Karen Foster

Valentine’s Day Scrapbooking Paper Lines Roundup

The scrapbooking world is emerging from a barrage of Christmas projects just in time to start crafting for the next holiday: Valentine’s Day! Believe it or not, it’s time to start thinking about what paper line(s) you’re going to use for your Valentine’s Day cards, since the big day of all things pink, hearted, and mushy is a mere six weeks away! Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to shop for your supplies and make your cards without feeling rushed.

After my roundup of Christmas scrapbooking lines went live here on Scrapbook Update, I received many, many requests to do a similar article for each holiday. I can’t promise that I’ll do one for every special day on the calendar (there just aren’t that many paper lines for Talk Like a Pirate Day, you know?), but when there are enough themed lines to warrant a roundup, I’ll be sure to post them to keep you all informed!

As with the Christmas roundup, I’m listing all the Valentine’s Day paper lines that were released either at or after CHA Summer 2011 and have scoured the vastness of the interwebs to bring you representative photos of each. They’re listed in alphabetical order, and, since there aren’t nearly so many of them as there were Christmas lines, I’ll also give a little commentary on each.

Ready to start seeing pink? Let’s get going!

Basic Grey – Kissing Booth

Kissing Booth is a mix of basic patterns (I spy doilies and herringbone in the mix) and sweet watercolor images. This line uses brown as a contrast color and is one of the few cream-based collections in the roundup.

Direct sales company I Remember When was shut down on Monday by its owners Xyron, according to an email sent to consultants by Xyron president Chris Phillips. The announcement blamed the toll of the economy on Xyron for IRW’s shutdown, saying the company “has had to take a hard look at our situation and make some difficult decisions” as a result.

I Remember When sold products by American Crafts, Bazzill, Creative Imaginations, Cosmo Cricket, Die Cuts With A View, Doodlebug Design, Dream Street, Fancy Pants Designs, Fiskars, Glue Dots, Karen Foster, My Minds Eye, Sassafrass Lass, Scenic Route, We R Memory Keepers, Xyron and Zoom Album, among others.

I Remember When was founded as an Oregon scrapbook store by owner Jennifer (Childs) Grant in 1997, and became a direct sales company in 1999. The company was bought by Xyron in July 2005. At the time of the acquisition by Xyron, I Remember When had a corps of more than 500 consultants. Founder Jennifer (Childs) Grant left the company last year to pursue new projects within the industry.