Country Home Planter
Michele
Emerson-Roberts 2015
My
wonderful friend GayLynn is truly a “country girl”. Her birthday is coming up
and I wanted to make something special for her gift. She has a deep window sill
over her sink and it will be the perfect place for this rustic “country home”
planter. Follow along and create one for yourself or a gift.
- Any of the Arnold Grummer paper making
kits
- AG CP house mold
- A sunny window, heat gun or
microwave oven
- Blender, small strainer, cello
sponges and soft towels
- Scraps of white paper (think junk
mail, etc.)
- Die: Tiny heart
- Spellbinders Grand Calabur
II cutting and embossing machine
- Westcott™ paper trimmer
- Tiny heart punches
- Beacon QuickGrip™ and ZipDry™
adhesive
- Tree/bush
branches approx: 25 - 30
- Chip board (I used cereal boxes)
- Scrapes of heavy weight dark brown
handmade paper
- ColorBox Stylus™ handle and white foam tips
- Brown water based ink pad
- 4 x 4” florist foam block
Instructions
- Follow the direction for paper
making and casting found in any of the Arnold Grummer paper making kits or
books to make slurry from the white scraps.
- Cast four (or more to use on
another project) of the house molds.
- Dry the castings in a microwave
oven, with a heat gun or place it in a sunny window.
- Create a sheet of heavy weight
handmade paper.
- When the paper is dry, die cut a
bunch of hearts.
- Punch a bunch of tiny white and
dark brown hearts.
- Cut pieces of the dark brown
handmade paper for the doors and windows. Remember to always save the
scraps.
- Create a simple 4” square open
top box from the chip board.
- Attach the doors, windows and
hearts to the house castings and the house castings to the chip board box
with QuickGrip™ adhesive.
- “Antique” the houses and edges of
the castings with the brown ink and Stylus™ tips.
- Attach the hearts to the tips of
a lot of the sticks with QuickGrip™ adhesive.
- Place the foam block into the
container.
- Arrange and Insert the sticks in
to the foam.
Beautiful piece.
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ReplyDeletetotally beautiful.. :)
ReplyDeleteJust love this!
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