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t’s been a true honour to work with Mental Health UK on this issue’s stunning All-occasion Quilling Set. With 80 pieces to kick-start a new skill or help hone one you’ve had for years, I hope this helps you settle you after a long day at work, or take your brain into a mindful state with our brilliant creations our Design Team has created just for you! This issue comes with 15 stunning quilled creations, as well as showing you how to create your own unique designs for any occasion in your crafting calendar. Starting off the Using Your Kit section is Lou Collins, who shares her expert knowledge on this stunning art form and how to get to grips with the kit if you’re a beginner. We also have previous Cardmaker of The Year Kirstie Cairns showcasing unique card shapes, whilst using stash you may already have. Following Kirstie is Sarah Jackman Read, who displays a wonderful array of traditional all-occasion cards, and rounding off this pull-out is Mel Jess. One of the queens of 3D projects, Mel takes you on a tour of trinkets and gift ideas for loved ones near and far – I love the cactus earrings she’s done! If you’re looking to escape into your craft room and learn a new technique, let Katie Skilton take you through the retiform stamping process in our Skill-building Essentials or maybe Vanessa Hodgson’s trapped Distress Oxide Ink blending catches your eye. Both are brilliant for immersing yourself in for a long crafting session. This is my last issue of Papercraft Essentials as I’m going to be creating Premium Magazines and kits for Chloe’s Creative Cards, Sentimentally Yours, John Next Door, Lisa Horton, IndigoBlu and many more, so if you see them in the supermarket, pick one up and send me your makes, I’d love to see what you create! From issue 212 the brilliant Jenn McKean will be taking over – she has a wealth of crafting knowledge, so you’re in great hands! Until next time, happy crafting,

Mike Cross Editor mike.cross@practicalpublishing.co.uk

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See more birdthemed makes on pages 11-14

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USING YOUR KIT

7 WHAT’S HOT The latest news from the craft world

10 YOUR LETTERS Your crafty stories and projects

15 & 53 COMPETITIONS We’ve got fab competitions for this issue!

77 GIVEAWAYS We’ve got over £665 worth of prizes from the top papercraft brands to be won!

40 Non-traditional card shapes 42 All-occasion cards 45 Shopping 46 Gifts & trinkets

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Essential projects 11 USA TODAY Bumbleberrys bring us the latest from Hero Arts

16 CARDMAKER OF THE YEAR How to enter and get inspired by previous winners

26 PRODUCT FOCUS StickerKitten takes us under the ocean blue for this card collection

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30 STRETCH YOUR STASH Get the most from your star dies with this card collection

EXCLUSIVE Lou Collins shares her essential quilling tips to get you started if you’re a beginner, or to help you hone your skills if you’re well practised in this brilliant art form

50 INSPIRED BY…

65 FIVE CARDS FOR £15

We raid our embellishment drawer for this princess-themed trio

Create a card compendium without breaking the bank

54 ONE-KIT MAKES

70 DIGI DOWNLOADS

We show you the latest CraftStash & Co collaboration

These makes are total paw-fection paw-soniﬁed

62 BEGINNER’S GUIDE Learn the trapped Distress Oxide Ink blending technique

76 BACK TO BASICS Wow your loved ones with this 3D card showcase

Step-by-step guides

22 SKILL-BUILDING ESSENTIALS Katie guides you through the retiform stamping process

Tulips from Amsterdam Come on another voyage of discovery with Olga

Direktorenko as she takes you through Old Amsterdam with its iconic structures, patterns and of course.... tulips! ‘Tulips From Amsterdam’ combines detailed stamps & statement dies alongside traditional Delft patterned papers to create stunning scenes. Sing along if you want!

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Deputy Editor Jasper brings you the latest news from the wonderful world of crafts

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Countryside collection from Sara Signature Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and breathe fresh country air into your cards with the Sara Signature Country Lane Collection from Crafter’s Companion. This papercraft collection invites you to walk through the countryside, admiring the natural splendour that envelops the meadows and hedgerows of a quiet country lane. The Country Lane 6x6” paper pad is filled with gorgeously painted illustrations of colourful wildflowers, dreamy foliage, plump roses and beautiful blossoms. A warm palette of sage green, dusky blue, sunshine yellow and rose pink combines with gold accents to create the atmosphere of a lovely spring afternoon. This pack features 36 doublesided sheets in 12 different patterns. Each sheet has its own style and is perfect for die-cutting delicate details or using with embossing folders for incredible depth. To help your spring makes come to life, Sara also has a stunning and unmissable collection of stamps, dies and ribbon. For more information, go to www.crafterscompanion.co.uk

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Tim Holtz Foundry Wax We’re excited to get our hands on Tim Holtz’s new Distress Foundry Waxes that will make a fine addition to any of your mixed-media projects. The Distress Foundry Waxes are designed to create luminous metallic highlights on porous and non-porous surfaces; the fluid wax transforms into a vibrant metallic finish once heat is applied. There are four colours in the set including Gilded, Mined, Sterling and Statue and each creates the signature Tim Holtz look that we love. To use, shake the bottle until the mixing ball rattles and the pigments mix properly. Apply drops of wax to a craft sheet and apply directly to the surface using a dry paintbrush or smudging with your finger. Heat to transform your embossed and mixed-media projects and be amazed at the results. Head to www.afth.co.uk to see more from Tim Holtz

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We love our die-cutting machines, especially this item with code when they’re this small and designed by PE21110 Sam Calcott! The Made To Surprise manual Oﬀer ends 19th May2022 For full terms & conditions mini die-cutting machine is portable and see www.craftstash.co.uk compact, expertly designed to save as much space as possible. This handy little machine can die-cut cardstock, thick paper and many more materials,up to and including 6.5x16cm. The machine is just the thing for die-cutting borders, embellishments and sentiments for your craft projects and also boasts a sleek and modern design, featuring a white exterior with pink accents and the Made To Surprise branding. It comes with a grey base plate and two white cutting plates. Use as a combo with any other of Sam’s great products and enjoy taking your die-cutting wherever you go! Head to www.craftstash.co.uk to get yours

New TEXT{ures} Our very own Lou Collins has launched her TEXT{ures} gel plate and brayer bundle that will be an essential piece of crafting kit for any of her products. If you’re a mixed-media papercrafter, you won’t want to miss out as this gel plate and brayer are the perfect tools for building beautiful backgrounds, adding a unique dimension to your projects. Look out for Lou’s demos on CraftWorld and CraftStash Live. Keep your eyes peeled at www.craftstash.co.uk

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LETTERS Here are just a few of our favourite cards and letters from the last month Here’s a selection of cards made by our lovely readers on the CraftWorld Papercraft Essentials Readers’ Gallery! Country Diary creations

Star letter Beautiful bouquet It is so good to be able to get out and pick up a monthly copy of Papercraft Essentials again now restrictions are lifted. Recently I got the copy with the Christina Griffiths Secret Garden kit and I just love the background papers. I thought I would share the first card that I made with them using die-cuts – I coloured them to match the shades on the papers. I have many ideas for more. The colours are so adaptable. Jenny McRonald, via email Mike says: Jenny, this card is so beautiful! I adore the little basket brimming with flowers, and then the adorable little bunny in the corner is the icing on the cake! The additions you’ve made add seamless flourishes to the kit – I hope to see more of your makes in my inbox or on the PE CraftWorld Readers’ Gallery!

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Floral designs I created these cards with the paper pad from Papercraft Essentials issue 208 – the Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady. There are some stunning designs in the pad. I’m looking forward to creating many more cards. Thank you Papercraft Essentials magazine. Lynne78 Show and tell us about your makes on the Papercraft Essentials Readers’ Gallery group at www.craftworld.com and you could be featured in a future issue’s Letters page!

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Humming ALONG Jen Kray

Jen Kray shows us some stunning cards using the Hero Arts Color Layering Hummingbird stamp and die combo set

All cards have been made with the Hero Arts Color Layering Hummingbird stamp & die combo set 11

Hello sweetie You’ll need A2 card blank black cardstock white smooth cardstock Splash, Blue Hawaii, Lemon Drop, Taﬀy & Black Hero Arts Hero Hues inkpads white embossing powder sequins tulle or netting heat tool 12

manual die-cutting machine oval die set

Step by step 1 Trim black cardstock to 51⁄4x4” and white smooth cardstock to 5x33⁄4”. Die-cut an oval into the centre of the white panel. 2 Using Blue Hawaii and Splash ink, blend a 5x33⁄4” panel.

3 Stamp the hummingbird and flower layering stamps in Lemon Drop and Taffy Reactive ink. Die-cut three flowers and one hummingbird. 4 Use double-sided adhesive on the back of the aperture panel and add tulle directly over the oval. 5 Adhere the flowers to the

inside of the oval aperture. 6 Use 3D foam tape around the oval, add sequins and adhere to the inky panel. 7 White heat-emboss the sentiment onto black cardstock and trim to size. 8 Assemble the layers, sentiment and hummingbird onto the card front to ﬁnish.

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Step by step 1 Trim black cardstock to 51⁄4” square and a piece of white smooth cardstock to 5” square. 2 Add a little water to Pool Party and Purple Galaxy ink on a non-stick surface. Use a small paintbrush to add some splatter to a 5”-square cardstock panel and set aside to dry. 3 Stamp three flowers with black ink and use only the block colour stamp in Taffy ink. 4 Stamp five hummingbirds in black ink and use the layering stamps with Pool Party then Purple Galaxy. Add the beard in Green Apple. 5 White heat-emboss the sentiment onto black cardstock and trim to size. 6 Die-cut all stamped images and along with your trimmed sentiment, assemble onto the 5”-square splattered card panel. Mount onto the black layer and place onto the 6”-square card blank to finish.

Happy birthday

Shopping essentials

You’ll need 6”-square card blank black cardstock white smooth cardstock Pool Party, Purple Galaxy,

Taﬀy, Key Lime Pie, Lemon Drop, Green Apple & Black Hero Arts Hero Hues inkpads white embossing powder

small paintbrush 3D foam pads manual die-cutting machine

See Hero Arts products and more international brands at www.bumbleberrys.co.uk

Hello You’ll need black cardstock watercolour cardstock Pool Party, Splash, Blue Hawaii, Lemon Drop, Creamsicle & Black Hero Arts Hero Hues inkpads white embossing powder paintbrush 3D foam pads manual die-cutting machine

Hero Arts Slimline Inﬁnity die set

Step by step 1 Die-cut the slimline layers, including card blank, with Hero Arts Infinite Slimline dies. Alternatively, trim down the panels. 2 Add Pool Party, Splash and

Blue Hawaii ink onto a non-stick surface, adding a little water. Starting with the lightest colour, paint on the inky background to the smallest watercolour panel. Carry on adding layers until you achieve the desired outcome. 3 Die-cut three hummingbirds and stamp with Lemon Drop and Creamsicle ink then die-cut.

4 White heat-emboss both sentiments onto black cardstock and fussy-cut. 5 Mount the watercolour panel onto the black matt and adhere with 3D foam pads to the slimline card blank. 6 Add 3D foam pads to the hummingbirds and sentiments and assemble as shown to finish. 13

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here’s so much to be excited about with this exclusive prize package from Sentimentally Yours, which introduces Trudie Howard’s new Farmyard Friends stamps and dies collection. Four winners will be able to walk away with £75 worth of the stash, while one winner will win it ALL – worth a staggering £175. Phill Martin has given us an unmissable bundle that includes super-cute farm animals, barns and ﬂorals reminiscent of a quintessential farmyard. Perfect for birthday cards, embellishments or children’s makes with a countryside

twist, there’s plenty of freedom to be had with the individual personalities of the farmyard cast. Featuring six brand-new farmyard characters that include Alﬁe and Anne the alpacas, Clara the cow, Dolly and Daisy the ducks, Geraldine the goat, Henry the horse and Petula the pig, all of the animals are hand drawn by Trudie with lots of accessory stamps in each set. There is also a set of mini friends to be won with smaller versions of the character stamps and dies. The packaging has been

coloured by Trudie to help give you a bit of inspiration for when you bring these adorable farmyard animal sets home and get crafting. The dies are the quality you’d expect from

Sentimentally Yours dies and there are so many possibilities in this fab collection – mix and match characters on diﬀerent projects – the choice is yours!

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For your chance to win this Sentimentally Yours bundle, enter online at www.craftworld.com/cms/papercraft-essentials and head to the Competitions section by 23rd June 2022 We promise we’ll always keep your data safe and will never share it with or sell it to other companies for marketing purposes. Our full privacy policy is available at www.practicalpublishing.co.uk/privacy This competition is operated by Practical Publishing International Ltd. For full terms and conditions, see www.practicalpublishing.co.uk/competitions

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Ingrid Vichova Card Designer of the Year winner 2014

“Now and then I get to work with colour schemes or stamps that I wouldn’t probably reach for if I was creating for myself and then end up surprised how much I enjoyed working with them. It just proves that getting out of your comfort zone is good for your creative self”

Jessica’s clean and concise colour took her projects to the next level!

