It's time...

Hello, my friends-

I started this business 7 years ago after selling the retail store I ran with my family. I have always loved rubber stamps and the paper craft industry. Paper Wings was a great way for me to stay in the industry while also working from home so that I could care for my two small children. Those children aren't so small anymore. Once they became school aged, I decided to go back to school and finish a degree I started so long ago. After finishing my bachelor's degree, I was interested in teaching art- something I had grown to love. I knew I didn't want to be a classroom art teacher and began exploring options. I discovered art museum education and fell in love. Last summer I took a full-time job in art museum education, I was halfway through graduate school. Last month I finished my master's degree in art education. Paper Wings has been floating along in the background despite the declining time and effort I was able to put into it. Now that I am regaining the ability to think beyond my thesis, I see that my path continues to move away from Paper Wings. It is time for me to officially be done with Paper Wings and move on to the next chapter in my life.

I think about all of the amazing people I have met through this business- design teams, customers, friends, and especially those of you who I met in person at stamp shows and workshops. I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart. I thank you for supporting this business and letting this mama have a dream job while raising babies. I still love teaching workshops and will continue to look for avenues to share my passion for creating art.

Everything at Paper Wings will start off at 25% off, this includes items already on sale. I will update inventory levels as often as possible. If you purchase something that is out of stock, I will refund your payment. The discount will continue to grow as the inventory dwindles. I do not have an official close date yet, but I hope to be done in the next few months.

Use coupon code GOING for 25% off your total purchase when you check out.

Here's a direct link to start shopping.

Please email or comment if you have any questions.

Kindly,
Carrie

hello Gorgeous

Hi everyone! Leslie here to share a DT inspiration project with you today, a fun accordion birthday book with a twine bow closure. I used the Vintage Domino Melange, Vintage Melange and Sayings and Sentiments stamp sets. All of these are just amazing!

I cut the accordion base from kraft cardstock. I cut the cover pieces with a stitched rectangle die and stamped the large flourish from the Vintage Melange stamp set on the front and back covers in brown ink. I heat embossed the front sentiment in gold, cut the words apart and affixed them to the front cover just above and below the twine line.

I stamped all nine domino-sized images from the Vintage Domino Melange stamp set on kraft cardstock and colored them in a very basic fashion with Spectrum Noir markers. I cut the images with a slightly smaller stitched rectangle die and layered them on brown die cuts. The birthday sentiment on the last panel is also from the Sayings and Sentiments stamp set.

For more details and additional photos, please see my blog post at Love To Scrap 2.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun stamps and other goodies at Paper Wings Productions! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
Leslie

you make life sweet

Hi! Ashley here today, sharing a card I made with the Hey Cupcake stamp set. I chose the little cupcake to stamp, heat emboss, and watercolor.

I like to use distress inks + my Tim Holtz watercolor brush to color my images. After I heat embossing the cupcakes with white fine detail embossing powder, I fussy cut them and did the same technique with the cupcake stand. I didn't want the whole cupcake stand - it was too large for my cupcakes! - so I fussy cut just the top part of the cupcake stand for my card. Always be on the look out for ways to make your stamps go further and work for your needs!

My sentiment is also from the Hey Cupcake stamp set, which I heat embossed with a coordinating pink embossing powder. I added a spot of watercoloring to my base using the same distress inks I used on the cupcake frosting. I think it helps to ground my sentiment.

Then I adhered the cupcake stand and my cupcakes with pop dots.

Thanks for looking!

grateful to you

Hello there! Ashley here today with a fun way to make a big impact with a small stamp.

I used the little leaf stamp from the Fall Mix it Up stamp set to make a background for my card. I stamped it multiple times and heat embossed it with white fine detail embossing powder. Then I water colored over the heat embossed images and they resist the watercolors. You could do this with any image or sentiment.

My sentiment for this card came from the same stamp set. I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I added some twine and a wood veneer to complete the fall look. What do you think?

DT: Lady of Guadalupe Shrine

Hi everyone! 

Veronica (A.K.A. Vicky) here sharing with you a DT inspiration project today:

A Lady of Guadalupe Shrine, made using Virgen de Guadalupe stamp set and build-a-shrine-cling-stamp-set, some wooden die cut pieces, some lace ribbon (last three included in the natural-mixed-media-kit), and some other goodies from my stash:

Here you can see more details:

The top:

Open:

I made my first video tutorial to show the steps of this project and the materials, I used. Please bear with my strong accent and hesitations, I'm still learning this method:

I hope you enjoyed this mixed media project and visit me at my blog for more details here.

Many blessings,

Vicky

Design Team Reveal

Hi friends,

I'm here today to introduce you to our new design team!  Each of our artist have made a small little project to introduce us to their style.  Please give them a warm welcome!

First, meet Dana.  Dana has been a design team member in the past and we are super excited to have her back!  Check out her blog by clicking HERE. 

Next up is Ashley.  Another returning design team member.  Check out her blog HERE.

Leslie is our next new addition to our team.  Check out her blog HERE.

