Paper Bag Tutorial by DT Megha

Hello Everyone,

Today I am here with a tutorial post on creating a Journal Page on a brown paper bag.

I love Art Journalling, this is one art form which I enjoy thoroughly. 

It’s a place to record your thoughts, memories, and emotions through images, art and words. The number one rule about Art Journaling is that there are No Rules. :)

So let's start,

Step 1: We will convert this simple brown paper bag, don't be afraid of all the print we'll cover it all up like it was never there.

  

Step 2: I am going to cover my paper with white gesso, here I am covering the print on the bag and also preparing the background and priming the surface for the sprays and colours.

Step 3: Before the gesso dries I am going to tear pieces of Tim Holtz tissue paper and randomly place them on the bag, as the bag is still wet with gesso the tissue will adhere well.

Step 4: I am going ahead and heat setting this and dry this with a heat gun.

Step 5: I am taking some American Crafts twine for texture and interest and again randomly placing it on my bag. 

Step 6: I am going to adhere this with the help of white gesso so that I can help the twine to stick and also prime the twine to accept the colour sprays.

Step 7: Next, I am taking a geometric shape stencil and run modelling paste through it, in this case, triangles. I am going to use a generous amount of paste so that my triangles stand out.

Step 8: I am making sure all of the gesso and modelling paste is nice and dry so that we can spray away the colours without any fear. :)

Step 9: I'll be using 13 @rts Sprays, the idea here is to go from brightest to darkest to create depth. Make sure to shake your sprays before use so the pigments mix well.

I will be spraying water on the bag in intervals to help the pigment to flow and move around.

I am going to start spraying from the left and the right sides and tilt my bag toward the middle so that I can allow the colours to flow by themselves. I am starting with the brightest colours, Yellow Lemon and Yellow Amber.

I am going to dry this with a heat gun a little bit and spray again with same colours to build the colours and then dry again with the heat gun.

Step 10: Now I will take the dark colours, the beautiful Lilac and Chalk Grey sprays.

I sprayed the Lilac randomly and heat set it a bit and then I am opening my Chalk grey spray and dropping the colour in places here and there with the help of the tube.  This amazingly mixes and spreads into the page. I am going to heat set between the layers and application of the sprays.

Step 11: Time for embellishments. I am going to use some sparkly paper butterflies and flower corners and dark black flowers, I choose these to go with my title. 

Step 12:  I stamped my sentiment with black archival ink.

Step 13: I took some black and white acrylic paints and splattered all over the page, this gives me a certain amount of joy :) I heat set the black splatter and then did the white splatters and heat set again.

Step 14: To add more dimension and interest to the bag I am putting in white and black Nuvo drops in random places.

Step 15: I want to add more dimension and interest to my bag, I am going to use the newly launched MDF embellishments from Rainbow Craftykari- Triangles. 

Im simply painting them with black matte paint and adhering them on the bag.

Step 16: I splattered the bag once again heavily with white paint and applied black soot distress ink on the edges to frame the bag. 

We are done without Journal page on a brown bag and Gift Bag!

Here's a video flip through

Here are some pictures of the bag,

Supplies used:

• Brown Paper Bag

• Ranger Tim Holtz Tissue

• Modelling Paste 

• White Gesso 

• Stencil

• Matt Medium, Liquid Glue

• American Crafters twine

• Flowers & Butterflies Paper embellishments 

• any inspirational word Stamps

• Black Archival Ink

• Rainbow Craftykari MDF Triangles

• 13 Arts Colour Sprays 

• Nuvo Drops- Black and White

• White and Black Acrylic Paint

• Black Soot Distress Ink

• Heat Gun

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Happy Crafting!

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Megha