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   Okay First you need a mold /frame thingy.
   I found some strongish wire in the garage and made it into a box shape ( can do this with a wire hanger if you have one)
   I took old tights/legging and stretched it over the wire.
   If the wire loses shape you can just reshape it.
   I then sewed around the edges and cut off the extra material

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   Gather scraps of old paper.
   I'm using construction paper, paper cut out from the book i'm altering,and i added tiny shreds of the legging material for good measure :P




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   pour one cup of scraps and 3 cups of Hot water into a bowl and let them soak.

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   after 5 minutes, lose patience and come back and moosh and shred the paper with your hands,then try the whisk.
   If you have a blender that you can use and know how to take apart to clean well.. this would be a good time to use it.
   I don't so i did it by hand and whisk.
   edit: okay so I broke down and decided to try the margarita blender ( shhh don't tell anyone)
   it came out much thinner, but i would next time either blend it less or add hand blended spoonful or 2 to the pulpiness to even it out.




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   Now you need a pan that your fram thingy will fit in, I chose a glass baking pan.
   Pour the newly made pulp into the pan and dip in the frame Or keep the frame in there when you pour it) and move it around as if you're looking for gold. Also add embellishments if you want to ( threads, flower bits etc)
   when you're content with how much pulp is over the frame, lift it straight out.

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   Now it needs to dry.
   lay it down on felt or paper towel or neswpaper or a dish towel.
   something to soak up the drippage.
   I patted mine with the dish towel and it didn't distort the pulp.
   if you have a clothes line you could hang the frame with pulp on it to dry.

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   after 5 mins i lost patience and brought out my heat gun. hair dryer should work just as well.
   drying time with the new tool will be considerably less than drying outside.
   drying time may very.
   this was my first time and you might notice, my pulp had big bits in it So some areas were chunky and took longer to dry

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   peel the paper of the frame.. if yours looks like mine then it'll probably have some paper curled around the edge so peel it up before attempting to peel the paper off completly.
   be very careful if you used a blender and have a thin sheet it may tear easily around the edges.

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Piffle

May 17, 2008 10:57pm

Nice job! I've added cotton dryer lint from towels, jeans and t-shirts (I only like to wear cotton). Celebrate with Margaritas!;)

Kiki

May 17, 2008 11:09pm

Yay! I've been wanting to make my own paper for scrabooking, and this is a fantastic tutorial! Thank you for posting :D

moonfae

May 17, 2008 11:38pm

I thought about dryer lint but wasn't sure and didn't want to try anything fancy for my first try hehe.
I want to try it again with the blender since it came out so much less chunky but think i'll wait till i can get a cheap blender.
I have tons of junk mail that's just asking to be recycled heh

Emily

May 18, 2008 12:54am

this is great, ive been wanting to make some for a long time but never got around to getting the materials.

:D

moonfae

May 18, 2008 3:50am

i suggest if you're going to do it by hand or whisk instead of by blender, that you cut your peices smaller than what you see in my picture.
that'll help lessen chunkiness.

kermit

May 18, 2008 10:06am

looks great moonfae!

opposites-girl

May 18, 2008 5:10pm

Super! Have always wondered how this was done and your way seems easy enough :) yay

cherry rabbit mama

May 22, 2008 11:01am

me next!! i have SO much paper than needs recycling + i need paper for my notes in class = perfect!

Cat Morley

Jun 10, 2008 12:31pm

The more pics the better, I say :)

Alex S

Jun 19, 2008 1:35pm

I've not made paper since i was weeny, now i'm really tempted to have another go!

Surf jewels

Jun 26, 2008 7:23pm

looks cool, i made paper in a simiar way 2 this. put it all in the liquidiser and put on mesh stuff i found in garage and just left 2 dry 4 a while. but it did take a while. Glad other people get impatient 2.