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Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with a butterfly canvas using handmade papers created with the Arnold Grummer Papermaking Kit . Using a 5" x 7" canvas, spritz top 2/3 with several colors of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists. Using hand made papers, die cut butterflies and their shadows from the assorted handmade papers.  Assemble the butterflies. Use molding paste randomly through a brick stencil.  Allow to dry.  Ink the edges of the butterflies in assorted colors and place them about the canvas. Add dew drops on the butterflies.  Add more dew drops for the butterfly tails. Using a left over scrap of hand made paper, stamp the phrase in black ink.  Tear around the phrase and ink the edges before adding it amongst the butterflies. Thanks for stopping by. Steph

©Michele Emerson-Roberts 2016 I am amazed every year when the flowers and trees start to bud and the many varieties of butterflies appear. They dance among the flowers and light sometimes to examine them closely. It is delightful to watch them. Supplies: Any of the Arnold Grummer paper making kits A sunny window Blender, small strainer, cello sponges and soft towels Scraps of ivory or white paper (think junk mail, etc.) Dies:  Tattered Lace™ Butterflies  D466 Spellbinders TM Grand Calibur™ Die cut and embossing machine   Red cardstock for card base (card is 4 ¼ x 5 ½” folded)   Envelopes to fit card Blue and red scraps for die cutting Stamp: Crafters’ Companion TXT-ST Word 2-EZ “Words of Wonder 2 ColorBox™ Medium blue Chalk ink pad Westcott™ paper trimmer & scissors Scor-Pal™ Beacon ZipDry TM adhesive DecoArt TM Media Fluid Acrylic™ & Mister (reds & blues) Sea sponge Iron if you want the paper smooth     ...

Hi everyone, Tamiko here.. I was very anxious to use one of the many templates that is available over at the Arnold Grummer website , and you will be too!  Never had I used a template that allowed me to create my very own heart shaped cards, with just a simple fold!! I am really having a ball learning how to play with batches of pulp to get the right thickness of my finished sheets of paper. I think i will be ready for inclusions (added extras) in my paper with my next few batches!  Fingers crossed!  Well on to today's project! My list of supplies included: Any of the Arnold Grummer Paper Mill Kits Arnold Grummer Folding Heart Template Blender Various Colored papers Needle Thread/Embroidery Floss Pen alpha mini stamps ink pad Paper Beads Scissors Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue   First I gathered some papers to tear into one inch pieces and placed them in the blender with almost three cups of water.  Saw a napkin and decided to toss...

Hi all Debbie here… My daughter loves butterflies so this project was for her bedroom…… a string of butterflies to hang from her ceiling! For this project you will need: Medium template folding heart card #350  This is the wings or your butterflies. Make the heart shapes while making your paper with Arnold Grummers paper making kits. Make all different colours and add different things to your papers while doing so. Make two sets of wings per butterfly for a double sided look. There are heaps of wonderful additives you can use from Arnold Grummer online store. Botanicals Metallics Micas sparkles Other items needed: scissors, String or bakers twine, pen, needle, beads, glue, spare scraps of paper Now lets get started: After making and drying all your fancy decorative papers take out the template again, draw on your scraps of paper an oval near the middle and then remove the template and draw the rest of your butterfly body as sho...

Besides making the paper, one of my favorite things has become molding the paper.  It another great way to use handmade pieces in your projects.  It's also fun to use all the different molds that Arnold Grummer's carries.  The card base for this card was created using a sheet of handmade white paper.  I used the basic instructions for making paper and one of the Papermill Kits   for it.  The orange sheet was made for the mat using the same method, but this time a piece of orange Tissue Tints was added for the color.  It was, then, cut down to size to fit the card.  Be sure to save the rest of the sheet for other projects.  The molded pieces were created using the Garden Bouquet mold and the Mini Assortment Mold  and cotton linter .  The Mini Assortment mold has 4 different images so I only used enough of the cotton linter to fill the butterfly section and repeated it to make 3 of them.  I used s...

Hi all Debbie here…. You know its funny thinking I'm doing summer craft stuff this time of the year…. Its late autumn going into winter here in New Zealand. Here is what we will be decorating the cover of this time around…. A Hand-bound, handmade paper Journal Cover. For this project you will need: Three sheets of handmade gold flecked papers (i did gold, red and white) texture/embossing folder butterfly dies and die cut machine two sheets of thick handmade paper - for cover up to 10 sheets of plain handmade white-ish papers for the inside of the book glue glitter glue gel matt medium (or white glue) and a brush Ink pads and sponge background stamp string and beads with a needle (optional) 1. bind your two thick sheets of hand made paper and the inside sheets into a book form… I used the Japanese four hole binding method. See how here:  http://www.designsponge.com/2013/03/bookbinding-101-japanese-four-hold-binding.html I then finished off the binding with...