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Welcome to the June issue! This month our free gift is a nostalgic set of Lily Rose stamps

and papers which we know you’re going to love crafting with. We’re so excited to reveal the new Fairy Sweethearts collection by Hunkydory Crafts – Sarah Trebilcock has designed an exclusive card project for our readers using it. Turn to page 18 now to see her gorgeous designs.

Charlotte Stowell brings you plenty of ideas for Father’s Day with her striking set of gardening themed cards on page 24. She has even designed a template for a fantastic 3D paper wheelbarrow!

If you like stamping then turn to page 58 as Jenny Hodges has the perfect project, as she uses folk art stamps to decorate Russian doll designs with beautiful patterns. Plus, Jenny Ellory has some fun superhero Father’s Day papers and toppers for you on page 39.

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Every issue…6 YOUR FREE GIFT Great ideas for your Lily Rose stamp set and papers!10 NEW FOR YOU!All the latest crafty news & best buys16 YOUR INSPIRATIONSReaders’ letters, top tips and cards 76 STOCKISTS Stock up on the stash and accessories from this issue77 TEMPLATES All the templates you’ll need for this month’s projects 80 NEXT MONTH Find out what’s coming up in your July issue!82 THE THRIFTY CRAFTERKirsty Neale shows you how to use paper straws to make a cute card

Crafty know-how 63 MASTERCLASS Colour your stamped images like a professional68 ASK THE EXPERTS Our panel of crafting gurus answer your card making questions and dilemmas74 ONLINE INSPIRATIONS The best websites, blogs and downloads!

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Great reads 23 MEET THE DESIGNER We chat with top designer Sarah Trebilcock, from Hunkydory Crafts

Projects… 18 TOPPERS Layer up magical fairy cards with Hunkydory Crafts – girls of all ages will love these designs!24 PAPER PIECING Grow cool garden cards for Father’s Day with Charlotte Stowell’s latest project58 STAMPING Jenny Hodges shares her ideas and tips for a folksy Russian doll card set

More to make…30 10 WAYS WITH... Sequins. Sparkling new ideas from Julie Kirk36 HOME STYLE Zoë Patching’s simple and stylish doily vases39 FATHER’S DAY PAPERS Pull out from the magazine or download for free! 49 CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS16 designs for special celebrations73 ONE DIE... 3 LOOKSJenny Hodges has three clever craft ideas for one luggage label die

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Create summery scenes with plenty of vintage charm with your gorgeous free Lily Rose stamp set and matching patterned papers…

Stamp & build! Build up layers of stamped images on a stepper card! Stamp the flower design a few times to make a background for the ducks.

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Rosy corners Frame your sentiment with beautiful stamped roses – colour them with markers to match the floral patterned background papers.

Dress up a bag Decorate a plain gift bag with papers, ribbons and lace, and top with cute Lily Rose and her flower basket. Make a loopy ribbon bow to coordinate with her dress and bonnet.

Add sweet paper petals Echo the flowers on your stamped design with 3D paper flowers on your card! Place your blooms so they overlap the edges of your stamped panel.

Stamp the ducks, leaving enough space to add the greeting stamp at the left side.

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Ribbons are an easy way to add a touch of luxury texture to your cards, and with Papermania’s Capsule Collection ribbons, you get six pretty patterned ribbons in handy 1m lengths. Choose from a range of colours and designs, including Parisienne Blue and Spots & Stripes (Jewels) – this gorgeous new Oyster Blush set is fresh and elegant – just right for summer birthday cards and wedding congratulations. We love the dainty roses! £4, from Docrafts*.

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Grow lavender in a flash!We’re in love with this wonderfully-detailed die set! Spellbinders’ new Shapeabilities Die D-Lites range also includes Sage and Basil designs, but the Lavender is our favourite (£9.99 per set). Die-cut the plant pot, leaves, flowers and mini label from card, then layer up to make a focal point. The finished design is just 7cm high. From Crafts U Love*.

Dark & dreamyExplore the world of Gorjuss, filled with cute characters, whimsical scenes, and lots of gothic charm. The quirky motifs include vintage bookshelves, starry skies, tattered lace and filigree frames. This Simply Gorjuss Fairy Lights paper pack (£8.95), includes 32 papers in 16 designs – and the inside of the packaging is printed with toppers, tags and frames for you to cut up and craft with! There are sweet coordinating embellishments in the Gorjuss range too – find them all at Docrafts*.

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EssentialgadgetTravel Sewing MachineStitching on cards always looks impressive, and here’s a great way to do it quickly and hassle-free!

The Vintage Crafts Travel Sewing Machine is cheap and easy to use – it’s intended for fast fabric fixes, but it works on paper and card as well. It looks a bit like a stapler, and works like one too – just slide your card under the ‘foot’, then press closed to make each stitch. You can’t do anything fancy

– the machine runs in a straight line from left to right – but it’s great fun to use. Have a practise on scrap card until you get the hang of it!

The machine comes in a cute box, along with seven coloured thread bobbins, spare needles and a needle threader. There’s an adapter so you can use large thread spools too.

This dinky stitcher costs just £4.95, from Dot Com Gift Shop*.

Forever summerBring sunshine to your makes, whatever the weather! The Flourish 12x12in paper pad from Authentique (£19.99) is bursting with butterflies, blooms, and geometric patterns, all in zesty shades of pink, green, blue and turquoise. There are 24 papers in 12 designs, all double-sided so it’s easy to layer up coordinating backgrounds for your cards. Find this and the 6x6in version at Craftie Charlie*.

BRIGHTEN YOUR WORLDLove colouring? Then you’ve just got to try Spectrum Noir’s new blendable pencils! They’re oil-based for thick, rich layers of colour, and they’re especially designed for smooth blending effects. There are a whopping 120 pencils in the range, divided into five sets for you to collect. Start with the Essentials and Primaries, then try the Floral, Marine or Nature sets. Spectrum Noir pencils are available from Crafter’s Companion* – turn to page 63 now to see two exclusive projects using them!

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This month we’re saying a huge ‘happy birthday’ to one of our favourite craft companies, Lili of the Valley. They’ve been

creating and selling the most gorgeous stamps, art pads and more for 10 whole years. The team are celebrating with a fantastic crafty party on 10th May 2014 – and everyone’s invited!

If you live near the Lili of the Valley shop near Leeds, pop along to meet members of the design team, watch demonstrations, enjoy special offers and browse brand-new products. Don’t forget to enjoy a cake and a cuppa in the café too!

And if you can’t make it, don’t worry – you can join the virtual birthday party on Facebook. Log on to www.facebook.com/liliofthevalleycrafts on 10th May to see what’s happening and send your own birthday wishes to the team.

For more information about the big birthday bash, visit the Lili of the Valley website at www.liliofthevalley.co.uk. Find the shop at the Springfield Centre in Farsley, near Leeds. Enjoy!

Come to Lili’s crafty partyLili of the Valley is 10 years old this May!

Brilliant books Make space on your shelves for our pick of the latest reads

FLORAGAMI Armin Taubner, £11.99, Stackpole BooksFolded flowers are both popular and timeless, and this stunning new origami book includes all the instructions you need to create 40 different blooms. These beautiful flowers have heaps of 3D appeal, and we think they’ll be perfect for parties and weddings this summer and beyond.

EVERYBODY KIRIGAMI! Mitsuhiko Imamori, £13.99, VerticalHere’s another twist on origami! Kirigami is a type of origami that involves cutting the paper as well as folding it. This book includes 30 printed designs to fold and snip, including beautiful flowers, cute animals and seasonal snowflakes.

Make dazzling cards with the Floral Fantasia Card Collection (£24.99) from Hunkydory Crafts*. This spectacular kit is filled with all the press-out elements you need to make gorgeous floral cards, including toppers, découpage, 3D paper basket shapes, and lots more! You’ll enjoy the four easel card designs – with scored bases plus toppers, greetings and paper ribbons, you can make dimensional designs in minutes!

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Send a smile with Studio Calico’s Happy Mail stamp (£5.99). This wood-mounted rubber stamp has a library-style handle, so it’s easy to get a crisp message each time you stamp. Your friends and family will love seeing this cheery message on their envelopes – and maybe it’ll give your postman a giggle too!

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Queen & Co Trendy Tape – Travel Map, from Craftie Charlie*

Mini clear stamp – Retro Car, from Hobbycraft*

Top picks!Making treats for Father’s Day? Here are our top craft products for men’s cards…

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27thNew Papercraft inspirationsOur July issue comes with fab micro beads and a matching patterned paper pack! See page 81 to find out more.

