Paper Crafter's Library

If you’re still holding on to your New Year’s Diet, you might want to skip this post. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you; sweet temptation abounds here!) Today we’re going to look at the “sweet treat” trend. Donuts, cupcakes, and cookies are all big themes right now in the world of paper crafting.

We’ll start our adventure into the land of sugar with some donut cards. There are SO many adorable donut stamps and dies out there, and so many punny sentiments!

I love how Heather used glitter to add sprinkles to her donut. I know the sprinkled donuts usually go first when my family gets together!

 

Sprinkled with Fun Birthday card by Heather Pulvirenti, courtesy Witty Title Here…

Heather made her own little bakery box for the front of the card with some acetate. The box adds a perfect touch to the theme. I just love the sentiment pun!

 

Donut Know card by Heather Ruwe, courtesy Handmade by Heather

The play on words with Stephanie’s card makes me start humming in my head. The donut with the sunglasses matches the sentiment really well. the bright colors of the donut paper are so much fun.

 

Donut Stop Believing card by Stephanie Severin, courtesy Ingenious Inkling

The donut on Lisa’s card is so cute and simple. Her use of a tag as a background anchor is so simple and effective. (I am in strong agreement with the sentiment on this card!)

Life is Short card by Lisa Henke, courtesy My Little Creative Escape

Sheila’s idea for producing a card that looks like an Oreo is so much fun! I would never have thought to use a damask embossing folder to create the texture of an Oreo.

 

Oreo card by Sheila Bennett, courtesy Sheila’s Stamping Stuff

If you’re more of a classic chocolate chip cookie sort of person, this card is right up your alley. Lori’s card reminds us that milk and chocolate chip cookies belong together, just like the recipients of this card!

You Belong Together card by Lori Tecler, courtesy inking aloud

This adorable card by Emily reminds us that buying cupcakes is very similar to buying happiness. The little polaroid frames and word bubbles are so cute! I really like the different cupcakes she has in the background, too.

 

You Can Buy Cupcakes card by Emily Leiphart, courtesy Art from the Heart

Di made this great pop-up card in a box with cupcakes that would be such a treat to receive. I really like the color scheme she uses among all of the cupcakes.

 

Make a Wish pop-up card by Diane Barnes, courtesy colour me happy

Last but not least, we certainly need to give a nod to the supplies and appliances that help us produce such wonderful sweet treats! Nancy’s card is so adorable and includes some new stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn that will be available in a few short days.

Baked with Love card by Nancy Krueger, courtesy Happy Heart Studio

Debby created the background for this card with individual stamps. It looks like pre-printed paper! The hearts on each item add such a cute touch.

 

Recipe for Love card by Debby Hughes, courtesy lime doodle design

Papertrey Ink just released this brand new set of thirteen different cupcake images. Just think of all the creating you could do with these options!

 

Baker’s Dozen Collection by Papertrey Ink

In case you’re more interested in baking some real food, Lawn Fawn is going to be soon releasing these cute cupcake wrapper dies. Just think how well your parties can coordinate now!

 

Cupcake Wrappers by Lawn Fawn

I have good news for you; you’ve made it through this entire post and not gained a single calorie by reading it! I hope you have found some great new sweet ideas for your next project.

Is it just me or do you  sometimes have paper that you think is so lovely that you don’t want to use it?  You just want to have it so you can save it for that project that is going to be extra super special?  I will admit that I am one of those crafters.  And I have it really bad for wood grain papers.  I haven’t yet tried to create my own but I am so inspired by the different hues and textures available that I wanted to share them with you and maybe give them a try myself.

 These papers just look so awesome.  On Lisa’s page she used a piece that looks like a worn white-washed wall in some cool beach house.  The colors and the texturing she did with the vertical strips just add to that open air feel.  I just love this page.  Plus her baby is adorable too.

page by Lisa Dickinson photo courtesy of Gettin’ By

When I think of how to use wood grain papers I typically think of them as a background.  When I saw Geri’s card I loved how she cleverly used it as a wooden table that holds several little paper tea cups.  Love it!

card by Geri photo courtesy of Paper Wishes

Another great benefit of wood grain is that it works well when you need to create a masculine look.  I can imagine walking on the dock and catching this beautiful fish in Cindy’s card.

card by Cindy Lawrence photo courtesy of The Creative Closet

With all of the awesome embossing folders around you  can create your own  wood grain look.  You don’t have to limit yourself standard wood colors.  This opposite look in blue and craft that Jacquie created is so striking.

 card by Jacquie Southas photo courtesy of What did I do today?

I am still digging the monochromatic look and this lovely submission is just perfect.  A small piece of white paper was embossed and used to back this orchid card for Maria’s mom.  She also colored the flowers using a watercolor technique involving spray ink and bubbles!

 card by Maria F photo courtesy of Rieslingmama

Donna told me this is one of her favorite cards.  It is such a cool use of many fun trends:  a fun focal image that is watercolored, a gold sentiment that was die cut, sequins and awesome wood grain to make it all pop.

 card by Donna Mikasa photo courtesy of Three Umbrellas

 You can create another wood grain look with stamps too.  I keep looking at this card by Barbara and I want to be there on the beach in the hammock listening to the waves and going with the flow.

 card by Barbara Anders photo courtesy of Paper Pursuits

Beth’s card shows another way to use a wood grain stamp in a clean and simple format.  Lots of white space and the vibrant color of her flowers is a beautiful touch to this card.

 card by Beth Rush photo courtesy of Beth’s Paper Cuts

 Jodi shows off two ways to get this cool look in one card.  The wood grain paper on the side and the alcohol ink tree stump for her adorable squirrel are both fabulous.

 card by Jodi Collins photo courtesy of Stamping a Latte

 Taking wood grain off the card, you can even create awesome looking packaging.  I would love to get a gift this pretty.  Stamped in gold on vellum, this little slice of a branch looks so awesome.  You can also see the matching card in the background.  This is a really beautiful set.

 card by Taheerah Atchia photo courtesy of Fill Your Paper with the Breathings of your Heart

We even have options to get the wood grain look in wrapping papers.  I am especially fond of the birch wood look with the Dear Lizzy embellishments.

 packages by Elizabeth Kartchner photo courtesy of Dear Lizzy

There are so many ways to play.   I hope you try some in your paper crafting, I know I wood (I just had to get one bad pun in there)

So go ahead… make something pretty.

I found a few products to help you in your wood grain journeys; take a look.

Wood grain stamp Your Next Stamp

Wood plank background stamp My Favorite Things

Wood You be mine stamp set My Favorite Things

We R Memory Keepers embossing folder Scrapbook.com

Cherry wood veneer at Simon Says Stamp

Little B wood grain tape at Scrapbook.com

Jilliben Soup Stampables – wood grain mini bag at Scrapbook.com