Arnold Grummer's Design Team Blog

© Michele Emerson-Robert 2016 My friend Heidi’s birthday was celebrated in style! She is such a dear person and deserves only the best. I am truly blessed to have her as a friend. It is probably good that she lives so far away, as we’d find it easy to lose the day just visiting and creating. Supplies: ·        Any of the Arnold Grummer® paper making kits ·        Blender, cello sponges and soft towels ·        A sunny window ·        Scraps of light blue and medium green paper (think junk mail, etc.) ·         The PaperCut™ White card stock ·        Dies: Creative Expressions™   CED5420, Spellbinder s TM   S5-086 Bitty Blossoms, and CheeryLynn TM  B176 Flourish Leaf Strip ·        Spellbinder s TM Grand Calibur™ die cutting and embossing mac...

© Michele Emerson-Roberts   2014 The "By the Sea" gift bag filled with Salt Water Taffy was a great success. My mom has been ill for almost a year and has spent more days in the hospital and nursing home than at home with my dad. Creating small gifts to brighten her day is a pleasure. My sister was present when I gave mom her bag of taffy and this matted sand dollar. What a wonderful afternoon of sharing those memories of our times at the beach. Supplies: Any of the Arnold Grummer paper making kits Mold: CPSand Dollar Microwave, heat gun or a sunny window Blender, small strainer, cello sponges and soft towels, scissors QuickGrab™ Adhesive, double sided tape Scraps of white paper (think junk mail, etc.) Light blue 6 x 6” mat board (with backing) with a 2 ¾”- 3” opening Embossing folder with words Spellbinders Grand Calibur™ Machine ColorBox™ Chalk Ink pad in Lavender Blue and Stylist handle with white foam tip...

Hello! Peggy here to show you how I made this flower art frame with some fantastic products from the Arnold Grummer's Website . List of supplies I used today are:  Blank frame  White Gesso Egg Whites Paint Brush Specialty Paper #9050 MicroFleur Flower Press Flowers and Leaves First thing I did was find some pretty flower specimens to press. This process is so addicting...I can't wait until all the flowers bloom!  I placed them in my press and microwaved them for 45 seconds on high. Leaves and thin flowers dried faster than stems and thicker flowers. But the whole process took no more than a few minutes to dry All of the flowers and leaves. Here they are pressed and dried. This is my blank frame I used two coats of white gesso. Here is where the egg whites come in.. Yep.. you heard right Egg Whites are used here to preserve the color of the flowers and to glue them down. Mother natures glue! I read this on the internet and I Had to try...

There are so many things that you can do with handmade paper!! Today I'm making containers—small bowls that can be used for home decor display, a personal treat dish, or as part of a desk set to hold paper clips, rubber bands, etc. I used two similar, yet different methods for these bowls. For the rose petal inclusion bowl and the blue oval bowl, I started with a piece of handmade paper that I'd made some time ago following these basic instructions . Both of these papers were on the heavy side. I wet them on both sides by passing them under a gentle stream of warm tap water, first one side then the other. I worked quickly because I wanted the paper thoroughly moistened, but not disintegrating into pulp. The thinner your paper the gentler the stream of water needs to be so as not to tear a hole in the paper. Next, I formed the wet paper over the bowl/mold. There were places I needed to pleat and overlap the paper to make it fit snugly. The square, pink bowl was made using th...