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!
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Awesome inspiration! Thanks for the great ideas.
I always save paper grocery bags and have often used them as wrapping to mail packages. But I never thought to stamp them! Thank you for sharing your idea.
Beautiful project! Love these new products! Great inspiration!
very clever and beautiful!
I love the idea of reusing paper bags in this way.
So clever! And beautiful! I love snowflakes! Love them sparkly yoo!
What a great idea. Love the matching wrap and tags.
Love the tags and I have the stamps already to try it myself!
What a cool design!
Awesome idea for the wrapping paper!
What a great idea! I am with you on the red, white and kraft! Love that combination.
Snowflakes are my favourite! Beautiful works!
What a fantastic idea and a great way to recycle paper bags!
Love the Prismatic snowflake stamps with matching dies. Great idea Nina-Marie. Could also decorate craft bags as they would make great homemade gift bags. The tags are very nice as well.
Very creative use for paper bags!
I have quite a few myself and now know what to use them for!
Your tags and paper are very nice, thanks for the inspiration!
Oh what a creative idea, love these prismatic snowflakes !!!
Embossing makes it pop.
I love this, especially the tags. I had to go buy the stamp and die set right away! Thanks for the inspiration.
These will be wonderful on your gifts. So pretty.
Love the idea of making wrapping paper
I love this idea Nina…great contribution to this hop!
I love the look of Kraft with any color! The wrapping paper is a fabulous idea!
What incredible wrapping paper! I’m going to have to try it! It looks like a lot of fun!
Clever and so so cute! I often wonder if people appreciate all the thought and work that goes into these sweet DIY papers. Very nice! Enjoyed the video, they are even prettier in movement.
So creative… and looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Such a fun way to repurpose those bags! Love your wrapping paper and tags, Nina!!
Love that you found a way to use those grocery bags! Beautiful paper and tags!
Great idea and always better than store bought wrapping paper. Pretty designs.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
What a super idea you’ve shown Nina! I really like the tags.
I love everything about this! The recycling, the kraft paper you made, and those tags. Stunning! Thanks so much for sharing this fabulous idea!
Awesome video! Love your tags and gift wrap…
Thanks for sharing.
Love this – I used to get the kids to draw in them, but the stamping looks super nice.
Great idea to make your own wrapping paper and the snowflake tags are wonderful!
Those snowflake tags are really festive!
Sooo clever. Using something that everyone has in their home. Thank you.
Love recycling… I stamp on shipping paper and let my granddaughters color. It is a big hit with them. Now I’ll have to do some for me with these lovely snowflakes. Great idea.
Such an original way to make tags, I love it!!
love the red and kraft combo! great snowflakes!!
I am with you on the red and kraft! The Prismatic Snowflakes make wonderful tags.
I am a fan of recycling all things holiday – cards, tags, bags, wrapping paper, ribbon.
great technique and ideas
What beautiful wrapping paper. love your techniques
Great ideas Nina. Love your wrapping paper and tags.
Wonderful, I love the snowflake tags!
This is such a great idea. I love it!
I’m going to try this! Thank you!
Great recycling project now that we can not use our own bags in grocery stores.
I love making gift wrap like this. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing … I love the coordinating gift wrap!
Fun! I think this might also work with a mix of aqua and white on kraft.
Very festive! I love this idea!
Love the snowflakes and recycling the bags!
This is a wonderful idea and it’s great you can match paper and tags. Love those prismatic snowflakes.
This is such a great technique! Red is my least favourite colour so I’d probably use pink, purple and teal. Thanks for sharing the fun process video.
Love the wrapping paper with snowflake tags idea! Thanks for sharing!
Wow your wrapping paper is fabulous, I always use brown paper to wrap presents as its recyclable, I shall take more time now and stamp it to!!
I don’t purchase gifts anymore. I just give gift certificates. But, you wrapping paper looks like it would be a lot of fun to create with the new Simon products.
