Arnold Grummer's Design Team Blog

Hello, Ann here again with my handmade paper collage today.  I have a nice stash of handmade papers that I made a few weeks back using the Arnold Grummer Paper Making system.  I just love all the colours I got!..  What a fabulous way to turn trash into treasure.  Literally, I up cycled a bunch of junk mail into some great sheets. For today's project I used four of the sheets of paper I made to make a mixed-media collage.  I used to love cutting out and playing with paper dolls as a child and it seems that I still enjoy that today, but with a twist.  The twist being that I make my own now.  I hope you give this a try for yourself or maybe for a child (r the child in you).  It is fun. I used a large rubber cling stamp of a doll that I stamped onto three different colours of papers, Then with some scissors and Matte Medium I cut and assembled my doll. I used a fourth sheet as the background which I coloured up with some water colours...

Hello.   Ann here today with a truly recycled project to share with you.  I took all the little bits and pieces left over from previous projects I ve made for the AG Team and used them all in this collage.  I used not only the bits of handmade paper left after cutting and snipping but also those pieces that had not previously made the "Cut" into the final project.  I tend to recycle the very smallest pieces back into a pulp to make new sheets of paper, which I still did here, but I saved the larger pieces for the project. This is a great project to do with children as they can learn about using different shapes to  make a collage.  Of course I used the Arnold Grummer traditional pour method of making the original sheets of paper. The flower is a collage of left over Valentines. The butterfly was a left over from another project when I used a mould and pulp. The centre of the flower is made of woven strips of handmade paper and hole punched circl...

Happy Earth Day!!  Today is the day that people all over the world collect garbage, recycle things, plant trees and flowers all in the spirit of Earth Day .  Earth Day should be practiced every day!  Every little bit counts!  Today I tried something a little different.  This is my version of a collaged canvas.  I used recycled handmade papers of different colors and textures and collaged a small beach scene.  I hope to get better with these and  add more and more organic elements.  That's just a personal artistic goal of mine.  Here is my canvas..  As Always I began with my handmade papers  by simply using one of the pour or dips methods for creating paper found  here .  I took various colors I made and tore them to create layers on the canvas.  After I layered the papers the way I wanted.. I adhered them with Helmar's Craft and Hobby PVA Glue .  After everything was set.. I  pulled out my t...

Posted by Mel Kolstad City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in red, white and blue.... OH! Sorry, I forgot - it's Christmas in July!  Well then, let's have those sidewalks dressed in bright red and green, shall we? That's better!  :) Here's a project that's fun and easy - and can be tailored to ANY time of the year!  Here's what you'll need: Handmade papers (I used some of my red and green handmade papers from my stash): "Cityscape" stamp set - this is from my very own line of stamps, available at melkolstad.com ! A variety of glitters and stamp colors - I like the Stickles line of glitter glues and the Color Box "Cat Eye" stamp inks: Tiny Christmas lights from Jolee's for You (mine are old - now they make stickers, which are probably much easier to work with)! Okay!  Let's get started!  I made a half-sheet specifically for this project with my Arnold Grummer Medium Pour Handmo...