Mikasa Masterpiece

Check out the very pretty card Donna Mikasa created using the January Fresh Baked Kit:

Donna made this lovely project as her final and fond farewell as a Sweet Stamp Shop design team member.  Stop by Donna's place and wish her well!  Aloha Donna!

Five Alarm Announcement

Well, we've all been waiting for this moment and I can hardly sit still {haven't really been able to for a few days now!}  So, without further ado, please let me introduce you to Paper Made Bakery's inaugural Design Team!

ASHLEY Newell lives in Elk Grove, CA.  She's a wife and mother of two little boys who works from home doing social media for crafting companies.  She's been stamping for about five years and this is her passion -- she's mighty fond of paper, too!

LISA Arana lives in Gilbert, AZ.  She's married eight years and has been card making all of 'em.  Lisa has two rescue dogs.  She's been blogging since 2009, has been published several times and was just recently the featured designer in the October 2011 issue of CARDS.

MICHELLE McClure grew up in Asia and now lives in Temple City, CA with her husband and two dogs. She understands the graphic design principles of scrapbooking and uses them in creating her layouts and in designing sketches.  Her other passion is playing and watching volleyball.

RYANN Salamon lives in San Diego, CA with her husband and kitty cats.  She's been on several design teams and has had projects published.  Her style is clean and simple and her go-to supplies are stamps, kraft/white card stock and patterned paper -- and she loves a good pun!

SAVANNAH O'Gwynn lives in North Port, FL with her husband and dog.  She's passionate about crafting and especially loves patterned paper.  Sav's on several design teams -- and she loves to sing!

STEPHANIE Muzzulin lives in Norfolk, CT, is a wife and mother of two.  She got into card making about six years ago when she made invitations for a friend's baby shower.  She loves paper crafting and sharing her work -- and meeting lots of wonderful people!

These *uber* talented ladies are already enjoying the next Fresh Baked Kit and creating some of the most fantastic cards you've ever seen!  The Paper Made Bakery February Fresh Baked Kit will be released on Thursday, February 2...but watch for some sneak peeks before then!

Help us WELCOME this awesome design team!!

Caution: Creative Genius at Work

Happy Friday!  It's the start of a FABulous weekend and we've got so much to share today.  Let's start by wrapping up the month with some unbelievably wonderful cards by Sav O'Gwynn.

Here she's used our January Fresh Baked Kit to make a thank you card.  I just love how she uses that punch of red with all the soft, pretty yellows and grays of the Authentique paper in this kit.  Even the little daffodil colored pearls add just a touch of glamour while the blocks of patterned paper offer a subtle feel -- and that bird cut into the damask yellow patterned paper on the right is SO cool!  See how she stamped the Sentimental Birds onto white card stock and slipped it behind the negative die cut of the bird?  Man, that's tres chic!


Can you believe you get the 4 x 6 Sentimental Birds stamp set, the 6 x 6 Blissful patterned paper bundle, some of those daffodil pearls from Memory Box, ribbon and tulle, and buttons AND all the card stock, too, in our January Fresh Baked Kit?!

Sav must really love this kit because she also whipped up this gorgeous card today!  Look at that beautiful ribbon and bow!  Click HERE to check out Savannah's video she made showing YOU how to make it with the white crinkle ribbon included in the Fresh Baked Kit.  This card sings "farm fresh and friendly", doesn't it?


OK, I know you can't wait to land that Fresh Baked Kit before they're all gone, and because there's so much excitement around the 'Bakery today, we're going to give away a half dozen $5 off coupons for our January Fresh Baked Kit!  The first six (6) people to leave some love here (and say "Gimme 5"; you can still leave a nice comment even if you don't need a coupon) will win a $5 coupon for this month's kit.  


Have a crafty Friday -- but come back in just a bit for more exciting news!!!

