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DIY camouflage paper! Hidden secrets ( ok pun intended)

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What's one thing guys love? Blowing stuff up, outdoors and camouflage. Well not all guys, but the guys in my life do. It was my nephew's birthday and I wanted to make something cool for that little kid. He loves camouflage and his boots, so I made him a card. 

Don't buy camouflage pattern paper because you might as well be setting fire to a bundle of cash to keep yourself warm. Learn this hidden secret! (Get it? Ok, groan, I know, moving on...)

Instructions 

Colors used: Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede ( Check out my stampin store to get these inks. They are 6.95$ each and they are refillable) 

1. Start out blotting, sponging or stamping darker color of green across the paper using Mossy Meadow. The stampset I used is retired (Gorgeous Grunge). A comparable stamp set is TOUCHES OF TEXTURE ($33) - 143251 and contains 15 stamps each of a different texture. The pictures of these are shown below


2. Then I repeated the splatter ink stamp with a lighter green ( Old Olive) and Soft Suede. Try to cover as much white paper as possible. 

3.Repeat with all 4 colors and play around. Literally the only time in art where you don't have to care where you stamp, don't be perfect, go to town, dab-a-dab-dab. 

There you have your camouflage pattern! See how easy it was to do it, and you would've bought it somewhere instead of doing it yourself. 

I finished off this cardstock with stamped deer! 

This is what the finished card looks like: 

To get a full list of instructions and dimensions for this card, email me at paperbirchdesigns@gmail.com 

GET THE SUPPLIES AND MAKE THIS, ITS SO EASY! 



Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 12, 2017 at 8:56 PM


    Archie, what a creative idea to do camo, my boys went thru that FAD a few years back was so glad. I don't have the coloring to wear it. Lol.. Hope your having a wonderful day. Take care.

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    1. PaperBirchDesignJuly 13, 2017 at 5:07 AM

      Thanks Linda, I don't own anything camouflage myself. But the boys love it!

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