diy flocked wrapping paper

i had a lot of flocking powder left over from my henry art for the nursery. and i had a shower gift to wrap with not a lot of paper options suitable for a boy shower. so i jazzed up kraft paper with flocking powder for velvety, personalized wrapping paper.

instead of glue/mod podge i used double-sided alphabet stickers this time.

the hardest part about this project was getting the dang stickers off the roll. once they were placed on the paper, i poured on the flocking powder, making sure the letters were covered and slightly pressed down to adhere. once I tapped off the excess my diy wrapping paper was ready.

before:

after:

the possibilities for wrapping paper designs + flocking powder is endless (names, quotes, stripes, stenciled designs, oh my!) which is good, because i still have tons of flocking powder left over. look for flocking powder projects until 2019…

{justine}

personalized flocked art {diy}

sorry for the long absence. i don’t have any excuse except that i honestly don’t know where time goes. i hope to soon have a better handle on time management, but i’m not holding my breath. but here i am, and not with a post about henry. well, i guess in a way it is, because it’s artwork from his nursery, and literally says henry, but he’s not the focus. though i’m sure some people wouldn’t mind if it was.

as seen in his nursery reveal, henry has personalized artwork on his walls, made by moi.

here’s how i did it!

the supplies i used for this project include a canvas, flocking powder (i bought mine at michaels; it makes for a furry/velvety texture), mod podge, pencil (standard wood one, not a mechanical one as seen below), printout of chosen design (henry) and paintbrush.

first, on the back of my printed design (for the design, the simpler, less detailed the better), i shaded the outline with the side of my pencil.

i find doing it against a window is easiest. make sure the lines are well shaded, but you only need to do the outline.

i then carefully placed my design on the canvas right-side up and traced the outline with the pencil.

this will result in a light outline of the design on the canvas (although very hard to see below).

then i filled in the design with mod podge, followed by a layer of flocking powder, one letter at a time. then i tapped off the excess.

(remove those lumps seen in the pic above)

after one layer, i saw where i missed spots, and found i didn’t do a thick enough glue layer.

i simply did a second layer right on top, which helped but it still wasn’t completely filled in yet.

after three it was sufficiently covered. then i used a clean paintbrush to brush away some errant powder to clean up some of the lines.

bam. done.

this was my first time using flocking powder, and i liked it! it was a quick project (that perhaps would have been quicker if i had done a thicker, more precise layer of glue first, or used a stencil taped down) that resulted in personalized artwork for my little man’s nursery. and because it’s a kid’s space, i think the velvety, furry texture is perfect – it can be fun for him to touch, like the touch and feel books.

now i need to figure out what else to do with the rest of my flocking powder. i’m thinking diy cards with some double stick alphabet letters i picked up…

have you used flocking powder before? any suggestions on another project to use it for?

{justine}