And last, but certainly not least is Veronica.  Check out her blog HERE.

I hope you all will join me in showing them some love!  Come back this Friday for our first blog hop with the new team.

Enjoy the flight!

Carrie

Warm Winter Wishes

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today and I'm happy to be working with these lovely stamps  from Paper Wings Productions.

The card was created from white cardstock and a layer of snowy paper and navy cardstock was added on top.  Since we recently were pounded with 30" of snow, this card was quite appropriate!

The mittens are from the Winter Wood Cuts Cling stamp set.  I stamped, fussy cut, and colored the mittens with Smooch Accent Inks.  The words are part of the Say it-Winter Greetings Clear Stamp set.  They were individually stamped and then cut into pennant shapes to fit across the card.  Black cardstock under the pennants really helped them stand out.

 

The mittens were added to the card with foam adhesives for dimension. 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

Steph

 

Happy New Year Mittens

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today and I'm happy to be working with these lovely stamps  from Paper Wings Productions.  It's hard to believe we are 12 days into the New Year already!  Where on earth is the time going?

Happy New Year wishes still abound and I've used Winter Wood Cuts cling stamp set and Say It Winter Greetings stamp set.

The card was created using Spellbinders dies.  I colored the mittens with Smooch Accent Inks, then I "hung" the mittens from some twine across the card. 

 

Happy New Year was stamped in the corner.

 

And a close up of the mittens and sentiment.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Steph

 

Home is Where I'm With You

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! Pam here today. As we rush through the hustle and bustle this time of year, I wanted to stop and reflect on what's important to me.  So this project using the Home Cling Stamp from Paper Wings Productions was just perfect. 

The Home sentiment was stamped in Versafine Black ink and covered with clear embossing powder.

To create the "skylike" background I used Ranger Distress Inks and a bit of Hero Arts Unicorn White spray. 

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

"Woolicious" Mittens-Tags

Happy Thursday crafters! Today I have a really fun project featuring the Winter Wood Cuts stamp set. In a couple of weeks my sister and I are going to be selling our handmade wares at a Holiday Bazaar.  My sister makes these amazing "woolicious" mittens that are super warm.  She makes them using recycled wool sweaters. 

So I decided to make some handcrafted little tags to go with the mittens- these tags can also be used for your Christmas presents.

I just love the detail in this stamp.  The mittens were stamped with Versafine Black ink, embossed with clear embossing powder, and colored with Copic markers.

The tags were cut from patterned paper using a Tim Holtz Thinlits die.

Now I have to make 30 more of these tags for all the sets of mittens! I best get busy!

Thanks for joining me today and stay tuned to the Aviary for more great inspiration from the PWP design team!

Embrace Imperfection!

Pam

Fall is in the Air

Happy October! Pam here today with a card project celebrating fall in New England.  The air is crisp and the leaves are changing colors. Such a fantastic time to get outdoors and hike.  Our hike this weekend and all the beautiful colors inspired this card.

My card  features the Leaves Cling Stamp Set -a collection of 6 stamps, including the perfect sentiment to go along with the fall theme.

The leaves were stamped as a background in alternating fall colors using Simon Says Stamp inks onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock and then the acorn was added as an overlay.

The sentiment was stamped onto vellum in Archival black. 

The entire card and the sentiment was matted with embossed gold card stock to match.

Thanks for joining me this week to celebrate Fall! Be sure to check back often for more great inspiration using the Paper Wings Productions stamps!

Embrace Imperfection!

A Latte Love...

Happy Tuesday all! Pam here today to share another fun project using Paper Wings Productions fantastic stamps!

Fall is here in New England and there is a crispness in the air-great fall days for hiking and of course my favorite lattes!

So I thought I would create a project this week using the Frothy Concoctions stamp set:

To create this card I did a lot of stamping,fussy cutting and paper piecing-giving each portion of the latte cup some texture. White woven paper was used for the lid, cork for the sleeve and patterned paper for the cup itself. 

This is one of two fabulous coffee themed sets from PWP, the other is Play With Your Coffee - be sure to check them out online at the store!

Nothing like coming in from a cool fall walk outside and having a yummy latte!

Thanks for joining me again this week and be sure to check back often for more DT inspiration with the PWP stamps!

Halloween is Here...well Almost!

Hello crafty friends! Pam here today to share one of my first Halloween projects of the season.  Halloween cards and projects are my absolute favorite to create- I love the color combos- oranges, purples and blacks and all the spooky details.

So of course I was so excited to use the Halloween is Here stamp set!

The set includes five stamps and I was able to use three of them for this card. 

For those of you that follow my work- you know I LOVE to create my own backgrounds and rarely use patterned papers.  So this card was no exception; I created a stencil mono print  background on water color paper with a Crafter's Workshop stencil and distress inks.  The stamps were stamped in Archival black ink on paper that was covered with Distress inks and then a layer of Perfect Pearls- to give then some luster !

So stay tuned here to the PWP blog and on my blog for more fun Halloween projects to come!

PWP has more great Halloween stamps- be sure to check them out!