Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop: brown bag garland

A big hello to hopping Papertrey Inkers- thanks for visiting :) For anyone else out there, the challenge this month was to get creative with brown paper lunch bags. I have to admit I was quite stumped. But eventually got inspired by the classic kids craft activity of making strings of paper dolls holding hands. Here is what I did:


Trim off the sides and top of the bag, but NOT the bottom. Cut into strips as wide as you need (mine were about 2.5 inches). Flatten out the bottom bag fold so you have one long strip. Stamp the image you want to use at one end of the paper strip. You want to choose an image that is symmetrical and has an outline shape that is easy to recognise.


Accordian fold along the strip, making sure that the edges of your image are very close to the folds.


Cut out your shape, but leave a few points along the folds where you do not cut.


Unfold your strip- you now have a brown paper garland! You can leave it like this for something super quick, or go a bit more fancy and stamp along all the shapes and even add some extra decoration like I did in the middle of this flower garland.

Thanks for visiting, if you have time I'd really appreciate a comment!
Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Holiday Button Bits, Blooming Button Bits, In Bloom II
Paper: brown paper lunch bags, aqua cardstock
Ink: Papertrey Ink berry sorbet, fresh snow; Colorbox cranberry, chestnut; Hero Arts soft pool shadow ink.
Other: circle punch