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Nature's Gifts These projects are all naturals for gift-giving. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-709

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Paper Gift Bags and Clay Tags

Simple clay tags and elegant embossed stamps give gift bags a personal organic style.

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Paper Gift Bags and Clay Tags

Materials:

Delight modeling paper clay
wax paper
rolling pin
food grade silicone spray
nature rubberstamps – leaf designs
craft scissors
bamboo skewer
Pearlizing medium – by Plaid
craft paint
small paintbrushes
ink pads
distressed embossing powder—by Ranger Ink
heat gun
kraft paper gift bag
twine or waxed cotton string
ribbon
hot glue

1. Place paper clay between 2 layers of wax paper; use a rolling pin to roll the clay to a ¼" thickness (figure A).

2. Spray a leaf stamp with a food grade silicone spray (the spray prevents sticking). Remove the top layer of wax paper from the clay and stamp images onto the surface (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

3. Using a pair of craft scissors, carefully cut around the stamped images (figure C). Punch a hole in the wet clay with a bamboo skewer (figure D). Let the clay leaves air dry for 2 days.

Figure C

Figure D

4. Add pearlizing medium to craft paint, mix thoroughly and paint the clay leaves. Add highlights with gold craft paint mixed with pearlizing medium (figure E). Set the leaves aside to dry.

5. Using the same stamps, rubber stamp a gift bag. Use different ink colors and emboss some of the stamps with embossing powder and a heat gun (figure F). Work over a manila file folder to catch loose embossing powder and funnel it back into the canister.

Figure E

Figure F

6. Thread the leaf on a piece of twine and tie to the bag (figure G).

7. Hot glue additional leaves to note cards (figure H).

Figure G

Figure H

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