Cardmaking: Brown Paper Packages

Do you want to sing? I want to sing [heck, who am I kidding? I am singing] ... brown paper packages, tied up with strings ... these are a few of my favourite things ...

... especially when they make easy and fun Christmas cards like this:

I made this card a few years back now for a Papercraft Inspirations Christmas Card 'bookazine' special but, when I knew I'd be sharing postal related projects at the time of year when many cardmakers are settling down to make their Christmas cards ... I knew I had to share it again here.

The brown paper package is ...just that!

• A scrap of chipboard wrapped in brown parcel paper [something I'm never without in my craft room]
• tied with plain old parcel string and mounted to a plain white card on 3D foam pads.

The postmark and the outline of the postage stamps comes from:

•  the Forever Friends - The Good Life - 'Journal' set which is a few years old now but which is still showing on the Docrafts site [and I have spotted some on EBay].
• I just stamped one onto a festive patterned paper, framing the stocking image and cut them out by hand. Then stamped another on to plain white.

A similar effect could be attained from using a small postage stamp punch and a small number/alpha stamp set.

I might give this style another go this year and, if you're looking for more Christmas card ideas Papercraft Inspirations are in full festive swing! They've already published two Christmassy issues this season - the most recent featuring my festive themed 10 Ways with Fabric card + gift ideas ... and there's still more to come!

Also ... for a lovely collection of actual brown paper packages to send as gifts this Christmas hop to my post from yesterday which features a special offer from The Green Gables.

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