Welcome 2013 – summer loving fun gift wrapping idea!
You have purchased a beautiful house-warming gift and now all that’s left is to dazzle it up. No matter what your style or ability, you can easily create an attractive design to personalise your gift.
With our gift picture and easy-to-follow instructions below we show you how simple it can be. Remember that gift giving is year-long event and this suggestion can easily be adapted to suit other special occasions.
Vegetable – Stamped Paper
MATERIALS:
Potato (or other firm vegetable or fruit)
Acrylic Paint
Plain Paper (white, black or any other colour)
TOOLS:
pencil, craft knife, foam brush
Cut potato in half. With a pencil, draw a simple design on the cut-side of the potato. With a craft knife, score the potato along the pencilled design, cutting about 6mm (1/4inch) deep.
Carefully cut away the excess potato to the edge of the design, 6mm(1/4inch) from the top. Pour some pain into a shallow dish. Paint the potato stamp with a foam brush. Press the stamp onto the paper, repainting as necessary.
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