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NEW Halloween Kit: Happy Haunting

With Halloween on it’s way, we’ve put the focus on hocus pocus! It’s not just WITCH-ful thinking, our newest Class in a Kit, Happy Haunting, really is creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky; not to mention cute as can be, and thus these cards are suitable for sending to boys and ghouls of all ages. The designs are built around some of our favorite seasonal stamps and dies from Impression Obsession, Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts and more; but here’s the best part: ALL of the diecuts have been pre-cut for you; and all of the sentiments pre-stamped! You get to skip right to the FUN parts: arranging, assembling and attaching all the elements into some of the fastest (and cutest!) Halloween cards ever.

This kit has everything you need… (except adhesives and optional ink for edging) including LOTS of googley eyes! …to create all three A2 cards as pictured, as well as step-by-step instructions and a nice big color photo to help with placement. It’s all treats and no tricks. Click THIS LINK (or the text under the photo above; or ANY of the bolded text in this post!) to go directly to the Happy Haunting product page in our Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design.

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New Holiday Jumpstart: Simply Joy

Get a jumpstart on your holidays with this brand new Holiday Jumpstart Kit – containing everything you need to make five Simply Joy cards – Just add adhesive! Click THIS LINK to go directly to the product page in our Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design.

Holiday Jumpstart Simply Joy is a Paper Anthology holiday card kit, which features the beautiful Spellbinders die set “Joy”.

Paper Anthology’s Holiday Jumpstart Card Kit is our pre-packaged kit that includes everything you need (except adhesive) to complete FIVE copies of this new original holiday card design. This edition is called “Simply Joy”.

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”. Here’s a self-paced option that works entirely on your schedule, with all the “boring parts” done for you.

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

This kit contains:

Five kraft card bases
5 gingham patterned paper panels
5 green metallic die cuts
20 red metallic die cut flowers
20 gold self adhesive dots
a bunch of glitter dots (125)
5 sets of gold glitter foam letters
Complete step-by-step instruction sheet with large color photo

Visit the Paper Anthology Design Etsy Shop to see all of the currently available Holiday Jumpstarts, Birthday Jumpstarts, Class in a Kit selections and more; including Simply Joy!

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Plantastic: New Class in a Kit on Etsy

Not to brag, but the newest Class in a Kit selection in our Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design, is truly PLANTASTIC!

Grow your card stash with this bloomin’ beautiful trio of unbe-LEAF-able greetings! (Ok, sorry, that’s the end of the diabolical puns… probably…) These cards are built around the lovely containers in Honeybee Stamps’ Bud Vases die set, which have all been pre-cut for you from gold metallic and brushed silver cardstock as well as real wood veneer. Likewise, the pierced and embossed panels, diecut sentiments and pretty label shapes are all ready to roll; you can skip right to the FUN parts: arranging, assembling and attaching all the elements into some of the fastest greetings ever. 

This kit includes everything you need (except adhesive!) to create all three cards as pictured, as well as step-by-step instructions and a nice big color photo to help with placement. All the joy of a gorgeous garden, with no green thumb needed!

Visit the Paper Anthology Design Etsy Shop to see all of the wonderful Class in a Kit selections, as well as some Holiday Jumpstarts to get your winter holiday cards in gear and Birthday Jumpstarts to build your stash of annual greetings. And stay tuned for more titles coming soon! ♥

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New Class in a Kit: It’s a Guy Thing

You’ll create three birthday cards for those special men in your life with this brand new Paper Anthology Design Class in a Kit: It’s a Guy Thing. Features images from Stamper’s Anonymous, Honey Bee Stamps and Sunny Studio Stamps. Everything is pre-stamped and die cut for you. Color in the images with your favorite coloring media and assemble! Kit includes everything you need to make all three cards, just add adhesive! Full step by step instructions included! Visit the Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design to see all of the inspiring kits available, and stay tuned because there are MORE on the way! ♥

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New Etsy Items at Paper Anthology Design

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A monster, a panda and a dinosaur walk into a card kit… resulting in one of the cuuuuuuutest Paper Anthology Class-in-a-Kit selections ever: Here Be Monsters!

The monster, panda, dinosaur and sentiments are all from Spellbinders’ Monster Birthday collection, but since it’s a kit, all of the diecutting, stamping and pattern-combining has already been done; you can jump right to the assembling and sending. Each critter is adorably paper pieced and framed in his or her own little scene, with just the right embellishments, including various sizes of Googley eyes.  

This kit includes everything you need to make all three cards as pictured, just add adhesive! Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions are included, as well as a nice big color photograph to guide placement.

Also new in our Etsy Shop, Cardmakers’ Vintage and Found Paper Assortments; mini collections of curated backgrounds, perfectly sized for A2 cards.

