He Leads me…….

© Michele Emerson-Robert 2016

Wild ferns grow in abundance in the White Mountains of Arizona. Picked and dried, they are wonderful to add to sheets of handmade paper. When I saw the small fern die that was the same as the wild ferns and the stamp from Impression Obsession™, I knew exactly what I wanted to create.

Supplies

·       Any of the Arnold Grummer® paper making kits

·       Arnold Grummer® flower press kit

·       Blender, cello sponges and soft towels

·       A sunny window

·       Scraps of off white and tan paper (think junk mail, etc.)

·       Herbs, onion skins or dried grasses as inclusions

·       Scraps of Kraft card stock or chip board to die cut (I used the back side of a cereal box)

·       Scraps of tissue paper

·       Dies: Tattered Lace™: D667 Paradise Ferns, D466 Butterflies, and Unknown: Cross

·       CheeryLynn™ Big Sister™ die cutting and embossing machine

·       Westcott™ paper trimmer

·       Scor-Pal™

·       Beacon ZipDry^TM adhesive, double sided foam tape

·       ColorBox™ dark brown Chalk™ ink pad

·       Impression Obsession^TM stamp: C13489 “He leads me……..”

·       11 x 14” tan matboard, envelope for card, display easel

Instructions:

1.     Dry the ferns in the AG flower press kit

2.     Follow the instructions found in any of the Arnold Grummer™ paper making kits to create off white slurry with inclusions and create a sheet of heavy weight handmade paper with the dried ferns partially embedded into the sheet.

3.     Create more slurry with herbs or grasses and create one or more sheets of handmade paper.. 

4.     Allow the paper to dry..

5.     Die cut 4-5 of the ferns, 1 cross and 1 Monarch butterfly from Kraft cardstock scrap or tan chip board.

6.     Stamp the saying “He leads me beside the still waters…..he restores my soul” onto two pieces of scrap tissue paper.

7.     Tear, score and fold a piece of the handmade paper to create a 4 ¼ x 5 ½” card.

8.     Clip the corners on a 2 ½ x 4 ¾ piece of handmade paper.

9.     Glue one piece of stamped tissue paper to the left side of this piece.

10.  Attach the die cut cross to the right hand side with tiny pieces of foam tape.

11.  Center and attach this piece to the card front with small pieces of foam tape.

12.  Arrange and attach the ferns to the sheet of fern paper as desired.

13.  Attach the stamped tissue paper with ZipDry™ adhesive.

14.  Attach the butterfly with a tiny piece of foam tape.

15.  Attach the fern paper to the matboard with small pieces of foam tape.

16.  Place it on an easel to display.

Fall Leaves

© Michele Emerson-Robert 2016

Leaves are turning to all the glorious colors of yellow, orange, rust and reds! There are no two alike, and they are all beautiful! Perfect time to get out those scraps of handmade paper that I am always telling you to save, along with some of the half sheets of handmade paper that were left from other projects, and start creating the many fall and Thanksgiving cards that I send out. I send about 50 cards a month – I’d better get busy! Even though I am using “planned overs” (not left overs), I included the full directions for making the paper.

Supplies

• Any of the Arnold Grummer® paper making kits
• Blender, strainer, cello sponges and soft towels
• A sunny window
• Scraps of off white, tan, olive green, rust paper (think junk mail, etc.)
• Dies:  Sizzix™ Tim Holtz™  656927 Tattered Leaves die and embossing folder, Spellbinders^TM  S4011 Harvest Leaves and S4076 Assorted Leaves, CheeryLynn^TM B573 Fall, Quiet Fire Designs™ EC1197 “Four Seasons”, and Tattered Lace™ D667 Paradise Ferns
• Spellbinders^TM Grand Calibur™ die cutting and embossing machine
• Westcott™ paper trimmer
• Sizzix™
• Beacon ZipDry^TM adhesive, double sided foam tape
• ColorBox® Chalk™ Ink pads: rusts, browns, olive greens, alabaster, Stylus™ handle & white tips

Instructions:

1.     Follow the instructions found in any of the Arnold Grummer™ paper making kits to create off-white, tan, olive green and rust slurry, and create one or more sheets of med weight handmade paper. 

2.     Allow the papers to dry.

3.     Tear the sheets of tan or off white paper in half.

4.     Score and fold to create 4 ¼ x 5 ½” top or side fold cards.

5.     Die cut leaves, ferns and words from various scraps or sheets of different colored handmade paper.

6.     Emboss the leaves to bring out the textures.

7.     Apply Chalk inks to the leaves, acorns and ferns with the Stylus™ handle and tips.

8.     Attach the ferns with tiny pieces of foam tape to the side fold card.

9.     Attach the word “Autumn” to the bottom on the fern card.

10.  Layer and attach the leaves and acorns to the top fold card with tiny pieces of foam tape.

11.  Layer and attach with adhesive the word “Fall” onto one of the leaves.