Animal Cards & Valentines by Karolin Schnoor

I’m completely taken by the work of London based freelance illustrator, Karolin Schnoor. Her beautiful new Valentine’s Day card brings to mind folk paper cut art:

Karolin Schnoor Valentine's Day Card

Detail Karolin Schnoor Valentine's Day Card

Karolin also recently added a wolf design to her line of amazing make-your-own animal cards. I love these unique cards, and Karolin’s illustration style makes the animals almost come to life.

Karolin Schnoor Wolf Card

Detail Karolin Schnoor Wolf Card

Make-your-own animal cards can be purchased singly or as a pack of 5:

Make Your Own Animal Cards

images from Karolin Schnoor

Weekly Wrap #57 : Kraft + Doilies = Purty

Weekly Wrap

Free Printable Doily Kraft Papers

Simple materials often make the prettiest packaging, which is undoubtedly why doilies and kraft paper have been so popular recently in the world of crafts and weddings. Susanna from the wonderfully inspiring blog, Daily Suze, cleverly combined these two powerhouse items to create two free printable kraft + doily papers that are perfect for wrapping little gifts. Download the papers and see more examples of simple embellishments that you can use to further decorate these lovely brown paper packages over at Daily Suze.

Have a great weekend, everyone, and if you haven’t already, don’t forget to enter to win an adorable Raccoon Screen Print from Small Talk Studio!

images from Daily Suze

Printable Valentine’s Day Cards + Party Kits

There are so many cute printables available this year for Valentine’s Day, including mini cards, full-size greetings, and sweet party kits. Here are just some of the pretties that I’ve come across recently.

The Love Stationery Set from Mayi Carles, which includes love cards, to + from tags, a ruled notepad, and bookmarks:

Printable Love Stationery Set

1920’s flapper-themed printable Valentine’s Day cards from Flapperdoodle:

Flapperdoodle Printable Valentines

Super cute and clever printable finger puppet and optical illusion Valentine’s Day cards from Scenerie Design Studio:

Finger Puppet and Optical Illusion Valentines

Mid-century inspired printable valentines from Benign Objects:

Printable Mid-Century Valentines

A lovely printable Valentine’s Day card from Naomi Broudo:

Naomi Broudo Valentine Card

Oh so fun printable animal valentines from Vol. 25:

Printable Animal Valentine's Day Cards

Super kawaii Valentine Bundle Kit from Paper Glitter, which includes valentine collage sheets, circle tags, cupcake wrappers and toppers, and a valentine stationery set:

Paper Glitter Valentine Kit

Queen of Hearts printable party pack from Frog Prince Paperie, including wine labels, paper cones, labels, a pennant banner, and these love cards:

Printable Queen of Hearts Cards

I Heart Valentine’s Day printables collection from Anders Ruff, including labels, drink wraps, hang tags/favor tags, valentines, and matching envelopes:

Anders Ruff Valentine's Day Printables

Valentine’s Day party printables from Green Apple Paperie, including candy buffet tags, candy bar wrappers, a table sign, and valentines:

Green Apple Paperie Valentine Party Printables

images from their respective owners

My Creative Loves at Lottie Loves…

Lottie Loves Interview

I was honored to be asked to be a part of the “Creative Loves of…” series over at Lottie Loves…, a blog by Charlotte Rivers, the author of The Little Book of Letterpress / Reinventing Letterpress. You can check out the interview right here to find out a little bit more about me and my current interests and favorites, and check out the entire Lottie Loves… blog for lots of pretty paper inspiration!

image from Lottie Loves…

Win a Raccoon Screen Print from Small Talk Studio!

Alyssa Nassner Raccoon Screen Print

I was completely jazzed when Alyssa Nassner of Small Talk Studio let me know about her super cute new Raccoon Screen Print. The limited edition screen print features two lovey dovey raccoons out for a refreshing tandem bicycle ride, and I just love their little outfits. A bandana! A scarf! A cardigan sweater! So cute, and a wonderful Valentine’s Day gift idea, too.

And guess what? Alyssa’s generously offered to give away one of these cutie patootie prints to a lucky Paper Crave reader. Sweet! In order to enter, just comment on this post, letting us know what your ideal date would be. Would you love a romantic dinner at an upscale restaurant, followed by a night of dancing? Or would you prefer something more laid back, like an evening of watching movies in your jammies with your sweetie? We’re looking forward to hearing what you’d love to do!

This giveaway will end at midnight eastern time on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. One entry per person, please.