Love the idea of recycling the bags! I also love the geometric snowflakes!
Loved the wrapping paper and matching tags. A real wow factor!
First offf, fab idea with the paper of wrapping! Where I buy our groceries they only use recycled plastic bags so I don’t think this would work. But I might try a dark green with some good or silver splatters. TFS.
Great idea! I love the look of the red and white on the paper bag, but I might try some more vibrant colors as well.
How fun and beautiful!!
Waouh ! J’adore ces tags flocons assortis au papier d’emballage.
Bises.
MaryannG
Wow! I love these flake tags to match the wrapping paper.
Kisses.
MaryannG
Such a clever idea and a great way to upcycle! I too love the red, white and kraft combo. The white really pops.
omg i love making my own wrapping paper!! your creations are stunning!
Very clever!! Love the red and like Denise Bryant would like to try gold. And also the new Distress Oxide Rustic Wilderness.
Love the wrapping paper and tags! Love the red and white, but I’d love to try gold!
Nina, you have unique ideas! Beautiful designs!
How beautifully bright your tags are!
What a fantastic way to use the gorgeous stamps and dies! Fun and festive.
Such a clever idea! I absolutely love it! I love the idea of recycling things that normally go to waste to make something pretty.
Such a clever idea! I absolutely love it! Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful snowflake dies and stamps. Love the gift wrap and snowflake dies!
Such a lovely idea, the wrapping paper looks fabulous!
I love this idea for recycle! It’s one of our challenges for card club techniques!
Great ideas!! Homemade wrapping paper – nice touch
Love the inspiration Nina. Thanks so much.
This paper is prettier than store-bought and good for the environment! I love the tags too.
What a funtastic idea. Love the wrapping paper and those bags were perfect, they seem to grow quickly, Lol!
What pretty wrapping paper!
What a cool idea!! I love the way that you stamped the whole stamp set on top of the Kraft paper without taking a stamp off. I also really love the way Kraft paper looks used for gift wrap!
Genius!! I have wanted to do this for many years to warp Christmas presents! Maybe when I retire I will have enough time lol!!
tags are lovely as is.
Cool idea! As much as I love the red on Kraft I think I would mix it up with non-traditional colors like pink & purple. Or use the circle stencil with spiced marmalade then draw some stems to make them oranges!
Loving your wrapping materials! The paper is so pretty, I love the Kraft, and those tags are just showstoppers! So bold and modern looking!
Love this!!! I would not change the colors at all…maybe add some silver! Love it with the kraft paper!!!
This is fun! I love this color combo and would probably not change it. It’s so festive and classic.
Can’t wait to make some tags!
I love the tags, and they’re inspiring me to get into my space and create.
Wonderful colors and great idea
How fun and beautiful is that homemade Christmas paper. Love it and the tags are gorgeous too!
Love, love, love those tags!
you always have such GREAT idea’s love simon’s dies
Lovely wrapping paper and tags! Such a great idea!
Thanks for sharing these great ideas that are both practical and fun! I think the snowflake tags would also look wonderful on a tree! ????
Very clever to use a paper bag for your craft paper look! I love the cute ornaments as well!
lots of inspiration here. Merry Merry
Awesome wrapping paper, but I love the tags! So beautiful! ????
Great recycling! Such cute project!
Great craft idea for the whole family.
Great idea for reducing waste. Red and white are great color choices with kraft – I would add some dark green, too
Very clever idea ! Love them!
Love this up cycling idea! This is such a cute idea and it turned out great!
Your ornament is so pretty and simple enough for anyone to create. I love your use of the paper bags to decorate using stamps & stencils.
These snowflake ornaments are gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration. I love the red and white but the green and white is very striking!
What a great idea. I love the tags, too. So cute.
What a great idea! The paper is great, and the tags are gorgeous!
Sweet idea… love using what’s around the house for crafting. Recycling matters.
Thanks for the beautiful Idea. Thanks for sharing ????????
Great idea!! Love the simplicity!
