DIY: wrapping paper

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!  I spend the majority of it—probably like most of you—busy with holiday preparations, which of course included wrapping lots of gifts!

Like last year, I decided to forgo traditional store-bought paper in favor of my own handmade rendition.   I had seen a similar stamping idea online a while ago and finally decided to try it out for myself.  Using just some old white tissue paper, a stalk of celery and some left over acrylic paints, I was able to create the pretty floral paper you see above.  Here's how you can do the same...

Step 1: cut a stalk of celery approximately 3 inches from the base to create your stamp.  Make sure to keep the knife perpendicular to the counter and cut in one straight chop to create a level stamping surface.  The cut half should resemble a rose, like in the photo on the right.

Step 2: pour some acrylic paint on a paper plate and dip your stamp into the paint.  You may want to test the stamp on a paper towel first to determine your desired consistency.  I used a mix of heavy and light paint consistencies and scattered them randomly across the tissue paper.

 Step 3: you can also layer different colors on top of one another to give the flowers more dimension, or use several colors for a multi-hued effect.  Once finished with your design, let dry and wrap gifts as usual!  

All images via Dream & Dress

 

Happy wrapping!

xoxo