6thContemporary Craft Festival6-8th June, Mill Marsh Park, Bovey Tracey. Discover the best of British craft at this fabulous Devon fair! Find out more and buy tickets at craftsatboveytracey.co.uk.

Craft & garden fair22nd June, Castle Square, Ludlow. Enjoy a day out at Ludlow’s traditional open air market. Click on to www.ludlow.org.uk for info and opening times.

Food & craft market6th-21st June, Lerwick, Shetland. Local crafts and more, open the 1st and 3rd weekend of the month. Visit the website visit.shetland.org to find more summer events!

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Readers share stories about their most complicated card designs…

Jenni Bolton, on Facebook“An A3 card, built to resemble a castle with turrets, drawbridge and even ivy round the stained glass windows. Inside was a sleeping dragon. It was my brother’s 16th birthday card from my mum.”

Rita Smith, on Facebook“The one I am trying to do is a star card. There are so many nice examples online, and it looks almost easy, yet I can’t get the measurements right!”

Karen Marie Singleton, on Facebook“I have a new baby card to make for a colleague. We don’t know the sex so it has to be neutral. It also has to be large for all the other colleagues to sign… hmm.”

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I love making things with paper, and have made a huge variety of items, from greetings cards to rose wreaths and exploding boxes, but my favourite

technique of all is quilling. There’s something rather lovely about adding strips of paper to a project and seeing it evolve – it’s also very therapeutic!

I’ve just finished my current quilling project – quite an ambitious one – but I’m very pleased with the result. It

was done on a 9x12in canvas. Here’s a photograph of the completed project, I hope you like it.Tina Burton, by emailWow, Tina, this is truly spectacular. Your detailed quilling style is very impressive!

It’s been ages since I treated myself to a copy of Papercraft inspirations, but I’m so pleased that I bought the April edition.I made cards using the free Hugs With Henry gift, and saved this one for you.

The rest have gone to a local children’s charity shop. I still have some papers left and will probably use them by the end of the month.

Your article about using the free gift inspired me to go through my embellishments and use bits that have been in my craft cupboard for far too long. Diane von Kesmark, MiddlesexA lovely spring card, Diane, thanks for sharing your photo. We’re glad that we’ve inspired you to make so many cards, and we bet the charity shop team was thrilled too!

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After reading your gilding flakes masterclass in issue 122, I decided to give it a go and made this Valentine’s card for my partner, who loved it. I didn’t have any cork so

I used cardboard instead!I’m now addicted to gilding flakes and

am using them on everything. They’re a lot easier to use than I thought. Thanks!Susan Green, WiganWow, what a special card for your partner, Susan! We’d love to see how other readers have used gilding flakes in their designs.

Angela Styles is the winner of this month’s challenge! She made this clever card with the freebie from Papercraft inspirations 124.

“This is one of a few different projects I made with the

découpage kit. I used an Elizabeth Crafts Pop It Ups frame die to create the base,”says Angela.Turn to page 6 to find out how you can enter this issue’s reader challenge and win a fantastic papercraft goody bag!

I am an avid crafter, I have been since I was very little. I’m a home educator as well, as my daughter is autistic. Our crafty days have helped her immensely.

With a family, I have to stick to a budget, so I like to make my own embellishments and find uses for other things – such as discovering the back of a mouse mat works really well as an embossing mat!

I love the free gifts I get with your magazine as they help me create such beautiful items. I adored this cute kit (issue 124) so much that I immediately set about making creations with it. These cards were super-easy to make – thank you! Carol Alletto, by emailWhat gorgeous designs, thank you Carol!

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I really enjoy creating with paper, and was delighted to see your origami bouquet in issue 123. The flowers were stunning, and I wondered how they would look on a card, so I decided to find out.

Before gluing the folded segments together, I cut small slices from the tops, which gave me lovely flat-backed flowers for a card. The small piece leftover made a dainty little bloom!Pauline Mitchell, Leighton BuzzardFantastic – we think the origami flowers look great on your card. It must have been tricky to fold them at the smaller size, though!

I trawl the pound shops; they sometimes have gems and embellishments. Also they do Christmas gift labels to cut up – 20 gift tags make 20 cards!

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Toppers project

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Sarah is a new member

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Team. She has been an

avid crafter from a young age and learned

to knit and crochet with

her gran. Sarah has now

been designing cards

for over 12 years!Designed by

Sarah Trebilcock

Step into a fairy dreamLittle girls will love this sweet stepper

card. Cut, score and fold the card blank first, then cut sections from the Fairy

Garden Luxury Topper Set to fit.Get tips from our panel of Papercraft Testers on page 22

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Fairies make the most magical cards, especially for little girls. Mix in metallic card,

foiled acetate and silky ribbons, and you’ve got the perfect elements for gorgeous birthday greetings!

In this exclusive card project from Hunkydory Crafts, designer Sarah

Trebilcock shows you how to make beautiful cards using Hunkydory’s Fairy Sweethearts collection. With the Luxury Topper Sets, you can simply layer up the topper pieces – as well as the fairy characters, there are cute coordinating elements including sweet sentiments.

Layer up magical fairy cards

Get creative with toppers & embellishments to make these pretty cards from Hunkydory Crafts

Amazing acetate!Make an easel card from foiled acetate to give your Very Special Sweetheart topper a magical, lighter-than-air look.

Basic card kit, plus

* White card blanks

* Silver mirror card

* Hunkydory Fairy Sweethearts Luxury Topper Sets – Fairy Garden, Very Special Sweetheart, Pretty In Pink & Shared With Friends

* Luxury Paper Pad – Fairy Sweethearts

* Adorable Scorable cardstock – Springtime Lemon * Enchanted Garden luxury foiled acetate * Inserts for Cards – Fairy Sweethearts

* Hunkydory gemstones, from Hunkydory Crafts*

* Ribbons

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Cut a 6x6in square from metallic silver card, then stick it in place on a 6x6in card blank, using double-sided tape to secure. Check the edges are smooth and even.

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Cut a 5x5in square from the printed Adorable Scorable cardstock from the Pretty In Pink Luxury Topper Set. Use a craft knife and ruler for a neat finish.

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Cut the heart border strip from the Little Sweethearts Luxury Paper Pad and stick it across the top of the printed card square. Trim the border ends as needed.

3Stick a topper from the Pretty in Pink Luxury Topper Set on the left side of the printed card square, leaving enough room for the frame shape to be added later.

4Add sticky foam pads to the back of the Pretty In Pink topper frame, three of the leaf toppers and the small snail topper, using a double layer of pads on the right side of the leaves.

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In step 4 (below), lay the pink topper frame shape in place on the card without sticking, to help you decide where to position the inner topper.

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Layer and embellish this irresistible fairy card, perfect for birthday girls of every age…

create this enchanting fairy How to...

Toppers project

Position the frame over the Pretty in Pink topper and stick to the card front, raised on plenty of sticky foam pads. Take your time matching up the petal positions!

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Draw around the card blank to cut out a piece of the card insert to fit your card. Add the insert to the inside of your finished card and write on your birthday message!

8Add a leaf topper with a sentiment to the right of the frame. Glue two more plain leaf toppers to the card front, above and below the sentiment leaf.

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Hang up a cute topperCut a heart-shaped aperture and hang a sweet Shared With Friends topper inside your card. Use clear thread for an almost-invisible finish.

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Alison WalkerThese toppers and papers are simply brilliant if you need to make cards in a hurry.

For my first card, I pressed out four layers of the fairy

talking to the grasshopper. I mounted all these up with sticky foam pads and it looked fabulous. I added a greeting and a snail, and the birthday girl’s name using letters from another sheet.

My second card was even faster. I embossed some coloured card, then mounted it onto a sheet of printed A4 card from the kit. Then I added a topper, a birthday greeting, and the recipient’s name.

It’s easy to add a little extra from your own stash to make the cards your own, but if you are in a hurry, these sheets are the quickest way to create a card with a real wow factor.

Carol FindonThis was a really delightful project and if I had more time, I would have carried on making more cards with these

pretty toppers from Hunkydory Crafts!For my first card I decided to do a

gatefold design because the pictures of the birds on the border were too pretty to cover up. I découpaged the central figure using sticky foam pads to add dimension, bending the image slightly to give it even more depth.

The second card was a stepper card and I ‘fussy cut’ the figure on the left from one part of the card and used the rest of the card to decorate the front and inside steps. Nothing was wasted!

This card glitters and sparkles and would delight a young fairy princess. I had a lot of fun with this project!

