet the intersection.Press it flat.

Mountain fold the toptriangle back along itsbottom border.

Valley fold the topcorners along theexisting fold-lines.

Valley fold and unfold the middlecorners of the front layer, as shown. By pressing in the

specified place, openthe layer and turn it outinto the position shownin the next step.

This should be theresult. Repeat step 7with the left-hand side.

Use a square of paper. If using two-color paper, begin with colored sidedown.

Flying Heart © 1998 Yuri Shumakov - page 1

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Separate the corner and valleyfold and unfold it as shown.

By pressing on the top corner, openits layers and squash them into theposition shown in the next step.

Separate the layers and tuck thelittle corners into the pockets.

Valley fold the cornersas shown.

Valley fold the topco rne rs , t he rebyshaping the heart.

This should be the result.Valley fold the bottomedge up to meet themiddle fold-line.

Working with front flap,valley fold the bottomedge up, as shown.Press it flat.


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Again, valley fold the bottom edgeup, as shown. In case, you startedfrom the small square, and this flapis very narrow to the moment, youcan omit this step.

Open up the pleatedflaps into the positionshown in the next step.

Pleat the flap along the existingfold-lines, compressing in themiddle, thereby shaping thewings as shown in the next step.


You can adjust the positionof the wings as you wish.

The Flying Heart is ready!


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Mountain fold the heart in half asshown, just to strengthen the paper lock, and then release it.



Valley fold the paper rectangle in half andunfold it.

Valley fold the right-hand edgeto meet the top edge. Pressthe paper flat and unfold it.

Valley fold the right-hand edge to meet the bottomedge. Press the paper flat and unfold it. Then, turn thepaper around into the position shown in the next step.

Valley fold the topcorners to meet theintersection of thefold-lines made instep 2 and 3.

Mountain foldthe top triangleback along itsbottom border.

Valley fold the topcorners along theexisting fold-lines.The marked placeis enlarged in the

following steps.

Valentine © 1998 Yuri Shumakov - page 1

Use a rectangle of paper, approximately 4:1 in proportion, colored sidedown. Also it's possible to use a rectangle of paper, 3:1 in proportion.In this case, the card will be lower.

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Valley fold and unfold themiddle corners of the frontlayer, as shown.

By pressing in the specifiedplace, open the layer andturn it out into the positionshown in the next step.

This should be the result.Repeat step 8 with the left-hand side.

Separate the corner andvalley fold and unfold it asshown.

By pressing on the top corner,open its layers and squashthem into the position shown inthe next step.

Separate the layers andtuck the little corners intothe pockets.

Valley fold the corners as shown.

Valley fold the top corners,thereby shaping the heart.


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Valley fold the bottom edgeand insert it under the heartas far as it will go. Press thepaper flat.


Valley fold the corners over the borders of the front layer.

Valley fold both layers of eachcorner as shown and unfold them.

Along the fold-lines made in step19, mountain fold the layers asshown, thereby locking them.


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Valley fold the bottom edgealong the existing fold-lineand unfold it. Then, turn themodel over.

Open out the layers and sinkthe bottom edge inside themodel.

Move the bottom edgesapart a little.

The nice Valentine card is ready!

Romantic Origami. Origami Holiday Series. Copyright©2009 by Katrin and Yuri Shumakov. Allrights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever withoutwritten permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.For information, address [email protected]

This book is available exclusively in electronic format as a portable document format (PDF) file.The product can be purchased exclusively through www.oriland.com or from official Orilanddistributors, see www.oriland.com/store/main.asp#distributors

Any other ways of obtaining this book are considered illegal.

NOTE: The diagrams from this book may be printed out only for personal use and may not be

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