CARDS & WRAP - peel

i love this wrapping paper designed and published by peel cards. they also have a lovely graphic range of mosaic cards (below) and bright and colourful age cards. as spotted online here.

CARDS - tanya palmer

textile designer tanya palmer made her trade show debut at harrogate last week. tanya was at the home & gift show 2011 to launch her first complete range of greetings cards, postcard packs and christmas cards - over 90 designs in all!. here are just a few of her lovely designs which are created using free motion embroidery, which means you move the fabric wherever you want while stitching with

CARDS - melodika

melodika is a striking new range of cards illustrated by chad woodward and published by urban graphic. chad is based in bath in the uk and has merged his love of music with a scandinavian folk style in this collection of six cards. the designs were showcased at PG live in may and can be seen online here at urban graphic.

PAPERCHASE - greetings cards

visiting the paperchase A/W show last week gave me the opportunity afterwards to browse their card department at tottenham court road which is surely the best selection of cards in london. these were some of the designs that caught my eye, especially these cute figures (above & below) by blanca gomez at lagom. below that are several retro cards by 'ink' a new label from publisher paperlink. also

CARDS - soul/really good

the harrogate home & gift fair is currently taking place between 17th - 20th july. one of the exhibitors will be soul uk and their sister company really good. they will be showcasing lots of new card ranges and colourful wrapping papers. here are just a small selection of what will be on offer...

STATIONERY - linda ketelhut/teneues

flowerpop is a brand new collection of botanical designs by linda ketelhut. four of the prints have been licensed for notecards by publisher teneues and linda has also put a selection into her etsy shop. texas based linda works as a freelance designer and illustrator and is represented by lilla rogers. you can see more from the flowerpop series online here.