The Here Be Monsters Class in a Kit and Cardmakers’ Vintage and Found Paper Assortments are both available now in the Paper Anthology Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design; where you’ll also find other Class in a Kit selections, Holiday Jumpstart kits and Birthday Jumpstarts, too!

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NEW Birthday Jumpstart & Holiday Jumpstart Kits

New to our Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design, a brand new type of kit we’re calling Birthday Jumpstart which, like our popular Holiday Jumpstart kits, contains everything you need to create FIVE copies of one beautifully designed card, thus effortlessly building up your Birthday Card stash. Birthday Jumpstart: Floral Arch is based on the beautiful PinkFresh Studio floral sprays designed around the Spellbinders Arch die cuts; and is available by clicking THIS LINK or the link underneath the photo, below.

Speaking of Holiday Jumpstart Card Kits, Holiday Jumpstart: Joy of the Season features gorgeous images from PinkFresh Studio, already stamped for you, and diecut arches already diecut… you can jump right to the fun parts: coloring and assembly! Click THIS LINK to go directly to the product page or tap the link underneath the photo, below.

Birthday Jumpstart: Floral Arch

Holiday Jumpstart: Joy of the Season

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New & Restocked Holiday Jumpstart Kits

Just added to our Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design, Pretty Pinecones, a brand new Holiday Jumpstart Card Kit featuring a gorgeous Penny Black image and sentiment already stamped and embossed for you. We’ve also restocked the Poinsettia Song Holiday Jumpstart Kit; this version comes with all of the poinsettia layers pre-diecut for you, but without the Memory Box die set; a change reflected in the price! Click THIS LINK to go to the Paper Anthology Design storefront and see ALL the kits currently available or click the link below each photo to go directly to that product page.

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Final Shopping Day: 6/29/24

We’re winding down the closing sale at Paper Anthology and there are just three more chances to shop with all regular priced merchandise at 70% off! Our final sale day will be this Saturday, June 29th. If you reserved tables or paper racks or well… anything… they must be picked up by 4pm on Saturday! BTW, there are still a few storage and display pieces left, as well as lots of slatwall accessories; not to mention plenty of interesting merchandise and display props!

Remaining shopping hours are as follows:

Thursday, June 27th from 5-9pm

Friday, June 28th from 5-9pm

Saturday, June 29th from 10am to 5pm

This website and blog will remain operational and remember to bookmark our new Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design where we’ll have NEW Class in a Kit and Holiday Jumpstart titles debuting all summer!

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Paper Anthology Design: Our NEW Etsy Shop!

We are thrilled to announce that our new Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design, is now officially OPEN! And to celebrate, we’ve got THREE brand new Class in a Kit offerings… plus a new Holiday Jumpstart! We’ve also got a few “classic” kits in stock, such as the adorable Backpack and Card set; The Birds, the Bees and the Butterflies; and Holiday Jumpstart: Sparkle! Click on the bold text link above to get to the storefront; or on the titles below each photo for specific product page. We’ll be adding new kits all summer, and doing detailed blog posts about each kit in the next week, so stay tuned for lots more!

Paper Anthology Class in a Kit: Watercolor with Better Press

Paper Anthology Class in a Kit: Swarovski Style

Paper Anthology Class in a Kit: Beautiful Bouquets

Paper Anthology Holiday Jumpstart: Poinsettia Song

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70% Off?! NO WAY! (Yes, Way!)

The Paper Anthology Store Closing Sale continues and you might think there cannot be anything awesome left, but boy would you be wrong! We still have lots of stamps, dies, stencils, tools, cardstock and patterned paper from your favorite brands including Spellbinders, Gina K, Taylored Expressions, Lawn Fawn, Art Impressions, Penny Black, Stampendous, AlteNew and lots more! Soooooo… starting tomorrow evening, Thursday, June 20th, all FULL-PRICED inventory will be 70% off!

Clearance bins and store props are not included in the sale, because they’re already at amazing bargain prices; but we keep finding interesting treasures to add to the Clearance section, as well as cards and project samples from various classes throughout the years. By the way, we’re also selling the fixtures, fittings, furniture and display items; and quite a few have been reserved, but there are lots left, so if you need paper racks, slat-wall accessories, spinners or other storage, please email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to inquire, or speak to Elisabeth when you stop by to shop.

Our store hours are: Thursday and Friday evenings 5-9pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm; Monday, 10am to 2pm; Tuesday 10am to 5pm. Many thanks to everyone who’s come out to shop, to save, and to say goodbye!  Giftcards and full punch-cards will continue to be honored; this sale is in-store only.

PS: We’re getting ready to officially launch our Etsy Shop, Paper Anthology Design, in which we’ll continue to offer holiday and all-occasion card kits, so keep an eye on your inbox for an imminent announcement!