Kerry HicktonWow, wow, wow! These are absolutely gorgeous stunning pieces of artwork – just so cute. They all mix and match, and there are so

many things you can do with them. What I loved most is that you have plenty to make large cards – I made two cards that were over 7in. The cardstock is really sturdy – when pulling out the die-cuts, don’t be afraid to give a good pull as they don’t rip.

I made an easel card and a scalloped card. I coloured my edges with Distress Inks, which went well with the colours from Hunkydory. Because everything matched, I was able to take elements from one kit, then other elements from another.

I will definitely be buying more of these kits, and even though the cards I made are for a little girl, you could easily do them for adults as everyone loves fairies!

Jane HewesI love the Hunkydory Card Kit, I have so far made four cards and am still going!

I loved Sarah’s designs, and using acetate does give the

cards another dimension. To make the kits go further, you can cut the card down to use as toppers and punch flowers from spare pieces.

I used Sarah’s idea of using acetate. In one card, I cut a circle just slightly smaller than the topper to create an aperture, and in the other I used the acetate as the front panel. I used the strong double-sided red tape to fix the acetate as it leaves a neat finish. I also used my Distress Inks on the card and that worked really well.

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We chat to designer and demonstrator for Hunkydory Crafts, Sarah Trebilcock

How did you first get into card making?I had been thinking about making cards for a while. I mentioned this to my sister several times before she challenged me to do something about it! I purchased some papers, card, peel-offs and adhesives, and off I went, I’ve never looked back! I’d always thought card making took up a lot of time, when really, it’s up to you how much time you want to spend on making a card.

Which technique are you most addicted to? I always challenge myself when I’m crafting with Hunkydory’s newest collections. Many Hunkydory kits have set piece cards, which come with specific instructions on how the end result should look. I enjoy creating cards

from the set pieces that look different to how they were intended. It shows that you can have some fun with your card making and that there are no rules!

You’re from Australia. What are the differences in card making trends between here and there? I left Australia in 2009, and right up until that point I had never seen card making topper sets for sale over there. Even though craft is popular in Australia, there are no TV channels dedicated to craft like we have in the UK. The main craft trends over there tend to be rubber stamping and scrapbooking.

Where do you get your inspirations from? Craft magazines are a wonderful source of inspiration that you just can’t beat, along with Create & Craft TV. I also find the internet is good too –

I can spend hours looking on blogs for new ideas. I’d also recommend Pinterest, it’s like an online scrapbook that you can fill with ideas by saving images that you like all in one place!

Do you have your own craft room at home?I have converted a double bedroom in my house into my craft room, and this is where I am based most of the time when I am not guest demonstrating on Create & Craft or doing demonstrations.

How long have you been demonstrating for Hunkydory Crafts? I’ve been on the Hunkydory Crafts Design Team for over 15 months, making cards for Club Hunkydory and for product launches

on Create & Craft. I have recently made my TV debut and am now also part of Hunkydory’s Guest Demonstrator team on Create & Craft. I also demonstrate at Hunkydory’s events and I’m very much looking forward to this year’s Great British Craft Festival!

What are you going to be working on next? As I write this, I am crafting with Hunkydory’s All the Boys and All the Girls Luxury Card Collections. These fabulous two new collections are sure to capture the heart of both the young and young-at-heart as they feature a great selection of images for boys and gents, girls and ladies.

If you were persuading someone to take up card making in just a few words, what would they be?Do not hesitate – it will change your life for the better!

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Sarah tackles her latest project in her craft

room at home.

Keep an eye out for Sarah and her cards on Create & Craft TV.

Sarah designed our Fairy Sweethearts project this month – it’s just one of the Hunkydory ranges she creates cards for.

Paper piecing project

Alison Karen Jenny

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Charlotte’s background

is in children’s books and magazine illustration. She uses a wide variety of materials for crafting,

and has a particular interest in polymer clay techniques.Designed by

Charlotte Stowell

Send special sentiments Cut a simple door into the front of your shed card, then you can write a Father’s

Day message inside! Cork sheet adds quirky rustic texture to the shed’s roof.Get tips from our panel of

Papercraft Testers on page 28

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great garden cards!

Father’s Day is on 15th June this year, so there’s plenty of time to craft a really special

card for your dad.Lots of dads love pottering about

in sheds, so these green-fingered cards by Charlotte Stowell are just right for a special greeting this

summer. Embellish with lots of paper-pieced vegetables, or craft up some little paper tools and cute plant pots to make your shed card look super-realistic.

And these designs aren’t just for Father’s Day – they’re perfect for birthdays and retirement cards too!

Grow a garden card for your dad Green-fingered guys will love these funky shed cards – Charlotte Stowell shows how it’s done…

Make a tiny trug tagThis gift tag is amazingly detailed! Find the template for the trug and gloves on page 78 – cut the gloves from paper in his favourite colours.

Basic card kit, plus

* Bazzill Basics card, from Crafts U Love*

* Fancy Pants Designs patterned papers – Happy Go Lucky, from Personal Impressions*

* Brads

* Baker’s twine & string

* Cork sheets, from Woodware*

* Hole punch, from Fiskars*

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You can adapt this card for a gardener who grows prized flowers if you like – replace the vegetable leaves with lots of punched blooms or even paper flowers from your stash.

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Craft up a 3D wheelbarrowFill a paper wheelbarrow with Dad’s favourite sweets! Craft up simple vegetable shapes with card and patterned paper – those carrots couldn’t be easier!

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Add a message. Thread a 40cm piece of string through the holes – a little tape on the back of the card will stop the string slipping.

12Cut the vegetable leaves from patterned paper. Glue them into the slots in the earth. Add paper strips to the path and planters.

11Give the door a brad handle. Cut out simple shapes for door hinges, roof strips and the door’s base panel and stick to the card front.

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Cut out the door shape and cover with five long strips of card, slightly overlapping.

9Cut out the shed shape (template on page 77). Cover in 15 strips of card, slightly overlapping, for a wood effect.

8Fold up the card and punch through the bottom corners of the card base on both sides. The holes will go through all the layers.

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Stick the front pieces of the planters in place on the card base, layered over the brown earth shapes.

6Make the fronts of the planters from card – make them a little shorter than the back pieces, to show off the brown earth shapes.

5For the earth, cut four uneven brown strips, and make slits near the top edges. Stick to the folded planters, only gluing along the sides.

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Add overlapping strips of card to the back fold of the card base, to look like fence panels – leave a space in the middle for the shed.

3Glue thin strips of card to the edges of each of the folded sections – these are the backs of your mini vegetable planters.

2Fold the card base (template on p78). Check that you have two folded sections on either side of the ‘path’. Flatten out again for step 2.

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Alison GirvanI chose to make a card and a gift tag for this project, using kraft card as a base for both as it

has a lovely, earthy feel.For my picket fence in the card

background, I cut some card into strips and added little peel-off dots for the bolts. Don’t throw away your peel-off waste. It’s amazing what you can use it for!

For the tag, I cheated and cut a spade and trowel with my die-cutting machine. I found a jar of tiny flowers in my stash which were perfect for both, and used 3D glue for the centres. The tag was trimmed with some natural twine I found at the back of the garden shed – how appropriate!

Karen WalshI found some lovely blue wood-effect paper (complete with matching bunting) in my stash, perfect for making a shed card!

I started with some handmade paper for my background, added an embossed and coloured

foreground, then made my shed from patterned paper. I cut a little heart-shaped hole into the shed and went round it with a grey pen. Luckily, I already had the die-cut flowers, ferns, pots and tags in my stash, so that part didn’t take too long.

I quickly cut a branch from a bit of kraft card and found some ribbon and cord to tie my sentiments on. I finished off with a little blue pearl for a door handle.

Jenny PhinI couldn’t wait to have a go

at this project – I just loved all the little details and textures in Charlotte’s designs.

I made a little wheelbarrow using the template. It was really easy to cut out the shapes and piece them together, and I chose a colourful brad to brighten up the wheel.

The real fun was making the little vegetables! I made carrots from skinny triangles of orange card with snipped green strips for the leaves. For a cauliflower, I punched a rough shape from green card and layered three punched scalloped circles on top with sticky foam pads for dimension. I finished with two green leaf shapes on top – easy! I made a cabbage too, from scraps of green card in different shades.

My dad loves his garden, so I know he’ll enjoy this little 3D card. I just need to add my Father’s Day message along the handle piece!

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Make a luxury jewelled ribbonTransform a satin bow into a sequin-encrusted focal point. For a subtle look, use sequins in a closely matching shade, or try bright contrasting colours for a more striking effect.

