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You are never going to believe what I used in this frame…a paper bag. Yes a paper bag that started out just like this one.
I came across a craft challenge last week and thought it would be fun to participate. That is until I read what this month’s challenge is: paper bag. Um what, a paper bag! I use paper bags to hold recycling, donations, and trash. Creating a craft project had me stumped. I had decided I would just wait until next month.
Then I saw this thrift store frame that I painted for another project that never came to fruition and my idea was born.
This is how the frame started before sanding and painting.
Not very pretty, but some leftover paint saved the day!
The next step in the project was to cut a portion out of the above pictured paper bag that would fit into our printer. I grabbed a piece of plain white printer paper to use as a guide. The paper you cut from your bag does not need to be perfect, because you will need to cut it down to fit in the frame after printing. Just make sure it fits nicely into your printer.
I had no problem with printing. I was very anxious about this. We purchased a new color laser printer last fall that I love (most times). At Christmas time, my oldest son needed a shirt for a special day at school. No problem, I picked up a t-shirt at Hobby Lobby, found an image online I liked, and printed it onto my fabric transfer paper. The paper did not like our new printer and left quite the mess (we were able to clean it up). My husband very nicely pointed out that my paper is for inkjet printers-not laser. A couple months later, I tried printing on burlap. No messy printer this time, but it did not print dark enough. After two failed projects with the new printer, I was reluctant to try a third.
The paper bag printed great!
Bless This Home printable. This fits into a 5×7 frame.
This picture shows the bag after I cut it down to fit my frame.
The next step was to add it to the painted frame. I glued a flower that I had leftover from another project onto the outside of the frame to complete the project.
I love how this turned out and may have to try paper bag printing again soon.
Linking this project up for April Craft Challenge. Click here to see to where I am linking up.
