Worth its weight in paper: I love stationery - in pictures

By Anja Jane, UK This owl card was created from a limited-edition screen print. The image was first drawn in pen and ink and then scanned and tidied up to made into a screen. it was then screen-printed using two layers. Photograph: Jacqui Small Photograph: Action images By Belinda, USA Each card Belinda creates starts with an image or a phrase. Vong then hand draws the image onto the card before stitching it. She uses only white thread on coloured card. The text is typed out on an electronic typewriter, cut out, and then glued in place. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Corrupiola and Thereza Rowe, Brazil/ UK The illustrations were created first as rough pencil sketches and then drawn in more detail using a graphic tablet and Adobe Illustrator. The notebook was screen printed by hand on acid-free Pollen 90gsm stock for the body and Duo 300gsm design paper for the cover. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Gemma Correll, Germany Both of these cards were created for a collaborative group project called "Love to Print" and were produced and sold for Valentine's Day. The original hand-drawn images were scanned and imported into Adobe Photoshop to be prepared for printing on a Gocco printer. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Heidi Burton, UK Burton works with Tombow double-ended pens or Rotring or Pilot fineliner ink pens. She also uses 2B or 3B pencils for her sketches and drawings. She applies colour directly onto the paper using brush pens or watercolour paints. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Old Tom Foolery, USA These cards were printed on a cylinder press by San Francisco-based Dependable Letterpress using Van Son Rubber Base ink and Reich Paper 118lb (320gsm) Savoy Natural White stock. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Plurabelle Calligraphy, USA Molly Suber Thorpe created the lettering for these stamps using a pointed pen with black ink on white paper. This was then scanned and cleaned up in Photoshop. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Ruby Wren Designs, UK These greeting cards were inspired by birds, animals, wildlife, and nature in general. Each was hand cut using a scalpel and coloured paper was then glued to the inside. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Snap + Tumble, Canada The journals feature letterpress-printed type and were made with a simple binding technique, using a cover-weight cardstock, bond paper, waxed thread, an awl and bookbinding tape. Photograph: Jacqui Small By Sunlight On Closed Lids, UK The illustrations on these greeting cards were created by hand, employing a variety of methods. "I like to use superfine black gel pens for the initial illustrations and enjoy using collage, coloured pencils, gouache paints, and screen printing to create patterns and textures," says founder and designer, Kate Holliday. Photograph: Jacqui Small By The Hungary Workshop, Australia The cards are printed on a Heidelberg Windmill platen press using hand-mixed Van Son Rubber Base inks and Stephen Smart White 330gsm Australian-made, 50 percent recycled stock. Photograph: Jacqui Small