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Editor: Sarah Gane Marketing Design Manager: Carly Stalker Deputy Editor: Joanna Stass Community Editor: Aisha Green Sub Editor: Lorna Slessor
Publication Designers: Rachel Smith, Jordan Travers Art direction and styling: Carly Stalker, Sarah Gane Freelance photographer: Jesse Wild Photography &
videography co-ordinator: Joe Schneider Projects: Aisha Green, Amy Surey, Aneira Davies, Daisy Martin, Felicity French, Geraldine Carruthers, Jackie Jasper,
Jason Cluitt, Jennie Nicell, Jo Boland, Julie Hole, Kieron Franklyn, Lorna Slessor, Mags Woodcock, Sarah Jackman Read, Sharon Dobson, Zinia Amoiridou
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Zinia Amoiridou
2O16 Project Design Team member Zinia is
an art student from Greece. Her obsessions
include art journaling, scrapbooking and
hybrid projects. Apart from papercrafts, she
loves baking, abstract painting, organising
crafty messes and entertaining her hyper
puppy. Her dream is to make her passion
her full-time job.
Kieron Franklyn
Kieron is a gentleman crafter who turns
his hand to anything to ensure it brings a
smile to someone’s face - whether that
be through his first passion, cardmaking,
baking or needle felting. He works full-time
as a manager for an international finance
organisation, which is far removed from his
world of crafting!
Julie Hole
Julie began her ‘love affair’ with
papercrafting over 2O years ago after
watching a heat-embossing demonstration
in a Manchester store. She remembers
buying four wooden stamps that day and
her creative journey began. She loves that
her hobby is also her job and that she gets
to be creative every single day.
Jo Boland
Jo is a mum to two boys who loves to take
photos of her family and keep a record of
her everyday life through scrapbooking
and mini books. She also loves vintage
things, crochet, coffee and chocolate. Jo
is a freelance craft designer, working from
home making for a selection of magazines
and craft companies.
Jason Cluitt
By day Jason is a mechanical engineer, but
in his free time he loves to create objects
from paper – a passion that has been with
him since a young age. When not coming
up with his next creation, Jason is busy
watching and reviewing films for his blog
(lifevsfilm.com) and weekly podcast, as well
as occupying his mischievous labradoodle.
Jackie Jasper
Jackie is a papercrafting addict with a
passion for cardmaking. Her favourite
technique is stamping and she’s a sucker
for a sequin or two. Jackie started making
cards about three years ago after having a
go at making a few Christmas decorations
and found that she loved it. She often ‘bores’
her family talking about it!
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CreativityHQ
In the Headlines.......................................................................8-11
Giveaways.............................................................38, 6O, 68, 74
The Creativity Community...........................................42-44
Shopping list........................................................................96-97
Special feature
Happy mail ............................................................................14-2O
Papercraft
Etched wood card.............................................................22-23
Six quick cards......................................................................26-31
Copper ‘thank you’ card................................................32-33
Willson Wood charm card............................................34-35
Woodland place settings......................................................36
3D mailbox card.................................................................38-39
Film strip shaker card......................................................4O-41
Forever Friends bunting.........................................................45
Goody Bag makes.............................................................46-47
Rainy day activity book..................................................56-59
Crafting with apertures................................................6O-65
Baby scrapbook gift........................................................66-67
Santoro mini stamp medley.......................................68-7O
Woodland bookmarks.............................................................74
Origami plant holders......................................................8O-81
3D geometric fairy lights..............................................88-89
Home décor
Cloud mobile........................................................................5O-51
Decorated balloons...........................................................52-53
Craft with glue.....................................................................54-55
Autumn wreath..................................................................72-73
Three ways with craft wire.........................................84-86
Soft craft
Woodland brooches........................................................82-83
Felt fruit coasters......................................................................9O
Workshops
Tricks of the Trade.............................................................24-25
Technique Workshop......................................................76-78
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Useful templates
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Armed with their golden tickets, a few excited Creativity readers arrived in Dorset
for an afternoon of crafting fun last month. After travelling from Bracknell and
beyond, they were greeted with lashings of tea, scrummy cakes and goody bags
filled with over £8O worth of craft supplies. Demonstrator Sarah Jackman Read
took them through three fun projects, which included making a Capsule Geometric
Kraft aperture card, having a go at heat embossing and creating a stamped
bookmark with the new Santoro watercolour pens. They even got a sneak peek at
where the Creativity magic happens, with a tour of docrafts HQ and our company
craft room. Keep an eye out for our competitions for more fun prizes like this!
If you’re a whizz with a crochet hook then The Pump
House Project in Farringdon, Oxfordshire wants to hear
from you. They have set themselves the challenge of
creating an entire crochet garden, and are looking for
people to contribute flowers of all shapes, sizes and
colours. The garden will go on display at the Farringdon
Folly Fest taking place from the 29th – 31st July, and
will then be sold to raise money for The Pump House
Project, which provides low-cost activities for the local
community. Send in your handcrafted blooms or join their
community crochet sessions. For more information and to
find out how you can get involved, visit
www.thepumphouseproject.co.uk.
Six lucky crafters joined us for
a crafting session and behind-
the-scenes look at docrafts HQ
Create colourful flowers for a
blooming beautiful project
Crafternoon
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We could spend hours browsing away on Lia Griffith (liagriffith.com), a delightful
blog that’s brimming with gorgeous photography and endearing projects. With
enough ideas to please any kind of crafter, there’s certainly something for
everyone. We spoke to Lia herself about what it’s like to run a successful website.
What inspired you to create your mini craft oasis on the web?
I have always loved everything handmade. Around three years
ago I was working with a wedding stationery company and
began designing and making paper flowers to share on their
blog. My work received such a great response that I realised it
might be the perfect time to step out on my own.
What are your top tips for making a successful blog?
I set out with very specific goals. I posted every single day from
the outset and worked hard to keep my designs accessible yet
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DON'T FORGET
Event City, Manchester,
8th – 1Oth September 2O16
From papercraft demonstrations to knitting,
stitching and dressmaking advice, there will be
plenty to inspire you at this creative craft show.
Alongside this, you’ll find over 1OO exhibitors
and a packed programme of free workshops
and talks. Adult tickets are just £8 when bought
in advance. For more information, visit
www.ichfevents.co.uk.
Salisbury Cathedral, 9th – 11th September 2O16
Craft skills from both past and present will be
celebrated across three days of festival fun,
with contemporary and heritage craftspeople
demonstrating their skills. Adult tickets cost just
£7, and under 13’s go free. For more information,
visit www.salisburycraftfestival.org.
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Brighton Dome, Brighton,
23rd – 25th September 2O16
Running alongside the Brighton Art Fair, MADE
BRIGHTON will feature some of the best
contemporary makers in the country selling
jewellery, textiles and more! Creativity readers
can get 5O% off as many standard tickets as
they like by using the code ‘MBDoCrafts’. For
more, visit www.madebrighton.co.uk.
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PDT member Jackie Jasper
has used the incredibly versatile
Geometric Mocha Ultimate Pack
as a starting point for her make,
then embellished each work of
art with die-cuts, sentiments
stickers and stamps. To find out
more, visit the Inspiration gallery
at docrafts.com.
4th July
Give your makes an American theme
with plenty of stars and stripes to
celebrate Independence Day. (Whip
out your Papermania Capsule Spots &
Stripes for the perfect patterns).
high-quality. The images on my site are
shared a lot via Pinterest and I think that has
also helped my blog to grow.
The website is bursting with projects and
top tips; how do you keep inspired?
There is inspiration everywhere I look! I just
need to wander around my neighbourhood
to gain inspiration for my next paper flower.
What’s a typical day like for you?
I’ll usually have a couple of meetings with
my team and our partners in the morning
followed by blog crafting or photography
in the afternoon. More often than not I’ll be
catching up on my favourite TV series while
curling crepe paper petals!
Papermania Geometric Mocha
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Papermania Country Life
Wooden Stamp Set RRP £5
Xcut Corner Punch
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6th July
It’s International Kissing Day! As well
as giving your loved ones a smooch,
make them something they’ll love
to keep too.
30th July
Get crafting a special card or gift
for your best pals for International
Friendship Day.

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There are hundreds of crafty uses for empty glass containers,
why not fill 'em up with plants? Self-confessed lazy gardener
Clea Cregan explains how these self-sufficient miniscapes
are the perfect project for those who are green-fingered and
low on space, as they pretty much take care of themselves.
The glass containers absorb light, increasing the temperature
inside so that condensation forms and rains down on the
plants to create a mini water cycle. In the book, Clea explains
the basics of choosing the perfect containers, plants and
decorations for your terrarium, and provides her own easy-
to-follow recipes for creating a range of miniscapes. Her
enthusiasm is infectious, making it easy to see how it could
become very addictive indeed. We've got a copy to give away!
Enter online at docrafts.com/competitions for your
chance to win. Closing date 31st August.
Discover the new handwritten happy mail
revolution on page 14.
We have 1O pairs of tickets to the Stitching,
Sewing & Hobbycrafts Show to give away.
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outside York? Get 15% off Jollydays Luxury
Camping bookings until 23 October 2O16. Email
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code. We’re also giving away a midweek stay
for two in this month’s competition – turn to
page 21 for details on how to enter.
Good luck!
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There’s a whole new range of products ready
to inspire your next crafting projects, and we’ve
picked some of the highlights to help get you
started. Don’t forget to show us what you
create from these amazing essentials!
For all of July and August’s new releases,
pick up the Creativity Essentials booklet.
Must-have crafting kit
out in July and August
Stock up
your stash
Create Christmas
Craft Your Own Light Up
Letters (PMA 16O941) £19.95
Cover with paper or glitter
to create a ﬂashy, festive
statement decoration.
Xcut
Large Dies Gingerbread Family
(XCU 5O4O61) RRP £12.95
Create and dress up your own gingerbread gang by
mixing and matching these 15 cute dies.
Papermania
Tales from Willson Wood
Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack
(PMA 16O326) RRP £11.95
Find all the papers and die-cut
pieces you’ll ever need!
Clear Stamp Set
(FFS 9O7136) £8.95
A wonderfully versatile set
that’s great to have on hand
for a variety of projects.
Create Christmas
Craft Your Own Stag Kit
(PMA 1O5968) RRP £1.5O
Piece together this striking
decoration that will look great in
your home all year round.
Anita’s
Foiled Decoupage Deer At Dusk
(ANT 169686) RRP £1
Craft a card with a magical winter scene
for when the cold weather sets in.
Papermania
Cards & Envelopes
(PMA 15O6O9) RRP £4
A quick and easy starting point
for making cards in a hurry.
Sticker Sheet
(FFS 8O3111) RRP £1
Add the ﬁnishing touch
to your cards with these
adorable stickers.
Create Christmas
Decorate Your Own Chalk
Baubles (PMA 1O5969) £1.5O
Personalise your Christmas tree
by adding your own names and
messages to your decorations.
Create Christmas
Mixed Wooden Sentiments
(PMA 1O5952) £2
Add some sparkle to your
Christmas crafting with this
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Check back next issue for an in-depth chat with blogger, Claire Donovan
How did you first get into crafting?
I don’t remember ever not being crafty. I’ve
always had busy hands and an even busier
mind, so making stuff is kind of compulsive for
me. When we had our son, my enthusiasm for
recording the details of our family life turned
into a love of memory-keeping and papercraft.
I discovered art journaling relatively recently,
and have found it to be an incredible tool for
self expression, emotional processing and
general creative play.
How did you turn your love of crafting
into a career?
For me, the internet has played a huge role in
the way I’ve established myself in the crafty
sphere. I make stuff and I put it out into the
world through my blog and social media.
Then, sort of miraculously, people respond.
I in turn respond to their work and suddenly
this community of like-minded people starts
to form. Through this community, all sorts of
opportunities have arisen for me.
How would you describe your style?
In a phrase, I’d say ‘unfussy femme’. I love
florals, pinks, golds, warm yellows, lace and
vintage motifs, but I’m turned off when things
get too busy and overworked. I like to think I
walk a line between traditional and modern.
Where do you find your inspiration?
Absolutely everywhere. I love the internet –
Instagram and Pinterest in particular – for
the sheer volume of beautiful things to be
discovered. I’m also a very wordy, verbal
person, so I’m often inspired by what I’m
reading at any given time, or by the lyrics of
the songs I’m listening to. I regularly include
excerpts and phrases in my art, because I
love the way that words and images can work
together to create meaning.
Which of your makes are
you most proud of?
I recently taught myself how
to make a whole range of felt
flowers, and used them to
create a huge floral wreath.
It’s over a metre in diameter
and very striking. I think it’s
beautiful in itself, but I also
love it because it represents
the acquisition of a new
skill for me, and that always
makes me feel proud.
Describe your craft room.
I have two desks in my craft
room – one for writing and
one for art and craft. I keep the writing desk as
clear and uncluttered as possible, but the craft
desk has always got paper offcuts, jars of paint
water, chopped up magazines and various
tools littered all over it. The walls are lined
with shelves, which are full to bursting with
albums, supplies, and tools. I generally have
a reasonably good idea of where a particular
object can be found, but I don’t think an
outsider would be able to find a thing.
Which craft tool could you simply not
live without?
Scissors! They’re the one tool I use in every
single craft I do. And I’m left-handed, so I’m
very picky about the scissors I use.
What advice would you give to any
aspiring crafters?
Do it for the process and because you love it.
Don’t ever focus on trying to justify what you
do by earning money or praise for it. Craft for
craft’s sake, put your soul into it, and that will
show through in the quality and the honesty of
what you make.
Essie Ruth is a passionate crafter who can turn
her hand to almost anything. Her beautiful blog
essieruth.com features hundreds of inspirational
handmade projects, from felt flower wreaths to
art journaling, as well lots of delicious recipes.
Ever since her first crafty passion for cross stitch
took hold at the age of nine, she has been finding
new ways to express her creativity, and finds
crafting hugely beneficial for her health and
well-being – using it to control her PTSD, Bipolar
II disorder and anxiety. She often works alongside
her young son Arty who is always eager to join in.
Essie Ruth
Compulsive crafter and art journaling
enthusiast Essie Ruth
I don’t remember ever not being crafty. I’ve always had
busy hands and an even busier mind
Essie combines painting, papercraft and
journaling to create stunning works of art
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PAPER CRAFT
Wooden notebook Transform pretty, printed postcards
into a sweet and sturdy booklet
ProjectbyJoBoland
Papermania Tales from
Willson Wood
Wooden Postcards
Sticker Sheet
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W
e just love the wooden postcards that
come free with this issue; so detailed
and delicate that you could just keep
them as they come. We decided to transform
them into a lovely little book that's the perfect
size to pop in your handbag. Tie together with
natural jute for easy opening.
Punch holes 1½" from the top and
bottom of two wooden postcards with
an Xcut Screw Hole Punch.
The postcards are double-sided, with
two gorgeous designs to choose from,
so pick which one you want on the front!
Trim plain paper into 4 x 5.5" pieces.
Stack them up and punch holes 1¼"
from the top and bottom.
Hold the wooden postcard covers and
paper in place with two short lengths of
jute twine.
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Fall in love with your pens again and pop a package of joy in the post
Use double-sided tape underneath
craft tape to attach the flaps
to one another
Happy mailThe handwritten
revolution

