Kaisercraft Hippy Girl

Australian company Kaisercraft has a proud history. Their aim is to inspire the craft world with their products by making these products innovative. So does it do what it says on the box? Well, the range that I am reviewing today is the Hippy Girl collection. Have we seen spots and lines and florals before? Of course we have. However, the collection as a whole presents them in fresh, bold colours with a richness that will enhance any layout or card.

In the paper pad there are 36 sheets of high quality (160gsm) in 19 different and varied designs from plain papers to florals, spots and lines. In addition to all that there are four pages of tags/borders and journaling spots. These are also pretty and varied. 6” paper packs from Kaisercraft retail for approximately £6.99 GB pounds and $8.99 US dollars. This is in line with the cost of similar products from other manufacturers. What is different about this product is that of those 36 sheets of patterned paper eight of them have glitter detail (four designs), which are gorgeous, and four of them have flocking (two designs).

In the Journal Tags pack from the same collection there are 24 tags in the same high quality paper. There are six designs and these are again varied and well matched with the papers. Half of them have a scalloped edge and the others straight edges with rounded corners.

Kaisercraft is a Worldwide brand as blogs from America, Australia and the UK are testament to. They even have stockists in Israel. The company have a website with projects and a gallery showcasing ideas for using their products and additional inspiration can be found on their blog These products are of very high standard and manufactured with a great finish. The glitter didn’t even come off on my fingers! In my opinion scrapbookers, card maker and other paper crafters would find these products good value for money and enjoy using them on their projects thanks to the vibrant colours and variety of patterns in the collection.

Part of what makes Kaisercraft proud is its commitment to people. The people that work for the company, the people who buy from the company and the community and world further afield. They have helped to raise almost $227, 160 for worthwhile causes both in Australia and further afield. It’s heart warming to read of the work that Kaisercrafts help to support in Thailand and if you have a moment I would urge you to have a read. http://www.kaisercraft.net/kaisercraft-info/charity/news.html

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Kaisercraft Be Merry

Yes I know it seems to have been an age since our last post but we have been ill :( Really very sorry but we are back now :)
And we are back with a bang with a great review by Val


Kaisercraft provided us with items from the Be Merry Collection to review.

Be Merry is a festive Christmas-themed collection. The 6 x 6 pad includes 24 sheets of designer paper, including 10 specialty sheets featuring glitter, spot varnish, flocking and several sheets of die cuts. The journal tag pad features 24 tags – 4 each of 6 designs that coordinate with the paper pad. Available worldwide, the 6 x 6 pad retails for $8.99 , and the journal tags for $1.39.

The papers are cardstock weight. The colors are traditional but not bright. They mix easily with current trends like kraft cardstock, twine and stitching.

The smaller scale of 6 x 6 pads make them ideal for cardmaking, although the combo of materials in this pad make it useful for a whole host of projects.  I used the pad & tags to make cards:

This decorative banner was made primarily with the journaling tags. The letters were cut from the paper in the pad with a die cut machine:

…and even for gift wrapping:

This pad could easily be used for smaller scrapbook layouts and the die cut sheets would be extremely useful in making a holiday-themed mini album.

Kaisercraft is an Australian-based, family-owned company. Founded as a wood joinery business about 20 years ago, the company evolved first into small wood items, then officially their craft line in 2005. Sales from their outlet store in Geelong, Australia fund outreach projects that support children in Southeast Asia. (For every $10 spent in the outlet, $9 goes to help disadvantaged children!)

The versatility of this mini paper collection along with the tags make it an excellent value for the price! . (The Be Merry line also includes acrylic stamps, rub ons, chipboard and 12 x 12 die cut sheets & papers. ) I think these products are ideal for  paper crafters.

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Kaisercraft Up Up & Away

Today I’m reviewing the Kaisercraft ‘Up, Up & Away’ 6” paper pad and coordinating Journal Tags. The pad of journal tags contains 24 sheets, 4 each of 6 designs. The paper pad consists of 40 sheets, 10 of which are specialty papers – 1 flocked, 2 foil, 3 spot varnish and 4 sheets of die cuts. Both the pad and the tags are available from Merly Impressions for £7.45 and £1.35 respectively.

This collection is full of soft, muted colours in shades of brown, green and blue. There are a few trendy balloon prints but the majority of the collection is generic and could be used for almost any occasion or theme.

In my experience, it’s unusual to find a 6x6” pad with such a variety of specialty papers. My favourite pages are the die cuts. There are 4 sheets of tags, borders and journaling spots - more than enough to complement the papers on a whole ton of cards or several scrapbook pages. I made a layout and a card and it looks like I barely used anything out of the pads. The die cuts were easy to remove from the card and didn’t tear. They are made from 160gsm card and sturdy enough to layer up with dimensional adhesive.

I’d say that this collection would appeal to most scrapbookers and card makers. The designs are versatile enough to be used in a variety of ways, and as they do not have a specific theme they are fairly timeless. The inclusion of the die cuts and specialty papers and the inexpensive option of the coordinating journal pad makes it an interesting package. There’s enough variety in these two products to not need to add lots of extra embellishments and products to make your layout or card ‘special’. I was not disappointed by this collection. In fact it offered a lot more than I originally thought it would.

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Kaisercraft Spotlight

September means it's Christmas time! Well ok not just yet, but it does mean more Christmas inspired product releases. Kaisercraft have launched absolutely tons of new products today on their blog. I'm going to take a quick look at the 'Tis The Season' collection.

Personally I love the Vintage look, no comments about my age please. Also in my opinion there is no better vintage than Christmas vintage. I'm just an old fashioned type of guy I guess. So with this in mind the Tis The Season range obviously make me happy.
The papers look great. Lovely traditional tones, with a distressed and worn look to each of the pages.

There looks like there is something for everyone in this collection. Obviously we havent yet had a chance to play with this set yet, we should start seeing it in shops in September. Along with the papers there are also some specialty flocked papers, epoxy stickers, stamps, rub-ons, chipboard and pretty much anything else you could imagine.

Whilst looking at these I couldn't help but think that the collection would really lend itself to an off the page project, and then I saw what they have created on their product page.

Now doesn't that just make you wish it was December 1st already!

If you want to see all of the products that Kaisercraft have released in this range, take a look at their page here

We are expecting a small package from Kaisercraft any day now for us to do a proper review. If these pictures are anything to go by it'll be a good review. But then you never know!