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New Class: Sealed with a Kiss

Join Elisabeth for Sealed With A Kiss a three-card class featuring all things Spellbinders! Learn how easy it is to make beautiful wax seals using the Spellbinders’ awesome Wax Seal Kit (and a fun technique for your leftover wax!)  Stamps, dies, stencils and embossing folders – this class has a bit of everything!

Cost is $24 payable by cash or check only. Dates Available: Thursday, April 11th: 6pm – 9pm; Saturday, April 20th: 12pm – 3pm; Friday, April 26th: 6pm – 9pm. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot today. Students are requested to bring their basic class kit.

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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: Have a Sparkly Day

Join Elisabeth for this three-card class featuring the fantastic mini stamps from Stamplistic adorned with Swarovski crystals! Nothing sparkles on a card quite like these embellishments and a photo can never do these cards justice – you’ll just have to come in and see them for yourself!  A wonderful collection of patterned papers in springtime colors is the setting for these gorgeous stamped dimensional images, all tied together with glittery sentiments from Spellbinders.

Please bring you basic class kit and don’t forget your favorite fussy cutting scissors!

Cost is $25 payable by cash or check only. Dates Available: Friday, March 8th: 6pm – 9pm; Thursday, March 28th: 6pm – 9pm; Saturday, April 6th: 12pm – 3pm. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com today to reserve your spot!

There are still spaces available for various dates of some of our other current classes, including the fabulous slimline trio Box O’Cards class; One Die Set, Three Ways: Wendy Vecchi Vintage Florals; and Pushing the Envelope. Click the bolded text of the class names to read more about them; or check the Calendar Page and sign up today!

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Snow Delay: Opening 11am (Saturday 2-17-24)

Paper Anthology will open a little late today, at 11am on Saturday, February 17, 2024, thanks to the overnight gift of… a little more snow! We expect to be open normal hours (10am to 2pm) on Monday, February 19th, for your Presidents’ Day shopping pleasure; but as always, when we’re affected by winter weather, or any other change in schedule, we will announce it here on the Paper Anthology Blog.

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Box O’Cards: New Slimline Card Set Class

Join Elisabeth for this slimline box set class.  We’ll be putting together a box that’s perfectly sized to fit slimline cards; then we’ll create three slimline birthday cards (envelopes provided) to go inside. The class will be customizable as each person will receive their own paper pad from Spellbinders, so you can pick and choose what papers will adorn your box and cards! Diecuts featured from Hero Arts, Penny Black and LDRS Designs; we’ll even get to play with Spellbinders Sealed Collection of wax seals!

Cost is $34 and payable by cash or check only. Dates Available: Friday, February 29th: 6pm – 9pm; Thursday, March 14th: 6pm – 9pm; or Saturday, March 23rd: 12pm – 3pm. Please email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot! Students are requested to bring their basic class kits.

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Closed Due to Snow: Tuesday, Feb 13th

Thanks to Winter Storm Lorraine, Paper Anthology will be closed today, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. We expect to be open normal hours the rest of the week (Thursday & Friday 5-9pm; Saturday 10am to 5pm) but as always, when we’re affected by winter weather, or any other change in schedule, we will announce it here on the Paper Anthology Blog. Apologies for any inconvenience. Take care, keep warm and CRAFT ON! ♥

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One Die Set, Three Ways: Wendy Vecchi Vintage Florals Edition

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Longing for Spring? Join Lauren for this bright and bloomin’ class, featuring Wendy Vecchi’s beautiful new Vintage Florals die set; plus additional elements from Wendy’c Garden Collection by Spellbinders. We’ll do some diecutting (obviously, lol) including the inset diecut technique; we’ll hand-ink a beautiful set of blooms; and create a big (BIG!) blossom using one of Wendy’s own Tip Tuesday ideas! 

Cost is $24 and payable by cash or check only. Dates available: Monday, February 19th,11am – 2pm; Friday, March 1st: 6 – 9pm; Saturday, March 16th, 12 – 3 pm. Pleasee mail elisabeth@paperanthology.com to sign up.

Students are requested to bring their basic class kit with all the usual adhesives. Those who own a sanding block can bring them, but there will be several for the class to share.

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New Class in a Kit (& Lots More New Stuff!)

Brand new, in-store and online, it’s a Graphic 45 “Life is Abundant” Interactive Folio Class in a Kit that you really have to see! With all the papers, embellishments and instructions you need to make this beautiful folio, with lots of flips and folds and waterfalls to hold LOADS of photos, text, souvenirs and more. Check out the product page for more pictures, showing the inside of this very cool album, or better yet, stop by the store and see the real thing, it’s definitely worth the trip!

Also just arrived, two lovely new Graphic 45 collections, Grow with Love and The Beach is Calling; both are perfect for Spring and Summer scrapbooking and cardmaking and have a choice of 8×8 or 12×12 paper pads or 12×12 pages ala carte, with coordinating stickers, rub-ons and cardstock ephemera! We’ve also got a whole bunch of Heart-y new Valentine’s items, including embossing folders, stamps and stencils from Taylored Expressions as well as several additional paper lines, perfect for Valentine’s Day and beyond! Don’t forget that Tim Holtz and Ranger have released the final Distress Color, Scorched Timber, which is available in all the usual Distress formulations (all of which are currently in stock) AND the last three sets of Distress Watercolor Pencils are here, to complete your collection. Click any of the bolded links in this post to visit the specific product pages; or STOP BY and see all of the above… and lots more… in person!

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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