Recycled Wrapping Paper and Tags + Simon’s DieCember® Hop!

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Recently I was looking at the stack of paper grocery bags destined for the recycle bin and thought to myself – what could I repurpose these into? Immediately I thought of my favorite style of wrapping paper, red and white on kraft! This project was so much fun to put together; I used the Prismatic Snowflakes stamp and dies from Simon Says Stamp’s DieCember® release to make the paper and matching tags!

To make the wrapping paper, I cut the paper bags open and into squares, stamping and stenciling patterns onto them. The snowflake pattern was stamped with the Prismatic Snowflakes set and I blended the polka dots with the I Like Big Dots stencil from Simon. Both patterns use Festive Berries Distress Oxide inks.

I embossed the tags on festive cardstock colors and added twine to each. I cannot wait to wrap some of my Christmas gifts with this DIY wrapping paper!

If you try this technique, would you do red and white colors? Or would you create a different holiday color combo? Let me know in the comments!

SUPPLIES

Simon Says Clear Stamps PRISMATIC… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamps and Dies PRISMATIC… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp PRISMATIC SNOWFLAKES… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Stencil I LIKE BIG… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PICKET… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Set of 5 Rainbow Pack BLENDER BRUSHES [ SSS ] Therm O Web PURPLE TAPE Easy Release… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER… [ SSS ] Lawn Fawn SWEETHEART Single Cord Lawn… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ]

THE HOP DETAILS

• If you have already been hopping along, you should have arrived from my talented friend Cathy Zielske’s blog! The next stop is Nichol Spohr! You can find the entire hop list on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
• Simon is giving away a $25 gift card at every stop in the hop! If you’d like to win one, leave a comment here and on every blog that’s participating.
• There’s a special free gift offer available during the hop – use code JINGLE to get this American Crafts tag kit with your purchase!
• Don’t miss Day 2 of the DieCember® release blog hop starting tomorrow, December 3rd! And for even more inspiration using the DieCember® release, check out the Simon Says Stamp galleries!