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Decorate theenvelope with pens,paints, twine,die-cuts and more!
Papermania Tales from Willson Wood
A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack
(PMA 16O326) RRP £11.95
Papermania Country Life
A4 Paper Pack Linen
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or those of you who don’t know, happy
mail (otherwise known as snail mail)
is quite literally something sent in the
post with the intent to make someone else
happy. This can incorporate a handwritten
and thought-out letter, a creative parcel, a
decorated envelope or even a care package.
Whatever is sent, its main purpose should
be to put a smile on the recipient’s face.
Intrigued by this lovely concept, we decided
to ﬁnd out more.
Fabrizia Ausiello who runs www.
snailmaillove.com and www.thepostalsociety.
com says that happy mail is a personal way
to connect with her friends around the world.
“I hope to spread a little bit of happiness with
every letter I write,” she says, as she always
tries to put together mail she thinks they’d
like while expressing her creativity.
Papermania
Geometric Neon
Embellishments
(PMA 3564O1)
RRP £4
Layer pages with patterned vellum for a
subtle splash of background colour
Colour wooden shapes to
co-ordinate with your project
using Artiste permanent pens
Mini envelopes are always fun to use
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Andrea Raymond-Wong, who co-writes
the blog www.8balloons.com, started sending
letters as a way of keeping in touch with
her friends when she and her family moved
around as a child. “I love to send happy mail
because it’s a way to be creative, to connect
to people and to send a little warmth and
care through the post.” A couple of years ago
she began documenting her daily snail mail
adventures on Instagram for a ‘6O days of
letter writing’ challenge and discovered its
large snail mail community. After the 6O days
had ended, Andrea decided to continue; she
has written a letter every day since. “Why?” we
ask her, “It’s a great time to reﬂect on the day,
to be creative and to connect to people near
and far.”
Why get involved?
Sending mail is a rewarding hobby, according
to author of books Snail Mail and Care
Packages, Michelle Mackintosh. She says that
participants can either make new friends or
reconnect with old ones. It’s also a great way to
correspond with people all over the world.
©AndreaRaymond-Wong
I love to send happy mail because it’s a way to
be creative, to connect to people and to send a
little warmth and care through the post
Papermania
Geometric Neon
Envelope Bags
(PMA 16512O) RRP £2
Papermania
Geometric Neon
Craft Tape
(PMA 462241) RRP £3
Papermania
Using a similar colour scheme
throughout the happy mail
helps to link all the sections
together. Ultimate packs are
perfect for this
Create a patterned
background with
decorative stamps
Use paper and
die-cuts to add
interest to the page
Papermania Geometric
Neon A4 Ultimate
Die-cut & Paper Pack
(PMA 16O237)
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Andrea believes others should send out
happy mail, as it connects senders to new
people and gets them involved in creative
collaborations such as Instagram’s #write_on
initiative. Sending happy mail, she says, takes
time and effort which is always appreciated in
today’s fast-paced world. “Putting pen to paper
and sending a note is a great way of letting
someone know that you’re thinking of them.
I personally believe this gesture to be really
special,” she says.
Daisy Martin, blogger at www.mygreencow.
co.uk, agrees that there is no reason why
a person shouldn’t give it a go. She began
documenting her mail on Instagram and now
sends letters to pen pals as well as to her long-
distance boyfriend.
For Fabrizia, letter writing is a dying art and
people should send more post. As much as an
email can be heartfelt and thoughtful, Fabrizia
Letter writing is a
dying art and people
should send more post
©JessicaLewis©JessicaLewis
Jessica says that sending happy mail is a
way to unleash creativity and meet people
Lorna Slessor
Aisha Green
“The Country Life collection is full
of colour and pattern, providing the
perfect starting point for a cheery
happy mail. I’d want to receive
something fun and light-hearted in
the post, so that’s what I send!”
“I love baking so I decided to use this
as the ‘theme’. I printed up some
recipe cards to pop into one of the
envelopes, I also created a die-cut
pouch for seeds so the recipient can
grow their own ingredients!”
Papermania
Country Life
Wooden Stamp
Set
Papermania
Tales from
Willson Wood
Wooden Tags
Papermania
Bare Basics
Wooden Caption
Letters
Papermania
Tales from
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Sticker Sheets
Lorna s
Aisha s
Team makes
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Australian author, illustrator and book
designer Michelle Mackintosh is another
advocator of happy mail, with her two
books, Snail Mail and Care Packages,
promoting the lost art of letter writing.
Michelle sends happy mail to her friends
and family, as well as the people she has met on social media
- taking the time to make her mail as personal as possible. “It’s
about carefully considering the person, making something fun
or thoughtful with their personality in mind, and sending it via
postal mail.”
Michelle started sending letters when she was a child by
writing to friends she met on holiday. It was here that she fell
in love with corresponding. “I loved decorating their letters and
including fun extras,” she elaborates.
Michelle always starts with a colour palette and picks things
she thinks the recipient would respond to – sometimes even
her own rubber stamps. More recently, the designer asked her
community of friends on Instagram for their input, and received
hundreds of letters and care packages to include in her books.
“I was overwhelmed with the amount of positive feedback,
support letters and mini parcels I received,” she says. “The best
part of the projects was the amount of positive feedback my
followers left for the beautiful mail art I posted on my account.”
doesn’t think it can convey the same message
that a letter can. Even sending a card to wish
someone a happy birthday is a form of happy
mail and can brighten someone’s day, she
expresses. “To me, happy mail is about packing
a little bit of happiness inside an envelope and
sending it through the post.”
For Jessica Lewis, who blogs at www.
papertraildiary.com, sending mail is a way
of relaxing and unwinding. She believes that
others could benefit from this too. “Making mail
is just as enjoyable for the sender as it is for
the receiver,” she adds. Jessica used to write
letters as a child but picked it up again to trade
zines with some friends she met at a festival.
“I had found people with shared interests and
opinions, but they didn’t live where I did.” Happy
mail offered the perfect way to stay in touch.
How to get involved
Finding someone to send your happy mail to is
easier than you might think, says Jessica. She
suggests visiting forums such as The Postal
Society and The International Geek Girls Pen
Pal Club. Alternatively, she advises that sending
mail to a family member or posting an advert
on Instagram and using a hashtag also works.
Andrea suggests joining groups such as More
Love Letters, where individuals are nominated
by their friends and family, with their stories
posted on the website for others to write
to them. Seeing the joy that the recipients
experience after having over 1,OOO love letters
delivered is enough to convince anyone to
send something. Daisy agrees that websites
can be great sources to get connected with
other senders. She regularly uses Instagram
hashtags to find and follow specific happy mail
© Fabrizia Ausiello
Fab created The Postal Society as a way to engage others in
creative swaps and saw that as a place to exchange happy mail
©CarePackagesbyMichelleMackintosh(HardieGrant,
£14.99)Photography:ChrisMiddleton
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Daisy’s happy mail is varied, colourful and fun. Tape, stickers and tags are used to great effect
Daisy’s envelopes are beautifully designed
accounts and heads to Pinterest to find ideas of
what to send. “I tend to pick and choose little bits
I like from a handful of photos, and then combine
them into my own style,” she explains.
Once you’ve found a pen pal to send your
fun-filled post to, Andrea suggests decorating
the envelopes with washi tape as well as adding
small gifts to your package. Stickers, chocolate
or tea work well, she states. “Imagine having a
rough day and coming home to a mailbox filled
with envelopes and handwritten letters,” she
adds. “It’s seriously lovely and sure to bring a
smile to someone’s face!”
Michelle advises buying some good pens
from an art or craft shop and making a separate
address label. That way, if you mess up your
address it won’t affect the envelope art. Choosing
special stamps from the post office and using
your best handwriting is also key. “I love to make
my own envelopes and seal them with Japanese
washi tape,” she finishes.
Like Andrea, Michelle also suggests adding
a little ’flat-packed extra’. Treats that are light,
slim and fit into an envelope, such as confetti,
bookmarks, origami, paper balloons and sticker
sheets are great ways of making your recipient’s
day and also save on postage costs.
If you’re stuck for ideas, Daisy says that a great
place to start is by decorating some plain writing
paper and envelopes. “I still do this when I don’t
have a lot of time to create a full piece of happy
mail.” Importantly, both Daisy and Jessica say that
it is crucial to check the price of your post before
sending it, as bulky mail can get expensive.
Whatever you send, there’s no need to be
intimidated by the amount of work that seems to
go into happy mail. Fabrizia believes that whether
you’re a beginner or have had a go before, it’s
important to be creative and put your own stamp
on it. “The most important part of happy mail is
to have fun with it and make connections with
people you love,” she says. Jessica agrees. “The
more people send mail, the better our postal
services will do, more friendships will be made
and the snail mail revolution will keep on going.”
More Love Letters
Nominate a friend who needs
cheering up for a love letter or write
to one of the people already listed. It
might not seem like a lot but it will
definitely make the recipient’s day.
www.moreloveletters.com
Pocket Letters are a great way to send
mail to friends in miniature form. Join
in to find your new pen pal, then fill
your pocket pages with fun things!
www.pocketletterpals.com
Find your new friends through
hashtags such as #penpalswanted,
#penpalsneeded and share using
#snailmailrevolution or #happymail.
www.instagram.com
Getting involved in the 1OO day
project, like Fabrizia, will keep you
motivated and inspired. Pick a start
date and share your mail adventures
with the world!
www.the1OOdayproject.com
Imagine having a rough day and coming home
to a mailbox filled with envelopes and handwritten
letters. It’s seriously lovely!
©DaisyMartin
©JanetteLane©FabriziaAusiello©AndreaRaymond-Wong
©DaisyMartin
Instagram hashtags
100 day project
Pocket Letters
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Etchedwood cardShow your loved one how much you care by carving
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PAPER CRAFT
T
his mixed-media project is a great way to
get your hands messy and treat a special
someone. Recreate romantic nostalgia and
engrave a sweet heart into crafted bark, topped off
with a length of jute. You could even frame it and
keep it in your home as a sweet symbol of your
relationship, to last for years to come!
Cut six Mr Smith’s Workshop papers slightly
smaller than a 5 x 7" card blank and glue on
top of each other, leaving 1cm unstuck around the
edges. Ensure that a wood-effect print is on top,
to make the card look like bark. Ink the edges with
black and chocolate ink pads.
Run the glued layers through the Xpress
Machine with a large heart die and put
the die-cut hearts to one side. Brush black and
chocolate ink around the heart and spritz the layers
with water. Leave for a few seconds then spritz
again. Carefully rip and tear the layers with a craft
knife and leave to dry.
Scribble a brown Santoro Watercolour Dual-
tip Pen onto an acrylic block and mix with
a little water. Apply to the torn areas with a small
paintbrush. Repeat with a darker brown and colour
smaller areas directly with the pen. Shade in some
more areas with a black pen and gently lift up the
edges of all the layers.
Cover a Country Life wooden sign with pale
textured paper. Ink the edges with chocolate
ink, stamp ‘Love you’ in black and thread brown
natural jute through the holes. Attach the sign at an
angle with a light adhesive. Wrap the jute around
the layers several times and glue to the front of a
5 x 7" kraft card blank.
Die cut your initials through the hearts and
glue them in place on the card front. Etch a
plus sign in between the letters with a craft knife.
Cut an arrow across the heart and lightly rip and lift
the edges. To ﬁnish, colour with black and brown
pens to create depth.
Sarah Jackman Read
An afternoon make
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SARAH
LOVES
Papermania
Mr Smith’s Workshop
12 x 12" Paper Pack
(PMA 16O321)
RRP £6.95
Papermania
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Papermania Mr Smith's Workshop
12 x 12" Paper Pack RRP £6.95
Country Life Wooden Signs RRP £2
Xcut Nesting Dies Heart RRP £9.95
Turn to page 96 to ﬁnd the full list of supplies
MUST HAVES