Ingrid’s now SCP’s go-to Design Team member for our Tried & Tested feature! Jessica Jenkins Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2021

Mel Jess Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2016

“My crafting habits have deﬁnitely changed since I won. I like to push things and try out ideas I had only dreamed of trying before, like bigger and bolder 3D projects that I just love making”

Mel is our queen of off-the-page projects – and this fabulous Christmas wreath shows why!

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“Winning this competition has made me realise that I want to start my own craft brand”

“I really enjoyed putting together my entry and trying to make something unique. Enjoy the process, send your entry in and you never know – you could be the next winner!”

Sharon-Elaine Jones Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2017

We became obsessed with Sharon-Elaine Jones’s superb die-cut collection

Trudie Howard

“Since winning the competition I’ve fulﬁlled a dream of mine by releasing my own stamp designs. I now work with Phill Martin at Sentimentally Yours after he approached me to design for the company”

Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2017

Sarah Gray Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2017

“There are lots of things that I love about being on the Design Team – everyone is so friendly and helpful. I also really love the variety of the commissions that I get sent – I never know what will come next!”

Trudie wowed us with her amazing colouring skills in her winning entries! “If you are still wondering whether to enter or not, go on, do it! Being one of the winners has enabled me to turn a hobby into something a bit more than that”

Since winning, Sarah’s launched her own range of stencils and stamps – ﬁnd them at www.funkyfossil.co.uk

Ashley Thompson Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2021

We’re huge fans of Simply Made Crafts – Helen’s own range with CraftStash.

We love Ashley’s stylish stamping and attention to detail, as well as the fab interactivity she brings to her projects! “Try to ensure that your entries are for different occasions and showcase all the crafting techniques that you enjoy and have conﬁdence in your own ability”

Amy Wilks Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2021

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Amy’s bold projects and clean and skilful die-cutting really caught our eye when going through the 2021 entries

Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year winner 2016

“Since winning I’ve been not only working with the magazines, but working with CraftStash on my own brand, Simply Made Crafts. I love designing new collections and it’s always a compliment when something sells out”

EVERY ENTRANT WHO SIGNS UP WILL RECEIVE A FREE DIGITAL COPY OF DIE-CUTTING ESSENTIALS 73 PLUS EXCLUSIVE SVG FILES! HOW TO ENTER We’re looking for four designers who can show a multitude of papercrafting talents along with creativity and originality. For your chance to win, you will need to submit two cards & one other papercrafting project (this can be a scrapbook page, mini book or any other offthe-page item, but strictly no cards for the third entry) so that we can get a great idea of your creativity and unique style. Go to www.craftworld.com today for more information and to download your entry form and bonus digital magazine. Entries must be received no later than 5th May 2022

SKILL-BUILDING ESSENTIALS

Skill-building essentials

How to... RETIFORM STAMP Katie Skilton

Looking to elevate your cards and stamping simultaneously? Let Katie show you how to use the retiform stamping technique with ease

SKILL-BUILDING ESSENTIALS

How to... retiform stamp

1 Trim cardstock to the required size. If you are placing an aperture into the base, die-cut the shape at this stage.

2 Place the Post-it notes on the card blank to create a section to add the ink. Apply the ﬁrst colour.

3 Using a Post-it note, section oﬀ the area just inked and use a second Post-it note creating a new section. Apply ink.

You'll need ◆ white cardstock ◆ Cracked Pistachio, Worn Lipstick & Salty Ocean Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ black VersaFine inkpad ◆ gold sequins ◆ Post-it notes ◆ 3D foam pads Woodware Succulents stamp set ◆ hexagon nesting dies ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Happy b-day

Step by step 1 Die-cut a hexagon from white cardstock. 2 Cover a section of the card front with a Post-it note and apply the Distress Oxide Ink. Keep the Post-it note in place and stamp the image so that it slightly overlaps the edge. 3 Remove the Post-it note and place a clean one over the area that has been inked. Use a second Post-it note to mark the next section to be inked and apply the ink. Repeat as necessary on each section. 4 Place the Washi tape along the bottom section. Stamp and die-cut the sentiment and adhere using 3D foam pads. 5 Die-cut a slightly larger hexagon from white cardstock and layer onto the back.

Crafty idea!

When placing the Post-it note over the ink, allow a slight overlap so that the ink blends right up to the border

You'll need ◆ white cardstock ◆ Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio & Peacock Feathers Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ black VersaFine inkpad ◆ Post-it note clear adhesive stones ◆ 3D foam pads ◆ Tracey Hey Create Art & Hey Beautiful stamp sets ◆ circle nesting die sets ◆ manual die-cutting machine

4 Continue the process, creating various sections with various colours of ink.

Step by step

5 Once the whole panel is inked, section oﬀ each part and add the stamped images.

6 Continue adding stamped images to each section, until the whole panel is covered. 22

Live for the moments

1 Trim a 6”-square card blank. Trim a slightly smaller panel and die-cut a circle in the centre. 2 Section oﬀ part of the panel with a Post-it note and apply the Distress Oxide Ink. Stamp the images. Cover the section that has been inked and, using another Post-it note, create another section and repeat until the whole panel is covered. 3 Apply ink to the centre of the 6”-square card blank and stamp the image. 4 Layer the panel onto the card blank using 3D foam pads. Add an adhesive stone to ﬁnish.

SKILL-BUILDING ESSENTIALS

You'll need ◆ white & yellow cardstock ◆ black VersaFine inkpad ◆ gold sequins ◆ 3D foam pads ◆ Post-it note ◆ No9 Bumble Bee, No13 Butterﬂy & No16 Letters IndigoBlu stamps ◆ circle & scalloped circle nesting dies ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Hap-bee birthday

Step by step 1 Trim a 5x7” card blank and layer yellow cardstock onto it. Trim a white panel of cardstock slightly smaller. 2 Take the white panel and place a Post-it note at an angle so that the panel will be split into three sections. 3 Apply yellow Distress Oxide Ink, deepening the colour on the edges and making it lighter towards the centre. Stamp the images. 4 Repeat for the other two sections of the card. 5 Stamp and die-cut the sentiment. Layer on to a die-cut scalloped circle and adhere using 3D foam pads. Embellish with gold sequins.

Birthday wishes

Ensure the ink is dry before moving on to the next section

Top Tip

You'll need ◆ white cardstock ◆ mountboard ◆ Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ black VersaFine inkpad ◆ black POSCA pen ◆ adhesive stones ◆ Post-it notes ◆ AALL & Create No46 stamp set ◆ Sizzix Heart Bigz die set ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Die-cut the heart from white cardstock and mountboard. Take the white heart and place a Post-it note covering the section you don’t want to be inked. Apply the Distress Oxide Ink and stamp the images. Place a Post-it note over the inked section and repeat until the heart is covered. 2 Adhere the white cardstock heart to the mountboard heart. 3 Trim a section of white cardstock slightly smaller than the card blank and apply Distress Oxide Ink to the edges. Adhere to the card blank. 4 Trim a slightly smaller white panel and apply splashes of ink using a POSCA Pen. Allow to dry and adhere the heart to the panel. Embellish with adhesive stones.

SKILL-BUILDING ESSENTIALS

You'll need ◆ white cardstock ◆ gold glitter card ◆ Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ black VersaFine inkpad ◆ twine ◆ gold sequins ◆ AALL & Create No23 stamp set ◆ circle nesting dies ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Bulbs & bunting

Step by step 1 To create the card blank, fold a piece of white cardstock in half and slightly overlap the circle dies at the top. Die-cut another circle of a slightly smaller size from white cardstock. 2 Apply a Post-it note to the circle section and begin to ink. Apply the ink and stamp the images. 3 Remove the Post-it note and cover the inked section. Choose the next section and position the Post-it note, add the ink and stamp the images. Repeat until the whole circle is covered. 4 Die-cut a circle from gold glitter card and adhere the inked circle. Wrap around the twine and embellish with gold sequins. 5 Stamp and trim the sentiment and adhere to finish.

Try to overlap the images so they look like they are coming from the edges

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You'll need ◆ white cardstock ◆ Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feather, Twisted Citron & Wilted Violet Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ black VersaFine inkpad ◆ Post-it notes ◆ gem ◆ AALL & Create No16 stamp set ◆ Tracey Hey Create Art & Something Good A5 stamp set ◆ ﬂower die ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Step by step

Try adding lighter colours ﬁrst to stop smudging the darker colours when blending

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1 Create a card blank by folding your chosen card blank size in half. Trim a white panel of cardstock slightly smaller. 2 Take the white panel and place a Post-it note at an angle so that the panel will be split into sections. 3 Apply each colour of Distress Oxide Ink, deepening on the edges and making it lighter towards the centre. Remember to apply Post-it notes to cover. Stamp the images. 4 Die-cut the ﬂower and ink as shown, apply to card front and a gem to ﬁnish.

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by Laura Rumble

If you don’t have a manual die-cutting machine and circle dies you can instead use diﬀerent-sized round items to draw around to give you a perfect circle shape

You’ll need StickerKitten Sea Creatures card kit white cardstock light blue inkpad acetate scoreboard Ranger Glossy Accents Lucy’s Cards Little Things assorted sequins & gems circle dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Use a 5½” die to cut the following circles: one from patterned paper, one from acetate and four from white cardstock. 26

2 Take one of the white cardstock circles and die-cut the centre out with a 4½” die to create a frame. 3 Adhere the patterned paper circle to one of the white cardstock circles. Adhere two pieces of the sea creature ephemera in place. 4 Place the white frame face down and adhere the acetate layer to the back. Cut 3D foam pads in half lengthways and adhere them around the acetate ensuring they don’t show past the frame with no gaps. 5 Add sequins and confetti

onto the middle of the acetate. Adhere the patterned paper to the cardstock circle with the pattern facing down. 6 With the remaining two circles score a line ¾” from one edge and ¼” from the opposite edge. The larger flap on one circle becomes a hinge. 7 Add adhesive above the score line, adhere it to the back of the shaker ensuring the hinge is at the top and the circles all line up properly. 8 Trim the ¼” flap from the bottom of the circle, allowing the card to stand up. With the final circle, cut along both

scored lines and adhere the large piece to the card back to strengthen it. 9 Add a greeting and one more sea creature to the front of the shaker. Add dots of Glossy Accents to the sea creature’s eyes. When adhering acetate it’s a good idea to use a dry adhesive such as tape runner or double-sided tape – wet glue and acetate is a slippery combination and can get messy!

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Step by step

Whale of a time by Laura Rumble

You’ll need StickerKitten Sea Creatures card kit Tumbled Glass Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink silver pen Ranger Glossy Accents

plastic packaging action wobbler spring Lucy’s Cards Little Things assorted sequin confetti StickerKitten Celestial Stamp Set

1 Trim down two pieces of kraft patterned paper to matt onto the white card blank. Cut one in half diagonally. Flip the other over to the plain side and repeat stamp ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ to create patterned paper. Adhere this card blank. 2 Make the triangle into a flat shaker: a. Trim packaging plastic into a triangle at least 1cm larger than the kraft triangle. Add doublesided tape around the edge on the back of the kraft triangle. b. Lay the plastic onto the work surface and place the kraft patterned paper face down on top. Starting with the longest edge, fold the plastic around the paper creasing it and securing it to the double-sided tape. The corners take a little fiddling but fold, don’t trim, as there needs to be a complete seal at the corners otherwise the shaker confetti will escape. c. Fold one more edge of plastic over the paper and secure to the tape. While the final side is

still unsealed add in some shaker confetti and seal up the final edge. Adhere the triangle onto the card front. 3 Add silver pen detail and a dot of Glossy Accents to the eye of the whale. Affix the whale to an action wobbler spring and attach it to the card just above centre. Add the greeting below the whale using 3D foam pads. 4 If the card weight is off by the wobbler on the front, add a square of heavy cardstock to the back of the card. The lightweight ﬂexible plastic that most stamp sets come in is perfect for ﬂat shakers – it doesn’t stretch out of shape or rip and it is lightweight enough to fold and crease neatly

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You shore are great by Sarah Douglas

You’ll need 4”-square card blanks StickerKitten Sea Creatures card kit, Mermaid Treasures designer paper pack & Sea

Creatures ephemera pack silver adhesive gems stitched circle die sets manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Fold purple underwater patterned paper in half with the design facing outwards. Fold net kraft paper in half with the design facing inwards. Adhere folded kraft paper inside the folded purple paper creating a mini slimline card. 2 Die-cut a 7cm circle from underwater patterned kraft paper and attach as shown with 3D foam pads. 3 Choose a whale and dolphin

from the Sea Creatures ephemera pack in the card kit and affix them to the circle. Attach the ‘You shore are great!’ sentiment to the bottom of the card. 4 Cut out a starfish from scrap purple underwater patterned paper and attach it above the sentiment with 3D foam pads. 5 Add a scattering of silver adhesive gems and finish by adding a panel of plain kraft paper inside the card.

