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To Paris With Love

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Hello, Ann here today with  my small tribute to the people of Paris, France.  A few days ago the world was shocked to see and hear of the sad events that took place there.  My intended project and post was very different, but on Friday evening when I saw on television what was happening in my cousins' homeland I was compelled to make this: It is a small piece that I will insert into my art journal in the next coming days, but for now it is a small vigil to remind us of the fragility of life. To make this project I used one sheet of handmade paper I made using the Arnold Grummer Paper Making Method.  The actual pulp comes from some international (Europe) packaging I had in the recycling bin and I thought it befitting the situation. With a stamp of the Eiffel Tower and inks I stamped the image onto the paper.  I let it dry thoroughly. Then I cut out the image leaving a frame around it which I inked in Black.  Because I already had the Red, Whit...

Tea Time Note Cards!

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You have already heard from me how easy it is to make paper with the Arnold Grummer Paper Making Mill, if you don't believe me, watch the video on  Basic Paper Making HERE  to see how easy handmade paper making can be.    Personal notecards are the best to receive, also great gifts to give as a notecard gift set.  For the cards below I made handmade sheets of paper with my Arnold Grummer Paper Making Mill . Almost all of my papers are made with papers from my shredder.  The color is added with scrap cardstock.  Here are the papers I made using my Arnold Grummer's Paper Making Mill .  The base card was made from shredded papers from our personal shredder. The papers above were made from scraps of leftover papers that were any shade of green and any shade of purple.  These are the results I got. On some bits of   Arnold Grummer's Iridescent Flakes ...