Upcycling Packing Paper
from The Quilt Rat
Recently, I was given a piece of brown packaging paper measuring 12 inches by 40 feet.........one complete, intact, 40 foot bit of paper that had arrived in someone's Amazon parcel. Now I have to tell you that the parcel contained a DVD.....seems like an unnecessary amount of protection but I decided to see if I could do something creative with that paper rather than just chuck it in the recycle bin.
I made a small book and began testing ideas.
It has a very slight waxy texture so working with Colour pencil is difficult. The paper doesn ...
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