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Looking for some new ways to get the most out of your star dies? Ashley shares some fun ideas with us

Make a wish

Use clear thread to make the spinner look like it's floating

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You’ll need white 8”-square card blank white & pink cardstock pink mirror card holographic card white & black glitter card clear WOW! inkpad Sentimentally Yours Cosmic Black Twinkling embossing powder Trinity Stamps Bubble Bath Embellishment Mix silver beads white thread scoreboard 30

heat tool American Crafts Celebration sentiment stamps circle die Creative Stitched Star Nestables dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Die-cut a circle from the edge of the card front, as shown. Using the two smallest star dies, cut a selection from pink cardstock. Using a middle-sized

die and the next one down, cut two star frames from pink cardstock. 2 Sandwich a length of thread between two small metallic stars. Thread on small beads. Lay one of the star frames flat and attach the thread, then the other frame. Thread on more beads. 3 Adhere the spinner onto the back of the card front. Trim the cotton thread to size and hide the attachments using mirror card.

4 Cut strips of mirror, holographic and black glitter card. Matt and layer and affix onto the top and bottom of the card front. 5 Arrange the remainder of the stars onto the card front and embellish. 6 Using clear ink, stamp the sentiment onto white cardstock and heat-emboss with black powder. Matt onto black glitter and pink mirror card. Adhere onto the inside of the card.

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You’ll need white 7”-square card blank blue & white cardstock gold glitter card blue Brusho pigment powder Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad black marker pen ribbon water spritzer 3D foam pads craft mat American Crafts Celebration sentiment stamps Creative Stitched Star Nestables dies manual die-cutting machine

To cut a ﬁshtail, make a vertical cut in the middle of the edge of the cardstock, then make a diagonal cuts from the corners to the centre cut

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Step by step 1 Cut a 6½” square from blue cardstock and a 6¼” square from white cardstock. 2 Take the three smallest dies and cut three of the largest, two in blue and one in gold. Cut four of the next size down in gold, and two of the smallest in gold. 3 Apply Brusho powder onto a mat and spritz with water. Lightly touch onto white cardstock. Cut to a 2” square to

Celebrate make a gift box. 4 Lay the box on the 6¼” square. Make seven marks on the cardstock, coming from the top of the box. Arrange the stars and make a mark at the bottom of each star. Using a

ruler and a black pen, draw a straight line to join the marks up. Attach ribbon onto the box front. Make three ribbon loops and affix to make a faux bow. Layer the two squares onto the card front. Adhere the box and

Step by step

Yay

Try to use 3D foam tape so you can shape it round the outside of the shaker element and have one join

Top Tip

You’ll need white & black cardstock rose gold glitter card acetate Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad 3D foam tape & foam pads

stars onto card front using 3D foam pads. 5 Stamp the sentiment onto white cardstock and cut a fishtail. Matt onto glitter card and cut another fishtail. Adhere onto box using 3D foam pads.

black cord ⅛” hole punch seed beads star confetti American Crafts Celebration

sentiment stamps Creative Stitched Star Nestables dies scalloped circle die manual die-cutting machine

1 Cut two circles, one from glitter and one from white cardstock. Fold the white circle in half and burnish. Attach the glitter circle over the top of one half. 2 Make a frame with the third- and fourth-smallest dies from white cardstock. Cut a star from white cardstock and acetate with the larger of the two dies. Adhere the acetate onto the frame. Use 3D foam tape around the outer edges of the frame and set aside. 3 Using black ink, stamp the sentiment over the remaining star. Place the frame down and ﬁll with a mix of small beads and star confetti. Carefully place the backing star over the top, aligning the edges and ensuring the stamped side face down. Use 3D foam pads to attach onto the card front. 4 Finish by stamping the sentiment with black ink onto white cardstock. Cut into a tag shape and matt onto black cardstock. Cut into a tag shape and punch a hole. Thread black cord and aﬃx at the top of the star using 3D foam pads. 31

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You’ll need white cardstock Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin & Mustard Seed Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad Cosmic Shimmer Mango Blaze, Aqua Lagoon, Peacock Green & Lava Red Pixie Powders

Cosmic Shimmer Zesty Lime Green Pixie Sparkle Sweet Huni Party Mix Glossie 3D foam pads water spritzer scoreboard craft mat American Crafts Celebration sentiment stamps Creative Stitched Star & Scalloped Star Nestables dies manual die-cutting machine

Cut the stars from diﬀerent patterned papers for a completely diﬀerent look

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Step by step 1 Take the largest die and place over the card front, so the top of the star is above the fold line and die-cut. Score a line parallel between the two points of the star to the left of the fold line. Fold and burnish. Unfold and cut away the excess points, the shape left will look like a shooting star. Fold and burnish both score lines. 2 Cut two large scalloped stars. Arrange straight-edged stars of different sizes within one of the large stars and cut. Attach the cut piece onto the full star and ono the easel front.

3 Apply Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn onto a craft mat. Sprinkle the green Pixie Powders and spray with water. Lightly press onto white cardstock. Repeat with the remaining colours onto pieces of white cardstock. Die-cut stars and affix onto the empty star-shaped spaces on the easel front. Add Glossies. 4 Make a stopper by stamping the sentiment onto white cardstock with black ink and matting onto Peacock Feathers edged cardstock. Use 3D foam pads to affix onto the easel base.

Birthday wishes

You did it

You’ll need white 5x7” card blank white cardstock Carved Pumpkin Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad black marker pen white thread ink-blending tool

scoreboard Crafter’s Companion Glitter Spray American Crafts Celebration sentiment stamps Creative Torn Edge Star Nestables dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step

Look at dies you have in your stash and see how you can use the negative space to create interesting stencils

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1 Cut white cardstock to 4½x6½” and ink the edges with Carved Pumpkin ink. 2 Cut another piece to 4⅜x6⅜”. Die-cut diﬀerent sized stars. Use the negative space as a stencil and lightly ink using Carved Pumpkin on the smaller piece; edge with black marker. 3 Colour the die-cut stars with Carved Pumpkin ink, four of the two smallest stars and two of the next two sizes up. Spray with glitter spray. Sandwich a length of cotton thread between pairs of stars and aﬃx together. 4 Stamp the sentiment onto white cardstock and edge with black marker. Poke a hole in the top-right corner, thread

one of the small stars through and affix onto the back. Matt the sentiment onto the stencilled cardstock and attach onto the inked piece, then the card front. 5 Cut white cardstock to 10x1¾”. Ink the edges with Carved Pumpkin. Score at 3”, 5” and 7”. Cut another strip to 1½x9¾” and repeatedly stamp ‘Happy Birthday’. Cut the sentiment to leave ⅛” border and matt onto the scored strip. 6 Fold and burnish score lines concertina style and affix the outer sections onto the left and right sides of the inside of the card, lining up the top edges. Affix the stars, so they hang down at different lengths. Stencil more stars inside.

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Oh Yes You Did sentiment stamp set Create In Quads Hexagon Layering stencil scoreboard & scoring tool Brother Sewing Machine with Coats & Clark thread

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Hello there You’ll need Oreo inkpad Copic Markers clear Drip Drops 3D foam pads Gus & Gertie stamp & die set

Step by step 1 Use the Create in Quads Hexagon Stencil and blending brushes for all four layers in different-coloured inks on each layer. Trim panel into four panels. 2 Stamp Gus & Gertie with Oreo ink and colour, and die-cut. 3 Stamp the sentiment and trim on an angle as shown. 4 Stitch the panel. Adhere the base panel to the card blank with 3D foam pads. 5 To finish, adhere the images and sentiments to the panel and complete with Clear Drip Drops. These products are perfect for creating in tonal hues or get creative with opposite colours on the wheel

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Hip hip hooray You’ll need silver & blueberry cardstock glitter card silver Drip Drops white embossing powder VersaMark inkpad antistatic powder tool 3D foam pad heat tool Gathered Stars die set manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Stencil your chosen design using the Create in Quads Hexagon Stencil and blending brushes for all four layers in diﬀerent colour inks on each layer. Trim panel into four. 2 Stamp the sentiment and emboss on Blueberry cardstock. Trim. 3 Die-cut stars from glitter card and stitch to panel. 4 Adhere the sentiment and stars to the panel using 3D foam pads. 5 Add silver Drip Drops. 6 Heat-emboss the sentiment and adhere the panel to the Happiest birthday card front with 3D foam pads to ﬁnish. 34

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Oh hello You’ll need Sprinkles & Blueberry cardstock vellum VersaMark inkpad silver embossing powder silver Drip Drops Stitched Rectangle Stacklets die set Diagonal Stitched Rectangle Stacklets die set manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Stencil your chosen design using the Create in Quads Hexagon Stencil and blending brushes for all four layers in different colour inks on each layer. Trim the panel into four. 2 Stamp and heat-emboss the sentiment and star on vellum. 3 Die-cut the cardstock panel with the frame die. Die-cut Easy Strips. 4 Adhere vellum and Easy Stripes to the panel. 5 Adhere the panel to the Blueberry one. Adhere to the card blank. 6 Finish with silver Drip Drops.

Just a note You’ll need Cosmic Drip Drops Black Ranger Sparkle embossing powder heat tool

Step by step 1 Stencil your chosen design using the Create in Quads Hexagon Stencil and blending brushes for all four layers in different colour inks on each layer. Trim the panel into four. 2 Stamp and heat-emboss the sentiment on the card panel. 3 Affix the panel onto the card blank. 4 Complete with Cosmic Drip Drops. These stencils look brilliant crafted onto panels for 3D projects and dimensional cards

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Your guide to

QUILLING Lou Collins

Lou's top tips...

How to... get started with the

for larger shapes

floral corner Other tools you may ﬁnd helpful would be: • A ﬁne-tip glue applicator • Tweezers for pinching ends together

1 Coil the whole length of a strip around the quilling tool.

2 Glue the end of a second strip to the ﬁrst.

3 Continue coiling to create a large quilled coil.

Lou’s essential advice for card designs 1 Once your quilled shapes are adhered you will no longer see the template lines underneath. Do not worry about getting your paper strips to fit these exactly, they are simply a guide for you. 2 When creating a paper border around a letter, use tweezers to neatly fold the paper strip around a corner, but only once the glue has fully dried on the previous section. 3 You may want to begin the floral corner or the heart template with the simple quilled circle shapes to practise before moving onto the slightly more difficult other shapes and flourishes. 4 Decide on your colour scheme before you start to ensure you have enough of each colour required.

1 Create a large quilled circle, adhere and once dry, pinch one side to create a teardrop shape.

2 Glue this down onto the template and use a pin to hold the points of each layer together while the glue dries.

3 Wind the end of a strip loosely around the quilling tool.

4 Release the strip and open up until it is roughly the shape of the ﬂourish on the template.

5 Add glue to the template using a ﬁne-tipped glue applicator.

6 Place the strip onto the glue, holding in place with the quilling tool until the glue is dry.

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QUILLING HOW-TO

How to... create smaller holes

1 Slide the end of a quilling strip through the slot in the quilling tool.

2 Wind the strip tightly around the tool to the end – you may need only half the strip length.

3 Place the wound strip into a small circle in the template and allow the strip to open up to the edges.

4 Add a small dab of glue to the end of the strip before removing the tool. Leave the quilled strip in the template while the glue dries.

3 Gently tap the coil until it opens out to the desired size.

4 Add a dab of glue to the end of the strip and leave in place to dry.

3 Glue the end of the coil and pinch with tweezers or your quilling tool until dry if needed.

4 Use a pin from the kit in the centre of the coil and pin it towards one edge to create an offset coil. Add small dabs of glue to hold the strips to the outer edge.

How to... create medium holes

1 Wind a full strip around the quilling tool to the end – this does not need to be wound as tightly as you did for the smaller pieces.

2 Place the coiled strip into the centre of a medium-sized hole and allow it to relax out.

How to... create large holes

1 Wind a long strip or even join two together to create a large coil in the quilling tool.

2 Place the coil into one of the large circles on the template and allow to open up.

How to... get started with the LOVE template

1 Add a thin line of glue to just part of the outer edge of one of the letters.

2 Place the thin edge of a quilling strip into the glue and hold upright until dry.

3 Work around the letter until the whole outline has a strip border.

4 Fill the letter with small quilled shapes using the template as a guide.

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You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Set 6”-square card blank Mustard cardstock gold mirror card

ﬂoral papers gems happy birthday sentiment stamp

Step by step

5 Mark the halfway point on the bottom of the card front and cut diagonally to each corner. Cut a 13.5cm square of Mustard cardstock and 13cm square of patterned paper and repeat the process. Matt the layers together including the triangle off-cuts. 6 Attach the off-cut triangles on the card front so they cross each other using 3D foam pads. 7 Add the three quilled daisies down the front, stamp the sentiment onto white cardstock, trim to size and layer onto Mustard cardstock before affixing on the top of the card front using 3D foam pads. 8 Add gems to finish.

