Weekend Catch up

Just a quick post to play catchup with what has been happening here at A Paper Buffet.I had my first cratf show of the season this past Saturday. With three show three weekends in a row, I've been spending a lot of time getting ready. This first show was at London Jazzercise. There were only 5 vendors and I was the only one who had handmade items. The rest were sales reps for their respective companies- jewelry, bath and skin care, gourmet food and handbags. Here my table setup: it turned out pretty well considering. I though I wouldn't have enough stock to fill the table when really I ran out of room! I did really well considsring...

Read More

Shipping tags never looked so good!

Just a quick post to show you some gift tags I’ve added to the stores made from shipping tags. I bought mailing tags from Staples months ago, always with the intention of making tags, but they got pushed to the back of the shelf and forgotten. Inspired by my lovely stack of Me and My Big Ideas Christmas paper, I created these snowman tags. I covered the tags in the paper and added these felt snowflakes.  If you look at the Holiday section of my Etsy store, you can see how much I love these snowflakes! The snowman stamp is a small clear stamp I acquired 5 years ago when I started seriously stamping, it was the perfect size for the lable...

Read More

I love to hate paper piercing

I love the look of sewing on a card, it seems to add a little somethin’ –somethin’ if you know what I mean.  So I bought a tiny, cheap sewing machine that I use for straight stitches on cards.  Of course, now I want to use zig-zag stitches on my cards because it adds more somethin’-somethin’ and my tiny, cheap sewing machine isn’t capable of that. Paper piercing mimics sewn stitches, when you use a pen to connect the dots, more or less. It can look great, but it is time consuming!  I went a little overboard with this card, but I think the overall effect is worth it. By using a white gel pen, I can mimic the look of stitches. ...

Read More

Treasury Tuesday- Latte Love

I was inspired by my Latte Love Gift Set to create a new treasury on Etsy.  I forgot how much I loved making treasuries, looking for new items and shops, and I found some beautiful work. Click the picture to be taken to the actual treasury.                       I just love all the different shades of brown, and I’m dying to try those coffee marshmallows and caramels…YUM! Happy Tuesday! Ciao for now, Technorati Tags: Etsy,Treasury,A Paper Buffet,latte,coffee...

Read More

Latte Love gift set is back!

  A very popular item last year, I’ve brought back the Latte Love gift set for the holidays.  This gift set is perfect for the hard-to-buy-for person on your list. Just slip a gift card to your favourite coffee shop in the gift card and the gift is complete!   The gift set fits well within most gift-exchange budgets, and is a lot more fun than handing over a gift card in a plain envelope. Each Latte Love gift set includes a handknit coffee sleeve, and a coffee-themed gift card holder to co-ordinate. I love knitting up the coffee sleeves; they’re a quick project and let me play with different (albeit simple) stitch combinations....

Read More

Shabby Chic Season’s greetings

Often I’ll look at card magazines and use sketches for inspiration.  I try not to make the same card over and over and over again (unless it’s the baby card, then I just can’t help my self).  As soon as I spotted this card in the Stampin Up catalogue, I knew I had to try it. Kraft paper is my all-time favourite card base, it really works with any colour combination.  I will find any excuse to use it. Much to my dismay, SU decided to discontinue the Kraft colour and replace it with Crumb Cake, which is similar, but not the same.  Oh well. I stamped the Tree image on Whisper White and used some Chocolate chip punched with...

Read More

A Week (or two) in review

  Hello strangers! It’s been a busy few weeks in the A Paper Buffet workshop. Two weeks ago I sent off the Turkey Thanksgiving cards to California where they were very well received! Here’s a few photos of the finished cards: Individual cards: Base is SU Kraft, with Pumpkin Pie and chocolate chip. The sentiment as well as the Turkey is from Wildflower Kids  Stamps and were printed on SU Very Vanillan and coloured with prisma pencils all 3o cards stacked!             Wrapped up and ready to go!           I also finished the other big Thanksgiving order...

Read More