This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for entering. The winners of the 3 books are: Christy D, Maureen, and Ashley F. I’ll email you paper crafting winners and get you your books! Congrats!
Patricia Zapata from A Little Hut has just come out with a fabulous new craft book called, Home, Paper, Scissors: Decorative Paper Accessories for the Home. It’s full of creative paper craft tutorials to help decorate your home. This book shares ideas from paper tubes to shredded paper, all to make your house more beautiful. She has a fabulous blog where she shares even more great ideas with paper like these alphabet flash cards, recycled yarn gift tags, and tea light decorations. What Patricia can do with a toilet paper roll is ingenious. She has such simple and original ideas for crafts, she’s an inspiration to me!
I was able to ask Patricia a few questions about her love of paper and how she finds inspiration. Here’s what she had to say:
MT: When did you find you had a passion for paper?
PT: It sounds cliché but I’ve loved working with paper since I was a child. I got away from it for a while but my relatively recent crafty endeavors guided me back towards it.
MT: What materials, other than paper, are you creative with?
PT: Not many people may know this but I do enjoy knitting and crocheting. Embroidery is something that comes and goes. I don’t really sew but I enjoy using fabric for some of my projects too.
MT: Do your children craft with you? What kinds of fun things are your children coming up with?
PT: Our family crafting time comes about in a spontaneous way. Our kids enjoy drawing a lot. I make sure to carry a tote bag with drawing supplies whenever we leave the house for an extended period of time. The kids also like turning any box they come across into a house, building, car, or whatever strikes their fancy at that particular moment. My paper stash is a prime target too. (See Packaging Turned Toys!)
MT: What motivates you to craft?
PT: Working with my hands relaxes me. I get antsy if I haven’t made anything in a few days. Crafting also gives me time away from my graphic design and computer related work which further enhances my two-dimensional projects.
MT: What blogs do you go to find inspiration?
PT: There are so many! It’s really impossible to list any without thinking others should be included. The one that comes to mind right now is Inside Out. I think the variety of work that is featured, that still speaks to me in creativity and style, is what keeps me going back for more.
Thanks, Patricia, for sharing your love of crafts with us. Now on to the good part… We’re giving away 3 copies of this fabulous paper craft book! 3 books = 3 winners, wahoo! So get out your scissors and glue, as you’ll need them for all the amazing projects loaded in this crafty book.
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Giveaway Entries: For your chance to win one of three Home, Paper, Scissors books, leave a comment on this post by Monday October 19th @ midnight, telling which material is your favorite to craft with! I’ll announce the winner chosen from random on Tuesday morning October 20th. Good Luck!
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Oooh what a fun giveaway! I’ve been having a lot of fun using wire to crochet with, but I think fabric is probably my favorite material to work with.
This looks wonderful. I’d be very excited to try this stuff out. I’m also a bit of a fabric junkie, there are just so many textures and patterns, and styles, I’m never bored.
If this is open internationally, please count me in! At the moment we’re really enjoying crafting with beads and other shiny things – I guess not surprising given that I’ve got 2 little girls.
I’m a fan of paper…. stamping, punch art, 3-d paper crafts. Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful book!
May latest favorite crafting material is felt! I have a new found passion for it and have been making tiny little finger puppets during my daughter’s nap time!
I am now a facebook fan!
Do I have to pick just one? I love any kind of fabric, paper, and glass (for stained glass). Thanks for the giveaway!
I love paper. Mostly we make cards and calendars but it would be fun to do more. Mostly I stick with fabric.
I love paper and so do my kids. We do a lot of crafts together. This book would be really fun for us! Thanks for this giveaway.
I typically stick to working with paper – cards, banners, wreaths…but I’ve started using a lot of ribbon and more fabric with what I do. This looks like such a neat book!
If I could only choose one medium, it would have to be paper. It’s amazing stuff.
I change with the seasons. Right now I love fabric!
Right now yarn is my favorite to work with.
OOO – looks like so much fun!! Pick me!
I’m a thread gal – I tat.
My favorite material tends to change since I don’t have a favorite craft. If anything though I’d say acrylic paint. Right now I’m working with some yarn though- making x-mas stockings on my knitting loom.
It’s a toss up between paper and fabric.
I would love to win this book to explore new ideas to incorporate into my stationary designs.
I love fabric. I wish I could have a whole room with it stacked and color coded. :)
Hi, I hope this is open internationally so I’ll give it a try.
The book looks wonderful and I love to work with paper.
Right now I’m just considering my house as my favorite craft project. We’ve been in it just over a year now and we’ve been redoing it all. I’m really interested in making my own art work for the walls. I’m really into open canvas and abstract art.
Great give away thanks for the opportunity!
