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Continuing the Valentine’s theme, here’s another kit that the kids might like. It’s called Straight from the Heart: A Make-Your-Own Valentine Card Kit and features enough stickers and …

Valentine’s season brings along some of the busiest time of the year for peeps interested in the paper arts. We’ve previously posted about Retro Valentine’s Day Cards but here’s another book of vintage …

I found these rather nice cards from Imaginary Friends the other day while browsing through the Elsewares site. I didn’t find a website for the Imaginary Friends but their page on Elsewares says that they’re a Chicago / NY based studio of friends who create …

I dropped by the Felt Club outdoor mini craft show the other day in Hollywood to take a look and see if there were any new cards to be had. Found these rather interesting Braille Felt Cards which come from Square Six, a very nice …

I know we’ve covered Jill Bliss’s cards previously, but I saw this on Fred Flare and just had to post about it.

Continuing her popular undersea themes, her newest item is a collection of “necklace notecards” that can either be used as sample cards or actually cut out …

I saw this interesting item called The Cardmaking Kit on amazon the other day. It’s basically a small kit with instructions for making homemade cards. The kit was created by Carey Jones and is published by Chronicle Books.

There are 10 project guide instructions included which …

Yet more cards to show you, this time featuring designs from Atlanta, GA graphic designer Laurie Forehand. She has a nice little online shop called 1201am and offers really nice, clean lined notecards and other paper products featuring birds, flowers and plants.

So why’s the site called 1201am? Here’s a little blurb from her website FAQ:

1201am represents the time, 12:01am. Also known as “the first minute of the day”; a notion of freshness, or an awakening of innovation and ideas. With most creative minds being more nocturnal creatures, the name also reflects a familiar time of day, or night, when most ideas hit.

One of her nicest card designs involve the classy yet cute “Chirps!” birds. Pictured here is the Chirps! Magenta notecard set which feature the affable little birds letterpressed onto white cardstock. This stylish set is also available in Avocado (but sold out!) and in Mango (with a smaller Chirps! motif).

Each $12/set set has 6 notes that measure 3 1/2 by 5 inches and is packaged nicely in a chocolate-brown box. This looks like a great gift for your favorite letter writers, or maybe just a treat for yourself.

While surfing around at various indie boutiques, I found some very cool cards over at The Walrus and the Carpenter. Although the title refers to characters in Lewis Carroll’s “Through The Looking Glass…”, you don’t have to like poetry in order to appreciate some of the cool paper goods that they make!

Giao and Hoa are the two crafters who run The Walrus and the Carpenter. In addition to a nice selection of paper goods they also make and sell things like handmade clothes (such as aprons and tops), tote bags, embroidered pillowcases, and even toys and beds for your pooch.

Here’s a little bit about the philosophy of the shop, written by Giao on their website:

My goal with The Walrus & The Carpenter is to create one-of-a-kind goodies for people who revel in not completely blending into the background. Nothing too radical goes on here, but unique goodies are always the aim. When we first started out, everything was crafted personally by me and/or by Hoa. We’re slowly expanding the shop to include unique goodies from other artisans and crafters. All items from other crafters will be duly noted for your information. Thank you for the opportunity to try our hands at our own looking-glass magic (we’re still cube-farming days).

Here’s an example of one of their card selections. These colorful Parasol blank note cards feature a bright pink umbrella that looks a bit like a poppy in bloom. The parasol is decorated with green blossom embroidering around the edges and is set against a blue sky. They sort of look like they’ve already been captured by the wind!

There are 4 notecards in each set (same design for each card), and measure 4 1/4 by 5 1/4 inches in dimensions. Envelopes are included in the set.

Well, happy V-day everyone. I didn’t get a chance to put up another Heart-themed paper product yesterday and since today is already the 14th, I decided to put up something different. Don’t worry, we’ll do it all again next year. =)

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Seeing as how we’re now into the month of February, the next few entries in The Paper Arts are going to be all about Valentine’s Day!

To start off with, do you remember (if you’re old enough) those goofy …