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Sometimes you want to spend days, weeks or even months making something detailed and complicated and (eventually) impressive... and other times you just want a quick, crafty fix!
I talk a lot about the joy of felt crafting being quick and easy, but I'm also a big fan of a bit of simple paper crafting. Patterned craft papers make it especially easy to quickly make something fabulous.
Inspired by a fab new range of paper pads stocked by The Village Haberdashery I've put together a blog post with instructions and templates for eight easy paper crafting projects.
I used a marbled pad for my projects, but there are lots of different coordinating patterns to choose from!
You can make greetings cards...
... create envelopes and notecards (DIY envelopes are so much fun to make and send)...
... wrap gifts...
... use scraps for colourful gift tags...
... whip up some party decor with classic paper chains...
... or mix and match bunting and garlands...
... make some helpful labels for party treats...
... or use the diagrams included in the blog post to make little gift boxes!
Click here to see all eight paper crafting ideas.
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I love working with paper, especially with all those beautiful patterns out there but I am terribly bad at cutting it neatly. Anyway, some ideas will be easy to borrow and use punches, I guess :)
ReplyDeleteLovely ideas as always Laura - I especially like the simple brown paper wrapping idea and will be trying that out myself.
ReplyDeletebairozan - I hope you'll be able to use some of these ideas! :)
ReplyDeleteJessica - thanks! It's a great way to use up the last few scraps of nice wrapping paper, too (waste not, want not, right??)