The Last Leaf

. A light touch with the blender always seems to yield spectacular results. For this card, I blended several colors of brown paper, then added a bit of red and yellow to the pulp. A quick flick of the blender and presto -- instant Autumn.

The Denim Papers

If you cut it up small enough and blend it long enough, denim turns into a wonderfully sticky, stringy pulp for recycled paper.

I like to think of denim as more of an accessory than a head-to-toe look. A blend of denim pulp and recycled paper pulp works best for me. Blender-ize the cut-up denim and the recycles paper separately, them pour both batches in the vat and swish vigorously to mix. Pull the sheet using the dip method.

Here are the results:

The texture is smooth and surprisingly light.
I want to cover a bottle with the grey/green sheet.

Speaking of head-to-toe denim, here's a fellow who can really pull it off.

Our House

Add bricks, wavy glass, and limestone to the list of things your can conjure with handmade paper.

Geese Family

Mother and Father Goose guiding the little ones on a beautiful blue pond

I nominate myself

Dandelions Galore

By mixing up green pulp, then adding some yellow paper and mixing again for just a few seconds, I was able to create this very summery field of grass and dandelions. I liked the effect so much I used it again to create the backyard scene in my picture book, "This Old Man." 

Nothing says "Summer" like a dandelion bouquet.



In this card, I used several kinds of handmade paper and some recycled paper.



In this picture book, I used handmade paper to create a summer backyard

A Walk in the Woods Advent Calendar

With thick, layered handmade papers, you can create a charming and personal advent calender. The images on this calender are all color copies of my own artwork. For your own tiny pictures try reduced color copies of photographs, magazine images, children's artwork, postage stamps, rubber stamps, wrapping paper . . .

I made the calendar by layering three kinds of white paper onto a large blue sheet, made in the large pour mold.





A partial sheet of white paper, made with printed paper makes the snow.

White pulp from clean white paper for the three birch trees.

For the pine, I made several small sections
using the curve in a cookie cutter, then layered
the sections to form a tree.



For the snow covered pine, I added glitter to whte pulp.

I tried to cut around the images, so the doors are not uniforn.

 

The mumbers are made with stamps.

 

I used reduced color copies of artwork for the little picutres.



Quilts

 

 

Handmade paper makes great quilts.

 

 

 

 

Water Lily Card

The water is handmade paper, the lily is made of  pulp laid on the wet paper.
 Brown Card is 5 x 7.