Paper Crafts
Paper crafts are a natural extension of card making. Once you
get comfortable with your card making tools, you may start to think of
other things you can use them for. This is where things really get fun!
Check out the Sour
Cream Container project. What a fun way to use paper to
package up a small treat!
The
Acrylic Frame Calendar is a nother great example of putting your paper to good use!
Paper Crafting Ideas:
- Gift Bags, Boxes and tags - making your own containers for
presents is simple and so much fun!
- Wrapping paper - Out of wrapping paper? Need something
specific? Make your own!
- Stationary Boxes - a simple box can dress up stationary
beautifully with just a few cuts and folds.
- Candy wrappers - Chocolate bars have never felt more
fabulous than they do when you dress them up in pretty paper.
- Teacher gifts - show the teachers in your life that you
value their work by giving them something made from the heart.
- Luminaries and candles - simple and elegant ideas for
lighting up a home, party, or an event.
- Ornaments - With so many different ways to fold and
manipulate paper and ribbon, your Christmas tree will be prettier than
ever this year!
- Home Decor, such as vases, clocks and framed artwork - fun
ways to dress up your home in special elements you can't get in any
store.
- Recipe cards and boxes - a great way to breathe new life
into a stuffy old recipe box.
- Decorative notebooks and sticky-note holders - just a few
pieces of paper and glue and you've got custom items for making notes
or writing that grocery list on.
- Picture frames - if you can't find a frame that goes with a
special picture, then make your own!
- Jewelry - you love your handiwork so much you want to wear
it!
And there are many, many more ideas for using your supplies in
ways you never thought possible!