Arnold Grummer's Design Team Blog

Quick and Easy Embossed Card Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with a quick and easy Embossed Snowflake card using handmade papers created with the A rnold Grummer Papermaking Kit . How to  Tearing a sheet of 12" x 12" cardstock, place it into a blender with 2 cups of water.  Blend it until you've created slurry. Using the Large Pour Mold ,  pour the slurry into the mold.  Remove the paper and squeeze out all the excess water. Allow to dry thoroughly for a wonderful piece of paper. To create my card, I simply cut the paper to fit my embossing folder.  Using blue and black inks from ImagineCrafts ,  I inked the embossing folder, placed the panel inside and then embossed it.  Next, I die cut it so it would fit my card.  I matted the panel with white cardstock, then added it to a blue card.  Next, I wrapped the card with ribbon.  A simple die cut phrase from Joy Clair was added ...

Truth be told, I'm not a fan of wintertime. But, I do love the beauty that a fresh snowfall creates. When I made this winter decor piece, I was thinking about branches laden with twinkling snow, and how pristine the landscape looks right after a snowfall . I found the frame at a thrift shop, and it was in sad need of paint. I used a dull gold multi-colored textured spray paint to give the frame a new life. For the background, I selected a white piece of my handmade paper that had tiny flecks of sparkle in it. (I followed these directions to make my handmade paper.) I used my Zing electronic cutter to cut the lettering out of light chipboard. I used another sheet of handmade paper to cut a duplicate set of lettering. I glued the handmade paper letters to the chipboard letters. The chipboard gave the lettering just the right amount of height to add dimension to the frame. The stylized snowflake was cut out of double sided adhesive. One side was coated with gold dus...