This year, I wanted to make my gift wrapping special. I bought a big box of large rubber erasers and a roll of brown shipping paper from Office Depot. It took a bit longer than using store bought paper, but it's much more personal and a lot more fun to do. So, here's how to make your own pattern stamped wrapping paper!
Materials
Rubber Erasers
Exact-o Knife
Pencil
Stamp Pad
Paper
Start with a plain rubber eraser.
Draw or trace your design onto the eraser.
Cut around the edges of your design.
Try to keep your knife at an outward facing angle.
Angling it outward makes it easier to remove the unwanted areas and makes the design area stronger.
Carve out all the unwanted pieces and cut the stamp down to size.
Press the stamp into a stamp pad and stamp on paper!
Here are a couple of the designs I made. The snowflake was probably the hardest one to carve.
You can stamp it in a pattern (i.e. rows or offset rows) or just randomly.
