Wrapping Paper

Are you out of wrapping paper?

"A hug is the perfect gift; one size fits all, and nobody minds if you exchange it.quot;

Do you want to personalise your gift or to use decorative elements that suit your occasion? If you have some rubber or acrylic stamps, why not make your own? It makes your gift much more meaningful too.

I often take the time to decorate my gifts in this manner and usually, my efforts are rewarded with heartfelt thanks! You just cannot put a price on this type of reaction to your tender loving care :)

Here's What You Will Need:

• Some plain brown paper, such as a roll you might use for covering books
  
  
• Stamps & inks
  
  
• Scissors, tape, ribbon and a gift

Here's What To Do:

• Cut a length of brown paper to the size you need for your gift
  
  
• Stamp images all over it, making sure some of the images go over the edges of the paper to add a more 'professional' and completed look. I used three stamps and three colours of ink, and you can adjust yours to suit your occasion and your gift recipient too, of course!

  

• Once you are happy with the look of your handstamped wrapping paper, simply wrap your gift in your lovely new gift wrap and tie it up with ribbon and/or twine
  
  
• Add a gift tag and you can also pop your gift into a colourful bag if you like - you could even decorate your bag to match the hand made paper

There are so many ways you could decorate your own gifts. I have shown you a very simple method, but you could get very creative with gel pens, glitter, paint, paint daubers, stencils - anything you want to use as decorative elements. Look around for interesting ties too, like shoe laces or belts or fishing line or thin, nylon rope. Try using stickers or printed photos or cut outs from old cards to use as decorations on your base paper.

You could also experiment with different colours and textures s as a base. Use tissue for a soft, feminine look, for example, or try linen writing paper or even make your own from recycled love letters!

Have fun making your very own hand stamped wrapping paper!

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