TRICKS OF THE TRADEExperiment with partial die cutting on this lovely, fresh menu

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WORKSHOP
W
e’re pretty sure that most of you are familiar
with how dies work. The shiny metal shapes
that make cutting cardstock easy are
super-versatile and are used in a whole lot of our
projects. This month we’re looking into using them
differently. Partial die cutting involves running part
of a die through the Xcut Xpress, so only a portion
of it cuts through the paper. This enables you to
recycle and re-use your dies in a multitude of ways
– nobody will know that it’s the same one!
Take an A5 piece of white cardstock – if you
don’t have the correct size then you can
always trim it down from a 12 x 12" or A4 sheet. Draw
a light pencil line 1½" from the top and 1" up from the
bottom of the cardstock.
This particular project uses the forest
shadow box dies, though there are plenty
of other designs you could use with the same
technique. Position the largest die from the set
on the cardstock, with the part you want cut lying
above the top pencil line. Before doing so, work out
which end you want at the top and which at the
bottom. Tape into position on the side below the
line to hold it in place. Use craft tape to do this; it
not only keeps it in place when running through the
die-cutting machine, but also allows you to lift the
cardstock and check the die has cut through.
Place the cardstock with the die attached
facing up on the base plate. Position the
cutting pad on top, but only over the top portion –
up to the pencil line. Run the sandwiched portion
through your Xcut Xpress Machine two to three
times. Ensure that you are using a flat cutting pad;
they can warp over time with lots of use. Having a
flat surface is very important, as it helps you to get
good, clean cutting results.
Remove the die. Line up the two points
where the partial die-cut stopped with a
ruler (this should be on or close to the pencil line)
and cut between them with a craft knife, leaving a
straight edge. Repeat this same process with the
line at the bottom of your cardstock.
Measure and make light pencil marks to
work out where the wording will go, and
neatly stamp your menu to finish.
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Jo Boland
An afternoon make
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LOVES
Xcut Shadow Box Dies
Forest (XCU 5O3121)
RRP £19.95
Xcut Shadow Box Dies
1 4
2
Papermania Wedding Ever After 5 x 7" Clear Stamps
Alphas & Numbers RRP £6.95
6 x 6" Clear Stamps Sentiments RRP £6.95
5 x 5" Clear Stamps Flourishes RRP £5
MUST HAVES
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Die cut balloons and a
sentiment with Xcut
Adhesive Glitter Card
Tie the balloons
together with lengths
of natural jute
Papermania Papier Patch
Deco Sheets Pink Rose
(PMA 169326) RRP £2
Xcut
Small Palm Punch Petal
(XCU 2616O8) RRP £3
Papermania Papier Patch

Six quick
cardsTake a peek at this month’s
savvy solution to speedy
papercraft projects
T
here’s nothing better than completing a card
in a short space of time; even better when it
looks as great as these ones. We’ve got a range
of occasions for you to choose from – craft a classic
birthday card, a sweet ‘thank you’ for a teacher or a
congratulatory notelet, amongst others.
Bridesmaid card
Got a big day coming up and want to ask a close
friend a special question? Do it with a cute card!
Papier Patch deco sheets are perfect for folding a
lovely bridesmaid dress - it's so easy!
Cover an A4 card blank with Folk Floral
paper. Stamp a coat hanger from the
haberdashery stamp set and heat emboss in gold.
Using the template on page 93, cut the dress
bodice and cover with a Papermania Pink Rose
Papier Patch Deco Sheet.
Cut a deco sheet strip to 8 x 26cm. Make
valley folds at 12 and 14cm and then work
outwards, alternating concertina folds at 1cm then
2cm. Gather the waistline to fit the bodice. Stick the
two together and create a matching waistband.
Punch a handful of flowers with the Xcut
Small Petal Palm Punch and add to the
dress. Trim a strip of Oyster Blush cardstock to form
a shelf and adhere to the card front. Attach the coat
hanger with a brad.
Make a row of drawers with a panel of
cardstock and three rectangles. Fix brads
for the handles and add depth with 3D foam pads.
Secure the dress over the hanger, sticking foam
tape behind the bodice.
Cluster a bunch of punched flowers and
arrange them into a bouquet with strips of
cardstock and a twine bow. Stamp the sentiment in
pink, cut out and attach to the card front.
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ProjectscreatedMagsWoodcock
Create a card blank with a cardstock
back and acetate front
Cover the join with
a Geometric Neon
patterned paper layer
Xcut
Large Dies Balloons
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'Thank you teacher' card
The end of term is nearing; let’s thank those
hard-working teachers with a sweet sentiment.
Keeping it classic with a shiny red apple, this
lovely greeting is something that your kids can
make themselves.
Cut a small white card blank into an
apple shape, using the template on page
93. Make sure that the fold is at the side and
that it stands upright.
Cover the card front with red cardstock,
trimmed to shape, and lightly ink the
edges chocolate brown. Cut a small stalk from
a piece of kraft cardstock and attach to the top.
Trim two green leaves (once again using the
template) and add thin veins along the centres
with a green Artiste Brush Tip Marker. Attach
these to the top of the apple.
Stamp ‘Thank you teacher’ onto a lined
kraft cardstock tag with black pigment
ink and the Papermania Wedding Ever After
Alphas & Numbers Clear Stamps. Ink around
the edges using an Artiste Chocolate Ink Pad,
as before.
Tie a short length of baker’s twine to
the tag in a small bow. Knot the ends to
prevent them from fraying and attach the tag
to the card front with 3D foam pads. Ink the
edges of the white card blank with red ink to tie
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PAPER CRAFT
Xcut
6 x 6" Embossing Folder
Small Polka Dot
(XCU 51517O)
RRP £4
Xcut
Emboss kraft cardstock
with the Xcut Small Polka
Dot Embossing Folder
Highlight the patternwith a chocolatebrown ink pad
Punch or die cut
cardstock circles and
overlap them
Wrap a skewer or dowelling
rod with jute twine

PAPER CRAFT
MAGS
LOVES
Papermania
Geometric Neon
A4 Die Cut and Paper Pack
(PMA 16O237)
RRP £12.95
Papermania
Xcut
Nesting Dies Circles
(XCU 5O3416)
RRP £9.95
Xcut
Vintage plates RSVP
Have you got a fun party or afternoon tea
planned for the near future? Send out a
charming RSVP like this to your selected
guests, complete with ﬂoral crockery and
protective die-cut envelope.
Mat and layer a sheet of Folk Floral
paper onto the front of a 19.5 x 13.5cm
landscape card blank. Punch out a few circular
Folk Floral die-cuts from the ultimate pack and
cut several plates from Folk Floral papers, using
small circle nesting dies. Add a little shading to
the centre of each one with a soft pencil and a
white pen to make them look like plates.
Die cut several more circles in pairs,
this time a little larger than before. Set
one from each pair aside and remove a round
aperture from the other; this will form the rim
of the plate. Heat emboss ﬂowers and leaves
onto the rims and various circular die-cuts,
using the Creativity Essentials Folk Floral Stamp
Set, gold pigment ink and embossing powder.
Stick the plates and rims together with
silicone glue. Arrange them all on a
panel of cream cardstock, cut slightly smaller
than the card blank. Once happy with the
design, secure them all down with 3D foam
pads. Ink the edges with an Artiste Chocolate
Brown Ink Pad and attach the panel to the card
blank with double-sided tape.
Fold an A4 sheet of vellum in half and
die cut ‘RSVP’ in the centre of one half.
Use the Xcut Wedding Alphabet & Numbers
Die Set for a bold effect. Put the card inside the
vellum to measure the space and mark and
fold in a strip on the front edges. Attach this to
the back with double-sided tape, using a paper
creaser set to ensure that the fold is sharp. Cut
a semicircle in the open end with a large palm
punch to help remove the card easily. Slot the
card into the envelope, front side up, and it's
ready to go!
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Papermania Folk Floral
A4 Double Sided Paper
Pack (PMA 16O319)
RRP £6.95

