Elsiecake Autumn Loves Craft and Ghost World Craft Kits

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Elsiecake Autumn Loves Craft Kit

Elsiecake Ghost World Craft Kit

I’ve been a fan of the Love, Elsie scrapbooking paper designs since I saw my first collection. Sadly, the Love, Elsie line will be no more, but thankfully Elsie has a collection of prints, postcards and, yes, fabulous craft kits featuring her wonderfully whimsical creations at Elsiecake, her Etsy shop.

The Autumn Loves Craft and Ghost World craft kits come with a bit of everything, including paper, tags, stickers, gocco cards and tags, and patterns for making your own journals, dolls, and more. $32.00 each at Elsiecake.

images from Elsiecake

Creative Thursday Halloween Cards

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I’m back, and I’m all about autumn and Halloween paper! Well, I’m sure that there will be non-autumn-and-halloween posts here and there, but for the most part the next few weeks are going to be filled with spooky paper goodies.

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These Halloween cards from Creative Thursday are ridiculously cute, aren’t they? I love the little polar bear peeking out from the jack-o-lantern. See, even wintry bears love Halloween. $4.00 for a single card + envelope.

image from Creative Thursday

Paper Around The Web, Vacation Edition

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This will be my last post on Paper Crave until October, as I’m leaving tomorrow for a week on an autumn vacation to the Outer Banks. Woohoo for vacations! However, when I return I have a couple of surprises for you, including a project that’s been in the works for a little while now. I’m so excited to share it with you!

While I’m busy packing, have fun checking out these paper-centric links from around blogland:

* Cool retro modern holiday cards from sparrow and belle via Design*Sponge

* Pilllpat paper crafts and vtks fonts (distressed and perfect for Halloween) via Poppytalk

* 3D art pieces from Maurizio Santucci a.k.a. Bombo via Pikaland

* How to carve your own stamps via Craftstylish

* Vintage paper snowflake crafts via Just Something I Made

See you in October!

Paper Source 2009 Letterpress Desk Calendar

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Paper Source Letterpress Calendar

I’m so thankful to live in an area where I can wander into a physical Paper Source, but I have to admit that it’s very difficult for me to stay focused after I’m in the door. I almost always have something specific that I’m looking for when I go, but I inevitably end up dazed and confused after a few minutes.

Do I look at the greeting cards? The wall of gift wrap? The ribbons and embellishments? The stamps and paper punches? The glues and glitter? And it goes on and on…until my brain is overloaded and I’m just about laying on the floor in a pool of my own drool.

However, I had a rare moment of clarity during my last visit, when I spotted Paper Source’s beautiful 2009 letterpress desktop calendar amidst a display of the 2009 Snow & Graham calendars. Who knew that giraffes and retro-inspired Christmas trees would snap me right out of my my paper goods induced daze?! Seriously, though, it’s a great looking calendar.

image from Paper Source