Friday, February 21, 2025

A Happy Accident / Placemat Stencil or Stamp

 Hello friends!

I was drawn to this flexible plastic placemat at the Dollar Tree-

It was sort of ugly but I thought maybe I could do something with it-




The front had a detailed design.

The back of the mat laid flat.




I rubbed an ink pad on the front of the mat.

Flipped it over on some Kraft paper-

Pressed down as a giant stamp.



I liked how it looked-



-so I did some more.



I had some plain brown bags



The ink picked up a lot of details.


I wasn't sure if I was just making a huge mess.


It was definitely a happy accident!



I just used a wet- wipe-



Easy to clean !




These mats cut easily with scissors to create

 more designs in different sizes !






Colored ink would look great,

even going over the design with watercolor paint or pencils

to personalize your gift wrap would make a one-of-a kind bag.









Thanks for letting me share with you today !

xo Lisa S


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