PAPER CRAFT
Engagement card
If someone important to you has a special
reason to celebrate, treat them with a lovely
card they’ll treasure for a long time. Adjust the
colours to suit them or personalise with their
very own message.
Mat and layer squares of pink cardstock
and Geometric Neon patterned paper
onto an 8 x 8" card blank. Die cut two circles of
different sizes from green vellum and stamp
gold hearts and swirls from the Creativity
Essentials Birthday Verses Stamp Set. Sprinkle
over gold embossing powder and use a heat
tool to set.
TIP When heat embossing onto vellum, be
careful not to hold the heat tool too close.
Moving it around in circular movements will
help prevent the vellum from warping or
getting too hot.
Using the template on page 93, cut two
hearts: one from pink cardstock and the
other from white. Make a ﬁne border around
each heart by pricking tiny holes with the Xcut
4 in 1 Embossing Pen.
Stamp and heat emboss
‘Congratulations on your engagement’
on Eau De Nil cardstock with gold pigment ink
and embossing powder. Neatly cut out each
individual letter in mini squares and rectangles.
Layer up the elements, following the
design in the image. Add a Geometric
Mono arrow embellishment and a mini
stamped arrow. Attach the sentiment to the
design with 3D foam pads, spacing the letters
around the hearts and across the card front.
Punch several mini hearts from co-
ordinating Xcut Adhesive Glitter Card,
Xcut Adhesive Metal Effect Sheets and plain
coloured cardstock. Scatter these over the card
and ﬁnish with a sprinkling of gold gems.
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Xcut Small Palm Punch
Traditional Heart
(XCU 2616O3)
RRP £3
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F
orever Friends is back this August! Take a sneak
peek at the new range of copper-foiled, hand-
scripted luxury – aptly entitled Opulent. The
rubber stamp set is brimming with stylised lettering
that will undoubtedly prove to be a versatile
favourite. Emboss your stamping and pair it with a
vibrant watercolour background for a one-off card.
To create the background, cut a piece of
white cardstock to fit the middle of an A5
card blank. Scribble ink all over an acrylic block with
various colours of Artiste Watercolour Dual-tip Pens
– ensuring that the colours don’t bleed into each
other. (Putting the stamp block on top of a white
piece of card makes it easier to see the colours).
Spray the scribbled ink with a little water (a
spritzing ink bottle works great for this) and
mix each colour with the water using an embossing
pen or wet paintbrush. Flip the block over as you
would when stamping and press down onto the
white cardstock. At this stage you can move the
block around a little to create different patterns.
Continue with this method until the cardstock is
covered or until you are happy with the look. Once
finished, dab off any excess water and place under
a weight while it dries; this will ensure the card will
remain flat, giving a better finish.
Trim a piece of Anita’s vellum to the same
width as the white cardstock panel. Stamp
the ‘Thank you’ sentiment in copper pigment ink
and sprinkle over copper embossing powder while
it’s still wet. Shake the excess powder back into
its container and set with a heat tool until all the
powder has melted. Once cool, dab small drops of
Anita’s Tacky Glue on each corner and attach to
the middle of the watercolour panel, making sure
that it's straight and the edges line up. Don’t worry
about the middle of the vellum strip being loose,
the space between the vellum and the painted
background blurs the watercolours and makes the
sentiment stand out more.
Fold a blue piece of A4 premium textured
cardstock into an A5 landscape card blank,
Copper'thankyou'card
Combine magnificent metallic embossing with an
alternative method for creating a watercolour background
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An afternoon make
GERALDINE
LOVES
Artiste
Watercolour Dual-tip
Pens & Caddy
(DOA 85131O)
RRP £34.95
Artiste
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creasing the edge with a bone folder to make a
sharp fold. Trim a copper Xcut Metal Effect Sheet
to just smaller than A5, peel off the backing and
stick to the card front. Add a layer of foam pads, or
strips of foam tape, to the back of your watercolour
panel. As it has been covered with water it will
have warped a little, so ensure there is enough
adhesive on the back to flatten it. Adhere securely
to the card blank. To finish, snip off a row of three
Forever Friends Adhesive Dome Borders and fix in
the corner.
Anita’s A4 Parchment Vellum
Plain White RRP £3
Artiste Pigment Ink Pad
Metallic Copper RRP £2
Adhesive Dome Borders Copper RRP £2
Papermania Embossing Powder Copper RRP £4
Xcut Xtra Adhesive Metal Effect Sheets RRP £5
MUST HAVES
A5 Clear Stamp Set
(FFS 9O7136)
RRP £8.95

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W
e love to deconstruct everyday craft
items and put an original spin on them,
transforming a traditional craft technique
into something unexpected. Who else is guilty of
chopping up the elements of build-a-scene dies
to form new landscapes? A Papermania Willson
Wood decoupage pack has been given the same
treatment for this beautiful layered notelet, mixing
different images and scales to give the effect of
looking into a woodland scene. An accordion fold
card is ideal for positioning the decoupage to create
a new 3D world, while still folding flat enough to
fit into an envelope. Sweet little charms make the
design special, adding dimension with wooden
leaves and pretty pine cones.
Create an accordion card structure by
following the steps to the right. Use a thick,
quality cardstock for this to make a strong base. We
chose white, though you could always co-ordinate
it with the colours you’re using in the decoupage.
Glue the first piece of the woodland decoupage in
the middle of the background panel. (You’ll probably
want to do this before assembling the card). Cover
the 1¾" frame with blue patterned paper and stick
the trees from the decoupage pack either side of
the aperture with Anita’s Tacky Glue.
Cover the 7/8" frame with bark patterned
paper. Add a floral border along the bottom
below the aperture, building up a scene with
flowers and foliage snipped from the decoupage.
Layer with foam pads for a 3D effect.
Stamp a tree onto white cardstock, using
the Creativity Essentials Build A Tree Stamp
Set. Cut it out carefully with a craft knife, leaving a
narrow border all the way around. It’s easiest to cut
out the inner sections first before cutting around
the outside.
Stamp groups of leaves onto a separate
piece of cardstock, mixing red, orange and
brown inks on the stamp. Shading ink pads are
great for this technique, as you can just move the
stamp around the pad. Fussy-cut around them
with a small, sharp pair of scissors, keeping some in
groups and dividing others into smaller sections.
Blot red and brown pigment ink onto a
clear acrylic block or tile. Pick up with a
damp paintbrush and colour some of the wooden
leaf charms, adding the darker colour towards the
centre of the leaf.
Arrange the fussy-cut leaves and the
wooden charms on the stamped tree, using
foam pads to build up dimensional layers. Mix in a
couple of cute metal pine cone charms and stick
some single stamped leaves.
Cover the front of the card with more blue
paper from the decoupage pack. Glue
the tree to the frame and add a sentiment below.
You can either take a sentiment straight from the
decoupage pack or stamp your own to make it
more personal to the recipient. Slot the inner layers
into the card between the accordion folds, adding a
dab of tacky glue to keep it in place.
Willson Wood
charm card
Snip and layer pretty, illustrated decoupage to craft
an enchanting, three-dimensional woodland scene
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An afternoon make
Craft Planet A4 Card White RRP £2
Creativity Essentials A6 Clear Stamp Set
Build A Tree RRP £5
Papermania Mini Ink Pads Pigment RRP £12.95
Tales from Willson Wood A4 Decoupage Pack
Forest Frame RRP £3.5O
Charm Pack RRP £4.5O
MUST HAVES
SHARON
LOVES
Willson Wood Charm
Pack (PMA 356OO1)
RRP £4.5O
Willson Wood Decoupage
Pack (PMA 169335)
RRP £3.5O
Creativity Essentials
A6 Clear Stamp Set Build
A Tree (DCE 9O713O)
RRP £5
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Glue the solid square to the end folds
and the frame with the largest aperture
to the front. Slot the remaining frames inside.
How to... make an accordion card
Cut four 5" cardstock squares. Cut
apertures in three of them; one with a
5/8" border, the second 7/8" and the last 1¼".
Cut two 5 x 3½" pieces of cardstock and
score at ½" intervals. Crease back and
forth to make an accordion fold.
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Turn to page 96 to ﬁnd the full list of supplies used in this feature
Woodland place settings
Add a touch of nature’s charm to your table with these elegant paper makes
T
he new Xcut Woodland Gift Tags Small
Dies are the perfect size for sweet die-cut
table decorations. Trim an 8.5cm square
of white cardstock and draw a faint pencil line
through the middle. Lay the die centrally on the
card with just the bottom of the die lying under
the line. Fix in place with a strip of craft tape.
Place the cardstock on the edge of a cutting
plate, so that the bottom half is hanging off the
end. Run through the machine. Rub out the
pencil mark and fold the card in half, leaving
the animal unfolded in the centre.
ProjectcreatedbySarahJackmanRead
Xcut
Small Dies Woodland Gift
Tags (XCU 5O4O31)
RRP £5

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3D mailbox cardCombine patterned papers and pretty die-cuts for this
three-dimensional notelet with adorable mini envelopes!

PAPER CRAFT
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O
nce upon a time, the only way to keep in touch
with your nearest and dearest was to write
them a letter and wait for one to come back.
We’re harking back to simpler times with this
adorable homage to the era of ‘snail mail’. Craft a
cute, three-dimensional mailbox, pop it on a card
and fill with all sorts of pockets and sweet notes.
Trim a piece of kraft cardstock to fit a
landscape A5 card blank. Cut a sheet of
Country Life paper slightly smaller and mat on top.
Stick to the card front.
Use the template on page 93 or trim two
pieces of grey cardstock to 1O x 21cm and 2 x
8.5cm. Round the top corners of the smaller piece.
Score the large panel at 1cm on one long side, and
2cm and 1cm on the short ends. Notch the middle
of the scored length. Emboss the cardstock with a
dogtooth embossing folder and glue the small tabs
together, making a curved shape. Stick the end
panel in place. Apply a 1cm strip of kraft cardstock to
the front and fix with brads. Cut a red cardstock ‘L’
shape and decorate with a white heart. Secure with
a brad and glue the completed mailbox to the card.
Use the English countryside borders dies to
trim grass and flower strips. Cut coloured
flowers and adhere on top. Stick die-cut toadstools
and the plain grass strip along the bottom.
Trim kraft cardstock to 5 x 6cm. Score at
1cm intervals and crease to form the mailbox
post. Glue and cover with Mr Smith’s Workshop
paper. Adhere on top of the grass, with the flower
strip overlapping.
Take a die-cut envelope from the Geometric
Kraft ultimate pack and use it as a template.
Create an air mail envelope with downloadable
papers and glue inside the box. Assemble a third
envelope out of vellum and leave this and the kraft
one loose in the mailbox.
Cut a small kraft sign and round the corners.
Punch two holes in the top, stamp ‘Sending
love’ and adhere a heart. Thread a length of jute
through the holes and hang from a brad.
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Papermania Country Life A5 Paper Pack Linen RRP £4
Mr Smith’s Workshop 6 x 6" Paper Pack RRP £4
Xcut A5 Die Set English Countryside Borders RRP £19.95
Large Dies Woodland Flourishes RRP £12.95
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PAPER CRAFT
Frame your favourite photos with glitter and twinkly stars
Film strip shaker card
A
special anniversary deserves a special
handcrafted notelet. Treat a loved one – or
a loved couple – to a precious, personalised
greeting with a collection of treasured photos. Keep
the classic colour scheme of white, black and silver
using the Geometric Mono range (perfect for a
silver wedding anniversary) or mix it up to suit the
recipient. The shaker film strip is easily removable
with a magnetic fastening – pop it on your fridge
and hold onto it forever.
Take a 6 x 6" panel of white cardstock and
die cut three square apertures on the right-
hand side, stacked on top of each other. Use the
square nesting die that fits all three the best.
Put the cardstock over a piece of Geometric
Mono patterned paper and trace the three
windows onto the back. Trim the paper down to a
5.5cm width, keeping the windows directly in the
centre. Follow the steps to the right to make the
shaker panel. If you want a splash more colour
on your card, you could always try out the Xcut
Xtra Coloured Acetate Sheets in place of the clear
acetate. Adhere strips of magnetic tape around the
window, ensuring that they’re hidden by the paper
and not showing through the acetate.
Trace the three windows in your white
cardstock onto the front of a white 6 x 6"
card blank. Print three selected photos to size (black
and white looks great for this project) and stick
them over your pencil lines.
Flip the cardstock panel over and stick more
thin strips of magnetic tape around the
apertures as a border. Fill the rest of the space with
3D foam tape to give dimension against the card
blank. Peel the backing off and adhere the panel
firmly to the card front, making sure to carefully
align the apertures with the photos.
Stamp ‘Happy anniversary’ onto a strip
of white cardstock with the Papermania
Wedding Ever After 5 x 7" Alphas & Numbers Stamp
Set. Do this in black and silver to co-ordinate with
the paper. Trim to fit the size of the sentiment and
the width of the white space. Stick to the left-hand
side of the card.
Add a little embellishment for that finishing
touch. Gather a short length of white thread
and punch a few vellum and patterned paper circles
from Geometric Mono paper. Stick these on top of
the thread in the corners of the card. Scatter a few
glitter stars and shimmer dome stickers around the
clusters to finish.
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Zinia Amoiridou
An afternoon make
Papermania Fine Glitter Silver RRP £1.75
Shimmer Dome Stickers RRP £1.5O
Stick it 3m Magnetic Craft Tape RRP £3
Xcut Nesting Dies Square RRP £9.95
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PAPER CRAFT
Trim your paper strip to 15cm tall and die cut three apertures in
the areas you traced previously. Cut and stick a piece of acetate
to the back.
Add thin strips of foam tape around the windows and fill with
glitter and confetti. Peel off the backing and secure a second strip
of acetate on top.
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The Creativity Community
Describe the first card
you ever made.
My first card… that was
a long time ago, but
I still have it! It was a
new baby card; it had
six squares on the front,
each with a different
baby-related image or embellishment on it. I
obviously loved it so much I didn’t give it away. I
laugh when I look at it now!
Have you always been a crafter?
I have, long before I knew that there was a name for
what I loved. I knitted and made doll's clothes when
I was young and I always had a pencil and colouring
books around. I can’t imagine a life without some
form of creativity in it – it’s like the air I breathe.
What motivated you
to apply for the PDT this year?
I almost didn’t. I’m not always confident in my
abilities and I applied at the last minute with some
encouragement from my fellow demonstrators and
members of the outgoing PDT. I thought “nothing
ventured, nothing gained” and crossed my fingers.
If you could take a guess at how many cards
you’ve made in your lifetime, what would the
magic number be?
Oh, that’s hard! It would be in the hundreds. Without
fail, I aim to make my next project my best!
You’ve got two minutes to do a trolley dash in a
craft store. Which aisle do you run to first?
Stamps, stamps, stamps, oh and ink… I think you get
the idea.
Say hey to demonstrator and PDT member Julie Hole
Creativity
Essentials
A5 Clear
Stamp Set
Meadow
RRP £8.95
“I love all of them. They’re
great value for money and
stamp crisply every time."
Julie s
Xcut Screw
Hole Punch
RRP £12.95
“It enables
you to place
three sizes of
hole anywhere. I love the
handle storage facility!”
I can't imagine a life without some
form of creativity in it
Meet the
maker