1 Using the quilling tool and strands of paper, quill a circle, using the plastic guide gently release the paper from the tool and place in circle number 16. 2 Adhere the end of the circle in place and pinch into a teardrop shape. Repeat this 15 times, allow to dry and group into sets of five. 3 To create the centre of the flower, cut one of the strands in half and twist into a small circle. Do not release from the tool until glued in place. Allow to dry. 4 Make up the flower shapes gluing each petal in place and adding the centre on the top, then allow to dry.

You'll need All-occasion Quilling Set DL card blank pink cardstock ﬂoral papers acetate embellishments Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens 3D foam pads ‘new’ sentiment die manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Cut acetate to fit the large ‘HOME’ template from the set. 2 Choose the colours to be used and, starting with the outline, add pins to the corners and wrap and glue around. Repeat for the letter and for stability add two or three more layers. 3 Using the quilling tool and strands, follow the template 40

New home adding all the shapes to fill both letters. Allow to dry completely. 4 Matt and layer pink cardstock and floral papers. 5 Gently remove the letters from the acetate and place them

onto a piece of pink cardstock 16.5x6.5cm, once happy with the placement adhere into place. 6 Fix this layer in place with 3D foam pads. 7 Add a die cut ‘new’ sentiment.

Adding embellishments gives the quilling more dimension and ﬁnish oﬀ by painting over the letters with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens

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NON-TRADITIONAL CARD SHAPES

Bon voyage

You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Set stepper card blank Under the Sea Hunkydory cardstock acetate coloured gems Kaisercraft Texture Criss Cross die Sweet Dixie Seahorse die manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Fill a fine-tip glue applicator with PVA glue. Use the swirl template from the quilling set, quilling tool and colours of quilling paper required. 2 Cut a piece of acetate to fit the template and secure in place with paperclips. This means the template can be reused. 3 Using the quilling tool start with a small circle and glue in place, using the pins and glue pull the strand around the pins following the template.

4 Where the strands of paper touch on the template, secure them together. As this is an intricate design, break down into smaller areas and allow to dry before starting the next part. Once complete, leave to dry. 5 Create the card using Hunkydory Under the Sea cardstock, cut out the Criss Cross die and seahorse. 6 Build up the back of the stepper card. 7 Now the quilling is dry, gently peel off the acetate and decide how to place it on the card front. Once you're happy, adhere the circles and hold in place. 8 Add the seahorse and sentiment. 9 Adding gemstones to parts of the quilling gives it more dimension and sparkle.

Top Tip

Work in sections to allow the glue to set before moving on

You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Set large scalloped circle card blank patterned papers gold & green mirror card Tonic Studios Nuvo glue pen Tonic Studios Nuvo Garden Grove Glitter 3D foam pads Colarado Craft Company Get Well Feel Better stamp set frame die set manual die-cutting die set

Step by step 1 Fill a fine-tip glue applicator with PVA glue. Use the floral swirl template card, quilling tool and colours of quilling paper required. 2 To make the flower, take one strand of quilling paper and the tool, slide the paper into the groove of the tool and holding it in place twist the tool to start making a circle with the paper. 3 Once the strand is completely curled, hold the circle and remove from the tool, gently place into the plastic measuring tool circle size required and adhere the end down. 4 Pinch the end to mould into a tear shape, repeat five times and adhere in place on the template. 5 Using the same technique, but

Get well soon pinching both ends, making the leaves and glue in place. 6 For the swirls, start with the same technique but this time add a dot of glue after the ﬁrst couple of twists to hold the beginning in place and curl. Glue the small circle onto the template and add glue to the swirl.

7 To keep to the lines, add pins and pull the strand to follow the curve of the lines. Hold in place with the glue. 8 Once dry, cut backing paper to ﬁt the card blank and using the Nuvo glue pen draw around the scallops and sprinkle with the Nuvo glitter, tap oﬀ the excess. 9 Cut a piece of gold mirror card

to 11x14.5cm and mount the quilled template with 3D foam pads. 10 Using the frame die, cut out a frame to ﬁt the template in a contrasting colour, mount over the template and onto the gold card with 3D foam pads. 11 Attach to the scalloped card and add the sentiment to ﬁnish. 41

Sarah Jackman Read

Classic CREATION Create timeless makes with Sarah’s easy to follow how-to guide using this issue’s kit supporting Mental Health UK

Thanks for being you

Apply a thin layer of PVA glue onto a small piece of acetate and dip the base or edge of the quilled pieces into it before adhering in place

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You’ll need

Step by step

All-occasion quilling set white & blue cardstock tracing paper patterned paper dark purple inkpad sentiment stamp

1 Cover the front of a 12x14cm top-folding white card blank with blue cardstock trimmed slightly smaller. Trim yellow patterned paper to 11x13cm and adhere on top.

2 Trim white cardstock to 10x12cm and stamp a sentiment on the right-hand side. Trace the flower design onto tracing paper with a pencil and turn over and go over the design on the back.

3 Trace the design on to the lefthand side of the white cardstock and quill the design using a mixture of loose coils shaped into petals and leaves, tight coils and scrolls.

ALL-OCCASION UNIQUE CARDS

need Just to say hi! You’ll All-occasion quilling set white & pink cardstock patterned papers tracing paper sentiment stamp dark purple inkpad 3D foam pads alphabet die set manual die-cutting machine

Step by step

Crafty idea! You’ll need All-occasion quilling set white & yellow cardstock patterned paper tracing paper dark purple inkpad sentiment stamp

1 Cover the front of a 12x10cm topfolding white card blank with pink cardstock trimmed slightly smaller. Trim patterned paper to 11x9cm and adhere on top. Trim a border of contrasting paper to 12x2cm and adhere across the bottom. 2 Cut white cardstock to 7.5x9cm and stamp a sentiment towards the top. Trace a ‘H’ onto tracing paper with a pencil, turn over and go over the design on the back. 3 Trace the ‘H’ under the sentiment and die-cut the rest of the sentiment from pink cardstock. Go around the edge of the ‘H’ with a quilling paper and ﬁll in with scroll and tight coils. 4 Trim pink patterned paper to 8.5x10cm, adhering the white cardstock on top. Layer onto pink cardstock, attaching above the border with 3D foam pads. 5 Quill three simple ﬂowers and adhere across the border.

Use quick-grab PVA glue so the quilled edges and pieces adhere within seconds

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When making scrolls, work with the natural curve in the quilling papers for a neat ﬁnish

Step by step 1 Cover the front of a 15x9cm top-folding white card blank with yellow cardstock trimmed slightly smaller. Cut pink patterned paper to 14x8cm and adhere on top. 2 Trim white cardstock to 14x5.5cm and stamp a sentiment in the centre. Layer onto yellow cardstock and adhere across the front. 3 Trace an ‘O’ onto tracing paper with a pencil, turn over and go over the design on the back. Trace the ‘O’ around the sentiment and go around the edge with quilling paper. 4 Fill in the ‘O’ with a mixture of shaped loose and tight coils and scrolls. Add a mixture of scrolls and shaped loose coils either side to complete the design. 43

ALL-OCCASION CARDS

You’ll need All-occasion quilling set white & pink cardstock patterned paper sentiment stamp dark purple inkpad tracing paper circle dies manual die-cutting machine

Happy birthday

Cover card

Step by step 1 Cover the front of a 13cm square white card blank with pink cardstock trimmed slightly smaller. Cut patterned paper to 12cm square and adhere on top. 2 Die-cut a 7.5cm circle from white cardstock and stamp a sentiment in the centre. Layer a circle die-cut from pink cardstock and adhere to card front as shown. 3 Trace the flower design onto tracing paper with a pencil then turn over and go over the design on the back. Trace the design under the sentiment, altering it to fit around the circle. 4 Quill the design using a mixture of loose coils shaped into petals and leaves, tight coils and scrolls.

With love

Crafty idea! Trace areas of all the designs to make up your own unique creation

You’ll need All-occasion quilling set white & orange cardstock patterned papers tracing paper sentiment stamp dark purple inkpad

Step by step 1 Cover the front of a 10.5x15cm white card blank with orange cardstock trimmed slightly smaller. Trim yellow patterned paper to 9.5x14cm and adhere on top. 2 Cut white cardstock to 9.5x4cm and stamp a sentiment on the right-hand side. Layer on pink patterned paper and adhere to the front, towards the bottom. 3 Trace the design onto tracing paper with a pencil, turn over and go over the design on the back. 4 Place and trace the design on to the left-hand side, and quill the design using a mixture of scrolls, loose, shaped loose and tight coils. To speed up your quilling, use a battery-operated quilling tool

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Mel Jess

Utterly CHARMING If you’re looking for a unique gift for a loved one, let Mel take you through how to make a show-stopper or two with her how-to guide

Paw box frame You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Kit template downloaded from CraftWorld white cardstock gems frame computer & printer sentiment stamp

Crafty idea! Try using a diﬀerent shape or letter and make in the same way. Another fun idea is to leave the inside of the design empty and ﬁll around them instead

Step by steps

1 Print out the template from CraftWorld and measure to fit the frame you are using and cut to the size. Cut ¼” strips from white A4 cardstock.

2 Take one of the strips and using the template, adhere the strips around the paw edge. Cut off the extra and remove any glue. Wrap twice.

3 Cut four 1” strips of the blue paper, roll and make a coil almost to the end and let it loosen. Secure coil into each toe touching the edge.

4 Repeat with two 1” long strips of pink and purple paper. Use the white paper to roll and affix tight coils from three 1” and one ½” strips and fill the space.

Bonus templates Mel’s created templates for some of these makes, head to CraftWorld now to download them www.craftworld.com/ cms/papercraft-essentials 5 Cut four 1” strips of white paper, roll a loose coil and secure. Pinch one end to make a teardrop. Glue a five-petal flower to the top. 46

6 Add two more groups of three petals to the paw. Make coil strips in previous colours and add to the paw and fill with white tight coils.

7 Finish with a few matching gems and add the paw print into the frame.

GIFTSUNIQUE AND TRINKETS CARDS

Upcycled heart You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Kit upcycled wooden heart (painted and distressed) pearls template downloaded from CraftWorld

Step by step 1 Using an online template, die-cut or hand-draw a heart on the upcycled piece to help with placement. 2 Use the pink quilling paper to create a border using the heart shape, ending with a small coil at the top. 3 Cut three strips, small to large, and adhere these at the top-left side of the heart leaving a small space between each, making sure the ends touch the border. 4 Cut the pink strip into four, roll a coil and allow loosen a little and adhere. Pinch one end to make a teardrop. Make five of these. 5 Adhere the teardrops to the right side of the heart, creating a

flower shape. 6 Take strips of the pink and roll one end a few times, stop and roll the other making a double ended loose coil. 7 Secure this to the heart and create more different lengths and coils. Add all over but more towards the sides. 8 Make another half flower and affix against one of the double coils on the left side. 9 Cut 1½” and 1” lengths of the pink and roll and adhere the tight coils, securing these around the heart and around the larger coils and edges. 10 Finish with some pearls. To help the border stick, use small dabs of glue along the edge a little bit at a time and allow the glue to take hold before moving on. Push gently on the top of the quilling paper and remove any excess glue

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You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Kit white 12"-square cardstock gems

Step by step 1 Cut ¼” strips from 12”-square cardstock, roll and glue making tight coils totalling 116 and cut six 6” strips to make smaller tight coils. 2 Once all the coils have been created, begin affixing them together to make the trinket box. Adhere six strips of seven and six more strips of five. 3 Adhere two of the 7 supports and two of the 5 columns to make the edge of the box. Make three edges in total. 4 For the lid and base, create a crisscross pattern in the middle using 12 more coils with the smaller one in the middle. 5 Take the base and adhere five coils on top of one another at each corner. Stick the third edge on top to creating the frame. 6 Cut 12 strips of the white cardstock. Take one, roll a coil, stop and move down the strip and roll again. The strip will overlap but stop once you are almost at the coil before. 7 Repeat all along the strip going

Trinket box in diﬀerent directions. Position strips in the same way. 8 Adhere two of these strips into each side of the trinket box. Make sure they touch the sides and each other to create a wall. Add the other four into the spaces left in the lid. 9 Cut a strip of cardstock to ﬁt inside the box and secure to create a base. 10 Add the four smaller coils to

the back of the lid, placing where it will fit inside the box and stop the lid slipping off. 11 Create a large flower for the lid using the loose coil and teardrops. Make six full lengths from orange, the same from red and five half-lengths from red. 12 Affix two yellow strips together, roll and secure the coil. 13 Group the larger petals in colour groups and glue. Stick one

