I love making my own gift wrapping paper and it is a really quick thing to do . I needed some paper for the Suburbia Painting I made for my brother in law and laid out some kraft paper.
As you can tell Niles really wanted to help – if you want to have your cat help you, add half an hour of time for your DIY gift wrapping paper though – the clean up will keep you occupied *wink. I basically cleaned off my brush onto the kraft paper when I was doing an art journal spread.
I added some circles with a brush to add some pattern and used a white acrylic marker to write Happy Birthday all over.
I made a small tag, used some twine in a similar blue as I had used in the background and BAM – done .
Of course you can also use stamps and stencils -but in any event this is a super quick, easy and cheap way to make some personalized gift wrapping paper.
Here are the supplies I used for my DIY Gift Wrapping paper- some links are affiliate links.
Have a wonderful day!
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Dee Spillane
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Love the kit! Haven’t seen him in a while. Are you going to do jumpstart for 2017? I love it so much.
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nathalie-kalbach
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glad you liked seeing Niles, Dee :) As for JumpStart ….wink wink …yes :)
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Sue Clarke
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Love this gift wrap and even better that Niles “helped” you out!
I may have to do this project with my dear doggie.
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nathalie-kalbach
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Yeah- I think Niles should help me more often :) I cannot wait to hear about your doggie helper ;)
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Joi@RR
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Oh so fun – both the great gift wrap for Dave and your darling baby!! Smiling!! Xj.
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nathalie-kalbach
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thank you Joi – Niles is very proud of his accomplishment- LOL
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Muriel
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Making my own wrapping paper is exactly what I did last week. It adds a supplément to the gift itself.
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nathalie-kalbach
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So true Muriel!
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stephanie
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Your kitty is so cute. The paper is great. Thanks for sharing.
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nathalie-kalbach
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thank you – I will tell Niles- he likes compliments ;)
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Brenda
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What a cute helper. Love the colors on the wrapping paper and the vessel in your photo.
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nathalie-kalbach
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thank you Brenda! The vessel is an old ice cube container – which my friends gave me. I love the colors on it very much :)
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