Arnold Grummer's Design Team Blog

Summer-time is social time, parties galore! Goodie Bags are a great way to show off your fancy paper making skills with personalized, decorative goodie bag headers.  SUPPLIES:  AG Papermaking Kit AG Metallic flakes AG Paper Additive  Ribbon, PC & Printer, Star Punch, golden glitter glue, double sided adhesive, clear bag, treats! INSTRUCTIONS:  1. Prepare sheets of hand made paper according to the Arnold Grummer Papermaking Kit instructions.  2. Create a template in a word processing program, print sentiment. Determine where the fold will be and trim accordingly.  3. Embellish with ribbon, using double sided sticky tape to adhere and wrap under edges. 4. Punch a star from home made yellow paper, adhere and outline with gold glitter glue.  5. Fill the snack bags.  I used a cellophane bag A-4 card size, but you could use zip-lock baggies or anything that works best for you.  5. Fold the header over the top ...

Hello Crafters! With my birthday approaching soon, I pondered with thoughtfulness. It's time to start a new journal to hold my muddled thoughts and possibly some doodles. I'm always picking up cheap pre-made journals, so I have a few laying around.  But, for MY journal, the cover art needed to be special. The mesh paper packing material has been waiting a long time for a new life and it finally happened! I love the effect it gave and it was easy to work with. There's a lot going on here, just like inside every crafter's head :o) But the foundation of every great project on this blog is the gorgeous hand-made paper!   Supplies: AG Paper-making Kit AG Paper Additive  AG Cotton Linter AG Mica Journal, Brown stamping ink-ColorBox (Truffle), Map rubber stamp (unknown), Chipboard numbers (Maya Road), Metal sentiment (Life's Journey), Metal gear and key (Bead Landing), Metal Pendant (Olive Moon), Nautical charm (unknown), paper packing webbed material, puzzle pi...

A few years ago, my third child, Candice, and I were discussing the nature of dreams and their meanings. We both have a huge interest in what dreams mean and how they can inform our lives. She has been diligent about writing her dreams down. I, on the other hand, tend to forget my dreams as soon as my feet hit the floor. As I thought about what to create for this next project, I pulled out my box of treats from Arnold Grummer's Papermaking and was reminded of the Make Your Own Book kit. I thought just how perfect this would be for writing my dreams down. If I could keep the book next to me on the night table, I could write my dreams down before my feet hit the floor! Of course, it would have to function much like an art journal so that if my dreams were extremely vivid and visual, I could draw them instead of writing narratives about them. As a result, I decided to create a dream journal that could function as a writing journal and an art journal. This actually combines my...

After creating several 3D/mixed media pieces for other Arnold Grummer Papermaking projects, I thought it would be nice to give card making a try. Life recently had been such a rush and too full of requirements on my time that it was nice to be able to slow down and enjoy creating. I have long admired vintage paintings, drawings, marketing products, and schematics. There is something so tender and endearing about reminiscing on the past. For this project, I used the following materials: Arnold Grummer’s Large Pour Handmold Arnold Grummer’s Cotton Lintner  Arnold Grummer’s Petals: Summer Gold Thin manila paper (two sheets for each handmade paper) Vintage art from copyright free sites like Pixabay Large pop dots Colorbox Fluid Chalk Inkpad in Dark Brown Scotch Spray Mount Repositionable Adhesive (or similar products) Making the notecards: 1.        Using the large pour handmold, make as ...

This paper turned out SO gorgeous! I will be making more to scrap my entire cruise to the Bahamas :o) It's so pretty, I didn't want to cover any of it up. SUPPLIES: AG Paper-making kit  AG Cotton Linter AG Iridescent Flakes Scraps of colored cardstock - shredded 3d stickers - Joelee's Boutique INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Make 2 different color blue batches of pulp. I put linter and iridescent flakes in both batches. 2. With your screen in the pan of water, add about 1/2 cup of each color. Have fun trying different placement of your blobs of pulp. Gently swirl together with a paint brush handle, lift out of the pan of water and proceed according to your kit instructions. 3. Using two 5.5 x 8" pieces of handmade paper, attach them to make an 8 1/2 x 11" background paper. Or, use the larger paper-making kit.  Either way, trim the rough edges to size. 4. Attach photos and embellishments. Blue is definitely my color! This was fun, I hope you'll try making...