Write to us at Creativity@docrafts.com. Find our postal address on page 5
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Hello,
I've seen the new
Gorjuss watercolour
pens, but I have no
idea how to use them. I
can't see any videos of
anything showing the
new colours in action.
Can anyone give me
any tips?
nannybuttons via the
docrafts Forum
Creativity says:
The Santoro
Watercolour Dual-tip
Pens work in the same
way as our Artiste pens.
For best effects, scribble
a little ink onto a clear
stamp block, add water
and paint the colour
with a paintbrush. For
more tips, take a look at
our website for a brand
new video!
Forget covering pre-made
notebooks, craft your own
with this super-impressive
link-stitched binding
technique. Visit http://bit.
ly/1TqcYpg to learn how.
Watch more crafty videos
at youtube.com/docrafts.
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Dear docrafts,
I was inspired by the hello stamp [given away
free in Creativity issue 66] to make this card. I
stamped with masking fluid, blended over the top
with inks and then added stamping using the Folk
Floral stamp set. I really liked the finished card, so I
thought I would send it to you. Hope you like it.
Kindest regards,
Christine Smith
Creativity says: Thank you so much for sending
your card to us Christine, it is beautiful! Receiving
cards in the post always makes our day – it's
amazing what a big difference a little treat makes!
Lovely colour choice and wonderful use of the Folk
Floral stamps. We loved that free cover gift too – it's
so versatile!
STAR LETTER
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worth of craft
goodies!
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Little Venice Cake Company have
a super tool set for modelling
sugarcraft designs, but have
you ever thought to use them
for paper makes? Some of you
have already caught on to this
trick... Manipulate little cardstock
flowers with the fondant ball
tool to add shape to the petals.
They could even work as paper
creasers – who knew?
Name: Giorgia Rossini
docrafts gallery name:
GiorgiaRossini
“When I start
working on a
layout, I always draw a
sketch to ‘build’ it; it really
helps to make a well-
balanced, eye-catching
page. Also gather all
the possible
supplies first!”
Little Venice Cake Company Beginner Dual Tip
Modelling Tool Set (LVC 2351OO) RRP £7.99
Craft nugget
Cake-making tools can also be used to
enhance your papercrafts
Did you know?
@the_chronic_crafter has gone all-out on Santoro this
month, scooping up each of the new stamps, plus more.
This month's star products picked by the docrafts community
Anita’s Tacky glue is excellent for all types of projects
and has a super-fine nozzle for precise application
on tiny items. Store it upside down once the bottle
is open (with the lid firmly on of course) to prevent
any annoying blockages from forming. Make sure to
replace the lid immediately after use to keep your
glue fresh and flowing smoothly!
Recommended for: A plethora of papercraft
projects, great for adhering paper to paper as well as
ribbon, trim and gems. The tiny nozzle also comes in
handy for gluing fiddly filigree die-cuts.
Sticky foam pads are always a popular choice!
They provide an instant lift for embellishments
on projects, giving even the simplest card or
layout the wow-factor.
Recommended for: Any papercraft or
scrapbooking projects that you want to add
dimension to.
Many of you said you couldn't be without your
tweezers. The reverse tweezers (from the
Anita's pack) are PDT member Kieron Franklyn's
desert island product… He has six pairs!
Recommended for: Intricate, fiddly work, such
as adhering small gems and die-cuts. They also
work well for assembling decoupage.
Anita’s Tacky Glue
Stick it! 3D Foam Squares
Xcut 13" GuillotineRRP £2 (PVA 22172)
RRP £1 (STI 4OOO)
RRP £34.95 (XCU 268411)
This guillotine is a dependable tool that some of you use for every
project (PDT member Julie Hole's husband even uses it!). The sharp
blade works flawlessly for cutting cardstock time and time again. It
even has dimensions down the side for measuring your makes.
Recommended for:
Papercraft projects with
precision. Use this for
cards as well as scrapbook
pages and stationery.
Perfect for even the
largest of makes.
Anita’s Craft Tweezers Set
RRP £5 (ANT 2681OOO)
Your #docraftsHaul
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offer their top tips
Rated and recommended

E
veryone loves a cake, but we’re not all
aficionados when it comes to decorating
them! (Sometimes it’s a lot harder than it
looks…). Use your papercrafting skills to add
that extra-special touch to a tasty bake, with
the conveniently-cut Forever Friends Opulent
Alphabet Flags. With two of each letter per
pack, it’s easy to spell out fun words and
phrases to top your confectionery. If you want
your bunting double-sided, select the letters
and position them back-to-back. If not, use the
flags as a template to cut shapes from plain
cardstock. Cover the back of one with adhesive
and firmly sandwich the twine in between two
flags. Tie the ends around dowelling rods and
pop in the cake!
Alphabet Flags RRP £2.5O
Metallic Twine RRP £2
Little Venice Cake Company
Dowelling Rods RRP £3.99
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ProjectbyLornaSlessor
ForeverFriendsbuntingDecorate a bake with a sweet string of mini paper flags
Quickmake!
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PAPER CRAFT
GoodyBag makesWith Forever Friends and Tales from Willson Wood inside this month’s
Goody Bag, there’s no end to the lovely projects you can produce!

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Layered fox notelet
Trim two pieces of Willson Wood paper
to roughly 3 x 6", distressing the edges
with a sharp pair of scissors. Ink around both
panels with a brown ink pad and mat together
at an angle with double-sided tape. Stick these
to the left-hand side of a Tales from Willson
Wood A5 card, positioned landscape.
Take the fox topper from the ultimate
pack and, again, ink the edges with a
brown ink pad. Adhere on top of the wood-
print paper with 3D foam pads. Repeat the
same steps with a die-cut sentiment and stick
to the card, overlapping the other papers.
Die cut three toadstools from an A5
adhesive cork sheet, using the Xcut
Woodland Flourishes Die Set. Ink the stems and
colour the tops with a red Artiste Watercolour
Dual-tip Pen. Apply a layer of Anita’s 3D Clear
Gloss and leave to dry. Top with a second coat.
Attach two toadstools on top of the fox die-cut
with Anita’s Tacky Glue and the third just below
with 3D foam pads.
Forever Friends hexagon card
Trim a white piece of cardstock to
the same size as your portrait card
blank. Die cut a selection of hexagons from
contrasting cardstock and Xcut Adhesive Cork
Sheets using the largest and smallest dies from
the Xcut mini die set.
Position the hexagons so that they run
down the centre of the cardstock panel.
To create a layered effect, use foam pads to
raise some of the die-cuts.
Cut a 2cm strip of vellum 4cm wider
than your card blank. Wrap the vellum
around the centre of the design and secure
to the back of the panel. Stick a die-cut ‘Hello’
from the decoupage pack onto the strip with
thin double-sided tape.
Add shiny copper accents to the card
with Forever Friends Adhesive Dome
Borders, using a small pair of scissors to detach
individual domes from the strips. Stick some
of the embellishments straight onto the white
background and others onto the die-cut
hexagons. Use as many or as few as you wish -
it’s up to you!
Place strips of double-sided tape onto
the front of your card blank and mat the
decorated panel on top.
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Keep your papers together, display some wall art – even pop a magnet on the back and
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N
ot all clouds are unwelcome in the summer!
This twinkly mobile has a fashionable rose-
tinted hue (unlike the grey ones we’d like to
avoid) with streams of cute little raindrops. Using
some adhesive mirror shapes will scatter hints of
light around the room, making for a very desirable
decoration. Although mobiles are generally found
in children’s rooms, we think this one is certainly
stylish enough to be a fun addition to a quirky living
room, bedroom or craft space. Don’t you agree?
A pack of Craft Planet Polystyrene Balls will
be your best friend for this project. We’ve
used the 2cm ones, though you could always go
bigger or alternate the sizes if you wish. Take a
pack of tissue paper and tear the sheets into little
patches. Coat sections of each polystyrene ball with
a layer of Anita’s Tacky Glue and carefully adhere
the tissue paper over the top – taking care to
ensure they’re as ﬂat and crease-free as possible. (If
you’re a deco sheet fan then you’ll already be a pro
at this technique!). Doing this makes painting the
polystyrene a lot easier, as it no longer has the shiny
ﬁnish. Put these aside to dry.
Take a selection of colours of Artiste Acrylic
Paint – this mobile has Blush Pink, Dusty
Rose, Linen, Rose Pink, Sage and Titanium Gold,
though you can tailor it to suit your home décor.
Coat each ball with a few layers of paint, waiting
for it to dry between each one. When dry, thread
the balls onto a length of craft wire and bend into a
cloud shape. Twist the two ends together to secure.
Cut a handful of raindrops from coloured
cardstock, using the adhesive mirror shapes
as a template. Glue these back to back, sandwiching
lengths of thread between the pairs. Mix in some
mirrored shapes for a highlight and add Anita’s 3D
Gloss to some drops. Tie the threads to the bottom
of the cloud for a shower of pretty droplets.
Sharon Dobson
A day make
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Cloud mobilePolystyrene balls like you’ve never seen them before!
Paint and thread onto wire for a lovely hanging feature
SHARON
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Papermania
Capsule Geometric Kraft
Adhesive Mirror
Shapes Teardrops
(PMA 3517O4)
RRP £3
Papermania
Anita’s 3D Clear Gloss RRP £1.75
Craft Planet 2cm Polystyrene Balls RRP £1.5O
Artiste Acrylic Paint Sage RRP £1.25
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f you’re an avid crafter, PVA or craft glue will
be a craft stash staple (we certainly couldn’t
be without it...). However, you may not be
aware of its many magical benefits; it can
be used for far more than just sticking down
cardstock, you know! Create your own custom
materials by mixing a plethora of product with
the liquid adhesive – from Artiste Acrylic Paint
to Glitz it glitter and everything in between.
Once dry, incorporate it into your makes for
that extra splash of colour, pattern and texture.
Here we’ve used glass paint to create a marbled
effect (the latest craft trend) to top a gift box
- perfect for handmade gifts and delicious
homemade treats.
Start by creating the marbled square in
the lid. Spread an even layer of PVA glue
onto a sheet of acetate, making sure that it’s
nice and smooth. To help get an even coating,
hold the sheet up vertically so that the glue
can flow downwards. Keep rotating the acetate
at the corners until happy with the coverage
and the thickness of the glue layer. Be careful
to avoid any of the glue dripping off the edges
while you do so!
Drizzle the glass paints over the glue in
a swirling motion. You can use the end
of a paintbrush to create more movement with
Craft Planet PVA School Glue RRP £2.75
Artiste Glass Paint Aquaglass Lapis Lazuli RRP £2
Artiste Glass Paint Aquaglass Deep Petrol Blue RRP £2
Papermania 12 x 12" Acetate Plain RRP £6.5O
We’re rediscovering the craft product that everyone has in
their cupboards; just the thing for striking patterns and textures
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the colour. Leave to dry in a warm, sunny spot –
drying time will be dependent on the thickness
of the glue and what’s been added to the piece,
as well as size and weather conditions. Be
patient and don’t worry if your glue takes days
to dry – it can be a lengthy process!
Once the piece is completely dry (it will
have turned clear), peel the glue off
the acetate. Mark a square on the lid of a Bare
Basics box, leaving a 1cm border around the
edge. Carefully remove it with a craft knife and
cutting mat. (You could also choose from star,
hexagon, heart, rectangle and circle shaped
nesting boxes if you prefer).
Cut the dried PVA sheet to size and
position on the inside of the lid. Secure
in place with a hot melt glue gun, holding it
tight while it dries. Cover the outside of the box
with Xcut Xtra Adhesive Cork Sheets. Lastly,
create a frame from kraft cardstock to cover
the raw edges of the PVA square inside the box.
Secure with double-sided tape.
TIP There’s no right or wrong side to the
finished material. If you want to add texture to
your project, use the rougher top side. If you
want a shiny, silky-smooth surface, use the
side that’s been adhered to the acetate.
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Sketch your holiday location with
a pencil – don’t worry, this doesn’t
have to be perfect! Trace with
a black pen and colour in using
Artiste Watercolour Dual-tip Pens.

