Letterpress Greeting Cards from Ragamuffin Press

January 04, 2011 // kristen // 4 replies

Hello, indeed! These Blue Star letterpress cards from Ragamuffin Press are absolutely gorgeous, aren’t they? I love how all of the different hues of blue and white look against the chipboard and how the design continues onto the back of the card. What a wonderfully unique design.

A Happy Birthday card is available, too:

And I wish I would’ve discovered this shop earlier because they have some super cool holiday cards:

images from Ragamuffin Press

Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 Collection

January 04, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

It feels like forever since I’ve featured a scrapbooking paper collection, but I had to break the scrapbooking silence to share Cosmo Cricket’s latest, Circa 1934. In their previous collections, Cosmo Cricket has dabbled heavily in mid-century influenced style, and in the Circa 1934 collection they’ve gone back a little further, into the sepia-toned 1930’s, for inspiration. I’m really digging the colors and the ornate patterns on the papers in this collection. Plenty of inspiration to be found here:

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images from Scrapbook.com

Linocut Letterpress Note Cards by Lilco Letterpress

January 03, 2011 // kristen // 2 replies

I was immediately entranced by the bold, vivid madras patterns on these letterpress note cards by Lilco Letterpress. And how could I not be? Hello, gorgeous color! The patterned cards are created using hand-carved linoleum plates, and they’re available for purchase individually or in a set of three. – discovered via Scoutie Girl

Also available are a trio of gingham patterned letterpress note cards:

And a trio of tartan note cards:

images from Lilco Letterpress

New Advertisers : Envelopments and Papillon Press

January 03, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Welcome 2011, and welcome to two new advertisers, Envelopments and Papillon Press! These two invitation design specialists offer an amazing array of styles, and each does it in their own, unique way.

Envelopments is a designer’s dream, offering enclosures, scored stocks, liners, envelopes, and a number of other invitation suite components in a dazzling array of colors and finishes. Above is just a small peek at what can be done with their mix and match line, and let me tell you, their stocks are absolutely top notch in color and quality.

Based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Papillon Press specializes in gorgeous, illustrated letterpress wedding invitations, samples of which you can see above. Illustrators Chantal and Joel create lovely invitations, cards, and more on their 1500 lb. cast iron Chandler & Price New Style letterpress, and they also have an Etsy shop where they sell ready to order letterpress cards.

images from Envelopments and Papillon Press

Happy Holidays!

December 22, 2010 // kristen // 1 replies

I’m getting ready to wrap things up for the year, and I hope that you’re getting ready to start your holiday break, too. 2010 has flown by, and what a year it’s been! I hope that you’ve had a great one, and I am very grateful to all of you for taking the time to visit Paper Crave. I’m so thankful for your comments, emails, tweets, and links throughout the year, and maybe I’m biased, but I truly think that I have some of the most kick butt (am I allowed to say “butt” in a holiday post?) readers around. Seriously, you gals and guys are awesome. Thank you!

Be safe, enjoy your holiday festivities, and I’ll see you back here in January with paper cravings galore. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Psst … if you’re looking for some last minute paper crafts, gift tags, or other free holiday printables, be sure to check out my free printable gift tags, lots of festive freebies, a few more festive freebies, free printable holiday goodies from Love vs. Design, and printables in pink.

And if you have a little time to do some paper-centric reading during your break, I’ve been sharing thoughts on what trends I think we’ll see in wedding invitation design in 2011 over at Invitation Crush: Envelopes, Details & Postcards, Color, and Style & Inspiration. Much of this info is applicable the non-wedding stationery niche, too, and I’d love to read your thoughts and predictions for the coming year.