I love to work with yarn and fabric. I scoop the net to find ideas and create
I think my favorite material to craft with is fabric, although I just started knitting some hats for fall. My son really likes paper, and this would give us fabulous ideas. Thanks for the profile!
My favorite thing to work with is yarn. I sure would love to win this book!
I like fabric and yarn and all kinds of things, but paper is my true love.
I’ve been a paper girl from a young age, but am drawn to fabric as well. It’s my sewing machine that tends to scare me.
Ooh, how fun! I started quilting years ago & that has been my main creative outlet, but I’m learning all sorts of new things to do with fabric. With a toddler daughter, the possibilities of beautiful things to make for her are endless.
I’m totally a fabric and paper gal and so are my kids. This book looks so fun!
Tweeted and I’m now following your twitter feeds
And I’m a blog follower on bloglines.
we love to use paper…we create origami and of course, my daughter can create whatever comes to her mind!
i am now a fan of your facebook page
i also tweeted abt this giveaway at http://twitter.com/ChristineAmador
I love to work with fabric. That is about where my talent ends!!
I am a follower via Blogger.
I love these ideas. As for my favortie material to craft with, it varies. Sometimes it is paper, sometimes material. It depends on my mood and what I have on hand.
Does it count that I am already a fan on facebook?
My favorite material is polymer clay.
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this is a great giveaway!
I’m a fan of paper crafting as well, thanks to my love of scrapbooking.
I love paper, and I’d love some new ideas. :)
What a contest!
Paper is my favorite craft to play with. There are so many possibilities when it comes to paper, with a little imagination you can literally create anything!
I’m a fan on facebook.
I member of your Flickr group.
And I’ve got you on my RSS feed. (on a side not my last post makes me sound like I might have learned English from Tarzan, having your 2 year old help type sometimes causes problems)
definitely, definitely paper! since i was a kid.
cheers,
kelly
I’m a knitter so my favorite material is yarn. :) But I’ve always admired paper crafting and would love to get into it.
I love crafting with many different materials, but lately fabric and paper have my attention. I have been finding so much creative inspiration for projects on twitter and on blogs lately. It’s hard to go to work!
Any sort of craft that incorporates fabric is on my list of loves, but paper is a close second, and could edge out first place after I get my hands on that book!
nice giveaway! I have loved tons of materials over the years, but right now I’m loving fabric, cuz’ I have a new sewing machine.:)
My first love is beads, making pretty jewelry thrills me to no end. But paper is my 2nd, I buy any and all pretty paper that crosses my path…so I could use that book!
1- wool- or alpaca- yarn
2- paper
3- macaroni & glue – it’s underappreciated as a craft material
oooh! i love fabric, but ive been on a HUGE paper kick ever since i discovered modge podge!!!
Definitely paper! It’s relatively inexpensive and there are so many different and pretty kinds.
Beautiful. You have quite an eye!
I’m most fond of paper, myself, but also dabble in fabric and beads.
Homemade paper is my fave right now. I can’t wait for this book
Paper is by far mt favorite medium to craft with! Thanks for the giveaway!
What a fun book! My current favorite craft medium is fabric. You can make so many things and there are so many choices.
What a fun giveaway! My favorite material…probably embroidery right now :)
I’m a subscriber
Paper
Thanks for the chance!
pick me pick me pick me! that book is making me swoon.
I have fallen in love with crafting with paper!
Currently loving working with fabric right now, but usually have a great love for paper and stickers!
I just started playing with paper towel and toilet paper rolls with my DGD, our 1st project was a sun catcher…still waiting for the glue to dry ;)
Paper is my first love too! It’s so crisp and clean.
became a fan on facebook too!
I love paper, my job is working with paper. I love that beautiful things happen with simple, on hand materials.
My kids and I love using scrapbook paper scraps to make collages and little artworks, but old egg cartons and craft paints are also favorites. This book looks gorgeous!
Paper is a favorite here!
I love using paper! :)
Ohhh. Love this…Would so love to see all the fun ideas in her book.
I do more with fabric and yarn than I do with paper, but this book sounds like a great way to convince me to branch out.
Oh, I’ve always loved working with paper. It’s readily available, inexpensive or free, and easily recyclable if the project takes a wrong turn.
I’m finding I also like using fabric in my paper crafts, or using fabric as paper in similar projects.
Didn’t know you had a Facebook page…I’m grabbing on to that right now!
fabric, yup, fabric.
So fun! I would love to win this darling book!
just RT’d your tweet! :)
I love embroidery – so threads and fabric appeals to me.
Oooh – I love prizes! This book would take me beyond the basics of the books I have collected for children’s projects with common household items. Wonderful.