Love this! I also love using things that would otherwise be tossed.
So clever to create your own wrapping paper! I’ve got tons of bags and now need to get them out for Christmas gift wrapping! Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful wrapping paper! I love this idea! Thanks for the inspiration!
I was making tags a couple of days ago but yours is much nicer! I will switch to doing snowflakes. Sadly, my grocery stores only give out plastic bags or I would make your wrapping paper too!
Great idea and lovely tags!
Great use of paper bags! Love the traditional Red, White and Green Christmas colors.
Great idea as always you are amazing thank yoU!
CUUUUUUUUUUUUTE wrapping paper idea! Your tags are so adorable too!
I too love this colour combination. These are beautiful.
Those snowflake dies are on my wish list. Reusing the grocery bags was so thoughtful.
Great idea and both patterns look so good!
Those tags are so cute!
I love this idea for handmade gift wrap and tags–using recycled materials makes it even better!
fun project, makes the gifts even more personalized
That is adorable gift wrap and I really think that the tags are too cute. Great job.
I love this idea! I stamped snowflakes with Distress Oxides on brown paper lunch sacks last year and put handmade Christmas gifts in them! They looked so cute! I wish I had thought of making matching snowflake tags.
Thanks for sharing your inspiration! I like to recycle/upcycle!
Hi, there –
I would probably do like you did but I might add dk green snowflakes to mix with the red…. OR I would do a bunch of shades of blue and then make tags on paper in shades to match. Love your idea. Thanks for helping Mama Earth by reusing.
Lori S in PA
What an awesome idea! I love kraft wrappingbpaper & will be making my own after seeing your wonderful results!
Cute tags, clever idea. Will have to remember that one.
Very nice. I enjoy making my tags so this is great inspiration.
Love your tags! What a great use for the snowflake stamp and die.
I love reusing existing items for a new purpose. These are great ideas.
I like making my own wrapping paper. I save the packing paper from my craft orders because the stores here don’t have paper bags. Yours is fantastic!
I love the idea of using paper bags – so resourceful! You must love your friends and family a lot to put that much effort in. Your snowflake tags are making me kind of envious. Perfect!
Love this idea, such a easy way to add fun to a present.
Great job on up-cycling. I was fortunate enough to purchase the Prismatic stamps last month. I had no idea they were going to sell the dies. I really want those now. I rarely purchase a stamp set without the die but I thought they were so pretty.
I love using kraft wrapping paper and bags for gifts. I have made my own wrapping paper but it has been awhile. I the large dot stencil is really eye-catching! Thanks for the inspiration.
Great idea for recycling those brown paper bags. I had to rescue some before my hubby took them to the recycle center. I may even cut some down as card fronts!
thank you for this great idea!
The new dies are fantastic. And your inspiration is amazing! Personally, I would love to go wild with the color combos for the snowflakes.
Oh my gosh! What a great idea! Your wrapping paper and tags are so awesome! I can’t wait to try them!
Beautiful & a great idea for tags!
I’m a snowflake fanatic, so I really love this. I would try lots of different colors, but especially blues and maybe some pink.
I haven’t done it in a while, but I love making my own wrapping paper! I love this Prismatic snowflakes. Super cute to use them as a gift tag
Cool idea! Thank you for the inspiration
Fantastic idea. Thank you. Love the new release.
This is a wonderful upcycling idea. Love it !
I have several paper bags. Great idea!
I love the snowflake die tags!
Love your DIY wrapping paper from grocery bags! I save them and the bags that come with my SSS card kits and repurpose them for cards, they also were the perfect thing to wrap pictures in when our son moved to a new home!
This is a great idea!
These are so lovely and many Stars! Love your way to use them
Great ideas, love the colors! Kraft and red are soooo rustic and festive.
Love the results. Tags are on of my favorites.
Love your creativity!
Fabulous ideas!!! Love your tags and gift wrap!!!
I’ve been saving my bags just waiting for you to lead me in the right direction!
