Arnold Grummer Papermaking Blog
December 7, 2019
A blogpost by Michele Emerson-Roberts on how to use Rycraft Cookie
Stamps to create beautiful paper castings of 3 Rycraft TEA designs
Tea for Two... or Three
Project Instructions
Supplies:
• Cotton linter paper
• Blender, strainer, cello sponges and soft towels
• A sunny window
• Scraps of off white & tan paper (think junk mail, etc.)
• Dark brown card stock for cards
• Envelopes to fit cards
• Rycraft craft stamps #353 – Cup of Tea, #318 – Tea Time and #495 – Tea Leaves
• Tonic Studios™ paper trimmer
• Scor-Pal™
• Beacon ZipDryTM adhesive
• Double sided foam
• ColorBox™ Archival ink pad “Mudslide”
• Prismacolr pencils medium brown
• Hinged stamp positioner
Instructions:
1. Follow the Basic Paper Casting Instructions to create off-white/tan slurry and make one or more castings of the tea designs.
2. Allow the castings to dry.
3. Use the Prismacolor pencils to add details & shading around the cup & saucer and the tea pot.
4. Set the castings aside.
5. Create one or more sheets of handmade paper.*
6. Place the paper into the paper press.
7. When the paper is dry, tear it into pieces to stamp on approx. 2 ½ x 3 ¼” & 2 ¼ x 3 ¾”.
8. Place one of the pieces of torn handmade paper into the hinged stamp positioner.
9. Place the stamp face down onto the paper.
10. Close the lid of the positioner, picking up the stamp on the lid.
11. Ink the stamp with Mudslide ink.
12. Stamp the verbiage. Re-ink and re-stamp as many times as needed.
13. Repeat steps 6 through 12 for the second & third stamp
14. Attach the stamped “Hug” piece of handmade paper to the right side of a (landscape) folded card
with ZipDry™ adhesive.
15. Attach the cup & saucer casting to the left side of the folded card with double sided foam.
16. Attach the verbiage “A cup of tea…” to the bottom of a (portrait) folded card with ZipDry™ adhesive.
17. Attach the Teapot casting to the center top of the card with double sided foam.
18. Attach the “always” stamped paper in the right upper corner (landscape) of the folded card.
19. Attach the Tea Leaves casting to the bottom left of the card with double sided foam
20. Tell your friends how much they mean to you with a hand written message inside the cards.
21. Present the cards to them when they are with you having tea.
*NOTE: You can skip the steps to make handmade paper and use pre-made store-bought cards.