Shine on! Create stunning cards, tags, gift bags & more with these great ideas from Julie Kirk…

Fill a paper jarCapture the stars and send them to someone special! Jars are a really popular motif for crafters right now – look out for them in stamps, patterned papers and dies! No matter what the style, they can be brought to life with a sprinkling of sequins. Mix large and small star-shaped sequins and stick them in place with mini glue dots or drops of PVA glue.

Basic card kit, plus

* Sequins

* Kaiser Craft papers –Telegraph Road, Hello Sunshine & Art of Life, from Merly Impressions*

* Parchment * Acetate

* Papermania embossing folders – Whimsy & Birthday * Papermania craft tape, ribbon & twine, all from Docrafts*

* Border punches

* Glassine envelope

* Buttons

* American Crafts glitter tape, from Sarah’s Cards*

* Twine * Ric-rac

* Star charm, all from The Ribbon Girl*

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Add colour & noiseA crisp glassine envelope filled with sequins can even add sound effects to your makes! The sequins in the glassine pouch on this gift tag will swirl and swish as the recipient moves or shakes their gift.

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Fun with circlesRound sequins really complement other geometric motifs like the die-cut circles on this gift bag. Just a few dotted around will add extra dimension and a bit of celebratory glimmer. This simple design would be great for a man’s birthday pressie!

Embellish images Use sequins to dress up printed images or die-cut shapes. Use the colours of the original design beneath as a guide to choosing the sequins to layer on top. Stick the die-cut or paper to the background before you start, to stop it from buckling as you glue.

Mirror, mirrorLine up a block of silver sequins for a glam mirrored background for your card. Lots of sequins together adds great dimension and texture, and your card will catch and reflect the light from every angle.

Grow pretty bloomsJust a few sequins can add grown-up glamour to a monochrome card. Use them to highlight details on an embossed design, or stick them in the centres of punched or die-cut flowers for a touch of shimmer.

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Thread & wrap a string of sequinsAdd movement with a sequinned wrap. String the sequins onto thread then wrap around a strip of card. If you punch scalloped edges first, the scallops create resting places for the thread!

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Frame your memoriesSurround a cherished photo with some extra special sparkle. Coat a plain wooden or chipboard frame with clear-drying glue like PVA, then cover with sequins – you can get creative with colours to make stripes or other fancy patterns. Make a tassel by sliding beads and sequins onto cotton thread.

Top tricks for using sequins

If you find it fiddly to pick up and place sequins, try ScrapPerfect’s Embellie Gellie (from 3D Jean*), a tacky gel with a handy tool that makes handling small embellishments easier.

Julie says, “Glassine envelopes are often available from large papercrafting brands like Studio Calico and Maya Road, but you can also find them in shops that sell stamp collecting supplies!”

A cocktail stick is a great tool for adding drops of glue to your sequins.

Make faux sequins by punching shapes from iridescent card!

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Craft a dazzling shaker cardThis shaker design creates a shimmering background for a special birthday number! For the shaker window, use strong double-sided tape to trap the sequins between a layer of vellum and a layer of acetate. The tight squeeze stops the sequins falling straight to the bottom of the window!

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Always use spray adhesive in a well-ventilated area, and cover your work surfaces with plenty of scrap paper!

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Transform a square vaseRound doilies work for square vases too! Cut a doily in half, then stick the pieces in place so that the straight edges line up with the top edge of the vase. Fix the pieces to the front and back, so that they overlap at each side. Try covering other unusual shaped vases too!

Shopping listBasic card kit, plus

* Talking Tables floral doilies, from Present Days*

* Jam jars & small vases

* Traditional school milk bottle, from Dot Com Gift Shop*

* Buttons

* Baker’s twine

* Spray mount adhesive

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Zoë Patching’s dainty doily vases are easy to make, and perfect for summer celebrations …

Whether you’re celebrating a summer wedding or looking forward to a

special birthday party, these sweet doily vases and jars are sure to brighten up the occasion!

“To get started, all you need is a jam jar and some paper doilies,” says designer Zoë. “Doilies are now available in a mouthwatering range of colours and patterns, so there’s sure to be a design that takes your fancy! You can choose to use sections of the doily, or you can be more adventurous and layer the filigree edges to cover the jar or bottle completely.”

Group your vases and candle jars together to make a stunning table centrepiece, and use any leftover doilies to make quick bunting!

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First, use a pair of small, sharp scissors to trim the filigree edge of the doily away from the plain centre. Keep as much of the lacy pattern intact as you can!

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Snip a section of the filigree edge to fit around the front half of your bottle or vase – allow a little extra for an overlap. Place face down and spray with adhesive.

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Carefully position onto the lower section of the bottle or vase and press firmly. Repeat on the back, then add more layers above, always overlapping with the previous layer.

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How to craft your own lacy doily vase

For the bunting, simply spray the back of each doily with spray adhesive, and fold in half over the baker’s twine!

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toppers designed exclusively for us by Jenny Ellory. Show your dad he’s number one with Jenny’s cute card ideas – we’ve a cartoon-style speech bubble card and superhero design and you’ll find steps for the Super Dad card over the page. You can also find these designs on the Papercraft inspirations website – simply download, then print out as many times as you like!

We love seeing what you make with your papers and toppers – so send your photos to papercraft@futurenet.com.

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How to…craft up a ‘Super Dad’ card!

1Cover a landscape base card with sound effects paper, and layer up strips of metal effect, stripy and red papers. Add your ‘Super Dad’ topper using sticky foam pads.

2Next cut out your star strip from the free toppers and punch holes through every other star shape using an eyelet setter tool, ready to add some eyelets.

3Use the eyelet setter again to secure the star shaped eyelets over the holes and stick the topper using sticky foam pads onto your card, just under your greeting, to complete.

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We’d love to see what you make with your free papers, so send in your cards to: Your Cards, Papercraft inspirations, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW or email a good-quality picture of your card to papercraft@futurenet.com. There’s a prize waiting for all those we publish!

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16 essential designs for you to keep and collect. Start today!

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If you don’t have an embossing machine, use patterned paper for the background.

tipAdd just enough glue to hold the scene in place – not sticking the houses and trees flat to the card creates nice dimension.

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1Emboss a piece of white card, slightly smaller

than your card front, with a Texture Fades embossing folder, then ink lightly.

2Cut two 3x3in squares of patterned paper and

slice one in half diagonally to make the roof. Punch or die-cut a scalloped border from white card and assemble the birdhouse, adding a simple paper strip for the chimney.

3Punch a 1in circle from black card, and two little

birds from a contrasting patterned paper. Punch some green branches.

4Layer the birds and leaves onto the card.

Use a hole punch to punch little circles for the flowers.

5 Spell out your sentiment in tiny letter stickers.

1Cover the top half of a white 5x7in card blank

with blue card.

2Die-cut the landscape scene four times, in light

grey, dark grey, green and white card. Leave a 3in border at the bottom of the white piece.

3 Layer the die-cut pieces onto the card front to

create the hilltop scene.

4Cut or punch a tiny red heart and add it to one

of the houses.

5Add your sentiment using black letter stickers.

Designed by Enfys Cashmore

Basic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Black & white card

* Red & yellow patterned papers

* 1in circle punch

* Distress Ink – Tea Dye

* Tiny letter stickers

* Scallop edge die, all from Hobbycraft*

* Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Fades embossing folder, from Cutting Edge Crafts*

* Martha Stewart punch – Branch, from Amazon*

* Bird punch

* Die-cutting machine

* Hole punch

Shopping listBasic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Assorted coloured card

* Memory Box Die – Cottage in the Woods

* Big Shot die-cutting machine, both from Crafts U Love*

* Black letter stickers

Shopping list

Designed by Enfys Cashmore

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1Cut a piece of peach card big enough to cover the

front of your card blank. Cut a heart-shaped window from the middle using the template on page 77.

2Stamp the Your New Home image onto white

card and then colour in with some ProMarkers.

3Stick the peach panel over the stamped image

using sticky foam tape.

4Stamp the sentiment onto white card, layer

onto a larger panel of peach card, and fix to the card front.

5Finish the design with a few coordinating Card

Candi dots.

For a découpage look, stamp the design twice so you can layer up the sofa shape!

tip*see page

76 for stockists

Designed by Enfys Cashmore

Basic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Woodware stamp – Your New Home (FRS150), from The Glitter Pot*

* Card Candi, from Craftwork Cards*

* ProMarkers – Oatmeal, Soft Peach, Peach, Tea Green, Grey Green & Ice Grey 2 & 3, from Letraset*

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Template on page 77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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For extra-special bling, replace the Enamel Accents with dots of glitter glue!

tip

Designed by Enfys Cashmore

Basic card kit, plus…

* Assorted coloured card

* Silhouette Cameo machine * Silhouette downloadable house & letter shapes, both from Silhouette*

* Enamel Accents – Black, from Handy Hippo*

* Gingham ribbon, from The Ribbon Girl*

* Sentiment stamp – from Woodware Tall House Set, from The Glitter Pot*

Shopping list1Cut the house outline

and the ‘home’ letter shapes from red and turquoise card using the Silhouette machine. (You can buy and download the shapes at www.silhouette onlinestore.com).