If you would like the trinket box to be sturdier, add a small box to ﬁt inside or even add some thick acetate to protect the decorative sides

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on top of the other and add the yellow coil to the middle. Affix the smaller petals around. 14 To finish, add the flower to the lid and gems for final details. 47

GIFTS AND TRINKETS

Butterfly keyring You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Kit template downloaded from CraftWorld Mod Podge keyring computer & printer

Step by step 1 Print out the template from CraftWorld and use to help build the wings. 2 Cut a 6” purple strip and roll, let the coil loosen and glue. Pinch one end to create a teardrop. Create another three. 3 Wrap 6” blue quilling papers, going round twice and cutting off the excess, secure in place. Cut six more strips, this time 4”, and make more teardrops. 4 Place the two larger coils in the larger wings with the smaller one at the bottom and the other four go in the small wings. 5 Cut a strip of one ½” purple and 2” strip from blue. Roll the purple paper in a tight coil, glue and add the blue and continue to make a tight coil. Secure closed. Make 12 in total. 6 Add these two-coloured coils

to the larger circles. 7 Cut 2½” strips of blue and roll tight coils. Make enough to fill the smaller circles in the template. 8 Cut strips of 2", 1½" and 1” length of blue paper and roll to make tight coils. Use these to fill in around the wings. Adhere the pieces together. 9 Take the blue quilling papers and wrap around the wings twice. 10 For the body, cut a 10” length of purple paper, roll into a coil and allow to loosen before gluing. Make an ‘eye’ shape by pinching either end. Wrap in blue twice and add a small antenna. 11 Create the butterfly, glue large and small wings together then to one another. Place something small either side of the wings until the glue is dry to help the wings take a shape. 12 Affix the body to the middle once the glue is dry. 13 Cover the whole butterfly in Mod Podge or a gloss to seal it and make it sturdy. Once dry, add a keyring.

Stick some greaseproof paper to the template, making sure you can see through it. This will help when gluing the pieces together, stopping it sticking to the template and making it easier to remove

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Cactus earrings You’ll need All-occasion Quilling Kit white & black cardstock jewellery findings & tools frame gems

Step by step 1 Take two of the quilling papers and affix together. Roll with the quilling tool and create a large tight coil and secure the end. Repeat three more times, creating three large tight coils. 2 Take one of the coils, slowly tease it into a tall bowl shape making sure the papers stay overlapped. Add glue inside to seal and hold together. 3 Make another bowl shape the same size as the first and make the last two a little smaller with a flatter bottom. Secure as before. 4 Adhere the tall and flat bottom pieces together to make the cactus body. Create the second and set aside to dry. 5 Cut strips of black cardstock 48

the same thickness as the quilling paper – 1⁄8”. Adhere the lengths together and make the same as the cactus creating the plant pot. 6 Roll a tight small coil and secure to the base of the plant pot wrapping around the edge some more card to give the pot a thick rim. Add glue inside to seal. 7 Roll a tight coil of orange and glue inside the plant pot. 8 Affix the cactus to each pot and attach white pearls as shown. Finish by gluing some earring findings into the top of the cactus.

Crafty idea! Instead of using pearls, cut 1⁄16” strips of ½” white papers, roll a tight coil, glue and flatten to make small spikes to stick to the cactus

Elegant

EMBELLISHMENTS If you have a huge stash of embellishments that you don’t know what to do with, these handy guides will help inspire you

Amy Wilks

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Birthday wishes You’ll need white 8”-square card blank white, dark purple, light purple & pink cardstock pink glitter card acetate Trimits Pink Satin Bows, Carriage and Horses & Flower Gems embellishments Hunkydory Purple Sparkles Diamond Sparkles glitter gemstones 3D foam pads double-sided adhesive sheet Chloe’s Creative Cards 8x8” basic circles die set Hunkydory Birthday Wishes 50

Moonstone mini die set manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Place a circle die over the fold of the card blank and die-cut to create a circle-shaped card blank. Use the same die to cut out a circle from white cardstock and aﬃx onto the card front. 2 Trim a small amount oﬀ the bottom of the back of the card, so it will stand up without rocking. 3 Die-cut a smaller circle from dark purple cardstock and

another smaller circle from pink cardstock. Affix onto the card front. 4 Create a circle border frame from pale purple cardstock and two circle dies. Affix acetate onto the back of the frame and trim to size. Use 3D foam pads on the back of the frame, ensuring there are no gaps. 5 Place the flower gems onto the centre of the pink cardstock, then affix the frame onto the card front to create the shaker element. 6 Die-cut the sentiment outline

from dark purple cardstock, attach an adhesive sheet onto pink glitter card and die-cut the sentiment, aﬃx together and onto the card front using 3D foam pads. 7 Aﬃx the carriage to the card front using 3D foam pads, then attach the horses. Finish with a bow and gem. When creating circle cards, trim from the bottom of the back so it will stand up without rocking

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INSPIRED BY...

You’ll need

Little princess

white, pale pink & dark pink cardstock pink glitter card Trimits Pink Satin Bows, Flower Gems, Crown Gems & Castle, Wand, Mirror and Little Princess sentiment embellishments Hunkydory Pink Sparkles Diamond Sparkles glitter gemstones 3D foam pads Chloe’s Creative Cards 8x8” basic circles die set manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Create your own princess crown template. Draw around the template onto pale pink cardstock and cut out. 2 Trim pale pink cardstock and attach onto the left side of the crown to create the back of the card blank. Matt and layer white cardstock onto dark pink cardstock and aﬃx onto the inside of the card. 3 Trim dark pink cardstock and aﬃx onto the bottom of the crown. Trim dark pink cardstock and adhere onto pink glitter

card, slightly larger. Affix onto the card front. 4 Die-cut four small circles from pink glitter card. Affix onto the card front using 3D foam pads, then attach the crown gems onto the centre of each circle. 5 Cut a circle from dark pink cardstock, a slightly smaller circle from pink glitter card and a smaller again circle from pale pink cardstock. Affix together

white 6x4” card blank pale & dark purple cardstock purple glitter card Trimits Castle, Wand, Crown & Shoes, Carriage & Horses, Felt

8 Die-cut a small circle from dark pink cardstock and a smaller circle from pink glitter card. Attach together, then onto the tip of the crown. Finish with a bow and gem. Experiment with diﬀerent-shaped card blanks to match the theme

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Step by step

Floral carriage

You’ll need

then onto the card front using 3D foam pads. Adhere a trim of dark pink cardstock onto the circle. 6 Affix the sentiment, then the castle, wand and mirror onto the circle. 7 Die-cut four small circles from dark pink cardstock. Affix onto the tips of the crown and adhere flower gems onto the centre of each circle.

the spinner Top Twist before putting into Tip an envelope, so it will spin once removed

Flowers & Flower Gems embellishments Gloss Simply White Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops thread 3D foam pads

double-sided adhesive sheet Hunkydory Birthday Wishes Moonstone mini die set Chloe’s Creative Cards 8x8” basic circles die set manual die-cutting machine

1 Die-cut two circles from purple glitter. Cut two slightly smaller circles, one from dark purple and one from light purple cardstock. Attach onto the glitter circle. 2 Decorate die-cut circles using princess embellishments. Affix thread to the back of one circle, then affix the other. 3 Trim pale purple cardstock and affix onto the card front. Die-cut a semicircle aperture from the card front. 4 Affix both ends of the thread to the inside of the card. Pull thread tight before securing it. Cover with white cardstock. 5 Trim dark purple cardstock and affix onto a larger piece of purple glitter card. Affix onto the card front. 6 Die-cut the sentiment outline from pale purple cardstock, adhere the adhesive sheet onto dark purple and die-cut the sentiment from it. Affix together then onto the card front using 3D foam pads. 7 Affix felt flowers and gems onto the card front. Add Nuvo Drops onto the flower centres. 51

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Liz McGuire

Flutter ON BY We love this all-occasion Butterfly Kisses kit from Dovecraft used by Liz to create a series of beautiful makes

All cards have been made with Dovecraft’s Butterfly Kisses collection unless specified otherwise

ONE-KIT MAKES

Birthday hearts You’ll need 15cm-square card blank 6x6” paper pad glittered découpage pad holographic butterflies sentiment toppers mini bows 3D foam pads

Step by step 1 Using one of the patterned papers, cover the card blank, leaving a narrow border. Trim co-ordinating paper to 11.5cm square and adhere to the centre of the card blank. 2 Pop out the heart découpage and assemble using 3D foam pads. Adhere to the card front. 3 Add the sentiment topper, holographic butterflies and mini bow to finish.

Lovely day You’ll need 10x21cm card blank 12x12” paper pad glittered découpage pad mini bows puffy stickers flower pearls 3D foam pads

Step by step 1 Using one of the patterned papers, cover the card blank leaving a narrow border. Trim a co-ordinating paper to 3.5cm and adhere to the card as shown. 2 Add the butterfly découpage and assemble using 3D foam pads. Adhere to the card. 3 Add the puffy stickers spelling ‘friend’, mini bow and flower pearl to finish.

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Why not put some of the butterflies on mini springs to add some movement to your makes?

Especially for you

Especially for you You’ll need 10x21cm card blank 12x12” paper pad glittered découpage pad resin ﬂowers mini pegs

Happy birthday

holographic butterﬂies 3D foam pads

Step by step 1 Using two co-ordinating

patterned papers, cover the card blank leaving narrow borders. 2 Pop out the ‘Especially FOR YOU’ découpage and assemble using 3D foam pads. Adhere to

the card as shown. 3 Add the resin ﬂowers to two of the corners and add the holographic butterﬂies using mini pegs as their ‘bodies’.

You’ll need 15cm-square card blank white cardstock 6x6” paper pad Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad marker pens sentiment toppers mini bows 3D foam pads butterﬂy stamps butterﬂy dies circle dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Use the 14cm-diameter circle die to create a card blank, leaving 5cm at the fold uncut. Use the 12cm and 10cm dies to cut two pieces of co-ordinating patterned paper and adhere to the card front. 2 Stamp the sentiment onto patterned paper, trim around and attach to the card using 3D foam pads. Stamp, colour and trim around three flowers and attach to the card as shown. 3 Using patterned paper, die-cut the butterfly and adhere to the card. Add the sentiment topper and mini bow as shown. 56

ONE-KIT MAKES

Special wishes You'll need 15cm-square easel card blank 6x6” paper pad glittered découpage pad mini bows 3D foam pads circle nesting dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Die-cut a circle from white cardstock and adhere onto the easel card blank. 2 Using two co-ordinating patterned papers cover the ‘easel’ leaving narrow borders. Use a third patterned paper to cover the ‘base’. 3 Pop out the découpage pieces and assemble using 3D foam pads. Attach to the card as shown. 4 Add the ‘Special Wishes’ sentiment to the stepper. Attach the ‘JUST FOR YOU’ sentiment as shown using 3D foam pads.

Just for you with love You’ll need 21x15cm stepper card blank 6x6” paper pad glittered découpage pad mini bows puffy stickers flower pearls 3D foam pads

Step by step 1 Using four co-ordinating patterned papers, cover all four ‘steps’ of the card blank, leaving narrow borders. 2 Pop out the découpage pieces and assemble using 3D foam pads. Attach to the card as shown. 3 Add the butterfly puffy sticker and flower pearls to finish.

Do a dry run to check placement before sticking down your final design

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Crafty idea! You’ll need dark pink, black & white cardstock 8x8” Watercolour Backgrounds paper pack Arteza alcohol pens clear glitter Tonic Studios Nuvo Drops Wink of Stella glitter pen vellum 3D foam tape Sentiments die & stamp set Layering Butterﬂy die set manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Cut a base from black cardstock 58

measuring 15x28cm, scoring at 7cm and 21cm. Cut a 7.5x22cm strip and score at 4cm and 29cm. 2 Cut two 6.5x14.5cm panels of pink cardstock and two 6x14cm panels of Watercolour Backgrounds. Adhere together and to the front of the panels, leaving narrow borders. 3 For the inside cut a designer panel measuring 13.5x14.5cm and a 13x14cm white panel. Adhere together and glue inside the card. 4 Die-cut the solid base butterfly from black cardstock and one of the top two layers from vellum. 5 Place your vellum die-cut on

If you accidentally slip a little with your alcohol pen, use a sand eraser to remove the colour

scrap paper and using alcohol pens, trace inside the cut-outs. 6 Place the die used to cut the top butterfly over the black butterfly and using the die as a stencil fill in the holes with the glitter pen. 7 Adhere the vellum butterfly to the back base using glue only on the body of the butterfly. 8 Attach bellyband together at the ends. Adhere the butterflies to the bellyband on top of the seam of the band to hide it – be careful to only apply glue to the part of the butterfly that will touch the bellyband. 9 Stamp a sentiment and die-cut with a border die.

