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Leaves Of Holly

August 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

For several years now I’ve made my own gift wrapping paper. Whatever the occasion, I simply stamp what I need to coordinate with the card I make. What’s more, I love that unlike much of the commercially produced gift wrap, mine is completely recyclable. The base is a sheet of white packing paper (bought from my local U-Haul depot – a moving company here in Canada). Then using the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set, ink and a little time I created pretty gift wrap for 15 cents a sheet. Bargain!

Create your own recyclable gift wrap using the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #simplestamping #papercraftwithme

TWICE STAMPED LEAVES

This project really is very simple and I made it even more so with my choice of stamps. The Leaves of Holly set has two each of two different sizes of holly leaves and I ended up using the smaller ones. I think the identical sized leaves are supposed to be stamped on top of each other but I decided against that. Instead I stamped them separately, one using Shaded Spruce ink and the other in Granny Apple Green ink. To add even more interest after I inked each image and stamped, I immediately stamped again to get a second lighter leaf. This way I could use the two stamps to create four different looking leaves on my design.

As I worked, I tried to remember to turn the stamp slightly so that the design appeared random. I also stayed away from the edges until I was almost finished. This was because I knew that when I stamped over the edge I would create a hard ink line on the surface of the stamp. To prevent this line transferring onto the paper I had to re-ink the whole stamp completely before going back to my project. Then if I actually wanted the lighter version of the colour I needed to first “stamp off” onto scrap paper.

After I’d filled in most of the paper with the four different leaves I turned to the holly berries. Once again I decided to only use one of the two layering stamps. So I picked up the fuller berry image and stamped that using Sweet Sorbet ink. As before I stamped with full strength ink, and then stamped again without re-inking the image.

With the berries and leaves done all I had left to do was add a few sentiments from the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set. First I chose “Seasons Greetings” and stamped that into some of the gaps using Shaded Spruce ink. Then using Sweet Sorbet ink I stamped “Christmas Wishes”. And just like that my gift wrap was complete.

PRODUCT LIST

As I explained in my introduction, I use white packing paper for my gift wrap projects. In Canada I can get sheets of this “clean white newsprint paper” in a box from my local U-Haul franchise. The box I chose had about 100 sheets of clean white newsprint approximately 24″ x 30″ and I paid $13 +tax Canadian. If you don’t have access to U-Haul, try doing an online search for “white newsprint”. Otherwise try contacting your local moving company and ask about buying their white newsprint (packing) paper.

BUNDLE BONUS – I bought the Leaves of Holly Stamp Set in a bundle with the coordinating Holly Berry Dies (not used today). Buying the two items using the single “bundle” item number saved me 10% off the cost of buying them separately. I’ve included a link to the bundle in case you want to explore that option for yourself.

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad
Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin' Pad
Sweet Sorbet Classic Stampin’ Pad
Leaves Of Holly Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
Leaves Of Holly Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
Leaves Of Holly Bundle (English)
Leaves Of Holly Bundle (English)

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