2 Stick the house outline to a white card blank

and then stamp on the congratulations sentiment.

3Layer up the colourful letters and attach to the

card front, using foam pads for the O, E and roof shape above the M.

4 Add little drops of black Enamel Accents to the

word ‘home’.

5Tie a ribbon bow around the chimney.

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1 Layer up the background pieces for your card –

add patterned paper to a panel of brown card, then wrap ribbon around the bottom and add to your card blank.

2 Add your Boy Crazy monster chipboard

shapes to the card front.

3 Use your home computer to print your

Father’s Day greeting on white card. Trim and layer onto brown card, then mount on the card front with sticky foam pads.

4 Embellish with two Goosebumps gems.

For a professional look, it’s a good idea to print your greetings in coloured ink to match your card.

tipMake your own glitter trims! Stick down strips of double-sided tape, then cover with glitter and tip off the excess.

tip

Designed by Zoe Pierson

Basic card kit, plus…

* Green card blank

* Green card

* Silver glitter card

* Retro Fresh patterned paper * Circle punches – 1¾in & 1 in, all from Stampin’ Up!*

Shopping listBasic card kit, plus…

* Kraft card blank

* Brown & white coloured card

* My Mind’s Eye patterned paper & chipboard shapes – Boy Crazy, from BG Payne*

* Twinkle Goosebumps adhesive gems, from Crafts U Love*

* Brown satin ribbon

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Designed by Zoe Pierson

1 Add colourful patterned paper to your card blank.

2 To create the rosette, cut a 3x21cm strip of green

card, then fold backwards and forwards to make a concertina. Curve into a circle and secure the ends with strong double-sided tape.

3 Use your home computer to print your

greeting on white card. Punch into a circle, then layer onto a larger circle of glitter card and add to the rosette.

4 Cut out the faux ribbon ends from card, add

strips of glitter card and fix to the card front. Add the rosette on top with sticky foam pads.

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Shopping listShopping list1 Snip strips of patterned

paper and cut V-shapes into the ends to make faux ribbons. Add these to your top-fold card blank.

2Tie a strip of satin ribbon around the top of the

card front.

3 Die-cut the ‘Dad’ letters from glitter card, and

stick them in place.

4 Punch some glitter stars and add them to the

card front. Raise a few on sticky foam pads.

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1Punch star shapes into one of the paint charts,

then flip the other paint chart upside-down and stick it on to the back.

2 Layer the paint charts onto the white then blue

card and stick to the left side of your card front.

3Punch out a label shape and add your printed

greeting on top. Attach to the card front using sticky foam pads.

*see page 76 for

stockists

You can usually pick up free paint charts from DIY shops – or try mocking them up on your computer!

tipChange the greeting and this will also make a great design for a manly ‘good luck’ or ‘well done’ card!

tip

Basic card kit, plus…

* Blue card blank

* White & dark blue card

* Blue paint chart

* Punches – Mini Star & Decorative Label, from Stampin’ Up!*

Basic card kit, plus…

* Red card blank

* Silver glitter card

* Simple Stories patterned paper – Say Cheese, from Sarah’s Cards*

* Memory Box alphabet dies – Parker, from Crafts U Love*

* Mini Star punch, from Stampin’ Up!*

* Black satin ribbon

Designed by Zoe Pierson

Designed by Zoe Pierson

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Shopping list1Colour the chipboard

frame with red ink. Cover the front of the card blank in red patterned paper. Add a panel of a contrasting paper on top, leaving a thin border.

2Using the frame as a guide, cut an oval of the

same striped paper for a background and glue in place – the stripes should run in the opposite direction.

3Die-cut a butterfly from dark red card and back

with a larger butterfly, hand- cut from lighter red. Stick both inside the frame and add a bow underneath. Embellish with gems.

4Add a red flourish from the Echo Park element

stickers to the card front. Add your sentiment with letter stickers and rub-ons.

5Stick the finished chipboard frame in

position on the card front. Punch a few small butterflies and add to the spaces around the flourish. Finish each butterfly with a gem.

Basic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Red coloured card in two shades

* Cosmo Cricket 8x8in paper pad – Summer Love * Echo Park element stickers – For the Record 2 * Basic Grey alphabet stickers – Mint Julep, all from Craftie Charlie*

* Chipboard frame, from Hobbycraft*

* Memory Box die – Pippi Butterfly, from The Glitter Pot*

* Die-cutting machine

* Red ink pad

* Red gems & ribbon

* Butterfly punches

* Rub-on alphabet

If you don’t have a red ink pad, you can colour the frame with a marker pen instead.

tip

Shopping list1Cover the front of the

card blank with silver chevron paper from the Pink Paislee pack. Wrap grosgrain ribbon around the card front, just below the centre.

2Die-cut a large scalloped heart from silver card

and stick lacy pieces of doily to the top and bottom of the heart on the reverse. Stick the heart to the card front with sticky foam pads.

3Add the number 25 and the word ‘silver’ using

the Dear Lizzy Thickers stickers. Leave enough room to add the ‘your’ sentiment sticker between the rows.

4Use the Lilybee Design Pinwheel letter stickers to

add the word ‘wedding’ at the bottom of the heart.

5 Stick a posy of paper flowers underneath the

heart and add a few gems up both sides of the scalloped edge. Finish the card with a bee charm – use wire cutters to remove the shank and stick the bee onto the card using glue dots.

Basic card kit, plus…

* White top-fold card blank

* Pink Paislee Luxe paper pack – Gold & Silver, from Craft Obsessions*

* Metallic silver card, from Inspire Me Papers*

* American Crafts Tickers stickers – Dear Lizzy RSVP, Parakeet * Lilybee Design letter stickers – Pinwheel, both from Sarah’s Cards*

* Bijoux Jewellery bee charm * Paper flowers, both from Hobbycraft*

* Die-cutting machine

* White doily

* Silver peel-off letters

* White grosgrain ribbon

* Silver adhesive gems

* Xcut nesting dies – Scalloped Heart, from The Glitter Pot*

* Wire cutters

Designed by Jo Chivers

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Designed by Jo Chivers

Shopping listShopping list

Designed by Jo Chivers

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1Cover the bottom third of the card front with paper

strips cut from the My Mind’s Eye paper pad, then finish the background with a piece of cream coloured card.

2Die-cut three Marianna Vine leaf shapes from

more patterned paper, then cut two flourishes from cream coloured card.

3Stamp and heat emboss a large flower from the

Avery clear stamp set, using gold embossing powder. Do the same with a selection of smaller flowers and leaves from the same set. Cut out all the pieces.

4Die-cut one of the Ribbon Banners from

cream card. Stamp the ‘congratulations’ message from the Avery Elle set in gold onto the banner – fix the stamp to your acrylic block on a curve.

5 Stick the rest of the sentiment to the top-right

corner of the card along with the banner. Add the flowers and flourishes to the card front with sticky foam pads.

1Cover the card front with the Dear Lizzy patterned

paper. Using the template on page 77, trace the shell onto Crystal White card. Use a bone folder to score the shell’s lines, then cut out.

2Cut a 17x5 cm strip of white vellum and cut

a ‘v’ at one end, to look like a ribbon. Stick on the inside of the front flap, then fold over the top edge so the vellum is positioned down the middle of the card. Secure with a small piece of tape in the middle, where it won’t show.

3Stick the shell on top of the vellum and add the

‘happy pearl’ part of the greeting with stickers.

4Die-cut a ribbon banner and add the word

‘wedding’ with stickers. Stick at the bottom of the shell, and complete the greeting with tiny letter stickers.

5Embellish the shell with a large adhesive pearl gem

and a small twine bow. Decorate the background with more pearls and some white sequins.