With winter really becoming an unwelcome guest, we need a little something to look forward to. In my head, I see colorful pops of flowers, juicy green grass, and a tangerine sun. Indeed, these are on the way but there is absolutely no reason we can’t egg it on a little bit now. I have created a sweet little flower planter resplendent with tulips and sunflowers and some surprising little eggs hidden in the grass beneath. Curious how to create your own? What You’ll Need: Arnold Grummer’s® Best Selling Cotton Lintner: 8 oz. Pre-Shredded https://arnoldgrummer.com/cotton-linter-pre-shredded-8-oz-package.html -or- Arnold Grummer’s® 8 oz. Cotton Lintner Sheet Pulp https://arnoldgrummer.com/8oz-cotton-linter-sheet-pulp.html   Arnold Grummer’s® 4 oz. 100% White Cotton Rag Pulp Arnold Grummer’s® Petals: Summer Gold https://arnoldgrummer.com/petals-summer-gold.html     Flower Mold Candy/Cookie Sticks in your favorite color or design Food Color (R...

This project is a small scrapbook page for my travel journal. My trip to Ireland in 2016 was my Trip of a Lifetime! There were definitely many shades of green to take in. My most coveted place to visit was the Blarney Castle, the grounds were breath-taking and yes, I kissed the Blarney Stone :o) This project started with a very large batch of green handmade paper, I have lots of photos to scrapbook into memories. Supplies: Arnold Grummer Paper Making Kit Arnold Grummer Cotton Linter  Foliage background stamp (unknown), Green Ink-Ranger (Bottle), Brown Ink-Close to my Heart (Cocoa), Scrap brown paper, lime colored twine, photo, Computer printed title. 3 different sized circle punches. Instructions: 1. Create your hand-made paper. I used scraps of many dark green card stock, scrap computer paper (white) and cotton linter. Trim background paper to project size (5.5 x 8.5") 2. Using a simple word processing program, create a title and print on to the background paper. ...

While I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day, I absolutely LOVE everything about this card! Hand made sparkly paper, pretty fonts, teddy bears, paper piecing, flowers and kindness :o) Supplies: AG Medium Pour Handmold AG Abaca Pulp Sheet AG Iridescent Flakes AG White Cotton Rag Pulp Scrap Red Cardstock, shredded white office paper, small piece of light colored hand made scrap paper, 8 1/2" x 11" white cardstock, Sunshine Yellow pigment ink (VersaCraft) Heart Punch (Fiskars), two black mini-brads, 2 standard sized black brads, Ribbon, Markers: Brick, Forest, Spring Green (Fabrico), Water spritzer, green chord fiber, green variegated fibers, alcohol ink applicator, beading pliers, PC/Font, Glue, scissors, piercing tool. Instructions: 1. Create the red sparkly paper as instructed on the Handmold directions using scraps of red cardstock, white office paper, Cotton Rag Pulp and Iridescent Flakes. 2. Cut the red paper to 5 x 8". 3. Create a word processing doc...

As a mixed media artist, I love to make art that seems extremely difficult. This doesn’t mean that the effort is difficult, only that the result looks so fabulous that others would have a hard time believing that “you” made it. Comments of disbelief are actually my favorite types. They show me that I have created something wonderful. As a newbie to the papermaking world, I found myself fascinated by the process and the materials. I was even more fascinated by the potential for creating 3D art from paper. After several false starts, I walked away and thought I would turn to a different form of art for a minute. I walked into my utility room (one of the five million “arting” spots in my house) and saw a rubber stamp that I had been wanting to use. Yes, dear reader, the light turned on. I ran to the kitchen and started making pulp using about a 1 x 6-inch piece of cotton lintner in sheet form and four cups of water. After letting the cotton lintner soak a bit, I pulsed it ...