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February’s Holiday Jumpstart Kit (with Stamps!)

Say hello to Holiday Jumpstart: Christmas Sampler, which features (and INCLUDES!) Stamperia’s beautiful Christmas Borders Stamp Set, a nine-stamp photopolymer set that might be the most versatile ever and it’s easy to line up and position perfectly.

Paper Anthology’s Holiday Jumpstart Card Kit is our pre-packaged kit that includes everything you need (except inks and adhesives) to complete FIVE copies of this new original holiday card design. It’s called “Christmas Sampler” since the design is reminiscent of a needlework sampler… but in this case the results are mailable and achieved without any wrist strain! May Arts green gingham ribbon and a sentiment diecut from Concord & 9th’s Seasonal Sayings set add to the homespun-but-polished feel of this nostalgic design. This kit is available for $36 in-store and online; CLICK HERE to go directly to the product page. Locals, be sure to choose the “PICK UP IN STORE” option at checkout to save on shipping and we’ll keep it behind the counter until you’ve got time to pick it up.

Don’t we all adore the IDEA of making holiday cards throughout the year, instead being overloaded in November and December? But sometimes it’s hard to be inspired during the “off-season”. Paper Anthology’s Christmas Card Club is a wonderful solution, but it fills up quickly, and what if you can’t make it to the store one Friday night per month? Here’s an additional, self-paced option that works entirely on your schedule.

This pre-packaged kit features everything you need (except inks and adhesives) to complete five beautiful, detailed and colorful cards, including complete written instructions, suggested ink colors, and a nice big photo for reference.

This kit contains:

  • Stamperia’s Christmas Borders Clear Stamp Set
  • Five ivory panels to stamp on
  • Five olive green cardstock mats
  • Five pre-diecut red metallic “MERRY” sentiments
  • Enough May Arts gingham ribbon to wrap around five panels
  • Enough Taylored Expressions Tiny Diamond embellishments (in Cherry Pop and Lime Zest) to complete the design
  • Complete step-by-step instruction sheet with large color photo
  • Recommended ink colors for Ranger Archivals, Distress Inks, or generic shades
  • Five top-fold kraft A2 cards
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New Class: Pushing the Envelope

Prepare to DIE-cut and join Lauren for this brand new two-card class that really DELIVERS! Yes, you read that right, we’ll only be making TWO cards this time, but they’re BIG cards, measuring 5.5 x 7″ each… because they’re built around Spellbinders’ Envelope of Wonder die set which really makes an amazing statement. These can be Valentines, Galentines, extra-special birthday greetings or pretty much anything you choose. We’ll be using Concord & 9th’s Layers of Love stamp set for the sentiments, and students can choose from a variety of greetings, or hedge your bets and leave them blank. Lauren will provide oversized envelopes.

Cost is $20 and payable by cash or check only. Dates available: Saturday, January 27th: 12 pm – 3 pm; Friday, February 9th: 6 pm- 9 pm; or Monday, February 26th: 11 am – 2pm. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot. Students are requested to bring their basic kit with all the usual adhesives.

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Birthday Bash: NEW Class!


Join Lauren for Birthday Bash, a festive, colorful, four-card class, and leave with a birthday greeting for pretty much EVERYONE on your list! Birthday themed papers and embellies from Fun Stampers Journey combined with dies by Spellbinders, Stampendous and Concord & 9th. This class is a little stamping, a little coloring and A LOT of fun! Class members are invited to bring their favorite cupcake-coloring media, if desired, (though Lauren will have supplies, as well) and their basic class kits.

Dates available: Wednesday,  August 25th, 12 -3pm; Monday, September 13th, 12-3pm; and Sunday, October 3rd, 11am-2pm. The cost is $25. Each class will be limited to the first six fully vaccinated Paper Anthologists who reserve their spots by EMAILING elisabeth@paperanthology.com AND including a photo of their vaccination card.

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What’s *NEW* at Paper Anthology?

Lawn Fawn goodies galore! New Fall and Holiday stamp sets, (including Creatures Who ARE Stirring… only LF could come up with irresistible mice who love to bake, right?!) new Lawn Cuts die sets; plus new accessories for their popular Shutter, Reveal Wheel and Magic Iris (you have to see the Camera!) series.

Bounty from Concord & 9th! Beautiful new Background Stamp Sets, more of their unique and clever Turnabout Stamp Sets, plus super-useful holiday stamps and dies.

Brand new Impression Obsession! New hybrid ink colors, Fall and Holiday themed stamps, and LOTS of great new stamps sized for Slimline, but useful for ANY size card. Beautiful landscape elements like Mountains, Tree Lines, Hillsides, Snow, Clouds and more; each works wonderfully on its own, or you can use them together to Make a Scene… in a good way!

Glitter lovers rejoice! We’ve got twenty (20!!!) new colors of 8.5 x 11″ Non-shed Glitter Paper. Featuring a wide range of colors and several different scales, it’s not just 100% mess-free but DIECUTTABLE, too!

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Coming Soon!

The Collins Virtual Show was a delightful and inspiring blur, full of new ideas, products and projects. Orders have been placed with Hero Arts, LDRS Designs, Graphic 45, Picket Fence Studios, Impression Obsession, Concord & 9th, Lawn Fawn, Penny Black, PhotoPlay and Dare 2B Artzy; stay tuned for sneak peeks of all the goodness coming soon to Paper Anthology!

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Three NEW Distress Watercolor Pencil Sets: In Stock!