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e all know that despite our best wishes,
the British summer weather isn’t
always as glorious as we’d like. For
those grey days in the school holidays, keep
your kids busy with some great activity pages
that will amuse them for hours. All you need is
a handful of colourful craft supplies and you’re
already halfway there!
Xcut
Medium Palm Punch Petal
(XCU 26171O)
RRP £4
Artiste
Watercolour Dual-tip Pens & Caddy
(DOA 85131O)
RRP £34.95
Xcut Nesting Dies Square
(XCU 5O34O2) RRP £9.95
Papermania Capsule
Verde Adhesive Stones
(PMA 351415)
RRP £1.5O
Artiste
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Use square nesting dies and
coloured cardstock to make
three Polaroid-style frames.
Mount photos and stick
these to the page with 3D
foam pads.
Rainy day
activity bookKeep the kids busy this summer with a few fun and crafty pages
Connect each photo to the
corresponding place on the
map using baker’s twine.
Add adhesive stones to
mimic pushpins.
Trim a 16 x 8.5cm panel of cream cardstock and cut
notches at the top. Draw lines with a pencil and ruler.
Stick down and use as a journaling card.

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Papermania
Colour In Glitter
Stickers Toadstools
(PMA 8O42O8)
RRP £1
Craft Planet
Fun Stickers Princess
(CPT 8O5276) RRP £1
Print the path template from
the website onto A3 paper.
Your child can decorate the
scene and add cute characters
with Craft Planet Fun Stickers.
Personalise the page by
stamping the child’s name at the
top using the Craft Planet foam
stamps and Papermania mini
ink pads.
Stick Papermania Colour
In Glitter Stickers onto the
page and colour them in
with glitter markers, pens
and pencils.

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Craft Planet
Foam Stamp Set Daisy Alpha
(CPT 66611O3) RRP £2
Xcut
Mini Dies Alphas Pt. 1
(XCU 5O3625) RRP £2.5O
Xcut Dies Jigsaw Pieces
(XCU 5O3231) RRP £9.95
Use Craft Planet foam
stamps to make a title
and decorate the page.
Stick ‘Puzzles’ down
with 3D foam pads to
make it stand out.
Stamp a picture with mini ink pads
and use the Xcut jigsaw die to
transform it into a puzzle. Cut a blue
square to position the puzzle on.
Use the envelope dies to make an envelope
that will house the letters for the word search.
Cut the letters with the alphas mini dies.

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Play peek-a-boo with your papercraft projects,
incorporating apertures to see what lies beneath
Craftingwith apertures
A
project with dimension is always a hit with us
crafty folk. We've created two cards and a fab
scrapbook page with multiple layers and little
windows – enabling you to take a look at the papers
and patterns behind. Flick through the following
pages to see for yourself.