Basic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Crystal White Fine Thread pearlescent card

* White vellum, both from Inspire Me Papers*

* American Crafts patterned paper – Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party, from Sarah’s Cards*

* White ribbon or twine

* Grey letter stickers

* White sequins

* Adhesive pearls – large & small

* Spellbinders Shapeabilities – Ribbon Banner, from The Glitter Pot*

* Tracing paper

* Bone folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Template on page 77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Basic card kit, plus…

* White top-fold card blank

* Cream & white card

* Avery Elle stamps – Petals & Stems, from Make the Day Special*

* My Mind’s Eye 6x6in paper pad – Collectable Unforgettable, from Craftie Charlie*

* Versamark embossing ink pad * Gold embossing powder, both from Hobbycraft*

* Joy Crafts die – Swirl 2 * Spellbinders Shapeabilities – Ribbon Banner * Poppystamps die – Small Marianna Vine Background, all from The Glitter Pot*

* Gold ink pad & acrylic block

* Gold alphabet rub-ons

* Heat gun

* Die-cutting machine

*see page 76 for

stockists

Cards for all

Designed by Jo Davies

Designed by Jo Davies

You can find some great video tutorials for colouring with Copic markers at www.youtube.com.

tipA clear plastic ruler makes a great stamp block for long, skinny sentiment stamps!

tip

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1Stick a panel of pink card to your card blank. Layer

on a slightly smaller panel of dotty patterned paper. Add a piece of coordinating blue patterned paper and a strip of dotty paper across the bottom of the card front.

2Print the Top Hat Cat digital image at a good

size for your card front, then colour with Copic markers.

3Mount the coloured image onto white card

to strengthen, then cut out, leaving a narrow border.

4Cut a faux ribbon strip from blue patterned

paper and add it to the top-right corner of the card with sticky foam pads. Top with three buttons.

5Create your sentiment on white card with your

computer (or handwrite it). Trim and mount on patterned paper, snipping the end into a V-shape to make another faux ribbon. Add a button and stick in place.

1Cover your card blank with yellow card, then

layer a slightly smaller panel of white card on top.

2Print out your digital image and colour with

Copic markers.

3Mount the image onto white card and trim,

leaving a narrow border. Stick to the bottom right of your card front using sticky foam pads.

4Stamp your sentiment onto white card. Trim

and layer onto a strip of yellow card.

5Stick the sentiment at the top of the card blank,

raised on sticky foam pads.

Basic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Yellow & white coloured card

* Digital stamp – Top Hat Cat, from Time For Tea Designs*

* Birthday message stamp

* Black ink pad

* Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Victorian Velvet, from Joanna Sheen*

* Copic markers, from Cult Pens*

Shopping listBasic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Pink coloured card

* Echo Park patterned paper – Hello Summer, from Papermaze*

* Digital stamp – Top Hat Cat, from Time For Tea Designs*

* Copic markers, from Cult Pens*

* Buttons

Shopping list

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1Cover your card blank with patterned paper

and round the corners. Add a white doily and a 2in circle of patterned paper.

2Print the cat image on white card and colour

with Copic markers. Cut out and stick to the middle of the card front.

3Cut a cloud shape from blue patterned paper

and mount onto white card. Cut out, leaving a narrow white border, and stick to the card front. Add the word ‘Relax’ with the Papermania Alphabet Minis.

4Punch small circles from the same patterned

paper and stick them in an arc, from the cloud to the cat, with sticky foam pads.

5Stamp your birthday sentiment on patterned

paper, trim and layer onto white card. Trim again to leave a white border, then stick to your card front with sticky foam pads.

1Layer panels of kraft and blue card onto your card

blank. Cut a piece of stripy patterned paper slightly smaller than the blue layer.

2Print your digital image and colour with Copic

markers. Mount on white card and cut out, leaving a white border. Stick in the middle of the stripy patterned paper.

3Use your home computer to print the

sentiment, then layer onto strips of blue and kraft card.

4 Wind twine around the stripy paper three times

and tie in a bow. Secure with a glue dot.

5 Stick the finished stripy panel to the card front,

and layer on the sentiment. Stick an adhesive pearl in each of the corners to finish.

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*see page 76 for

stockists

Basic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Kraft & blue card

* American Crafts patterned paper – Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm, from Hobbycraft*

* Digital stamp – Party Hat Cat, from Time For Tea Designs*

* Pink adhesive pearls

* Pink & white twine

* Copic markers, from Cult Pens*

Shopping listBasic card kit, plus…

* White card blank

* Echo Park patterned paper – Hello Summer, from Papermaze*

* Grace Taylor patterned paper – Hello Sunshine, from Hobbycraft*

* Digital stamp – Sleepy Cat, from Time For Tea Designs*

* Copic markers, from Cult Pens*

* Papermania Alpha Minis, from Docrafts*

* White doily

* Corner rounder punch

* 2in & ½in circle punches

* Small alphabet stamps

* Black ink pad

Shopping list

Designed by Jo Davies

Designed by Jo Davies

Use dots of white gel pen to add shine to the cat’s eyes.

tip

Designed by Jo Davies

Stamping project

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Jenny has been card making for over two years. She loves to colour in stamped images with alcohol or

Distress Ink markers. These pictures are the

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Jenny Hodges

Hide a cute tag messageThis gorgeous doll-shaped card hides a cute

secret in her beautifully-decorated apron pocket – a little Russian doll tag, embellished to match. Get tips from our panel of

Papercraft Testers on page 62

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Stamping project

*see page 76 for

stockists

Turn the page for

more sweet doll cards

Matryoshka dolls, also known as Russian dolls, are a classic gift.

Traditionally decorated with pretty floral designs, Russian dolls are made as sets, with smaller dolls nesting inside larger ones. In this sweet set, Jenny Hodges uses floral

stamps with simple doll templates to create beautiful cards that will suit lots of occasions.

“Using bold ink colours along with pretty papers and trims, you can really let your creativity flow when you’re making these Russian doll cards,” says Jenny.

Make folksy Russian doll cards

Use floral stamps with lacy dies and fancy trims to make Jenny Hodges’ gorgeous doll cards

Dress up your dolls!You can use the same basic template shapes to make lots of unique little dolls. Try out different sizes, colours, stamps and lacy trims!

Basic card kit, plus

* Assorted coloured card

* My Mind’s Eye papers – The Sweetest Thing

* Nestabilities Dies – Classic Circles, Scallop Circles & Floral Ovals, from BG Payne Crafts*

* Wplus9 dies & stamps – Folk Art Floral, from Make the Day Special*

* Marianne dies – Stitched Circles & Ovals, from Crafts U Love*

* Spellbinders Shapeabilities dies – Floral Doily motifs, from Craft Superstore*

* Spellbinders Nestabilities dies – Picot Edge Circles, from Sir Stampalot*

* Little Darlings sentiments, from Dies to Die For*

* Ink pads * Copic markers * Die-cutting machine* Flowers

* Pearls * Buttons * Twine * Trims * Lace

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Template on p.79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Stamping project

Trace the doll shape onto white card, and stamp a flower design from the Wplus9 Folk Art Florals set across the body in light blue ink. Stamp right over the edges of the shape.

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Cut out the stamped doll shape with small scissors or a craft knife. Trace her cosy headscarf onto a coordinating patterned paper and cut it out too.

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Now make the card background. Use your home computer to print out a sentiment, and stamp some bright flowers. You can place the doll shape in position as a guide if you like.

3Cut out the doll’s face and colour it in with Copic markers. Cut a simple hair shape from a piece of brown card and glue in place with Tacky PVA glue.

4Die-cut a small Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle design and stick onto the doll shape. Add a smaller circle of white card and stamp on a little bird with red ink.

5

To use just part of a stamp (like a flower but not the leaves), ink the whole stamp, and then remove ink from the unwanted areas with a cloth and stamp the design.

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Craft this adorable doll card – you can even adapt it with your favourite papers and ink colours!

make this Russian doll cardHow to...

Stamping project

Add pretty lace trim to the patterned paper headscarf shape – attach it at the back. Tie a tiny blue button with twine, then add it to the front of the headscarf.

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Turn the page to get hints & tips from our Testers!

Finish the stamped flower centres with coordinating adhesive pearls – cream and gold pearls look fantastic with Jenny’s red and blue design!

8Glue the finished scarf and face in place on the stamped doll shape. Layer the finished Russian doll onto the card front with lots of sticky foam pads.

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Create a special bag

Embellish a plain gift bag with a lacy doily

and your colourful Russian doll! Stamp a

coordinating floral motif onto the layered

paper background.

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Share hints & tips with our Papercraft Testers!

Gail NorrisFor this card, I tried to stick to the traditional red and yellow colours with bright flowers on the front, but couldn’t find a flower or leaf stamp that was quite right. I solved this

with the addition of some cut-out stamped flowers to a piece of floral paper. As always, I used plenty of pearls, lace and glitter to add dimension.

I have some top tips for this project – adhesive pearls coloured in with a Sharpie marker make great eyes, and you can use a cotton bud and ink to apply blush to your dolls’ cheeks!

