Monday 13 September 2010

Recycling: Stamping on brown paper



Whenever I go to my friend Lindas house she always gives me things that I might like to alter. On a recent visit she gave me a load of brown wrapping paper. This makes a lovely surface for stamping on and looks very vintage with brown inks and curled edges..its one of my fav stamping surfaces rather than stark white paper. Here are a few christmas cards in green and brown tones..all of these beautiful stamps are from Scrollswork.

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13 comments:

Carin said...

Wow, beautiful cards! I love using brown pare for painting/ creating backgrounds, but rarely stamp directly onto it. Maybe I should :)

Anonymous said...

Wonderful, love brown paper, instant antique look no matter what you do. These are marvelous and you are so ahead with your holiday creating...xox Corrine

Joanna said...

It's much softer than stamping on white, isn't it? Lovely. x

Martina said...

Lorraine, these are very impressive!!!
Stunning cards!

Numinosity said...

I alway like seeing what you're up to Lorraine. I think I'll do some brown paper stamping too.
xoxo Kim

Sid said...

Fab finish on your recycled brown paper cards !

Jenny said...

Gorgeous cards Lorraine... looks so fabulous on the brown paper...

Jenny x

MaryB said...

Just lovely! I recently made some flowers out of brown paper lunch bags, inked them in multiple colors and used them to make cards. I was very happy with how they turned out! Very inspiring! Thank you for sharing.

ShabbyChicShaz said...

your cards are gorgeous, love the vintage feel

Pat Beaumont said...

Lovely work Lorraine

Unknown said...

I love brown paper-- and yellowed too, for stamping and collage. These are beautiful cards!

LME said...

They turned out really well :)

Deborah said...

Fantastic! I love the cobwebby feel you achieved with the white paint/ink through sequin waste.