CHA cha cha

Happy Friday Eve!  Quick question -- are you going to CHA this weekend in Anaheim?  We're pretty excited about going...checking out all the fun, new stuff that will show up very soon in our Fresh Baked Kits; meeting lots of fabby folks from the crafting industry; and catching up with old and new friends!


If you're going, let us know by leaving a note here.  Look for us...we'll be the gals in the Paper Made Bakery aprons!  Stop us and say HI!

If you're not going, never fear.  I'll keep you posted on all the hot new trends, colors, styles...everything!

Aaaannnnddd, stop by tomorrow as we make our BIG design team announcement.  Everyone at Paper Made Bakery is over the moon thrilled with our inaugural team and can't wait to show off the talent of this group!

In My Thoughts

Tuesday's here already and Lindsay's got such a pretty card to share with you today.  It's clean and simple -- and just plain stunning!  The number of different patterns offered in the Authentique paper pad included in this month's Fresh Baked Kit makes creating lots of different designs very easy.


As Lindsay's shown you earlier, the elements within the patterned paper can quickly become dimensional embellishments.  Remember this card last week?

This makes the Fresh Baked Kit a BIG value when you think of the hundreds of creative ways the fabulous products included in the kit can be used!  There aren't many left, so be sure and click HERE to get yours before they sell out.


Thanks for stopping by...be sure to leave some love for Lindsay and then stop by her place for more creativity!


P.S.  We're in the process of getting in touch with all of our design team applicants and will have a big announcement this Friday.  Stay tuned...there were loads of fantastic applicants and we want to make sure to touch bases with everyone.  Choosing just a few from the dozens and dozens of quality applicants was a very difficult task -- we truly appreciate everyone's talent and creativity!!

Create a simple little hostess gift this weekend!

One of my crafty girlfriends, who also happens to be a fabulous cook, is hosting a Valentine's Tea in a couple weeks.  I wanted to make her a little hostess gift, but didn't have a lot of time this weekend.  So, I made a half dozen cute little thank you notes with my Paper Made Bakery Fresh Baked Kit and some Brown Bag A1 envelopes.

Now, A1 (or 4 Bar) cards are not my typical card size, but I really like these!  An A1 card is 3-1/2" x 4-7/8".  I used the sparkly Curious Metallic card stock in Cryogen White for my card base. Here are my supplies...card stock, envelopes, patterned paper and my Big Shot for the Spellbinders die cutting.

Supplies needed...

I love the simple, no-frills feel to the Brown Bag envelopes and they go great with the Blissful patterned paper from Authentique Paper, which is just a small part of the January Fresh Baked Kit from Paper Made Bakery.  I used one of two little Thank You stamps recently given as a customer appreciation gift from Papertrey Ink for the pretty tag.

Fresh Baked Kit from PaperMadeBakery.com

The tag is cut from the Spellbinders' Fancy Tags 2 set.  The card front is as simple as can be -- just a 3-1/4" x 4-5/8" piece of patterned paper adhered to the front of the card base.  I inked the edge of the patterned paper I used to stamp the Thank You sentiment onto, as well as the scrolled edges of the Fancy Tags.  And that's pretty much it!

Use your Fresh Baked Kit scraps to whip up a batch of these A1 cards with some coordinating Brown Bag envelopes today.  Having a handmade gift at the ready is always a good idea!

Fresh Techniques

Today Sav is sharing a couple of really unique cards she made using, you guessed it, our January Fresh Baked Kit.  The first might look familiar, but look very closely and notice the details on this card.

In addition to the love birds, she's added little clothes pins to hold the hugs and kisses (XO XO) on the wire.  And the sprinkling of daffodil pearls all over the floral background -- just charming.


The next card Sav made uses a technique that's very popular these days -- negative die cutting.  See how the feather is a cut-out on the Authentique patterned paper that is raised above the clean white card front? 

Both of these are simply amazing!  Leave a love note for Sav here, then head on over to her blog for more inspiration!