Paper Crafts

Hand Cut Paper Art by Lisa Rodden

Paper is such a familiar and humble material, it’s easy to overlook how versatile it can be when it comes to crafting. On this website you’ll find different ways to transform paper into stationery, gifts, and decorative items. Because much of the paper used in paper crafts is recycled, the cost is minimal but the results  are sensational.Paper is an intrinsic part of our everyday lives. There are newspapers, magazines, catalogues, brochures, letters that are delivered to our door, brown paper parcels, cardboard cartons, and shoe boxes with their accompanying layers of tissue paper.
Paper accounts for about a third of municipal waste; at best it is recycled bu pulping but at worst it is consigned to landfill. Once you’ve leafed through these pages and can see for yourself what can be done with a few pieces of paper and card, you’ll view the modest and most basic of materials in different light.
This topic explains a wealth of paper-crafting techniques, as well as offering a number of inspiring and achievable projects, including a stationery set, postcards, homewares, and decorations.
With writing paper conjured up from paper pulp and petals or adorned with printed motifs, you can be at the forefront of a letter-writing revival. Instead of hoarding old photographs and letters in a drawer, use scrapbooking techniques to create an heirloom album. With a shoe box and few scraps of giftwrap, you can make a keepsake box. And if there’s something to celebrate, make your own greeting cards and gift boxes, or decorate a party venue with bold and colourful paper pompom decorations.
Paper might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of home accessories, so a punched lampshade or a quilled paper picture is likely to be something of a talking point. It’s time to rescue all that paper from the recycling bin. Scissors at the ready? Get snipping and ripping!

Craft techniques & Projects – Dorling Kindersley Limited

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