Painted Paper Collage on a Gift Box

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Last week, we painted some blank paper, cut them into floral shapes, and made a collage:

Can you believe that this still life was made from paint and a brown paper bag? 

The inspiration came from a project by art teacher Andrea Nelson on Workshop Week (there's one coming up this June 2 to 6, and it's free to sign up; check it out here). 

She painted some plain copy paper with watercolor (acrylic paint is a good option), cut them out into flowers with a matching vase, and glued everything down to make this collage...TADA! 

It's quite addicting to do and the results are impressive. I made several versions of it:

As a cover for a handmade greeting card...TADA!

And as a page in my art journal...TADA!

There must be another way to use these hand-painted and hand-drawn flowers, don't you agree?

I'm repurposing this box once intended for coffee packaging.

It's made of sturdy material and can be given new life as a gift box.

It has some printed text inside and outside the box.

But the text can easily be covered up with a coat of paint...TADA!

I didn't fully disguise the text with paint since I'll be adding a new layer. 

After the base layer dries, paint on some leaves.

Select the flowers you want to use. 

Then glue the paper flowers all around the leaves. 

Don't forget to decorate inside the box.

All that's left to do is to add a gift inside and a gift tag with a personalized inscription!

That is how I turned a brown paper bag and an empty box from blah to TADA!

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