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Cute camping card
A tent card is a treat that’s great for all ages:
experienced glampers, forever-young festival-goers
and anyone who enjoys being able to spend time at
one with nature.
To make the tent aperture, make pencil
marks 3cm, 6cm and 9cm away from the
bottom right-hand corner of a white landscape A5
card blank. Measure upwards from the 6cm mark
and make dots at 5cm and 13cm. Join the lower
dots with the 5cm mark to make a small triangle
and cut out.
Trim 2O x 14cm of dark blue cardstock and
19.5 x 13.5cm of light blue. Tear a 4 x 12cm
strip of dark green paper and a second one to 3.5
x 12cm. Layer the smaller one on top to create hills.
Mat all of the pieces together and attach to the
card blank. Open the card up and cut the triangular
aperture out of all three layers from behind.
Create the tent, following the steps below.
Ink around the edges with a blue dye ink
pad. Glue onto the card front, matching up with
the aperture. Line the inside of your card with co-
ordinating Folk Floral paper.
Use the Xcut Family Tree Dies to cut a tree
from kraft cardstock and grass from green.
Trim the branches of the tree to fit your card. Make
a string of bunting using the Xcut Mini Bunting and
mini stars dies, attach 3D foam pads to the back
and secure to the card front. Create blossom with
an Xcut Small Petal Palm Punch and scatter over
the tree. To finish, die cut a flag with a mini bunting
die and position on the top of the tent.
Jennie Nicell
An afternoon make
12 x 12" Double Sided Paper Pack RRP £7.95
Xcut A5 Die English Countryside Borders RRP £19.95
Mini Dies Bunting RRP £2.5O
Mini Dies Stars RRP £2.5O
Small Palm Punch Petal RRP £3
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How to... make the tent
Cut two 12 x 13cm triangles and stick together. Mark 3cm, 6cm, and 9cm along the base and 5cm
up from the middle. Join the dots.
Score the diagonal lines and cut the centre
line from the base up to the 5cm point.
Fold back the doors of the tent along the
score lines. Secure in place or leave open.
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Sheets Pastels
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Die-cut cloud layout
You may have used your dies to decorate your
scrapbook pages before, but have you ever used
them to create apertures in the background? This
lovely holiday layout has die-cut clouds from the
versatile Xcut All Aboard Build A Scene Dies to bring
in splashes of colour and pattern from behind. Why
not put extra photos in the apertures to incorporate
more memories into your design?
Take a 12 x 12" sheet of white textured
cardstock and follow the steps below to
die-cut cloud apertures. Once cut and backed,
mount the cardstock onto another sheet of 12 x 12"
cardstock and mat a 12 x 4" piece of patterned paper
along the bottom. This can be the same as the
paper behind some of your apertures or a different
co-ordinating one.
Select a photo and carefully mount it on a
Craft Planet Funky Foam sheet, cut to size.
The foam makes it stand out from the page without
using a whole load of 3D foam dots. If your photo
doesn’t already have a white border, it may help
to mat it onto a sheet of white cardstock and trim
around the edge.
Pop out a die-cut border from the ultimate
pack and snip in half. Position it so that the
ends are underneath the photo to make it appear to
stretch the full width of the page. This works best
when the die-cut is a similar pattern and colour to
your background paper. Stick the photo down with
double-sided tape.
Write a little journaling on a matching
die-cut from the ultimate pack and tuck it
under the photo. Fold the edges upwards slightly to
add dimension. Stick a ﬁshtail banner and a die-cut
label underneath the photo to note down the date
and add extra interest. Adhere strips of Geometric
Neon craft tape along the tops.
Arrange a couple of coloured wooden
chevrons and an arrow from the Geometric
Neon embellishment pack around the photo to
draw the eye in. Pick out a bold colour from the
photo when selecting your embellishments to really
make the image stand out.
Jo Boland
An afternoon make
Craft Planet 9 x 12" Funky Foam Sheet
White 65p each
Papermania Geometric Neon
A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack RRP £11.95
Craft Tape RRP £3
Embellishments RRP £4
MUST HAVES
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Xcut
Build A Scene Dies
All Abroad Around
the World Kinetic
(XCU 5O3O73)
RRP £21.95
Xcut
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Trim the cardstock to 12 x 8". Position your dies
on the sheet and run through the Xcut Xpress
Machine. Repeat this process and keep your
die-cuts. Cut vellum and patterned paper
pieces slightly larger than the clouds. Turn
the cardstock over and stick them over the
apertures. Add die-cut clouds on top of the
page with glue dots and foam pads to make
them really stand out.
Creating the apertures
Xcut Xpress Machine (XCU 2683OO) RRP £139.95
them really stand out.
Xcut Xpress Machine (XCU 2683OO) RRP £139.95
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How to... create the bicycle
Pretty window card
This summer we’re loving textured, three-
dimensional cards to help us celebrate those special
occasions. This delightful window scene can be
given for a multitude of triumphant moments,
from moving home to retirement or birthdays. The
photorealistic papers from the Mr Smith’s Workshop
ultimate pack make getting the right look easy and,
best of all, great fun. Countryside die-cuts embellish
the window box perfectly, with a little paper piecing
thrown in for extra measure!
Take an 8 x 8" card blank and trim to 15
x 19.5cm. Cut a 6 x 15cm sheet of kraft
cardstock and stamp a brickwork design. Heat
emboss with copper powder and glue to the bottom
of the card. Cut six planks from grey wooden Mr
Smith’s Workshop paper. Score each one a little
from the edge, fold upwards and add 3D foam tape
to the back. Set aside.
Cut a 7 x 9cm rectangle in the centre of the
card front. Use the template on page 93
to trim grey and white window pieces and cut the
apertures carefully with a craft knife. Snip vellum
to just smaller than the window and stick behind,
adding a short length of lace trim to the top before
you do. Glue the white frame to the front and put
the window to one side.
Lay the paper planks around the aperture
on the card front, cutting to size and
overlapping each as you go. Start from the bottom
and work up, sticking in place with tacky glue and
the pre-adhered foam tape. Attach 3D foam pads to
the edges of the window frame and glue to the top
and bottom. Secure in place over the aperture.
Using the Xcut English Countryside Borders
Die Set, cut out the grass, meadow ﬂowers
and tree border strips from three shades of green
cardstock. Paper piece the meadow strip with
scraps of cardstock, adding colour to the ﬂowers.
Ink all pieces with brown dye ink and shape gently.
Glue the grass strip to the bottom of the card.
Cut a window box from the template
provided. Emboss with the wicker folder
and ink the pattern with a brown ink pad. Fold the
ends and stick at the bottom of the window. Cut the
foliage to the width of the box and tuck inside.
Create the bicycle, following the steps below,
and stick to the card front with foam pads.
Add grass off-cuts around the wheels. Cut a second
window frame and stick around the aperture inside
the card to neaten edges. Finally, add a house
number with a thicker sticker.
Julie Hole
An afternoon make
Use the template to cut each section
from coloured cardstock. Secure the
wheels to the bike.
Ink the saddle with brown Artiste
Pigment Ink and glue in place. Add 3D
foam pads to the back.
Glue grips to the handlebars and attach
pedals to the small circular area at the
bottom. Use tweezers for precision.
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Xcut
English Countryside
Border Dies Set
(XCU 5O3O47)
RRP £19.95
Xcut
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How to...
make the cover
Emboss a 14cm
square sheet of
white cardstock. Punch two
holes along the edge and
attach to a chipboard page.
Die cut ‘Watch
me grow’ in kraft
cardstock and funky foam
and layer together. Repeat
with a panel of gingham.
Stick to the cover
and embellish with
die-cut strawberries and
stamped bees. Sew French
knots on the strawberries.
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Babyscrapbook gift
Make this fun project for a new mum-to-be; it’s a unique
present that will keep on giving for a whole year!
T
his adorable 'Watch me grow' scrapbook is like
no other; prepare and present it to someone
to fill up over time. The premise is simple: pop
a one-year-old Babygro in a crafted gift box along
with the book and take a photo of the baby in the
same garment each month for a year. By the end
of the year the ’gro will be the perfect fit and the
scrapbook will be full of delightful photos to cherish!
Box
Cut two 11 x 18cm panels of Country Life
strawberry paper and trim the corners
diagonally. Wrap them around opposite sides of the
largest square nesting box and glue in place. Trim
two 11 x 15cm panels of the same paper and repeat
the procedure. Line the inside of the box with white
textured cardstock.
Paint the lid with white Artiste Acrylic Paint
and allow to dry. Palm punch 15 hearts and
sew a running stitch around the edges. Adhere the
heart shapes along the sides of the box lid.
Cut a kraft bow (you can find a template
on our website) and machine stitch small
details. Bend the bow into shape and secure with
double-sided tape. Fix diagonally on the box lid.
Die cut two heart shapes and round off
the bottoms. Punch a small hole in the top
left-hand side and sew some French knots on one.
Attach the other heart to the back to hide the loose
threads, hand-cut a green stalk and attach at the
top. Thread a County Life bee charm onto brown
cord and secure to the strawberry to make a tag.
Adhere to the box lid.
Layouts
Take a Papermania Chipboard Album and
trim 5mm off each side with a craft knife
so it fits snugly inside the box. For the bee layout,
die cut some hexagon apertures in a 14cm square
sheet of cardstock and layer over honeycomb
paper. Glue to an album page. Cut a 9 x 15cm panel
of honeycomb paper and layer onto kraft cardstock.
Attach towards the left-hand side, leaving a
selection of the apertures visible.
For the geese layout, cover a page with blue
gingham paper and layer a 12cm square
piece of feather paper on top. Trim a blue 9 x 15cm
cardstock panel and mat onto kraft cardstock. Glue
the panel to the page.
Trim a banner shape from kraft cardstock
and heat emboss the months with white
powder. Adhere to each page with 3D foam squares,
decorating the space around it with stamped bees
or fussy-cut animals.
Continue to make all of your pages in the
same way, until you have 12 different designs
– one for each month. Stick a photo on each page
until full!
Jackie Jasper
A day make
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Papermania 15 x 15" Chipboard Album Square RRP £3
Bare Basics Nesting Boxes Square RRP £4
Country Life A4 Ultimate Die-cut & Paper Pack RRP £11.95
Turn to page 96 to find the full list of supplies
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W
hether you’re a Santoro super-fan or just
love colouring in, the adorable mini stamps
are a must-have for any crafter. Mix and
match your favourite ‘gorjuss girls’ to create this
cute panelled notelet. If you’ve not yet tried out the
new Santoro’s Gorjuss Water Colour Dual-tip Pens,
then now is certainly the time. Co-ordinate the
characters with each other or replicate their exact
outfits; it’s up to you!
Cut a panel of white cardstock just smaller
than a white 8 x 8" card blank. Trim a sheet
of vellum from the Santoro 8 x 8" Printed Vellum
Pack to fit the panel and distress the edges. Sew a
running stitch around the edge of the vellum with
white thread, fixing it to the cardstock. If you have
a sewing machine, use this to achieve a neat and
professional finish. If not, hand stitch with a sharp,
fine needle. Attach to the card blank with 3D foam
squares, ensuring the fold is at the top.
Trim four 8 x 8cm pieces of white cardstock
and lightly ink the edges with black pigment
ink and a sponge. Brush any excess ink onto a piece
of paper before inking the cardstock, to make it
as clean as possible. Adhere the four pieces to the
front of the card with 3D foam squares, ensuring all
the panels are straight and symmetrical.
Cut four 7 x 7" panels of patterned Santoro
paper and distress the edges with a craft
knife or some scissor blades. Co-ordinate your
paper choice with the vellum, like this card, or opt
for more contrast. Make a few scuff marks and a
couple of tears on the front. Sew around the edge
of all four panels, again with white thread. Take two
bee charms from the Country Life embellishment
pack and stitch onto two of the panels. Attach all
four patterned panels to the inked squares on the
front of the card with double-sided tape.
Chose four ‘gorjuss girls’ and stamp them
onto white cardstock with black dye ink.
Press on the paper firmly to ensure a nice, clean
image. Once dry, take a very thin paintbrush and
paint the images using the Santoro Watercolour
Dual-tip Pens in both Brights and Neutrals. To get
the best effect, scribble some of the ink onto a
stamp block and mix water with your paintbrush.
Colour in the image, adding more water for a lighter
colour. Leave to dry for a while or speed-dry with
a Papermania Pink Heat Tool. Once the paint is dry
to touch, trim around the image with a small, sharp
pair of scissors, leaving a thin white border. The
easiest way to achieve a neat border is to move the
paper as you cut, rather than the scissors.
Attach the coloured images to the front of
each panel with double-sided tape, laying
them out to decide which one you want where
before sticking down. Adhere three tiny gem stars
with Anita’s Tacky Glue to finish off.
If you, like many others, are a ‘gorjuss girl’ collector,
why not invest in the stylist yet oh-so-practical
Santoro Collectable Rubber Stamp Storage Folder?
The cool case includes the No.1 Ruby Stamp to
kick-start your collection. Store all 2O girls in the
folder, which comes with five A4 plastic inserts with
printed pockets. Flip over to the next page to take a
look at all of the ‘gorjuss girls’ available!
Jackie Jasper
An afternoon make
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Santoro mini
stamp medley
Why pick just one? Group four of your favourite ‘gorjuss girls’
together for a stunning-yet-simple card
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Santoro Collectable Rubber Stamp No 7
The White Rabbit RRP £2
Watercolour Dual-tip Pens Brights RRP £12.95
12 x 12" Paper Pack RRP £8.95
8 x 8" Printed Vellum Pack RRP £6.95
MUST HAVES
JACKIE
LOVES
Santoro
Collectable Rubber Stamp
The Fox
(GOR 9O7317) RRP £2
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1. Ruby, free with the Santoro Rubber Stamp Storage Case (GOR 9O73OO) RRP £24.95 2. New Heights (GOR (9O73O2) 3. The Pretend Friend (GOR 9O73O3) 4. Forget Me Not (GOR 9O73O4) 5.
Ladybird (GOR 9O73O5) 6. I Found My Family In A Book (GOR 9O73O6) 7. The White Rabbit (GOR 9O73O7) 8. I Love You Little Rabbit (GOR 9O73O8) 9. I Gave You My Heart (GOR 9O73O9) 1O.
Purrrrrrfect Love (GOR (9O731O) 11. You Brought Me Love (GOR 9O7311) 12. On Top Of The World (GOR 9O7312) 13. Fairy Lights (GOR 9O7313) 14. Little Red (GOR 9O7314) 15. The Black Star (GOR
9O7315) 16. Puddles Of Love (GOR 9O7316) 17. The Fox (GOR 9O7317) 18. Poppy Wood (GOR 9O7318) 19. Holly (GOR 9O7319) 2O. The Getaway (GOR 9O732O) All RRP £2 each
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Rubber Stamp
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Must havesAdd a warm, autumnal touch to your home
The brand new Create Christmas Pine Cones come in both large and small, offering the
perfect solution to natural décor for the house or even a woodland wedding. Create a
centrepiece or decorate place settings – there’s no limit! RRP £2
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AutumnwreathCombine dies, pre-cut leaves and versatile polystyrene
to craft a layered wreath, perfect for the later seasons

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T
hose of you who think wreaths are just for
Christmas, prepare to be proved wrong. This
beautiful, rustic decoration would make a
lovely addition to any home in the months leading
up to the festive season. Create Christmas offers
the perfect helping hand to making your very own
autumnal décor, brought to you in the form of a
useful polystyrene wreath. This acts as the ideal
base for you to pin leaves onto before gluing to
secure. Add as many layers as you wish, depending
on the look you want to create.
Choose a handful of dies and a selection of
papers in different tones. Ensure that you
have a variety of leaves in different shapes and
sizes. (The Xcut A5 Leaves Die Set is perfect for this
project). Die cut around ten of each and sort them
into piles. Mix them with Papermania Tales from
Willson Wood Paper Leaves.
Ink around the edges of all the leaves with
an Artiste Dye Ink Pad in Orange, followed by
Chocolate – creating an ombré effect. Score a line
down the centre of each die-cut and fold them in
half. Bend and crease them slightly to create shape
and texture.
Position a layer of leaves over the
polystyrene base and pin them in place,
starting with the darkest leaves first. Repeat with
the lighter ones until the base is completely covered
and there is no visible polystyrene left.
Move the leaves around until you’re happy
with the composition. When pleased,
remove each pin and secure in place with a dab of
tacky glue, working around the wreath. Be careful
not to flatten the leaves down, simply add enough
glue to keep them in place.
Die cut several sprigs in a contrasting colour
of cardstock. Add a layer of Anita’s 3D Clear
Gloss to the ends to make the berries shine. Once
dry, arrange the sprigs around the wreath, tucking
under leaves. Trim if required and glue in place.
Cut some small ovals from pale textured
cardstock and ink the edges with a
Chocolate Artiste Dye Ink Pad. Die cut some small
circles in brown cardstock and cut in half. Trim faux
suede cord into 1cm lengths. Glue the cord to the
back of the semicircles and adhere to the ovals to
create acorn shapes. Arrange the acorns around
the wreath and fix in place on top of the leaves
with 3D foam pads. All that's left to do is hang up in
your home! If brighter colours are more your thing,
why not craft a light and springy wreath instead?
Incorporate punched flowers for a pretty finish.
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A day make
Xcut Nesting Dies Leaves RRP £9.95
A5 Die Set Leaves RRP £19.95
Papermania Bare Basics Faux Suede Cord RRP £2
Mr Smith’s Workshop 12 x 12" Paper Pack RRP £6.95
MUST HAVES
SARAH
LOVES
Papermania
Create Christmas
Polystyrene Wreath
(PMA 82791O) RRP £1
Papermania
Papermania
Paper Leaves
(PMA 157269) RRP £2
Papermania
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Woodland bookmarksMark your pages with these cute crafted critters
Fox
Trim kraftstax to 9 x 15cm and draw and cut
around an oval die. Emboss with the oak leaf
folder and ink the pattern. Cut another oval
from white cardstock and colour with blue and
green inks. Place a fox sticker in the centre and
add details. Fix to the bookmark with 3D foam.
Owl
Cut two 5 x 15cm kraft panels. Cover one with
Mr. Smith’s Workshop paper and die cut a
circle at the top of both. Emboss a piece of
blue cardstock and sandwich between the
two apertures. Stick an owl sticker and various
leaves to the blue circle with 3D foam dots.
Folded hedgehog
Follow the template on page 93 to draw a cross
in the centre of a 16cm square of cardstock.
Connect the corners, as pictured, and cut out.
Emboss the square area and glue the ﬂaps
together. Cut and mat another triangle and
decorate with stickers.
ProjectcreatedbyJulieHole
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WORKSHOP
TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPSnip and score cardstock to craft a centre stepper card

