Painted Paper Projects

I'm pretty excited with today's craft because anyone can do it. Let's begin!  

We will turn a brown paper bag from blah to...

...TADA! Our very own gift wrap!

Simply paint the brown paper bag in any color you want. I used acrylic paint (orange with streaks of yellow) and a big paint brush. Cover the entire sheet and let the paint dry. Then paint on a motif that you like: robots, hats, fruits, hearts, or rainbows. Of course I chose flowers!

I painted different kinds of flowers and used different colors for variety.

I also experimented with using just white paint. Once I filled the paper with my design, I left the paper to dry.  

Here are some of the things I made using my gift wrap:

I made an envelope...TADA! I used this template kit or you can make your own using this tutorial. 

Here's a closer look.

Here's the flip side. Cute, right?

I made a smaller envelope, still using one of the templates in the kit. 

Two envelopes I can use for my letters and birthday cards...TADA!

I'm saving this sheet to wrap a small gift. 

I can also trim the flowers to use as fodder to decorate my art journal, scrapbook, and gift boxes...TADA!

For the paper remnants, I won't waste them! Using a paper punch, I made these confetti hearts...TADA!

And for even the smaller paper scraps, I used a hole punch to make more confetti...TADA!

That is how I turned a brown paper bag from blah to TADA!

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