Introducing Joone Creative Paper Collage Kits! There is something so satisfying about a paper crafting kit... essential supplies right at your fingertips and ready to go, giving you permission to learn a new skill, uncover a talent you might not even realize you have, or just play.
These high quality, modern art collage kits feature vibrant papers - your choice of four curated palettes - and interesting shape patterns to cut and glue onto handsome wood panels. Each paper colorway includes specialty pieces that add extra pizzazz to your collages. The photo below just doesn't capture the way they glimmer and shine... they truly are stunning! Sunset: oranges, pinks, goldsOcean: blues, silver, goldGrass: greens, gold, mustardBeach: golds, oranges, blues, copper
Joone Creative created these paper collage kits in partnership with Erin McCluskey Wheeler, an artist, writer, teacher, curator, and art coach in the San Francisco Bay Area. "Erin combines painted and found paper in bri…

Yikes, October is slipping away fast so posting all these wonderfully creepy Halloween decorations is perhaps a bit pointless... then again, maybe not! I have a feeling there will be less partying this year - thanks, Covid - but one thing I learned as a kid about preparing for holidays is how satisfying it is to be ahead of the game for next year as that was my mother's modus operandi. Here is Etsy's Halloween Guide. Read on for mine... it's paper-centric, but of course. Amberlyn Nelson in Oakland, California is a full-time artist who draws daily and creates an array of spooky designs that fill her Halloween shop, GiftsFromAmbiesAttic. She conjured up these properly blurry vellum Halloween luminaries and vintage-framed hand paper cut silhouettes. (Free shipping too; what a nice treat.)


Britta Buchholz in London will see to it that a three-pack of folded hanging bats from her shop TarasWonderworld swoops into your mailbox.  She also stocks these large spiderweb paper fans t…

I have two exciting launches within the quilling world to tell you about today. Well-known paper artist Yulia Brodskaya of ArtYulia just launched the first-ever quilling mobile game app, Paper Mingle. It features her colorful, tactile art within which players merge identical paper tiles to solve tasks. Search for "Paper Mingle" at Google Play or the Apple App Store, download it for free, and give it a whirl!
Yulia says that one of the main reasons behind the game is to reach an audience that otherwise wouldn't give much thought to paper crafting. "Let's face it: in relative terms not many people are familiar with quilling, and have no idea what they are missing. Paper Mingle will introduce our beloved craft to a whole new audience."
She created the game with three developer friends and considers her part the easy one. "I just quilled the images. It was my friends who worked their coding magic and made my pictures move and interact. We ha…

It's time for the 2nd annual Etsy Design Awards... andthis year there is added excitement. Now through October 7, you can nominate an item from your favorite shop to be entered in the People's Choice Awards. More information here. I've rounded up a number of paper-centric designs from the Paper & Party and Weddings categories to give you a taste of the variety of the 100 Etsy-nominated Finalists that are already on display. Anatomical paper lungs are laser cut in remarkably minute detail by Ali Harrison of Light + Paper in Toronto, Canada. Even though her business has expanded since 2014 when it was first featured here on All Things Paper, Ali still creates all of the many items offered as hand-cut paper cuttings.
I'm in awe of custom portrait painters such as Kartik of Coconuttowers in Kenilworth, United Kingdom. Just look at the expression on this sweet pup's face! There are also a number of baby animal watercolor paintings in the shop that would be perfect in …

Well, hello Autumn... perfect timing to welcome an array of tempting new paper craft books!

Makers, a head start... whether you choose the paperback or e-book version of Making Christmas Bright with Papercrafts: More Than 40 Festive Projects! by Alice Hörnecke, Dominik Meißner, and Sabine Seyffert for Dover Publications, you can begin crafting holiday decor, ornaments, and gifts right away. Check out the Look Inside feature where you'll see the extensive project list that includes Advent calendars, paper cut snowflakes, bows, boxes, tags, wrapping paper and more.
Art Makers: Papier-Mache: A step-by-step guide to creating more than a dozen adorable projects! from Walter Foster Publishing will be released on March 2, 2021, but it can be pre-ordered now. Allow me to judge a book by its cover... so quirky and cute. Projects by Sarah Hand (she has a papier-mache Etsy shop, by the way) include home decor, jewelry, figures and dolls. Creating with papier-mache is fun for all ages and…