Arnold Grummer's Design Team Blog

I like to save paper scraps including those from my handmade papers. I grabbed some of those to complete this little project. A friend is changing jobs and she is beyond excited, nervous, and scared. I wanted to make her a little something to sit on her desk and remind her why the new company chose her. Here are my scraps which were all made by using the Pour Handmold I started with a small framed easel. I stained it and added a scrap of text scrapbook paper. Grabbing my scraps, I cut the banner, hearts and stamped the girl. I used Koi Watercolor brushes to paint the papers. The quote is from a set of coloring pages. Once assembled,  this is how it looks. I love saving and using scraps because they are perfect for projects like this!  I hope you are having fun making paper and using them for projects. As you can see, this kind of paper is for more than just cards! Thank you for stopping by! Please be sure to visit ...

All handmade papers have something special about them.  Any piece can be distinct by what is blended together to create the papers.  This time around I was inspired to play with textures for the sheets I created. Looking through the various crafting tools I have available in my workroom I found several forms of "texture" plates that can have a variety of uses. To create this little booklet, a sheet of paper was made from a pile of scraps saved from several prior papermaking projects. Once they were blended together with some cotton linter squares and a torn sheet of copy paper it was poured into the deckle and then formed into a sheet following the usually instructions.  Before the drying process, the sheet was placed onto the plastic texture sheet, covered with a couching sheet and pressed with pressing block, applying as much pressure as possible to add the texture from the plastic sheet to the paper.  The textured piece was then left to dry on ...