Lisa HinesThese dolls are super cute and very easy to make using the simple templates. The great thing with them is you can make them

exactly how you want using papers, stamps, lace, buttons or other embellishments. Don’t be afraid to use brighter colours too!

I used my ProMarkers to shade the faces and to add blush to the cheeks. Combined with the closed eyes, this worked really well as I find drawing faces quite hard. I used a fineliner pen to do the eyes and faux stitching, and before I did the features I tried them out on a scrap piece of paper so I knew they would be perfect.

Give these little cuties a go – they are very simple and fun to make, and great for girls young and old!

thoughts! The doll shape makes a really sweet bride with matching bridesmaids. I made a simple church backdrop and cut some roughly shaped stones. You could easily make a groom but I was just enjoying the pretty colours.

The little group of friends in my other card look adorable in their mix ‘n’ match patterned papers. I’ve chopped up bits of doily to use here and there. I found a punch for these puzzle pieces and thought this was perfect for my ‘friends’ letters as it ties in with the idea of the dolls all fitting together.

Sally SearsJenny’s dolls are so sweet and very easy to piece together using the simple shapes from the templates. There’s no fiddly cutting

and the end results are great. I started with the large doll with a little

doll in the pocket. The hair and little faces are really cute! I’ve used a doily to edge the pocket and flowers to embellish. I made some buttons in a mould with some air-dry clay – great fun and well worth the investment in mould and clay, you can make hundreds!

My son Greg is marrying the beautiful Tasha next year so weddings are very much in my

Jen NelsonThis card project was so much fun and brought back memories of playing with Russian dolls when I was younger.

I adapted the project to a more clean and simple style but used the same elements to keep it folksy in its main element.

Jenny’s templates are easy to use and you can use any stamps or papers that are in your stash to make the full set of dolls, as the beauty is that they don’t need to match!

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ColouringTransform your cards with spectacular shading effects! Bianca Shervington shows you how to get started with Spectrum Noir coloured pencils…

Turn the page to see

how it’s done!

Masterclass

Even if you’ve used coloured pencils lots of times before, it can be hard to know how to

get the best out of them. Thankfully, designer Bianca Shervington from Crafter’s Companion is here to help!

In this masterclass, Bianca shows you how to use Spectrum Noir’s

new blending pencils in two ways. Start with a pretty flower card, using easy shading and blending to create smooth, dimensional colour. Next, try layering shading and texture effects over an image coloured with pens. You’ll be amazed with the looks you can create!

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Now pick your Spectrum Noir coloured pencils. You’ll need three shades of the same colour – light, medium and dark. Start by colouring the whole stamped image with the lightest shade.

2Using the blending paper stump, gently blend over the area that you have just coloured. This will give your finished flower design a smooth look. You can add a drop of blending solution (from Crafter’s Companion*) to help with this.

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Blending & colouring with pencilsCreating professional-looking coloured pencil effects is easier than you think. Get the hang of simple shading and blending, and your stamped images will come to life – it’s addictive!

Spectrum Noir’s new coloured pencils are oil-based, especially designed for blending. You can blend your colouring with a paper stump to create a really smooth look.

Here’s an easy colouring project to get you started – a stamped dahlia in gorgeous shades of pink. Follow Bianca’s steps below, then snip out the flower and layer it onto a card along with patterned papers, gems and ribbons.

Stamp your dahlia flower onto white card with black Memento ink (or a similar dye-based ink pad). You’ll be cutting out the image later, so don’t worry if you get any ink or smudges on the white card around the flower.

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* Spectrum Noir Essentials pencil set * Neenah cardstock * Sheena Douglass stamp set – A Little Bit Floral, Dahlia * Die’sire dies

* Memento ink pad

* Blending paper stump

* Blending solution

* Collall Tacky Glue

* Collall 3D glue gel, all from Crafter’s Companion

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The special Spectrum Noir blending tool helps the oil-based pencils blend

together smoothly

You can use a different colour for your flower design if you like – just make sure you have three shades to blend!

tip

Remember to keep your pencils sharp, so it’s easier to work into the tips of the flower petals – have a pencil sharpener to hand!

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Now use the darkest shade of pencil to add depth and dimension to the stamped flower. Shade around the base of each petal to create rich shadows. Add a little extra shading to the petals at the bottom of the flower.

5Finally, use the paper stump to blend the darkest colour into the rest, completing your flower image. Now you can cut out the flower and layer it onto a paper tag to make a beautiful card!

6Take the medium shade of coloured pencil and add some darker tones to the flower –around the middle of each petal is ideal. With the paper stump, blend the light and medium shades together using small circular motions.

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Start by colouring in the whole image with Spectrum Noir marker pens. Use light and dark shades of each colour for a 3D look – Bianca’s built up thin strokes in three shades for the shiny hair!

2Now colour on top with Spectrum Noir pencils. Start with the little toy, adding dark brown for shadows and blending into a lighter brown to add even more depth. Use a paper stump to blend the colours.

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Using pencils to add depth & detailColoured pencils can also be used to add fine detail and texture to images coloured with pens or watercolour paints.

For this card, Bianca has first coloured the image with Spectrum Noir pens for a vibrant look, then worked over the top with Spectrum Noir pencils. This is a particularly handy technique for images that include fluffy animals or shiny strands of hair!

As with all techniques, the secret is to practise – so stamp the design on scrap card or paper first, then you’ll be confident colouring the image perfectly for your ‘Best Friends’ card.

Stamp the Squeeze image onto white card with Memento ink (or a similar dye-based ink pad). Make sure the card is large enough to be die-cut into a circle shape once you’ve finished colouring.

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* Spectrum Noir pencil sets – Essentials, Floral, Marine & Nature

* Spectrum Noir pens

* Rachelle Anne Miller stamp – Squeeze

* Die’sire dies * Neenah cardstock * Memento ink pad * Collall Tacky Glue * Collall 3D glue gel * Blending paper stump * Blending solution, all from Crafter’s Companion*

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Turn to page 11 to find out more about Spectrum Noir’s

gorgeous new range of coloured pencils!

You can sharpen and clean paper stumps between colours with a sanding block. Choose a fine grain sandpaper if you can.

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Choose pencils in two shades of green for the trousers. As in the other steps, start with the lighter shade, then colour the shadowy areas with the darker pencil and blend with your paper stump.

5Finish with the hair. Choose three brown shades and sharpen well. Use a flicking motion to add texture. Now you can die-cut the image, stick it onto a decorated card blank and embellish with flowers and gems.

6Next colour over the jacket. Choose three shades of dark pink and start by colouring and blending with the lightest colour, then add the two darker shades. Use the paper stump to blend the colours as you go.

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2Add dots of pale blue pen or pencil behind the little girl to give the coloured image a 3D effect. Bianca’s added a shadow under her feet too!

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Q I‘m enjoying die-cutting – I started a few months ago, but I’ve seen lots of experts talking about using a metal

shim when die-cutting. What’s a shim and how would I use it? Kirsty Williams, Cheltenham

A Clare says… A shim is used to help ‘build up’ the platform when die-cutting, so if you’re finding it hard to

pop out a particular part of a die-cut or the whole of a particularly intricate one, then a shim can help.

In the past, DIY paper or card shims were able to do the job to some extent but sometimes it was hit and miss as to whether the thickness was right, and could be trial and error. Now, metal shims are available from brands like Cheery Lynn (www.handyhippo.co.uk) and Memory Box*. These are stainless steel plates of the correct thickness designed for use with certain die-cutting machines, and replace the need for lots of paper shims when cutting intricate dies. If you do a lot of die-cutting and find you’re using shims, this could be the answer to your problems!

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Pretty piercingQ I’ve been experimenting with using

a piercing tool on my cards, but the patterns I’m making look very wobbly

and unprofessional – how are other card makers able to create such precise looking pierced shapes? Amy Abakumov, Manchester

A Angela says… Don’t worry Amy, you’re not doing anything wrong – you need to use a piercing template to help

you. These are stencils with holes in them to show where you need to make your piercing. You can buy piercing templates from various craft brands – I really like the choice available from Stampin’ Up!. They have three template packs; Festive, Essentials and Occasions, which are £7.25 each and each pack contains three templates. Use them with a Stampin’ Up! Paper-Piercing Tool (£3.50), and Stampin’ Pierce Mat (£4.50).

The thank you card pictured above was made using the Essentials set. They also coordinate with Stampin’ Up!’s punches, Edgelits and Framelits dies, giving you even more options to create prettily edged paper toppers and shapes to layer up on your cards. You could even sew thread through the holes to give your pieces a hand-stitched effect, which is really on-trend at the moment!

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Q If I want to stamp on embossed card, which should I do first – the stamping or the embossing?

