Going Green
©Michele Emerson-Roberts 2015
Supplies:
Box Instructions:
Assemble the cards and box:
Cards Instructions
Supplies:
Instructions:
Assemble the card:
All
this talk these days about “going green” makes me smile. The Arnold Grummer
Co., family and friends have been “green” for decades. Not only are we “green”
by recycling, repurposing, and re-using, we are adding to the “green” in our
wallets by making our own paper from items most people consider trash. What a
winning combination that is!
With March’s Saint Patrick’s Day coming up, what better time to gather all those odds and ends of green scrap paper and get started on an Irish project or two.
With March’s Saint Patrick’s Day coming up, what better time to gather all those odds and ends of green scrap paper and get started on an Irish project or two.
Supplies:
- Any of the Arnold Grummer paper making
kits
- Molds: R 004 Scottish Thistle, R
434 Celtic Harp, R 470 Celtic Knot Work, R 497 Celtic Flourish
- Microwave, heat gun or a sunny
window
- Blender, small strainer, cello
sponges and soft towels, paper cutter, scissors, bone folder, ruler
- Beacon Quick Grip™ Adhesive,
double sided foam tape or foam dots
- Scraps of green and white paper
(think colored junk mail, etc.)
- 4 sheets of 12 x 12” Forest Green
90# card stock (I used World Win)
- Scor-Pal™
- Westcott® personal paper cutter
and scissors
- Envelopes
- Dies: Spellbinders™ Circles,
CherryLynn Celtic Circles Stacker Frames
- Craftwell™ large Embossing Folder Décor Circles
- Spellbinders Grand
Calibur™ Machine
- ColorBox™
Chalk Ink pads in Warm Green and Olive Pastel and Stylus handle with white
foam tips
Box Instructions:
- Using two of the 12 x 12” pieces
of dark green card stock create the box following the instructions
available from www.oragami-fun.com (*save the two ½” strips to use in
making the dark green casting.)
- Check the grain of the card stock
to determine the layout for folding, then cut four (slightly smaller than)
4 x 8” cards from one sheet of the 12 x 12” card stock.
- Cut four of the middle size
Celtic Circle dies from the dark green card stock (*save the scraps to use
in making the dark green casting).
- Fold the cards in half. Emboss
the front of the card with the Décor Circle folder.
- Follow the direction for paper
making and casting found in any of the Arnold Grummer paper making kits or
books to create a sheet of light green paper.
- When paper is dry cut four 3
¼“circles and one middle size Celtic Circle die from the handmade paper.
- Make more slurry and caste one
each of the four molds in light green
- Dry in the microwave, with the
heat tool or place in a sunny window.
- Make a small amount of dark green
slurry and cast one thistle (*see notes), dry casting.
- When castings are dry, use the
Stylist and foam tips to add a small amount of Warm Green Chalk ink to
bring out the texture and design of the light green castings.
- Use the Olive Pastel Chalk ink
for the dark green casting.
Assemble the cards and box:
- Attach the light green castings
to the dark green Celtic Circles dies with Quick Grab™ adhesive.
- Attach the dark green Celtic
Circles die to the 31/4” light green circles with foam tape or dots.
- Attach the light green circles to
the front of the embossed 4” cards. \
- Attach the dark green thistle
casting to the light green Celtic Circle die.
- Attach the light green Celtic Circles
die to the top of the box. Place the four cards and envelopes inside the
box.
Cards Instructions
Supplies:
- Any of the Arnold Grummer paper
making kits
- Molds: R 004 Scottish Thistle
- Microwave, heat gun or a sunny
window
- Blender, small strainer, cello
sponges and soft towels, paper cutter, scissors, bone folder, ruler
- Quick Grab™ Adhesive, double
sided foam tape or foam dots
- Scraps of green and white paper
(think colored junk mail, etc.)
- One sheets of 12 x 12” Forest
Green 90# card stock (I used World Win)
- Envelope for a 6 x 6” card
- Dies: CherryLynn Celtic Circles
Stacker Frames
- Craftwell™ large Embossing Folder Décor Circles
- Spellbinders Grand Calibur™
Machine
- ColorBox™ Chalk Ink pad in Warm
Green and Stylist handle with white foam tips
- Light green gel pen
Instructions:
- Check the grain of the card stock to
determine the layout for folding.
- Cut one 6 x 12” cards from one
sheet of the 12 x 12” card stock.
- Cut one of the middle sized
Celtic Circle dies from the dark green card stock.
- Fold the card in half. Emboss the
front of the card with the Décor Circle folder.
- Follow the direction for paper
making and casting found in any of the Arnold Grummer paper making kits or
books to create a sheet of light green paper.
- When the paper is dry cut one
large Celtic Circle die.
- Cut one middle size Celtic Circle
die from the dark green card stock.
- Make more light green slurry and
caste one of the thistle molds, dry in the microwave, with the heat tool
or place in a sunny window.
- When casting is dry, use the
Stylist and foam tips to add a small amount of Warm Green Chalk ink to
bring out the texture and design of the thistle casting.
Assemble the card:
- Attach the light green castings
to the dark green Celtic Circles die with Quick Grab™ adhesive.
- Attach the dark green Celtic
Circles die to the large light green Celtic Circles die with foam tape or
dots.
- Attach the light green Celtic
Circles die to the front of the embossed 6” cards.
- Add an Irish blessing with a light green gel pen.
What a beautiful and stylish gift to give to someone!
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ReplyDeletelove how these turned out!
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