Mark 45cm, 7cm, 11cm, 15cm and 21cm down from the top of
a portrait sheet of A4 cardstock, 5cm away from either edge.
Join the marks and cut both vertical lines. Score the horizontal lines.
Ink the blue front panel with at least three shades, blending
them together. Cut and ink four curly wave shapes and stick
to the front. Trim four 4 x 15cm pieces and die cut the top of each strip
with a different wave die. Ink these in the same way as before.
Crease the lines in alternate mountain and valley folds. Fold
the whole sheet in half, making a U shape, with the extra folds
in the middle. Trace round the front of your card onto a sheet of light
blue cardstock and trim to size.
Glue the remaining waves together and cut the whale from
the nautical build-a-scene dies. Stick him in the waves with
foam tape. Die cut and assemble the ship.
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WORKSHOP
Use the Xcut NauticalBuild A Scene Dies todie cut shapes
Mix mountain and valleyfolds to achieve thecentre stepper structure Ink all visible blue
sections to look like
the sea
Ink the edges of your folded stepper
card blue and fix the front panel in place
with Anita’s Tacky Glue. Put this aside to dry.
Die cut ‘Happy 8th birthday’ (or any
age!) in various bright colours using the
Xcut Mini Alpha die sets. Stick these along the
front with a glue stick.
Centre the whale panel in the first valley
fold and glue down with Anita’s Tacky
Glue. Don’t worry about the edges sticking out
either side of the fold.
Cut and ink an 11 x 7cm piece of blue
cardstock to fit the back fold. Tuck the
ship behind the die-cut waves and glue in place
to finish.
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f you’re after a quick gift or a home décor
spruce up, there’s nothing simpler than
these DIY vases. Made from jars and only a
few simple supplies, they’re great for the bank
balance too!
Start by grabbing yourself a few sheets of
newspaper and two pieces of acetate. Pour
around half of the acrylic paint into the jar and
gently move the paint around inside by tilting
and turning it. Continue doing this until the
whole of the inside has been covered. Turn
upside down and leave it to dry on top of the
acetate. After an hour or so, lift up the jar and
carefully pour the excess back into the bottle.
Artiste Acrylic Paint Sage RRP £1.25
Artiste Acrylic Paint Dusky Rose RRP £1.25
Artiste Acrylic Paint Dark Grey RRP £1.25
Papermania Natural Jute Set RRP £3
MUST HAVES
ProjectbyAishaGreen
Pretty
painted
jarsUpcycling at its simplest!
Coat a clear container
with Artiste acrylics
Wrap twine around theneck of the jar for arustic result
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Origamiplantholders
Snip and fold pretty papers to make a cute home for your blooms

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HOME DECOR
Jason Cluitt
Morning makes
Turn to page 96 to ﬁnd the full
list of craft supplies used to
make Jason’s project
Transfer the template from page 93 onto
your chosen Willson Wood paper and a
sheet of acetate. Cut them both out.
Adhere the base of the acetate to the inside
of the paper. Trim each outside edge of the
acetate by O.5cm.
Snip and score along the designated lines on
both the acetate and paper. Fold using the
Xcut Paper Creaser Set.
Using the template as a guide, carefully cut
slits for the brads through both the acetate
and paper with a craft knife.
Construct the pot holder by folding up the sides and matching up the numbered slits. Place Mr
Smith’s Workshop vintage brads through the holes, ﬂattening out the legs on the inside to secure the
structure in place.
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Papermania
Ultimate Die-cut & Paper
Pack (PMA 16O326)
RRP £11.95
Papermania
Papermania
Mr Smith’s Workshop
Vintage Brads
(PMA 3532O6) RRP £2.5O
Xcut Paper Creaser Set
(XCU 2687OO)
RRP £5.95

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Woodland broochesLooking for a little kitsch in your life? Search no further, as these
colourful felt makes will add a splash of fun to any outﬁt
T
he easiest way to jazz up your wardrobe is
to add some accessories. If you’ve got a bold
streak in your style (or just so happen to love
cute creatures) then this is just the project for you.
For each brooch, die cut two circles of felt in any
colour you wish. The size of the die depends on the
size of the brooch you want (remember that the
pompoms add a little extra to the width!). We used
the third smallest nesting die.
Felt fox
This is the best design to start with, as the layered
fox die has a selection of sweet leaves and acorns
that can be used with the rest of the animals. Take
the dies for the three head sections and die cut
each with a different colour of felt (we went for
red, orange and white). Use the three leaf dies to
cut a small selection from the two shades of green
felt. Put some of these aside for later. Die cut the
eyes from black felt and start to assemble the
head. Position all of the layers onto one of your
circular die-cuts and stitch around each section in
a co-ordinating thread. Secure the eyes with a ﬁne
black cotton and sew a small black nose while your
needle is still threaded up. Scatter and stitch a few
leaves and buttons to decorate.
Lorna Slessor
Afternoon makes
Create Christmas
Pompom Trim
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Bird brooch
Select the bird from the Xcut Leaf Borders Die Set
and cut twice; once in blue and the second time
in green. Cut around the blue bird and discard the
rest. Trim away the circular border from the green,
leaving just the leaves and the bird. Position both
on the circle and stitch to secure. Decorate with a
cluster of leaves and buttons at the bottom.
Stag head
Cut the stag die from the Xcut Forest Shadow
Box Dies twice; once in light brown and again in
dark brown. Use the light one as your base and
trim just the antlers from the dark brown. You
can either stitch these directly on top of the light
stag or cut off the antlers and sew in their place.
Whichever way you choose, secure the stag to the
centre of your circle and arrange leaves around
the edge. Stitch three Papermania Spots & Stripes
Brights buttons at the bottom of the antlers for a
cute, quirky flower crown. Add an eye with black
embroidery thread.
Kissing squirrels
These two adorable squirrels are cut using the Xcut
Woodland Flourishes Die Set, though the woodland
tag set would give you equally sweet critters. In
order to make them solid shapes, rather than
the intricate filigree design of the die, snip a little
piece of thick cardstock to fit the shape of the tail
before running through the Xcut Xpress Machine.
This helps to keep the tail strong, as the felt can
be quite delicate. Hand cut a small red heart and
take a selection of the felt leaves you made earlier.
Arrange them all on the felt circle and stitch into
place with matching thread.
Sewing the pompoms
Take roughly 28 mini pompoms of the same colour
and the second die-cut circle. Place the circle
behind your appliquéd one and sew a whipstitch
around both edges with a matching thread, looping
a pompom onto every other stitch. Try to keep
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Make some stunning home décor for all year
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Wreath place setting
Bend a strip of craft wire into a circle of
around 8cm diameter, winding it around
twice and twisting it around itself.
Cut white cardstock into strips of 1.5 x 9cm.
Arrange alphabet stamps onto an acrylic
block to form the name required. (If the names are
particularly long then you may want to use smaller
stamps!). Do a trial run on scrap paper to ensure
you have all the letters arranged correctly, before
stamping onto the cardstock strips. Cut a V into the
ends of each banner.
Die cut a variety of leaves using the Xcut
Woodland Stag Wreath Dies. Gather into
clusters, positioning them into shapes that will
complement the circular wire. Arrange in mini
clusters on each wire circle, tucking around the
name banner. Use tacky glue to fix in place, holding
until completely dry.
Y
ou’d never guess these light little decorations
are made using Christmas products! Colourful
cardstock and pretty florals make these
craft wire creations more summer woodland than
festive forest.
Leaf headdress
Curl a length of wire into a circular shape,
large enough to fit the head of the person
it’s intended for. Wind the wire roughly around itself
to form a double thickness. Fold the ends back on
themselves to make a leaf shape and wrap the tail
around the base of the leaf to secure.
Colour small pieces of vellum using brush
markers, blending grey and aquamarine
ink. Add some flicks of soft red at the bottom. Cut
wire to a variety of lengths, stripping the paper
away from some of the pieces to reveal the wire
underneath. Keep hold of the leftover paper for
Step 4. Bend the ends into leaf shapes and glue the
inked vellum securely to one side of each one.
When the glue is dry, fill each frame
with Anita’s 3D Gloss. Leave to set before
trimming away excess vellum around the edges.
Wind the pairs of leaves around the frame
of the headdress, beginning with the shorter
lengths and working towards the longer. Wrap
strips of brown crepe paper around the frame,
covering the base of the bare wire leaves.
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Happy notes board
Bend wire into a large circle, twisting it
around itself to make a strong ring of
four coils. Use a glue gun to attach five lengths
of thin natural jute to the frame, running in
straight lines from top to bottom.
Cut several wild floral borders from olive
green cardstock. Wrap loosely around
the frame, arranging on opposite diagonals and
gluing the ends in place. Repeat with the floral
borders die and brown cardstock. You may
wish to decorate the whole of the frame with
these floral die-cuts, covering the brown craft
wire completely.
Hand cut some simple leaf shapes in
light brown. Crease in half lengthways
to form a vein and curl slightly to shape. An
Xcut Paper Creaser Set will help you with this.
Glue to the back of the frame, positioning them
in different directions.
Die cut some flowers from turquoise
cardstock. Snip wedges out of the
flowers and curl into cones, layering two
together for a little blossom. Make buds from
white die-cuts, cutting a slit in each one and
curling tightly around a quilling tool. Arrange in
clusters and fix with a glue gun, ensuring that
they’re evenly spaced out.
Craft quotes and sayings to fill your
board or pop out Tales from Willson
Wood die-cuts from the ultimate pack. Secure
to the jute strips to finish.
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PAPER CRAFT
Brighten up your living space with these simple folded pyramids
3Dgeometricfairylights
T
his great, on-trend make is just the thing for
warm summer evenings. You’re at a barbecue,
the sky is dusky and the garden is filled with
twinkly shapes and warm hues – sounds good,
right? All you need is cardstock, a craft knife and
a string of fairy lights and this pretty scene could
be all yours. For the rest of the year, simply hang
them up around your house as a quirky home décor
detail. Pick and choose your colours and patterns to
make them truly one-of-a-kind.
Cut out a net on your chosen cardstock (we
used Geometric Kraft and co-ordinating core
colours) using the templates on page 93. Do this
with sharp scissors or a craft knife.
Create apertures in the sides of the pyramid
before constructing. These can be made
from a number of techniques; pick and choose
what you enjoy! If you’re using patterned paper
(specifically one of the Capsule Geometric ranges)
use the shapes as a guide to carefully cut out mini
apertures. Do this on top of a self-healing cutting
mat with a sharp craft knife. For plain coloured
cardstock, use the three attachments on the Xcut
Screw Hole Punch to create a pattern of holes on
the net. Ensure that you aren’t too close to the sides
when punching. For larger shapes, use the smallest
mini hexagon die. Create an aperture that wraps
around two sides of the pyramid by placing the die
carefully over the fold line.
To soften the light when they are switched
on, back some of the apertures with plain
vellum. Trim similar shapes from the vellum and
stick them to the inside of the net with double-
sided tape, covering the holes.
On the centre base of each pyramid, cut a
cross shape with a craft knife so the light
can be inserted. Adhere double-sided tape to all the
tabs and score along the dotted lines using a paper
creaser. Remove the double-sided backing on the
tabs and fold up the net.
Gently push an LED light through the slit on
the base of each pyramid and they’re ready
to string up!
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An afternoon make
Turn to page 96 to find the full
list of craft supplies used to
make Jason’s project
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the centre that’s specially designed for your
straw. We’ve made four cool designs: an apple,
lemon, kiwi and watermelon, so take your
pick. Each one is made from Craft Planet
felt and the second largest nesting circle
die. Layer up contrasting felt to build
up each coaster design and hand
stitch the layers together. Back
the coasters with Xcut
Adhesive Cork Sheets to
make them durable.
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