Tara Benjamin, Guildford, Surrey

A Sarah says… I would definitely recommend stamping your design first, for two reasons. Firstly, stamping

is much easier and gives a much better and clearer impression on a flat surface. By embossing first and making the surface of your card bumpy in places, you could miss bits out or leave an unclear or smudged impression. Secondly, the pressure of the stamping could squish your lovely embossing, ruining the textured effect.

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This month’s guest expert...

Sue is a Designer, Demonstrator and involved with Product Development and Sourcing for Creative Expressions. Here are her top three tips for using gilding flakes…

Q I love die-cutting my cards but I’d like to add some dimension to my makes by layering up my die-cuts on the card. How can I do this to create

a balanced card design and is it possible to layer them up with sticky foam pads, as I would with découpage? Pat Say-Ludlow, Norwich

A Sue says… I think adding 3D foam pieces to die-cuts is what brings life to any project. Using

different dimensions and textures allows a more interesting end result. Many die-cuts are too detailed to add foam pieces to them, but they can be combined and glued to other die-cuts and still look balanced. A balanced look is down to personal preference and this is what I love about crafting – you are the creative director of every project you do. If you like it, then that is all that matters!

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1 To use the Gilding Flakes with a detailed stamp, dab some Cosmic Shimmer

Flake & Glitter Glue onto your stamp with a piece of Cut-N-Dry Foam. Quickly stamp onto your card. Once your stamped image turns clear, it’s ready for your Gilding Flakes to be added.

2 Gilding flakes need to be refined and I find a piece of a Rubit-Scrubit pad

by Ranger* works best (or try Schoochy Foam by Indigo Blu* ). Lightly rub the flakes in a circular motion to allow the excess flakes to be buffed away. Any excess flakes can be put back into the container for later use.

3 Using sticky self-adhesive sheets or double-sided tape is another great

way to attach gilding flakes. Whether you want specific detail from a stamp or just a solid background, your projects will need the flakes to be refined to bring out the beauty of them.

Sue Wilson

Sue’s new Striplets dies from Creative Expressions* are perfect for building up layered effects.

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EmbossaliciousLeann Chivers, Creative Development Manager for Crafter’s Companion, explains the evolution of their amazing Embossalicious embossing folder range…

When did the Embossalicious range first launch? Embossalicious launched in Autumn 2012 and has been growing from strength to strength since.

Tell us a little about the range – what were your aims for it when you decided to create it? I’m in a really fortunate position being the Creative Development Manager for Crafter’s Companion, because I can generally just make things that I would like for my own

crafting, and this is exactly what I did with our Embossalicious embossing folders range.

I love the effect and range of crafting techniques that are possible with embossing folders, but I always felt restricted in the past with the sizes available and would get very frustrated when I was crafting.

What I really wanted was folders perfectly sized for a 6x6in card base and 8x8in card base, and of course for batch making cards, the A4 size for me is absolutely essential.

Which members of the Crafter’s Companion team worked on developing the range and what were their roles?Everything at Crafter’s Companion is a team effort and I always encourage everyone to have some input. It’s really good to see something from another person’s perspective.

However, when I’m designing the Embossalicious range, I do work closely with our Head Designer, Ross Hodgson, who understands what’s going on in my head – not the easiest of tasks! – and makes it into a reality for me.

How did the team decide on how the range will take shape – what was your starting point? The starting point was definitely the size of the folders. It was key for me to have a square shape

Behind the scenes

You can create a host of unique and stunning

effects for your cards with just one folder!

Behind the scenes

Leann works closely with Head Designer, Ross Hodgson, when creating new folder designs.

Patchwork Quilt (right) Rose Vine (bottom) and are Leann and Ross’ personal favourites from the range.

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You can buy Embossalicious folders from Crafter’s Companion. Visit their website at www.crafters companion.co.uk

sized for 6x6in and 8x8in cards, because this is where there was a huge gap in the market.

When we design new products at Crafter’s Companion it has to be to meet a need, fill a gap or solve a problem, and Embossalicious certainly filled a gap in my crafty stash. Judging by their popularity they did for lots of other crafters too.

Which new products in the Embossalicious range are you most excited about? We are currently working on two beautiful vintage themes in the Embossalicious range and I can feel it in my water that they are going to be very popular. I also love the CD resource discs we

have started doing to work with the folders. Having papers, embellishments and ephemera to work perfectly with the folder designs is really exciting. There is more in the pipeline but I can’t say too much about that just yet.

Does the range have any unique features – what makes these embossing folders different to other folders on the market? They’re unique because of their size. We were the first company to produce 6x6in and 8x8in embossing folders, and to my knowledge we still are.

How do you decide which patterns and designs are going to be included in the latest set of folders? Ross and I will sit down and have a really thorough planning session. We will ask everyone else for their ideas and then draft up some concepts. Usually we will have a little vote to see which ones are most popular, but sometimes I insist my favourite is included, just because I can. One of the perks of the job!

How do you decide when you’re happy with everything and that the folders are ready to be sold to your customers?Oh I drive Ross mad with making last-minute changes! Ideas can

come to me at the most random times; in bed, in the shower, on holiday, when out for a meal… but he is very patient with me and always manages to sneak in a last-minute brilliant idea at the 11th hour.

Which Embossalicious design has proved most popular with customers so far and why do you think this is? Well, it’s a little bit of a toss up between Regency Swirls and Ornate Butterflies, as those are the two that consistently sell out time after time. But if you were to

The square 6x6in and 8x8in embossing folders

have been especially designed for card making.

The range’s bestselling folders include Ornate Butterflies and Regency Swirls (left).

Behind the scenes

ask me for my favourite it would be A4 Patchwork Quilt and Ross loves Rose Vine.

Which embossing machines do you recommend the Embossalicious folders are used with? Well, we always use our eBossers. However, our folders will work with all other leading machines on the market without issue. This was a very important point for us – we want everyone to be able to purchase, use and love our Embossalicious designs and we were very careful to make sure they worked with all other embossing machines. What’s next for Embossalicious? Lots! But if I told you I’d have to...

When we design new products at Crafter’s Companion, it has to be to meet a

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Die-cutting inspirations

Make a mini frame card Use the die-cut luggage label shape to create a front and base for an elegant easel-fold mini frame card. Pop a little photograph or picture in the frame of the tag and then embellish the card with ribbons and flowers. The label strap is perfect to hold when propping your easel card in place!

Layer up a gorgeous gift tag Using the luggage label die as a pretty gift tag, you can embellish with flowers, ribbons and charms to make much more of a feature of it. Use ribbon to tie on the tag, rather than a die-cut luggage strap, for a much more feminine finish.

Craft a clever window box card

There’s no need to stick to a travel theme with the die as its shape can be used for all sorts of different purposes. With just some

simple cuts, you can alter the label shape to make a pretty window, embellished with shutters and a floral window box – so cute!

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J things online is hard to say, but patterned paper straws were one of the first things I bought when

planning a tea party earlier in the year. Admittedly, I’d

been looking for an excuse for a while, and I may have ordered a few more packs than was

strictly necessary, but you know… a good

host likes to give guests a choice when it comes to the

pattern on their straw. The party was terrific, and while a few people took advantage of the straws, they mainly just looked pretty stacked in glasses around the room. While your average party planner may have been a little disappointed by this, you know and I know that pretty paper leftovers will never, ever go to waste in the house of a card maker!

It took a little experimenting before I hit on the idea below, but it’s a technique I’ll definitely be trying again. The apple was first

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pretty paper leftovers will never, ever go to waste in the house of

a card maker”

ust like most people, I’m quite keen on the idea of being worldly and

sophisticated, but as hard as I try, I can never quite keep my inner nerd from wrecking the illusion. So, let’s just get this out there from the start – I really like drinking through a straw. It’s mostly the novelty, I think. As a child, I had one of those translucent straws, shaped like an ampersand, where you could watch your drink winding its way up from the glass to your mouth (and, if you were a particularly disgusting kind of child, right back down again). Nowadays, I’m happy with an ordinary straight straw, and far less concerned with watching the contents in transit!

Having said that, whether it was this elevated interest in drinking straws, or too much time spent browsing pretty

cut from a sheet of double-sided adhesive, the straws then stuck on top and the ends trimmed around the edges of the shape – so simple and easy to do with all kinds of solid images. In homage to my childhood drinking straw, I’m thinking an ampersand might be next!

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Kirsty Neale discovers that playing the perfect party hostess has its crafting perks, as she can use the leftover paper straws in her cards…

Try combining two or more straw designs together for extra impact – experiment with where you want to place the straws until you’re happy with the effect the patterns make.

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