Just twittered your contest. :)
Oh, I forgot to include my favorite material to craft with. Paper, hands down. It is so versatile you can do nearly anything with it.
I have no favorite craft material because I don’t know how to craft! I need this book! =)
My favourite materials to craft with are felt ,tinsel and paper.thanks for the great giveaway.Helen
i LOVE love LOVE paper!
it’s versatile, low maintenance, and projects can be as complicated or simple as you need them to be.
I’d love to win one of these books!
I love to craft using paper – mostly card making. I also enjoy counted cross-stitch although I haven’t done any of that in a LONG time. Thanks for the giveaway.
I also tweeted this contest.
I also am subscribed to your RSS feed.
Looks like a wonderful book, sign me up please!
Wow those are some amazing things. I am wondering if her projects are like oragami? They look amazing in the book, but even with instruction my cranes look like deformed bunnies, LOL. I would love the challenge. Thanks for all the wonderfull giveaways and ideas.
My favorites are paper and paint. That book looks beautiful and intriguing.
I’m a subscriber- love your blog!
I love to work with paper. I would love to get more ideas. The book looks and sounds fun.
I love to use foam paper. I have used a ton of it lately crafting different things for Halloween!
I also subscribed to the RSS feed!! Thanks for a great giveaway!!
I am a paper crafter, definitely! Scrapbooking papers mostly, you can do so much with it!
Her blog is truly an inspiration. I would love to have a copy of her book.
My favorite thing to work with is definitely paper. I make alot of origami pieces:) Thanks for this beautiful giveaway, I’d be very happy if I won it!!
fabric and paints
I too love paper. I used to collage using cut up magazines and I’m just beginning to craft again after years… I’d love this book.
I love fabric in any way, shape or form!!
Your book looks like just what I need to finish what I’ve started. I love paper of all textures, weight and content. No doubt I’ll love your book, I do hope that I win one.
Thanks, S.
I love working with Yarn and also with thread. I do foam work with my niece and then I also bake. so amny textures.
I would have to say fabric is my favorite but I think it is because I have the most experience with it and am more comfortable. I love paper but am a bit intimidated. That’s why I need this book! :)
We are a paper crafting family.
Thanks
I’m into quilting right now- so I’ll say fabric!!
I would love this book though- I need some new ideas!
I’m a facebook fan!
I subscribed to the RSS feed!
I love a ton of different stuff…paper and fabric are my favorites though…..her ideas/projects look amazing!
Paper is my favorite. I love making cards and books and scrap booking.
This book looks awesome!
I became a facebook fan.
I tweeted about the giveaway.
I subscribed to the RSS feed.
Paper and fabric. I am new to this whole crafting thing but am loving every minute :)
My favorite thing to work with is frosting – I love decorating cakes! I don’t get to do it much these days, so I play with fabric and paper. Looks like a great book!
I am a RSS subscriber!
I’m also a facebook fan!
I love working with cardstock and texturizing it myself. I would love to win one of the books and get some great ideas!
I became a fan on facebook. :)
I am all about the fabric and thread, but I would love to try some of the projects in this book, it looks amazing!
Over the last year I have really got into sewing and recycling clothes, which is fun (and occasionally frustrating!) So I would say fabric is my fave atm. I taught myself to knit (slowly!) by watching you tube! It has opened up a whole new world of craft to me and I am now exploring other things like jewellery making. Last year all of our Christmas gifts were handmade, which I was very proud of and I feel I am helping the planet too in getting away from buying ‘made in …’ This book looks superb!
I love crafting with paper because it is so accessible!
I love so many crafts that it’s hard to chose one! But I think I love fabric the most, I love the color, the feel and the product after I am finished! ;D I love paper crafting as well, though, so I would love to have a copy of this book! :D
Blessings!
~Miss Rachel~
I already subscribe to your RSS feeds. :) Thank you for the entry!
~Miss Rachel~
I’m a fan on Facebook! Thank you for the entry!
~Miss Rachel~
Paper! And yarn? One day I will learn to sew! I love the idea of working with paper though, it is something so simple, yet full of endless possibility. I’d love to have this book!
Oo! I have this book on my amazon wish list. This is a really tough question for me – I have the most experience with paper because I like it so much but the most expertise with yarn which makes the end products favorites.
I love to craft with fabric!
I love home, paper and scissors and also my own home paper and scissors. Let me have them both PLEASE!!
My all time favourite is paper, I also have and origami blog
http://vallesymontes.blogspot.com/
I read a lot about this book and would love to win!!!
I´m a fan on facebook!!!
Twitted at patocraf!!!
Joined the flickr group!!!!
Suscribed to the fed!