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measuring 13.8x20cm, leaving a narrow border each time. 3 Add a white panel to the middle for writing 11.8x18cm. 4 Die-cut the balloons in order of light to dark on top starting with the silver as the base solid layer. Adhere all together and attach on the front panel as shown. 5 Die-cut the top layer in the dark cardstock, cut in half and glue to opposite sides of the white panel. 6 Die-cut three solid balloons and attach to the back panel. 7 Stamp and die-cut a sentiment, adhere to the front with 3D foam tape.

Balloons You’ll need

Step by step

white cardstock 8x8” Watercolour Backgrounds paper pack silver mirror card three shades of teal cardstock

two A5 card blanks 3D foam tape Sentiments die & stamp set Layering Balloon die set manual die-cutting machine

You’ll need

with dark pink. Do the same with the stem and leaves. 5 Put the die back into the A5 card while it is still over the inked area. Using a dark pink and the dark green ink, fill in the open areas of the die using it as a stencil for the extra detail. 6 Remove the A5 layer and curl the edges of your die-cut up for dimension. 7 Adhere the pink die-cut over the flower, applying glue only to the centre area so that the petals stand up a bit. 8 Attach a flat back gem to finish the card.

white cardstock blue & purple cardstock silver mirror card 8x8” Watercolour Backgrounds paper pack dark pink & gree inkpads 3D foam tape Sentiments die & stamp set Layered Star die set manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Create an A5 card base and die-cut the top layer of the flower dies from pink cardstock. 2 Die-cut the base layer with the stem from an A5 card panel. 3 Place the A5 piece over the card blank – use low-tack tape to keep the panel from slipping and moving. 4 Using ink-blending brushes, colour the flower with light pink ink and the edges of the flower

1 Adhere the two card blanks to make a zigzag card blank. 2 Layer up the panels with mirror card measuring 14.3x20.5cm and Watercolour Backgrounds papers

The dies layer according to the size of the holes, the smaller the holes, the closer to the base of the card - if you want the dark colour on the top, you need the die with the biggest holes

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Flower

Crafty idea! If your tape is a bit too sticky, try sticking it to your trousers a few times to pick up lint to lessen the stick

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Beginner's guide

The bold and BEAUTIFUL Break down those creative barriers with Vanessa’s fab new masterclass with how to learn the trapped Distress Oxide Ink blending technique

Vanessa Hodgson

rapped Distress Oxide Ink blending is another great way to use your Distress Oxide Ink. All you need is some ink, clear embossing powder and a heat tool and you are all set to go – throw in some stamps and the creations you can make with this technique are endless. For this technique, you start by simply blending some Distress Oxide Ink onto

cardstock and allow to fully dry before attempting to add embossing powder. The next step is to add a stamped image using clear embossing ink and cover the sticky ink with some clear embossing powder and heat-set. Now the fun starts, as once our embossed image has cooled we can add darker Distress Oxide Ink over the embossed image – the darker the ink the better, as darker inks make

the image really stand out. Once the piece is fully covered with the darker ink, wipe away the remaining ink that is sitting on the embossed image to reveal the colourful ink underneath; this is because we have trapped the lighter ink under the clear embossing powder. In this Beginner’s Guide I will show you how to make simple two colour-blend techniques to more elaborate multi-ink

BEGINNER'S GUIDE

blends. I will show you how to make a simple square card and how to turn your backgrounds into lovely shaped cards that will make your creations really stand out. The cards can be as simple or as elaborate as desired, a trapped background and a sentiment is more than enough to make a beautiful quick card, but we can also take it further by

creating different card shapes, adding frames and extra sparkle with sequins and gems. Distress Oxide Ink is great when spritzed with water and we can add this extra detail in when we make our trapped-ink backgrounds. A great thing to do when trying this technique is to create lots of backgrounds experimenting with

different colours and cardstocks, as different cardstocks will show colours differently so you will get lots of interesting results and have a good stash of backgrounds ready to make a quick card when needed. So get out your Distress Oxide Ink and stamps and enjoy experimenting with this really easy technique!

How to...

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trapped Distress Oxide Ink blend

1 Ink a piece of stamping cardstock with your choice of Distress Oxide Ink colours and dry thoroughly.

2 Ink up the stamp with VersaMark embossing ink and stamp onto the inked background.

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3 Cover with clear embossing powder and heat-set to melt the powder.

4 Blend darker inks over the embossed image.

5 Wipe away the ink from the embossed image to reveal the trapped Distress Oxide Ink underneath. 62

◆ 5¾”-square white card blank ◆ Crafter’s Companion stamping cardstock ◆ Mustard Seed, Salty Ocean, Ripe Persimmon, Chipped Sapphire & Mowed Lawn Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ clear WOW! embossing powder ◆ Watermark VersaMark stamp pad ◆ 3D foam pads ◆ heat tool ◆ ink-blending brushes ◆ My Favorite Things Mesmerizing Mandala stamp set ◆ Honey Bee Great Buzzword die & stamp set ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Cut stamping cardstock to 5” square; blend Mustard Seed ink across the top and Salty Ocean across the bottom, creating a green band in the middle where the two colours mix. 2 Dry thoroughly, dust with antistatic powder, ink up the mandala stamp using VersaMark ink and stamp into the centre of the card, cover with clear embossing powder, tap oﬀ the excess and heat-set to melt the powder. 3 Blend Ripe Persimmon ink over the top of the card and Chipped

Sapphire over the bottom then wipe the excess ink oﬀ the embossing using a soft cloth to reveal the image underneath. Spritz with water and blot again, matt onto a larger piece of cardstock that has been coloured around the edges using Mowed Lawn and adhere to the card front. 4 Die-cut ‘great’ three times from stamping cardstock, colour the top layer with Chipped Sapphire ink at the top and Ripe Persimmon at the bottom, spritz with water and blot. Adhere the words together to create height and adhere to the centre of the card. 5 Stamp the sentiment onto a strip of white cardstock using Ripe Persimmon ink, edge with Mowed Lawn and adhere above the die-cut word using 3D foam pads. Add glue to waste plastic packaging and use to dip the die-cut word into to easily apply the glue

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BEGINNER'S GUIDE

Love you

You’ll need ◆ white card blank ◆ Crafter’s Companion stamping cardstock ◆ Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness & Chipped Sapphire Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ Watermark VersaMark Stamp Pad ◆ clear WOW! embossing powder ◆ heat tool ◆ ink-blending brushes ◆ 3D foam pads ◆ Woodware Bird on a Branch Clear Stamp & Thoughtful Strips stamp set ◆ Honey Bee Double Stitched Polygons Nesting die set ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Die-cut two large polygon shapes from the card blank and score one at ½” across the top. Add glue to the tab created and adhere to the remaining polygon to create the card base. 2 Cut a piece of stamping cardstock slightly larger than the card blank, directly blend Mustard Seed ink across the top, Twisted Citron in the middle and Lucky Clover across the bottom. Use a blending tool over where the colours meet, dry thoroughly and

You make my world brighter

You’ll need ◆ white DL card blank ◆ Crafter’s Companion stamping cardstock ◆ Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Festive Berries, Seedless Preserve & Chipped Sapphire Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ clear WOW!

Step by step embossing powder ◆ Cheerful VersaFine Clair Pigment inkpad ◆ Crimson Red VersaFine Pigment inkpad ◆ clear gems ◆ ink-blending foam tool ◆ heat tool ◆ Woodware Curly Petals stamp set

1 Cut a piece of stamping cardstock to 8x35⁄8”. With the card positioned horizontally, blend Mustard Seed ink across the top, Ripe Persimmon across the centre and Festive Berries at the bottom. Dry thoroughly and

dust with anti-static powder. 3 Ink up the stamp using VersaMark ink, stamp into the centre of the inked cardstock, cover with clear embossing powder, tap excess off and heat-set. 4 Ink-blend Mowed Lawn ink across the top of the cardstock, Rustic Wilderness in the centre and Chipped Sapphire across the bottom. Use a soft cloth to wipe the ink away from the embossing. Die-cut into a polygon shape using the largest polygon die and adhere to the card base. 5 Die-cut a frame using the polygon dies. Stamp sentiment onto a strip of white cardstock using Chipped Sapphire and adhere to the bottom edge of the frame and adhere the frame over the card blank using 3D foam pads.

Crafty ideas... Batch make some backgrounds and allow to dry over night to ensure completely dry

dust with anti-static powder. 2 Ink and stamp using VersaMark ink and stamp into the centre of the card, ink the stamp again and stamp either side. Cover with clear embossing powder, tap off the excess and heat-set. 3 Blend Seedless Preserves ink over the top of the card and Chipped Sapphire over the bottom half of the card; wipe ink away from the embossed flowers. Edge the card using Chipped Sapphire and adhere to the card base. 4 Cut a strip of cardstock to 8” wide and stamp the sentiment into the centre using Crimson Red pigment ink, clean the stamp and stamp again at either side using Cheerful pigment ink. Edge with Chipped Sapphire and adhere to the card blank. 5 Add some clear gems to the centre of each flower to finish.

Experiment with diﬀerent colour combinations for diﬀerent results

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You’ll need ◆ white cardstock ◆ glitter card ◆ mixed-media cardstock ◆ Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron & Spiced Marmalade Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ clear embossing inkpad ◆ clear embossing powder ◆ Something Good Tracy Hey stamp set ◆ circle nesting dies ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Die-cut two circles from the white card blank to 47⁄8” diameter, score one at ½” from the top, add glue to the tab created and adhere to the remaining circle to create the card base. 2 Cut a piece of cardstock to 4½” square and randomly blend Spun Sugar, Kitch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry ink in circles all over the card, repeat until you’re happy with the depth of colour achieved. Dry thoroughly and dust with anti-static powder. 3 Ink the Dream Machine stamp using VersaMark ink, stamp into

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the centre of the card, cover with clear embossing powder and heat-set. Die-cut into a 4¼”-diameter circle, blend Wilted Violet ink over the top of the card, wiping the ink away from the embossed surface to reveal the trapped coloured detail underneath. Matt onto a larger circle die-cut from Cerise Rose cardstock and adhere to the card base. 4 Stamp the sentiment onto a strip of vellum using VersaMark ink, cover with white embossing powder, tap off excess and heat-set, tear the edges of the strip and add glue behind the letters of the sentiment and adhere to the card base. 5 Add sequins across the card and sentiment to finish. Test if the card is dry by adding some embossing powder to the card – if it doesn’t stick to the ink, the card is dry enough to stamp on

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Just for you

You’ll need ◆ white card blank ◆ Canson Mixed-Media cardstock ◆ Spun Sugar, Kitch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Dusty Concord & Blue Print Sketch Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink ◆ Twilight VersaFine Clair Pigment inkpad ◆ clear WOW! embossing powder ◆ heat tool ◆ 3D foam pads ◆ Lavinia Stamps Woodland Sprite, English Bluebell, Wild Vines & Heartfelt Verses stamp sets ◆ ovals nesting die set ◆ manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Die-cut two ovals from the white card blank using the 6¼x5” oval, score one at ½” from the top, add glue to the tab created and adhere to the remaining oval to create the card base, cut a slither of cardstock from the back of the oval so that the card will stand up straight. 2 Cut a piece of mixed-media cardstock to 6½x5½”, directly blend Spun Sugar ink across the top, Kitsch Flamingo across the centre and Picked Raspberry across the bottom. Dry thoroughly and die-cut into an 64

oval the same size as the card base. 3 Dust the oval with anti-static powder and using VersaMark ink stamp the Woodland Sprite followed by the English Bluebells across the bottom of the oval, cover with clear embossing powder and heat-set. 4 Dust the top of the card with anti-static powder and stamp the wild vines around the top of the oval, cover with clear embossing powder and heat-set again. 5 Blend Picked Raspberry ink across the top of the oval, Dusty Concord across the middle of the oval and Blue Print Sketch across the bottom of the oval, wipe the excess ink away from the embossing to reveal the images and adhere to the card base. 6 Die-cut two ovals creating a frame and adhere together for extra strength. Stamp sentiment onto a strip of white cardstock using Twilight pigment ink, cover with clear embossing powder and heat-set, adhere to the bottom of the oval trimming away any ends that overhang. Adhere the oval to the card base using 3D foam pads to ﬁnish.

