If you like craft kits as much as I do, here's a tip... everything we're hearing this fall is that holiday shipping will be extra slow, thus this round up is earlier than I would ordinarily begin featuring ideas. If you'd like to receive a kit in time for November and December card making, decorating, and gift making, it's probably best to not tarry.    

Please note: As an Etsy Affiliate, I earn from qualifying linked purchases.   This adds no cost to you and it’s a great way to support the All Things Paper blog.   What a hoot it was to make this Halloween card that has just a bit of quilling to give it dimension. I had a good time adding all sorts of extras like shiny table confetti spiders from a party decades ago... yes, of course I'd saved them since that's what DIY card makers do!  

  Please note: As an Etsy Affiliate, I earn from qualifying linked purchases.   This adds no cost to you and it’s a great way to support the All Things Paper blog. Welcome to October, which in blog-speak means the return of giveaways. Believe it or not, we're approaching gifting season, the best time of year for creative shop owners and book publishers to appear on our radar. Leading the way is talented jewelry designer Cléo Raksanyi of Etsy shop CleOrigami , who makes an imaginative range of earrings and necklaces.   

Please note: As an Etsy Affiliate, I earn from qualifying linked purchases.   This adds no cost to you and it’s a great way to support the All Things Paper blog. Chandresh of Parmar Art Creations in Lincoln, England is a talented paper artist who works magic with colored card and a scalpel the way an illustrator uses paints and canvas. The highly detailed paper cuttings he creates are a unique way of celebrating the special people in your life or capturing a moment in time.    

Please note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying linked purchases.   This adds no cost to you and it’s a great way to support the All Things Paper blog.   Last weekend was a special time for our family as youngest son and his fiancé were married in California. I had a good time wrapping up a present for them, and because both claim autumn as their favorite season I decided to make a leafy gift tag to go along with the package.     I'm sure you can buy something similar that is pre-made, but to my way of thinking a DIY is way more fun. I began by googling royalty-free leaf clip art and chose this leaf because its shape is distinctive, yet it would be an easy one to cut out. 

Please note: As an Amazon and Etsy Associate, I earn from qualifying linked purchases.   This adds no cost to you and it’s a great way to support the All Things Paper blog.   I've mentioned more than once how much I enjoy giving (and shopping for) baby gifts... new life, fresh start, and all that. Making a quilled card to go along with the present always seems right simply because quilling lends itself to cute designs so well. Here's the latest idea I came up with that was given to baby Olivia, born to friends in August.