(I was already following by e-mail)
I love to craft with scrapbook paper, modge podge and whatever I can find to stick it to =)
I also a FB fan
I love paper and embroidery thread, and I really love inspirational pictures of projects!
That is a hard choice… I guess I would have to say fabric.
Just the other day I was lamenting that it’s been a long time since I saw a paper sample book. (I used to see them all the time at the design studio I worked for.) I love paper and I love yarn.
I subscribe to the RSS feed.
I’m a fan on Facebook. Thanks for this nice giveaway!
I love embroidery – but the paper crafts look amazing!
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Facebook fan (with a different email address there, though)
I am really into using tissue paper right now for crafts. This book looks amazing! I would love to win!
ahhh, another reason to spend more money on paper!
I’m a paper crafter so this book is definitely something I would love to get. Anything from home decor to card making :) Looks like I need to add this to my holiday wish list!
Cute giveaway! My favorite thing to craft with is fabric.
I have a love for paper also. It is great to work with in my art classroom.
Oh, I’m a paper freak! I love me some patterned paper!
It’s a toss up between felt, and dye.
I love to paper crafting! I made wedding flowers for our wedding last summer – it was amazing ;)
I am completely a paper crafter! I love scrapbooking and then stamping or printing up card creations, and making goody bags and other fun paper decorated stuff!
I tweeted about your giveaway!!! @jenni52743
I love to work with paper as well! I’d love P’s book – hope I win!
I’m following you through e-mail! Excited to see more ideas!
I’m a Facebook Fan!
I found this blog quite by accident. Oh happy day! I got the recipe I wanted and incredible inspiration all within minutes. This could be the best dinner my husband has had all week and the best family time I could have hoped for.
Those books look really interesting!
Love her blog and would be so thrilled to have this book to start making my paper projects look a step up from my preschooler’s projects!
Another fan of paper crafting here…it’s just so versatile! I already subscribe to this bllog…does that get me an extra entry? ;)
That looks like a really interesting book. I love doing crafts so much. I don’t have a favorite. All materials work for me. Although if it’s something I have in the house it, makes it a lot easier.
This book looks so cool!! I am usually a sewer, but have been making rubber stamps lately!
Just became a fan of yours on FB!!
I tweeted the giveaway! @yellowwick
I love using paper. Just a beginner though. Maybe this book will help me out!
my favorite material to craft with is yarn
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I’d have to say that scrapbook paper has become my favorite choice lately. There’s all kinds of little paper projects I have come up with using paper that my 3 year old daughter and I have been working on for Halloween. Fun to make a craft and a family memory all at the same time!
~Heidi
toilet paper tubes are the bomb!
Fabric is my first choice, Paper is my second almost any mediumm, as long as I dont have to knit or chrochet! (My granny “squares” look more like Texas than a square!)
My favorite material is glass. Would love to learn how to blow glass one day.
Paper. What could be simpler than paper and glue? I admit I am jealous of my sisters’ sewing abilities, but every time I pull out the sewing machine, I end up frustrated. But paper and scissors are a different story. I’ve been cutting paper since I was 3! :)
I love to do crafts with just about anything!!! I have a 2 and 4 year old that also love to craft. Whether it’s paper, shells, paint, glitter, card board boxes, toliet paper roll, just about anything they can find. I would be really great to win this book. I also became a facebook fan!!
I would have to say paper, but I’ve been known to craft with just about everything.
Paper or paint for me.
I love paper–it doesn’t always love me –but I try.
kakihararocks@gmail.com
I follow you thru email!
I love any pretty girly paper
I am definitely always using cardstock…of all weights, sizes, and colors!!
I love pretty paper, glue and paint to make fun things.
I subscribe through google reader
I love crafting with papers. There are so many beautiful designs and textures.
I have always loved paper, my first artistic memories involve forming things from it. Fabric is now a close second, along with wood… do I have to stop there?!
Thanks for the giveaway… and Inspiration.
I knit and stamp, but there are so many things out there I want to try!
I am absolutely in love with fabric and love to craft with that. I do love to try so many other things though and slowly getting over being intimidated by paper crafts.
I have always been attracted to beautiful papers and have just started doing some paper crafts and have been enjoying them. I would love to read this book. Thanks for the giveaway.
My favorite material is yarn.
I have 2 year old twins and we love paper crafts…and the glue stick.
I’m a scrapbooker, so paper is my favorite thing to work with!
Facebook fan
I’m a subscriber
My favorite at the moment…pumpkin! :)
I’m going to start carving this week and I can’t wait!
Facebook fan :)
Joined flickr group
Subscriber to RSS feed! :)
I love to work with paper!
I subscribe.
Yikes, hope I’m not too late! I love paper crafts and this looks sooo fun.