Who’s ready to add more color to their creative life?  Search no more!  Ranger and Tim Holtz have just released the final three sets of Distress Watercolor Pencils, making the palette complete. In addition to the final three sets, there’s also a two-piece set that includes both Picket Fence and Black Soot. These colors are included in the other sets, but since they’re used frequently for shading and highlighting Ranger has made it easy to replace these two colors. The pencil for newest Distress Shade, Scorched Timber, was released with the other Scorched Timber items and is available as a singleton. All of the above are currently available in-store and on-line at Paper Anthology!

We’re guessing that, like us, you’re going to want ALL the colors, but here’s how they’re arranged into sets. You can click the bolded text to get to each product page or click this Distress Watercolor Pencil Link to see them all!

DISTRESS WATERCOLOR PENCILS, SET 4: SALTWATER TAFFY, FESTIVE BERRIES, CARVED PUMPKIN, SCATTERED STRAW, SHABBY SHUTTERS, MOWED LAWN, EVERGREEN BOUGH, CHIPPED SAPPHIRE, VICTORIAN VELVET, WILTED VIOLET, TEA DYE and GROUND ESPRESSO

DISTRESS WATERCOLOR PENCILS, SET 5: WORN LIPSTICK, AGED MAHOGANY, RIPE PERSIMMON, SQUEEZED
LEMONADE, LUCKY CLOVER, PINE NEEDLES, UNCHARTED MARINER, WEATHERED WOOD, MILLED LAVENDER, GATHERED TWIGS, OLD PAPER and PUMICE STONE

DISTRESS WATERCOLOR PENCILS, SET 6: SPUN SUGAR, ABANDONED CORAL, LUMBERJACK PLAID, DRIED
MARIGOLD, FOREST MOSS, BUNDLED SAGE, BROKEN CHINA, STORMY SKY, BLUEPRINT SKETCH, DUSTY CONCORD, BRUSHED CORDUROY and LOST SHADOW

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Quilty

Good morning everyone!  I’ve been playing with the Concord and 9th stamp set – Bits and Pieces to get some “Hi, How are you?” cards made for our Cards Pals group when I saw this weeks challenge at Shopping our Stash – SOS 387 : inspired by quilting!  Well, this set has some bits and pieces that totally had me feeling quilty, so I pulled together a quick thank you card using distress inks and a great new word die from Hero Arts.  A little bit of faux stitching pulls everything together!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

~elisabeth

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Rainbow bright!

Good morning!  I was up late, late late last night doing my favorite thing – playing in my craft room while the TV played quietly in the background.  Well, it was netflix, and not so quiet, but I digress…  What was on my craft table?  A very odd assortment – a rainbow, a jam jar and a vest – the beginnings of a plan for a class I like to call “a random bunch of cards”.  I played with the rainbow first, a quirky stamp set from Concord and 9th.  I ended up with a card that was perfect for this week’s challenge at  Shopping our stash, since it had a sprinkling of hearts on it.  Entirely stamped in an assortment of bright Ranger Archival inks, (carnation red, tiger lily,  yellow chrome, vivid chartreuse, manganese blue and violet)  all I could think of the whole time was Ranger’s new release for creativation – 12 new mini archival inks to match the Distress line of colors, and we won’t have to wait too long as they should be shipping in a couple weeks.  I can’t wait to get my hands on them!!!  Anyways, here’s the card, hope you like it!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  If you’ve got a sec, leave a comment – I love seeing who’s been here!

~elisabeth

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Christmas Card Swap!

Ladies your cards are ready to be picked up!  I have to applaud each and every one of you, what gorgeous cards!!!   Sharing three cards that really caught my eye (it was a very tough decision!)

 

Linda S. created this clean and simple card with a background die from Taylored Expressions and a sentiment die from Impression Obsession – classic and striking!

Gail P. used a Concord and 9th turnabout stamp and the triple step stamping technique.  The mirricard die cut sentiment is the perfect touch!

Shelly D. created a beautiful scene combining Taylored Expressions stamps, a  Penny Black Lamppost die and an Impression Obsession carolers die.  An inky background and sparkly snow sets the scene perfectly!

 

…and yes, I just HAD to create the Tim Holtz Holiday Hack with the ombre bottle brush trees on the vintage ruler – such a cute decoration and really quick and easy to make!

 

Thanks for stopping by – please leave a note so I know you visited!

 

~elisabeth

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I did a card challenge!!!

I used to LOVE doing online card challenges, absolutely loved being, well, challenged to create out of my comfort zone.  Color challenges, sketch challenges – you name it, I did it!  Well it’s been years since I’ve done one (at least 7 years!) and I decided it was time to carve out some time and get challenged!  This week I decided to join the Tic Tac Toe challenge at Shopping Our Stash.    (SOS380)

Choose a line, horizontal, perpendicular or diagonal and use all the elements in your card.  I chose straight down the middle – stamps (of course), stash more than 5 years old and Happy Birthday.  Here’s my card:

 

 

 

For the stamps, I used a lovely set from Concord and 9th called “Just Because” and a sentiment from Cats Life Press.

As to the “stash older than 5 years” part, I used a piece of patterned paper from Rouge De’ Garance from 2006.  I stamped the flowers and background block with some original distress inks that I have had for at least a dozen years – antique linen, tattered rose and worn lipstick.  (although they’ve been re-inked many, many times since then…)

The birthday wishes sentiment, leaves and branches were stamped with Archival ink.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Elisabeth