Arnold Grummer's Design Team Blog

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy back today, with one final 2019 project to share!    I just had to make another card using my stash of paper casting pieces! Here's my card for today: Although I'm using a casting stamp provided to me by  Rycraft , Arnold Grummer has some really beautiful designs.  You can find all their Casting Molds HERE . * * * * *  Materials Used in My Project: Arnold Grummer -  White Cotton Linter ; Arnold Grummer -  Iridescent Flakes ; Blender; Rycraft Paper Casting Stamp -  Rose ; Chalk: Unknown - Pink and Green; Papers: DCWV Shimmer Cardstock - Pink; Doily: From My Stash; Ribbon: Celebrate It; Marker: Spectrum Noir - Clear Sparkle. * * * * * Just as a reminder...here's how I did my casting:  The one 8 oz bag of Cotton Linter was enough to make all of these pieces. I simply added a handful of Linter to the blender with some water, and blended. I wanted my Rose c...

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with a festive new project share! I have done my first paper casting! Was it ever FUN, and I'm afraid it's just as addicting as paper making!  ;o) Here's my card for today: My friend Michele was so helpful in getting me started. She sent me some fun molds. I was also generously provided with some great Paper Casting Stamps from   Rycraft ! Look at the stash of casting pieces I made: Materials Used in My Project: Arnold Grummer -  White Cotton Linter ; Blender; Rycraft Paper Casting Stamp -  Christmas Candle ; Imagine Crafts Ink: Memento - Dandelion, Pear Tart, Red, and Fantastix; Papers: Recollections - Cardstock, My Mind's Eye - Wonderful Winter; Ribbon: Celebrate It; Stickles: Star Dust. 1. I began by doing all the fun casting. The one 8 oz bag of Cotton Linter was enough to make all of these pieces. I simply added a handful of Linter to the blender with some water, and blended. ...

Hello, everyone!  It's Nancy here with a new project share! Today I've decorated a Sticky Note Book with a stamped and embossed piece of handmade paper.  Here's What I Used: Materials Used: Arnold Grummer - Sticky Note Books Starter Kit ; Small Piece of Handmade Paper; Stampendous - Wisteria Cottage Stamp Set ; Stampendous - Embossing Ink; White Embossing Powder; Nuance Powders - Blue, Green; Paper - K & Company; Small Piece of White Cardstock; Offray Ribbon - White. Here's How I did it: 1. Following the instructions on the kit, I assembled the Sticky Note Book.  2. Using the embossing ink, I stamped the cottage image onto a 2 1/2" x 2 3/4" piece of handmade paper. I heat embossed it with the white embossing powder.  3. I sprinkled the blue Nuance powder in the sky area, and the green Nuance powder in the grass area. Then I sprayed the piece with water until it looked as I wanted it to. I set it ...

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with a new project share, created with wonderful handmade paper! * * * * * My blizzard day stash is almost gone...so I'll have to make some new paper soon! However, when I was looking through what I have left, I came across this pretty purple piece just waiting to be finished! Here's what I made: Here's What I Used: Materials Used: Arnold Grummer's PAPERMILL Complete Papermaking Kit ;   Blender; Folding Heart Card Medium Template ; Stampendous -  Butterfly Trio Stamp Set ; Stampendous - Butterfly Trio Die Set; Inks: Archival Ink - Jet Black; Distress Markers: Black Soot, Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord; Water Brush; Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen Black Micron Pen. Here's How I did it: 1. I used this fun template to create this card, during my paper-making blitz.  2. Then I pulled out this lovely Butterfly Trio Stamp and Die Set from Stampendous to decorate my card.  3...

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with a fun new project, created with some great handmade paper. Materials Used: Arnold Grummer's PAPERMILL Complete Papermaking Kit ;   Blender; Stampendous -  Leafy Imprint Perfectly Lear Stamps Set Inks: Stampin' Up - Old Olive, Lucky Limeade; Green cardstock card base; Ribbon: Celebrate It. How I did it: Today I'm using the paper that I made from packaging paper. I haven't really done any stamping on handmade paper, so I was anxious to use this beautiful leaf stamp to try it out. I chose a couple of stamps I wanted to use. Once I had them loaded with ink, I misted them with a spritz of water before stamping them I love the way the stamping turned out! I used both greens on each imprint. I mounted the finished piece on a green cardstock card base. Then all it needed was a pretty green bow! Here's one last look at the finished card: Thanks so much for...

Hello, everyone! It's Nancy here with a fun new project, created with some great handmade paper. I'm using more of my handmade Sewing pattern paper today but I've fancied it up a little bit. To this paper I added some of the gorgeous  Gold Dust   from the Arnold Grummer Store. I also used a template to create the shape of the paper. It's the  Invitation & Thank You Card Medium Template . However, if you don't fold it, doesn't it make a great tag?  Here's my project: Materials Used: Arnold Grummer's PAPERMILL Complete Papermaking Kit ;   Arnold Grummer's - Invitation & Thank You Card Medium Template ; Arnold Grummer's - Gold Dust ; Blender; Sewing Pattern Tissue; Stampendous - Build a Wreath Die Set  - Generously provided by  Stampendous ; Stampendous - Butterflies Cutting Die Set - Generously provided by Stampendous ; Gold Ribbon; Gold Eyelet; Sentiment - Paper Wishes - Gold Dazzles; Nuvo ...