5 CARDS FOR £15

Emma Smith

Family TIME Let Emma guide you through creating a series of family cards that won’t break the bank

Circle wreath card You’ll need white cardstock Papermania 6x6” Assorted Colossal Colours cardstock Craft Consortium The Essentials Watercolours paper pad VersaMark inkpad white embossing powder 3D foam pads gems heat tool scoreboard & bone folder Julie Hickey Designs Happy

Birthday stamp docrafts Xcut Daughter, Sister, Mum & Brother mini sentiment dies circle nesting dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Die-cut two circles from white cardstock using the seventh largest die, trim 1⁄4” from one circle, place on scoreboard with the trimmed edge against

the side of the scoreboard and score at 5¾". Adhere to the scored tab and attach to other circle. 2 Die-cut two circles from white cardstock and patterned paper using the 10th-largest die, aﬃx together and attach to the circle card blank using 3D foam pads. 3 Take the small icons from the sentiment dies and die-cut six of each in diﬀerent-coloured cardstock. Double up on the

butterfly lifting the wings, and also the cupcake, making the icing a different colour. Arrange around the circle. 4 Stamp and emboss ‘Happy Birthday’ onto purple cardstock and matt and layer. Die-cut ‘Daughter’ from different-coloured cardstock to make it thicker glue into place and attach to the circle using 3D foam pads. Add gems to finish. 65

5 CARDS FOR £5

You’ll need white cardstock Papermania 6x6” Assorted Colossal Colours cardstock Craft Consortium The Essentials Watercolours paper pad acetate VersaMark inkpad white embossing powder gems 3D foam pads heat tool scoreboard & bone folder Julie Hickey Designs Happy Anniversary stamp docrafts Xcut Sister, Mum & Dad mini sentiment dies heart nesting dies manual die-cutting machine

Happy anniversary

Try to keep an old blade for your trimmer just for cutting acetate so you don’t blunt a new one

Step by step 1 Die-cut two white cardstock hearts using the largest die, trim 5⁄8” from the bottom of one heart, place on scoreboard with the trimmed edge against the side of it and score ½” from the top edge. Add glue to the scored tab and attach to other heart. 2 Take the second-largest heart die and cut a piece of

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patterned paper, acetate and lilac cardstock. Create a frame using the fourth-largest heart die in the centre of the lilac heart. 3 Attach the acetate to the frame using PVA glue. Once dry add

3D foam pads around the edge. Die-cut the small heart several times to make shaker pieces for the inside of the heart. Attach patterned paper to the heart card blank, gather shaker pieces

away from the edge and attach the frame. 4 Stamp and heat-emboss ‘Happy Anniversary’ matt and layer and add ‘Mum’ and ‘Dad’ and gems to ﬁnish.

sentiment dies manual die-cutting machine

Happy birthday

Step by step 1 Take a 7”-square card blank, matt and layer with 6½”-square blue cardstock and 6¼”-square Mint cardstock. Cut patterned paper to 6x3¼” and 6x1½”. Adhere a 6x2½” piece of patterned paper behind the acetate and adhere to the matt and layered pieces where the acetate will be. 2 Cut a piece of acetate to 6x2”. Die-cut an assortment of small icons in different colours and attach to the piece of acetate. Apply red liner tape to the back edge of the patterned papers to affix the acetate. Attach to matt and layers using 3D foam pads. 3 Stamp and emboss the ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment and add a ‘Son’ sentiment with a drop shadow to finish.

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Colossal Colours cardstock acetate 3D foam pads heat tool VersaMark inkpad

white embossing powder Julie Hickey Designs Happy Birthday stamp docrafts Xcut Son, Brother, Dad & Grandad mini

Crafty idea! This technique can be used on other dies you have in your stash

5 CARDS FOR £15

You’ll need

Congratulations

white cardstock Craft Consortium The Essentials Watercolours papers Papermania 12x12” Assorted Colossal Colours cardstock VersaMark inkpad white embossing powder 3D foam pads heat tool scoreboard & bone folder Julie Hickey Designs Congratulations stamp small ampersand die docrafts Xcut mini Grandma, Grandad & Sister sentiment dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Cut white cardstock to 12x6” and score in half on the long side. Score again diagonally from the corner to the scoreline and fold and burnish with a bone folder. 2 Matt and layer the bottom panel with coloured cardstock and patterned paper, repeat with the same measurements for the top and cut in half diagonally.

Congratulations 3 Cut ut a 4½” square of white cardstock and matt and layer using 3D foam pads. Add ‘Grandma & Grandad’ sentiments with a drop shadow. 4 Stamp and emboss ‘CONGRATULATIONS’ onto light blue cardstock, matt and layer and attach to bottom panel using

3D foam pads to create a stopper. 5 Die-cut the small icon dies from white cardstock several times, adhere together to make them more substantial, then add a coloured piece on top.

If you have small sheets of patterned paper but want to make a larger card, don’t be afraid to mix smaller and larger pieces together

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Step by step 1 Cut white cardstock to 12x7½” score in half on the long side, fold and burnish. Matt with pink cardstock, cut one piece of paper to 55⁄8x6” and the other to 55⁄8x1” and attach to the card as shown. 2 Cut lighter pink cardstock to 53⁄8x5¾” and cut an aperture using a trimmer, leaving an ½” border. Attach a piece of acetate and 3D foam pads to only three sides so you can get the tag in. 3 For the tag, cut light pink cardstock to 61⁄8x45⁄8” (double check the tag fits in the pocket before attaching patterned paper). Die-cut two hearts for the tag pull and stick back to back with the tag in the middle. Die-cut the ‘Sister’ sentiment and attach to the tag. 4 Stamp and emboss the ‘You are amazing!' sentiment, matt and layer and attach to the card front using 3D foam pads. Die-cut butterflies and add gems to finish.

You’re amazing You’ll need white cardstock Craft Consortium The Essentials Watercolours papers

Papermania 12x12” Assorted Colossal Colours cardstock acetate VersaMark inkpad white embossing powder

Julie Hickey Designs You Are Amazing stamp gems 3D foam pads heat tool

scoreboard & bone folder docrafts Sister & Mum Xcut mini sentiment dies manual die-cutting machine

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COFFEE BREAK

Just FOR HIM Create the perfect birthday make to celebrate his special day

Happy birthday All of the products used in this feature are from www.beckab.co.uk unless otherwise stated You’ll need

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white, deep blue & Biscuit cardstock patterned papers Studio 490 Residences Art Parts gems sentiment dies manual die-cutting machine

1 Create a background panel using patterned papers, with a green strip across the centre. Matt onto dark blue, white and Biscuit cardstock, leaving narrow borders. Affix to the card front. 2 Using the art parts, adhere and trim the linen paper to size over

the open window house. Add a piece of red circle paper behind the window and affix to the card front. 3 Adhere square patterned paper to the triangular roof piece, trim and adhere to the house.

4 Die-cut the ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ and ‘Grandad’ sentiments from coloured cardstock and attach them to the bottom of the card beneath the house as shown. 5 Add gems to highlight the door and words. 69

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Paw-fect MAKES

Jessica Jenkins

Send these digi stamp makes to your loved ones who are fanatical about our four-legged friends Love is dog shaped You'll need white cardstock alcohol makers black ﬁne-line pen white & gold gel pens

3D foam pads digi stamps downloaded from CraftWorld computer & printer

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3 Colour the dog with alcohol markers and adhere onto the card front. 4 Cut around the bone image and, with a pencil, add some ribbon around the centre. Draw a heart around the sentiment and cut out, then colour both pieces. Go over the pencil lines with a black fine-line pen. 5 Attach the bone to the card base and add the heart over top with some 3D foam pads. To finish, add some white gel pen highlights to the dog.

1 Add the dog image to a new document page and enlarge to the size you want – this one will fit into a 6x4” envelope. Add a sentiment and bone to the page. Print onto white cardstock and cut around the image, right up to the black outline. 2 Trace the outline onto two pieces of thicker cardstock, then cut these out to create the card base. On one of these, create a 1” flap at the top and add glue, then adhere to the other.

It’s your birthday

You’ll need white cardstock white Neenah cardstock Blue Obsidian & Smooth Mint Tonic Studios mirror card alcohol markers black ﬁne-line pen white gel pen corner-rounder punch 3D foam pads digi stamps downloaded from CraftWorld scalloped & straight edged circle die sets Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seventeen die set computer & printer manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Using Microsoft Word or similar, draw a circle larger than the ﬁnished size required (this will be based on the circle die used). Add the images of the dogs, manipulate the sizes of them and other images and arrange them to create your scene. Add a 70

sentiment to the page to print at the same time. Print on Neenah cardstock or similar. 2 Once printed, draw in the other objects for the scene. Once you have finished drawing your scene, colour with alcohol markers. 3 Use a black fine-line pen to draw around the images and add white highlights. Die-cut this panel with the 41⁄4” scallopededge die, followed by the next size up in a straight edge in blue mirror card. 4 To create the card blank, take the largest scalloped-edge die and die-cut from white cardstock. Score to make a 1” flap at the top on one circle, add glue and adhere together. 5 Add the mirror card to the card base using 3D foam pads and repeat with the stamped panel. 6 Use one of the label dies to die-cut the sentiment and the add to a piece of green mirror card. Trim down to create a small border and round the corners.

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Purrrfect day You’ll need white slimline card blank white Neenah cardstock Tidal Wave Tonic Studios mirror card Crafter’s Companion heat-resistant acetate Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Rustic Wilderness, Salty Ocean & Chipped Sapphier Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink alcohol markers clear embossing powder silver confetti sequins Cosmic Shimmer mica powder 3D foam pads

scoreboard heat gun computer & printer digi stamps downloaded from CraftWorld scalloped & straight edge circle dies HeﬀyDoodle stitched edge circle dies manual die-cutting machine

Step by step 1 Using Microsoft Word or similar, add a 71⁄2x31⁄2” rectangle and the fish skeleton image. Adjust the size of the image, then copy and paste them to create a full

background panel. 2 Print this panel onto a piece of acetate, then sprinkle clear powder all over the ink. Tap off the excess and melt with a heat tool. 3 Using the lines from the printer rectangle, score to create flaps which will wrap around the background, creating an edge-toedge shaker. Cut away the corners of the flaps to allow them to fold. 4 To create the background, ink blend a rainbow and mix the mica powder with water and splatter the blending. Cut this panel down to be the same size as the 71⁄2x31⁄2” acetate rectangle.

5 To assemble the shaker, add double-sided tape to the underside of the flaps, have the heat-embossed side on the inside, so the front is smooth. Remove the tape from three of the flaps and wrap them around the background, creating an open pocket. Add confetti sequins, remove the tape from the last flap and secure. 6 Add the edge-to-edge shaker onto the card base using more double-sided tape. 7 Print the cat digi stamp and a sentiment onto Neenah cardstock, colour and fussy-cut. 8 For the sentiment, die-cut with a scalloped edge die and cut a piece of mirror card with a slightly larger stitched circle die. 9 Add the sentiment onto the mirror card and add to the card using 3D foam pads. Add the cat with 3D foam pads, slightly overlapping the sentiment to finish. The ink from an inkjet printer will stay wet, but adding embossing powder will dry it and allow you to work with it

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You’ll need white 6”-square card blank white Neenah cardstock patterned paper Misty Grey & Oyster Grey Craft Perfect cardstock gold embossing powder clear embossing ink alcohol markers black ﬁne-line pen white gel pen

3D foam pads & tape Ivory Seashell Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops digi stamps downloaded from CraftWorld computer & printer scalloped edge die Spellbinders Nestablities Labels Twenty Five die set manual die-cutting machine

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these two pieces together and add a piece of tape to the back join to secure them. 4 Cut a thin strip of grey cardstock, add it over the front join to look like a skirting board. Diecut scalloped border to a piece of 53⁄4”-square Misty Grey cardstock. 5 Adhere the background to the grey cardstock and add that to the card base with 3D foam tape. Add the sofa using 3D foam tape and arrange the other furniture and secure. 6 Add some white highlights to the cats and furniture. 7 Die-cut the sentiment with the label die. Around the edge add clear embossing ink and sprinkle

1 Using Microsoft Word or similar, add the cats to the page. To help scale the cats correctly, add a basic image of furniture to be included in the design. Move the cats into position and delete the other images. Elsewhere on the page, add a sentiment. 2 Print onto Neenah cardstock and draw a sofa in pencil. Draw any other furniture for the scene. Colour and draw over the pencil marks with a black ﬁne-line pen. Fussy-cut all the images. 3 Cut two pieces of patterned paper to create the wall and ﬂoor. The combined side of these two pieces should be 51⁄2” square. Put

A house is not a home

on gold embossing powder. Heatset to create a gold frame. 8 Add the sentiment to the card using 3D foam pads. 9 To ﬁnish add Nuvo Drops to all four corners.

