Falling in Love with Handmade Paper

Welcome to my stop on the Arnold Grummer & Club Scrap Falling for Handmade Paper blog hop! Today we have a dozen talented bloggers sharing projects featuring handmade paper paired with Club Scrap's Falling Leaves collection. I have three lovely cards to share with you today.

                                         

Supplies:

• Any of the Arnold Grummer® paper making kits & paper press 

• Blender, cello sponges and soft towels

• A sunny window

• AG #284 “Petals for Paper”

• Dried herbs and/or spices

• Dried oak leaves 

• AG # 395 Flower Press

• Scraps of off white/tan and rusty red papers (think junk mail, etc.) 

• Club ScrapTM “Falling Leaves” collection (Absolutely beautiful!) ( I added cling foam to 

        the stamps)

• Scor-Pal™ 

• Tonic Studios® Tim Holtz™ 12” guillotine paper trimmer 

• Stamp positioner

• Beacon® ZipDryTM adhesive, 

• Double sided foam tape

• ColorBox™ Archival ink pad “Mudslide”

• Approx. 24” brown metallic thread  

• Envelopes to fit cards

Instructions:

1. Follow the instructions found in any of the Arnold Grummer™ paper making kits to create off 

        white/tan slurry and create several sheets of medium weight handmade paper. 

2. Add dried herbs or spices to some of the papers.

3. Please the papers into the paper press and allow them to dry.

4. Repeat step 1, 2 & 3 creating a sheet or two of rusty red paper with “petals for paper”.

5. Allow the papers to dry.

  Square card: “Fall is……”

      1. Cut a piece of dark brown cardstock from the Club Scrap “Falling Leaves” kit 6 x 12”.

      2. Score and fold to create a 6 x 6” card

      3. Tear a piece of the off white handmade paper to 5 ½ x 5 ½ “.

      4. Place the torn off white handmade paper into the stamp positioner.

      5 Arrange the verbiage, the solid leaf and tiny leaf stamps onto the paper. 

      6. Close the lid of the positioner. The stamps are now temporarily stuck to the lid.

      7. Open the lid and ink the stamps with Mudslide Archival ink.

      8. Close the lid. * Repeat step 7 & 8 until it is well stamped.

      9. Remove the verbiage and solid leaf stamp stamps. Move the tiny leaf stamp to other 

          places or stamp it by hand.

     10. Arrange the open leaf stamp onto the paper and repeat steps 7 & 8.

     11. Remove and wash the stamps.

     12. Attach the stamped handmade paper to the 6 x 6” card with ZipDry™ adhesive.

Rectangle card (lg.): “If you truly……..”

    

     1. Cut a piece of the ivory cardstock from the “Falling Leaves” kit 7 x 10”.

     2. Score and fold to create a 5 x 7” card.

     3. Cut a piece of the dark brown cardstock 4 ½ x 6 ½”. 

     4. Tear a piece of the rusty red handmade paper 3 ½ x 5 ¾ “.

     5. Cut the “If you truly” panel from the kit.

     6. Add tiny pieces of double sided foam to the back of the 3 layers.

     7. Wrap the piece of brown metallic thread around the top of the “If you truly…” panel and 

         tie it off center.

     8. Tie the tiny gold leaves from the Club Scrap kit onto the ends of the threads.

     9. Center, layer and attach to the front of the ivory card.

Rectangle card (sm): “You are never……”

     1. Tear a piece of the tan medium weight handmade paper 5 ½ x 8 ½”

     2. Score and fold to create a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” card.

     3. Tear a scrap of the tan handmade paper to approx. 1 x 3”.

     4. Place the scrap into the stamp positioner.

     5. Place the verbiage “You are never….” Stamp onto the paper. Close the lid of the positioner.

     6. Open the lid and ink the stamp with the Mudslide ink pad.

     7. Close the lid to apply the ink to the paper.

     8. Repeat 6 & 7 until you are happy with the stamped verbiage.

     9. Remove and wash the stamp.

     10. Arrange and attach the leaves with ZipDry™ adhesive.

     11. Attach the stamped verbiage to the center of the card with tiny pieces of double sided foam.

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 Julie Heyer is your next stop. As you explore the hop today, we encourage you to leave each blogger a few kind words in the form of a comment. Those who leave a comment on every participating blog will be entered into a random drawing for a prize. Good luck!

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