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Holiday Jumpstart: Bells Are Ringing (Card Kit with Dies)

August’s Holiday Jumpstart Card Kit is our pre-packaged kit that includes everything you need (except ink and adhesives) to complete FIVE copies of this new original holiday card design. It’s called “Bells Are Ringing” and includes Honey Bee’s Layering Holiday Bells die set, which we think you’ll get plenty of use out of in future holiday cardmaking! Kits are available in-store and online for $38. Locals, be sure to choose the “PICK UP IN STORE” option at checkout to save on shipping.

Everyone probably loves the IDEA of making holiday cards throughout the year, instead being overloaded in November and December, but honestly, it can be difficult 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 option that works entirely on your schedule.

This kit contains:

    • Honey Bee’s Layering Holiday Bells die set;
    • Enough light pink, dark pink, silver, gold and white glitter cardstock to make five pairs of layered bell diecuts with bow accents;
    • Five A2 white card bases;
    • Five 5.25 x 4″ pierced cardstock background panels with assorted washi tape accent strips;
    • Five pre-cut sheet music ovals with gold cardstock oval mats;
    • Five pre-cut “Noel” sentiments;
    • Five deep evergreen and five pale juniper branches;
    • Five white half-pearl accents
    • Complete, detailed instructions and large full color photo

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New (Cuuuute!) Class

Lawnfawnatics (and all others!) are invited to join Lauren for “Fawn Fun in the Summertime“, a cute and colorful class featuring the tiny Lawn Fawn critters from Beary Rainy Day, Gnome Sweet Gnome and Berry Special paired with chunky Pinkfresh Studio diecut alphabets. We’ll make a square shaker card, a slimline and an A2 greeting. Dates available are currently Monday, June 27th from 11am to 2pm and Saturday, July 16th from 12-3pm; but stay tuned for a third date to be announced! Cost is $22. Students are requested to bring their basic kits, including all the adhesives; we’ll be using a fair amount of foam tape and clear-drying, fine-tipped glue, such as Nuvo Deluxe. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot today!

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Glimmer Glam: NEW In-Store Class

Join Elisabeth for this four card class featuring gorgeous images from Pinkfresh Studio with beautiful foiled backgrounds and sentiments.  We’ll learn how to use the Spellbinders “Glimmer Hot Foil System”  and the PinkFresh Solid hot foil plate (which is really a gamechanger!)  All coloring is done by ink blending with stencil sets.  You’re gonna love this class, full of techniques, tips and tricks – get your glimmer on!!!

Students are requested to bring their basic class kit (see the list of basic kit items on the Class Page) as well as a Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion if you have one. Cost is $26. Dates available: Thursday, April 7th: 6 pm – 9 pm; Saturday, April 23rd: 12 pm – 3 pm; Friday, April 29th: 6 pm – 9 pm. Each class is limited to six students. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com ASAP to reserve your place!

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New Class: Awesome Blossoms

Join Lauren for a three card class that’s Bloomin’ Awesome. We’ll welcome Spring with fresh flowers, bright colors and bold patterns, using two sets of coordinated layering stencils, stamps and dies, from Hero Arts and Pinkfresh Studio. Please bring your basic class kit. Dates available: Monday, March 28th, 11 am–2 pm; Saturday, April 2nd, 12–3 pm; Monday, April 25th, 11 am–2 pm. Cost $22. Please email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your spot!

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What’s New, Pussycat?

It’s that time of year, the dozens of orders for Spring and Summer merchandise placed at the Collins Show have started to find their way to Paper Anthology! Check out the slide show on the front page of the website for highlights of things that have already arrived, including: brand new, amazing gems from Buttons Galore; gorgeous spring paper from Echo Park; new Spellbinders dies, stamps and foils; as well as fab new items from Pinkfresh Studio and Art Impressions. Coming soon: lots of goodies from AlteNew, Stampendous, LDRS Creative, Avery Elle and Hero Arts. Stay tuned for more photos and updates!

The only problem with all this fabulous NEW STUFF is we definitely need to make some space to put it… hmmmmmmmmmm… (Stay tuned, guys, there might just be a *SALE* on the way?!)

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Pretty Pinkfresh

Two wonderful classes with Pinkfresh Studio, hint at just a few of their newest items. Everything in these two photos, will be coming to Paper Anthology this spring. Especially love this geometric hot foil plate and stencil set (above) which works for absolutely any occasion, in any color palette! Soft florals and useful sentiments were the focus of the second class; that fun little envelope and the nested frame dies with a pierced edge are also favorites that will see plenty of use!

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Stock Up for the Long Weekend!

Paper Anthology will be CLOSED Saturday and Sunday, September 4th and 5th, to celebrate Labor Day Weekend; so why not stop by on Thursday or Friday night (9/2 or 9/3) between 5 and 9 pm, to check out all of the fabulous new product just in from Sunny Studio, LDRS, Pinkfresh, and Dare 2B Artzy, Photoplay, Spellbinders and more! There are stamps and dies galore, not to mention several amazing brand new paper collections. And YES… there are plenty of wonderful holiday items, because as every papercrafter knows, it’s literally NEVER too early to start making Christmas cards! (PS to our fellow Lawn Fawnatics: we’ll have the new collection in store on the day it’s released– Thursday, September 16th!)

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New Class With SHARI!

Join Shari for Stamps and Stencils and Dies, Oh My! and create this fabulously floral four card set (two A2 cards and two slimline cards) featuring (as the name implies) stamps, stencils and dies from Pinkfresh Studio. Students, please note: If you have a Wendy Vecchi Make Art STAY-tion please bring it with you to class, along with your basic class kit.

Dates available are Sunday, August 1, 11am-to 2pm (note that time is slightly different!); Saturday, August 14, 12-3pm; or Saturday, September 11, 12-3pm. The cost is $28. We will be limiting each class 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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My Girls

This layout featuring daughters Magda and Monika (also known as Henry, Emery and Tadzio’s moms) is made with papers and cardstock stickers from P13’s beautiful new collection, Stitched With Love. The title is done with PinkFresh’s Heather Uppercase and Heather Lowercase die sets, each character in both sets (the lower case also has the numerals 0-9) consists of both the letter AND that skinny skinny outline for a super sophisticated look. FYI: Pinkfresh’s Lea’s Ornate Uppercase and Lowercase have the same sort of outline; while their Kelly Uppercase and Lowercase die sets have a pretty pattern of hearts and leaves cut into each letter.