OMG!!! love your idea & I just found a bunch of brown bags ????
I just love Diecember!
Love crafting on paper bag materials. Thanks
Love it, what a great and simple idea
What a wonderful idea! Now I can use my small pieces of wrapping paper. You give me do many wonderful ideas.
Using a wrinkled paperbag??? Sign me up!!
Really cute tags! Now I’m really tempted to get the snowflake set.
Great tags and such a great reminder to recycle! If you need more wrapping paper, get a roll of kraft paper and use all your favorite stamps for that special occasion… or use the stamps you’ve never used. We all have them! Thanks, Nina-Marie!
Oh my goodness what a great way to make tags… My kids will think I bought them when I make them. Thanks for sharing
I am in LOVE with these snowflake tags!
Wonderful recycle idea. Pretty snowflake tags.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Just BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the Colors and all of the possibilities with the different Stencils and Stamped Images!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
Love the custom giftwrap with matching tags!
I’ve had aspirations to do this for years! lol
Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you for the inspiration to use up the bazillion paper bags around the house!
Great idea and I often use the paper that is used to protect products from online shopping…I uncrumple it and stamp, die cut, etc…great way to upcycle stuff that would normally be thrown away or recycled! Awesome card!!
I never think of doing this. Thank. you for the beautiful reminder of how to stretch our dies and stamps.
Absolutely brilliant!! I love this so much! Thanks, Nina. :)
These were such great ideas – looking forward to trying to make custom gift wrap and tags. Thank you for the inspiration.
Love this idea! I may try it on some white bags I have as well.
Love your wrapping paper and matching snowflake dies. Such as awesome idea, stamp set and matching dies.
What a great reminder of a technique i havent used in a few years.
Brilliant! I love that idea so much!
You know, I have actually done this before and it worked really well. My favorite wrapping paper is kraft.
Thanks for the reminder of this fun idea! White ink on Kraft! Heavenly!!
So much better to reuse than to just
recycle. Kraft makes a great background
color and the paper is perfect for wrapping.
Great idea. thanks for sharing
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Can’t wait to get out my grocery bags and try this! Wonderful idea!
Terrific idea! Can’t wait to try it!
I love Kraft paper for wrapping gifts and usually make matching decorated tags! This year I’ll add the stamping to the paper because I love the look of these. Clever girl!
LOVE this idea. So into craft paper this year!!!
A great idea for recycling! Lovely paper and tags!
Great ideas, I just love reusing/recycling when I play with paper,
Great idea! Cute paper and matching tags!
Really distinct and beautiful!
So creative and beautiful
Those tags are gorgeous! Wasn’t sure bout this stamp and die set but you’ve made a believer out of me!
Omg! I was on the fence about this stamp and die set, now I have to have it.
Love using grocery bags for wrapping paper! Sweet simple stamping makes things speedy too. The tags are the perfect addition!
I love upcycling and these bags are beautiful
Love this idea. What a great way to use all those grocery bags. I also love Kraft paper with red.
This is beautiful. I love the craft wrap!!!!
Such cute ideas, thank you!
Love this idea! Those prismatic snowflakes are on my must have list!
Such a great idea and lovely colors! I love these snowflakes!
Fun idea. Glad I’m not the only one that finds uses to recycle Christmas cards and paper!
Love the tags. They are so adorable!
Such a fabulous idea! Love this. ♥️
I am loving the using the paper bags. What a great release. The snowflakes are beautiful. So tempting!
Loved the video, thanks for the great DIY and the furry smile!
I love how you created the gift wrap by using the whole sheet of snowflake stamps. It is perfect for the grocery bag wrap. I have a large gift and this has given me great inspiration for decorating the Kraft wrapping paper I was planning to use. Love how you used the stencil too. I do have some grocery bags and will use those too.
Such a great idear ❤️ Just love it ❤️
So creative! So cute! I don’t have the grocery bags but I have a roll of Kraft paper I’m going to now stamp on!