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BACK TO BASICS

3D DREAM Christine Smith

ave you ever wanted to try and create a pop-up element on the inside of your card? Maybe you’ve been put off by the fact that you need a specific die for the job. Well, there are no excuses now, as this masterclass walks you through some pop-up ideas using dies you already own. I’ve included some beginner versions, working

Christine shows you that creating 3D cards doesn’t have to be scary or require lots of fancy equipment up to some more advanced ideas, using a different technique for each card, so you can have a read and decide what you think will work best for you. As well as giving written step-by-steps for five different pop-up techniques, I’ve included a photographic step-by-step to give you a visual aid for one of the more complex methods. The nice thing about a pop-up card is the surprise element. When the recipient opens

the card, they’re probably not expecting the inside to be just as pretty as the exterior. And you can give your pop-up a diﬀerent ‘wow’ factor depending on which method you choose to adopt. But you can also add a window to the front of the card so they get a sneak peek that there’s something else waiting on the inside of the card too. The simplest pop-up just uses a generic shaped die, but once you start to have a think, you can use border dies, intricate dies and even aperture dies too.

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You’ll need 14.5cm-square white card blank white cardstock vellum 6x6” patterned paper pads Squeezed Lemonade & Mustard Seed Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink gems 3D foam pads

Perfect for beginners

Glitter Gloss Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen score board Tonic Studios Nuvo Glitter Markers 8x8” embossing folder doily die set sentiment die manual die-cuting machine

Step by step 1 Decorate the inside of the card blank with blue and yellow patterned paper, then die-cut solid and intricate doily pieces from white cardstock, patterned paper and yellow ink-blended cardstock. Assemble one doily for the inside, giving it a solid perimeter and a cut-out centre. Back the aperture with vellum, then add an intricate die-cut on top. 2 Score the doily from Step 1 with three parallel lines – one down the centre, and also 0.51cm from each side. Fold the centre as a mountain fold and the two sides as a valley fold.

3 Adhere one small tab to the inside of the card on one side, then fold the doily flat as if closing the card, and remove the backing from the tape on the other flap. Close the card so it sticks in the right place. 4 Layer a second doily for the front of the card. Create a yellow ink-blended and ink-swiped background, then emboss with the embossing folder. 5 Layer all the elements using extra patterned paper along with gems and glitter marker details, then add a die-cut sentiment to finish.

With love

Thanks When scoring down the centre of an intricate shape, line two symmetrical points up with one score line rather than using the sides of the scoreboard

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You’ll need white 10.5x13.5cm tent-fold card blank white cardstock vellum 6x6” patterned paper pads Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon & Blueprint Sketch Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

gems 3D foam pads Glitter Gloss Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pens score board 8x8” embossing folder ﬂoral & stitched heart die sets sentiment die manual die-cutting machine

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This is a great way to make a simple pop-up without having a fold right down the centre of the pop-up element

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1 For the inside of the card, die-cut three large hearts from white cardstock and keep one heart whole. Score the other two hearts with three parallel lines – one down the centre and about 1cm from each side. Add patterned paper to the inside of the card. 2 Attach two of the small tabs to the back of the remaining heart die-cut so that the hearts can fold up and be hidden behind the front heart as shown in the inside image. Line up the centre of the main heart with the score line, and adhere the other two tabs to the inside of the card.

3 Use the ink-blending tool and Distress Ink to colour the card front and a piece of white cardstock. Emboss the front panel with an embossing folder, then flick on Shimmer pen and allow to dry. 4 Use the other hearts from the Waterfall die set to cut pieces from the ink-blended white cardstock panel and co-ordinating patterned paper and use to embellish as shown. 5 Die-cut sentiments from white cardstock and die-cut the outlines from vellum, then add one to the outside and complete it on the inside.

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white 12.5x17.5cm card blank white cardstock vellum 6x6” patterned paper pads Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon & Blueprint Sketch Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Ranger Mini ink-blending tool gems 3D foam pads acetate

Glitter Gloss Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pens score board DYMO label maker 8x8” embossing folder Tonic Studios Gift Tag Swirl Flurry Gift Tag, Decorative Edges Swirled Lace & sentiment Tonic Studios Circle Layering Basics die set manual die-cutting machine

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4 Add a piece of patterned paper to the right side, then affix the ‘box’ next to it, butting it up against the fold and adhering it to the back of the card as shown. 5 Use the Swirled Lace die to create the die-cut to pop-up, cutting an intricate piece and a solid piece from white cardstock then layering up and affixing them to the ‘box’, adding paper to finish. Make sure to die-cut the aperture in your front panel at the same time as the one in the card blank, this way they’ll match up perfectly

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You’ll need white 14.5x10.5cm card blank white cardstock vellum acetate 6x6” patterned paper pads Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon & Blueprint Sketch Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink gems 3D foam pads Glitter Gloss & Midas Touch

1 Cut a white cardstock panel to fit the card front then use the outside Swirl Flurry die and a circle die to create a fancy aperture, cutting through both the panel and the card front. 2 Add coloured embossed panels, then sandwich acetate between the two layers when adhering it to the card blank. Decorate the card front with die-cuts and gems as shown. 3 For the inside, take a 14x17.5cm piece of white cardstock and score the width at 5cm, 6.5cm, 11.5cm and 13cm. Fold and adhere into a ‘box’ that measures 17.5x5x1.5cm as shown, with an extra 1cm to use as a glue tab.

Gold Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pens white gel pen Hougie Board Tonic Studios Essentials Square Floral Aperture, Sentiment Strip Always & Miniature Moments Will’s Hand Dream die sets manual die-cuting machine

Step by step 1 Trim a 14x10cm piece of white cardstock then mix blue ink with the Glitter Gloss pen and some yellow ink with the Midas Touch pen. Use both colours to create a watercolour-wash background and allow to dry. 2 Add patterned paper inside the card then cut 12.5x5cm of acetate and score it at 1cm, 6cm, 7cm and 12cm. Fold the score lines and adhere together with the 0.5cm glue tab. Attach to the inside of the card, with the wider side to the front of the card. 3 Die-cut two Flower Flourishes

from white cardstock, solid flowers from patterned paper and the sentiment in white, cutting the sentiment’s outside die in vellum. Layer solid flowers onto the centre flower for each flourish, adding in front and behind the intricate die-cut, then embellish with gems. Affix the largest flourish to the inside of the card onto the acetate ‘box’. 4 Add both parts of the sentiment as shown as well as small flower die-cuts, and add detail with a white gel pen.

For advanced crafters If you don’t want to get green in your background, do the yellow ﬁrst, dry it, then add the blue – they won’t blend too much this way

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For you You’ll need white 12.5x17.5cm card blank white cardstock vellum 6x6” & 12x12” patterned paper pads Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon & Blueprint Sketch Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Copic markers gems 3D foam pads

low-tack tape Glitter Gloss Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pens score board Tonic Studios Nuvo Glitter Markers Tonic Studios Essentials Oval Pansy Aperture die set Tonic Studios Sentiment Strip For You die set manual die-cutting machine

How to... create a pop-up card

1 Create and score two 5x7” card blanks from white cardstock. Mark pencil lines at the edges.

2 Place the Tonic Studios Aperture die over the fold of one of the card blanks, placing a ﬂoral die each side so that the whole element will be roughly centred when it’s all together.

3 Run just the aperture die through the die-cutting machine and fold the centre crease.

4 Using a score board, score 3cm in from each side of the card blank.

5 Re-inforce the folds with the card creaser. Add double-sided tape to both the 3cm-wide tabs.

6 Place the die-cut card blank directly over the other card blank then hold the aperture pieces in place with low-tack tape. 10 Use Copic and Nuvo markers to colour and aﬃx around the aperture. Add patterned paper inside and add light grey Copic hearts as shown. 11 Swipe Distress Ink onto a white 12x17cm panel, add water and ﬂick with a Shimmer pen.

7 Fold each ﬂap up one at a time and remove the tape backing and secure in place.

8 The open card should stand as shown with the pop-up element sticking out.

Colour the die-cuts when adding them to a white background and leave them white when adding them to a vibrant coloured background – this helps tie the inside and outside designs together

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9 When closing the card, fold the pop-up back in towards the spine for ease. Die-cut three white ﬂoral elements separate ﬂower dies from patterned papers.

12 Arrange the white pansy cluster die-cut patterned paper ﬂowers and gems. Die-cut the sentiment from white card and vellum, and secure to ﬁnish.

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Let the drinking be gin! You’ll need white 15.5cm-square card blank white, pink, green & black cardstock Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo & Carved Pumpkin Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Stain Sprays Vintage Photo Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink green & pink Sharpie markers Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad Charming Pink VersaFine Clair inkpad clear embossing powder Ranger Glossy Accents ink-blending tool 78

water spritzer heat tool Visible Image Keep your Gin Up stamp set

Step by step 1 Spritz water just across the top of an A5 piece of white cardstock, then add a few sprays of the Distress Stain and allow them to drip down. Add more water if necessary to get the drips to move down the card. Allow to dry. 2 Trim the background to 13.5cm square. Stamp the sentiment in black, then clear heat-emboss. 3 Blend Vintage Photo ink around

the sides of the square and a little more at the bottom to give extra depth and perspective. 4 Stamp the ice cubes, glass, citrus slices and bottle onto white cardstock in black and clear heat-emboss. Stamp another bottle onto pink cardstock. Colour the citrus slices green and add some pink colour to the drink in the glass. Add Glossy Accents to the ice cubes and leave to dry. 5 Cut everything out, cutting out just the label on the bottle stamped on white. Affix the label to the pink bottle. Stamp the drips and splashes onto the

Make up little batches of ice cubes, citrus slices, bottles etc, as they will be ready for you when you create your cards. Then you won’t need to start from scratch every time you make a new card and can quickly put a new design together

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background using Charming Pink ink. 6 Adhere all the elements in place as shown. Matt and layer using green then black cardstock and adhere to the card blank.

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You’ll need white & black cardstock mixed-media cardstock Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo & Twisted Citron Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Stain Sprays Vintage Photo Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Ranger Emboss It Dabber Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad Charming Pink VersaFine

Clair inkpad orange alcohol marker clear embossing powder paintbrush ink-blending tool water spritzer heat tool Visible Image 99% Chance of Wine stamp set circle nesting dies manual die-cutting machine

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Step by step 1 Die-cut a 14cm circle from black cardstock and fold in half. 2 Mist mixed-media cardstock with a little water, then spray on some Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry stains, allowing them to move around. Heat dry. Add a little Twisted Citron spray, adding some sprays of water to move the ink. Heat dry. Die-cut a 12.5cmdiameter circle from this panel. 3 Stamp and clear heat-emboss the sentiments as shown, then stamp the wine to fit the glass using Charming Pink ink. Stamp

the glass in black over the top. Leave to dry. 4 Paint embossing ink over the whole glass, add clear embossing powder and heat to set. While still hot, sprinkle more powder over the glass and heat again. You can triple heat-emboss if you want the glass to shine brightly. 5 Stamp the wine splashes around the edges as shown. 6 Stamp and clear heatemboss five corks onto white cardstock. Colour in and cut out. Edge the background

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using Vintage Photo ink, then adhere onto the black rocker base card. Finally, affix the corks in place around the edges as shown.

Another way of adding extra sparkle to the glass is to add Glossy Accents, but it must be left to dry thoroughly

Tim Holtz Distress Stain Sprays Black Soot Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Inkpad Vintage Photo Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad clear embossing powder Ranger Glossy Accents white gel pen glitter paintbrush ink-blending tool water spritzer 3D foam pads Visible Image Bring on the Beer stamp set

Vintage Photo ink to the edges using an ink-blending tool. 4 Stamp the beer glass onto a leftover piece of the background and add a little Vintage Photo Distress Ink to make it slightly darker. Leave to dry. Cover the glass, omitting the ‘head’ with a thin layer of Glossy Accents and leave to dry. When dry, add some more Glossy Accents as drips and bubbles. Leave to dry. 5 Stamp the beer head onto a scrap of white cardstock, cut out and add glitter. Affix in place. 6 Stamp large bottles using archival ink – two on white cardstock, two on green cardstock and two on gold metallic card. Stamp two bottle caps onto the gold card. Sprinkle on embossing powder, don’t brush off any stray powder on the metallic card as this will add to the iced bottle effect. Heat-emboss, then cut everything out. 7 Paper-piece the bottles as shown and affix the elements to the background. Matt and layer onto green then black cardstock and adhere to the white card blank.

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You’ll need white, green & black cardstock white 13x18cm card blank mixed-media cardstock

gold & green satin mirror card Squeezed Lemonade & Crackling Campﬁre Ranger

1 Mist the mixed-media cardstock with a little water. Spray on Squeezed Lemonade and a little Crackling Campfire stain. Let the inks move, then leave to dry. Cut a 10.5x16cm background from this piece. 2 Stamp the sentiment using Onyx Black ink, add clear embossing powder and heat-emboss. 3 Randomly stamp bubbles in the top half using Black Soot Archival Ink and add some white gel pen accents when dry. Add

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