Happy Holidays & So Long, Paper Crave

Happy Holidays + So Long, Paper Crave

I’m wrapping things up for the year over here a bit early this year, and I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Sadly, this is also a goodbye. Paper Crave started out as a side project for me way, way back in 2006, and over the years it’s provided an outlet for me to share my love for all things paper. It’s also allowed me to meet so, so many amazing and talented people in the stationery, paper goods, paper crafts, and creative communities. I’m incredibly thankful for the many opportunities that this blog has brought, and I’m incredibly grateful to you for taking time to check out what’s going on over here over the years. Thank you SO much for everything!

It’s been a very difficult decision for me to make, but all good things must come to an end, and it’s time to say “so long” to this wonderful blog. But I’m definitely not saying goodbye to my love for all things paper!

I’ll continue regularly pinning paper goods that catch my eye, as well as craft projects, lovely lettering, color and design inspiration, and much more over on Pinterest. And the Paper Crave site will remain for the foreseeable future as a catalog of the last 12+ years of paper cravings.

My main focus going forward will be on my freelance work and on k.becca, where I sell and license my digital cut files, patterns, and other creative work. I’d love it if you’d join me over there, so if you like paper crafts, digital goodies, and die cutting, please come on over and join the fun!

In addition to the k.becca website, you can also find me on Instagram, where I’m currently participating in a really fun, Christmas-themed illustration challenge, as well as over on YouTube, where I share craft tutorial videos.

Here’s a quick list of links where you can find me:

k.becca
Instagram
YouTube
Pinterest

Thank you, again, for the last 12+ years. It’s been so much fun, and I can’t tell you how much I’ve appreciated all of your comments, emails, and just the time that you’ve taken to pop in here to see my latest paper cravings.

So long, Paper Crave!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Paper Crave

I’m getting ready to sign off for a bit of a holiday break … and lots of cookies. On the topic of cookies, I don’t think that any cookie calories should count between, say, December 15th and January 1st. But that’s just me. Anywho, before I head off, I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And, if you don’t happen to celebrate Christmas, then I wish you a happy next week and a half or so!

It’s hard to believe that another year is just about to end, and I hope that you’ve enjoyed all of the craveable paper goodies that were featured on Paper Crave this year. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that you take the time to pop over here and share the paper love with me.Thank you so much, and I hope that you’ll join me for more paper cravings in the coming year. I can’t wait to see what all of those talented stationers out there have in store for us in 2018!

Take care, and I’ll see you back here with new and awesome paper cravings in January!

P.S. If you’re still on the lookout for some fun and free printables for the holidays, have a look here, here, here, and here.

Caching Issues … Hopefully Resolved

I realized late last week that the site has been having some caching issues. Uuugh, technical problems! The issue seems to have been caused by the WordPress caching plugin that I was using. I’ve deactivated it for the time being, and the site seems to be back to normal, but some of you may not have seen the posts that I’ve made over the past few weeks.

I’m hoping that the issues won’t be making a reappearance, but if they do, please let me know, and apologies to those of you who have missed out on all the paper goodies that I’ve featured over the past few weeks. On the upside, there are plenty of craveable paper goodness for you to catch up on now! I guess there can be upsides to these types of issues then, right?!

New Birthday Digital Clip Art & Patterns from K.becca

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been rolling out a bunch of birthday-themed digital clip art and patterns over on K.becca, and I’ll continue to roll out a few more sets over the next few weeks. I’m totally in the “birthday zone”! Clip art sets include hand drawn numbers + ordinals, hand lettered anniversary birthday sentiments, a digital pattern collection, and die cutting files.

All of the new digital goodies are available for commercial licensing, too, so if you’re looking for sentiments or patterns for any upcoming birthday-themed projects, then you’ll want to head on over and have a look!

Birthday-versary Numbers Digital Clip Art / Digital Stamps by K.becca

Birthday-versary Sentiments Digital Clip Art / Digital Stamps by K.becca

Hand Drawn Happy Birthday Sentiments Digital Clip Art / Digital Stamps by K.becca

Happy Birthday Digital Clip Art Patterns by K.becca

images from K.becca

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Turkey Day aka Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating today, and safe travels to those of you who will be traveling over the long holiday weekend.

I’ll be back tomorrow with a little craft project and a bunch of great sales and deals that will be happenin’ for Black Friday and beyond, so stay tuned!

image by Kristen Magee