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ISSUE 282 AUGUST 2015

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100+Easy Colour,Stamp Summer & StiPtcroh jeouctrs!Crafty Ideas

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Simple patchwork beginners can try

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New ways with paper flowers

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AUGUST 2015

in this issue..

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REGULARS 12 OVER TO YOU

Share makes and stories with your fellow CB readers

18 INSPIRATION FOR AUGUST

See what we’ve been coveting this month

29 AT HOME WITH JULIE

& WENDY

This month, Julie and Wendy delve into the recycle bin

38 OUR PAPERCRAFT HERO

Inject some summer sparkle into party papercrafts

47 CORINNE’S CRAFT SPACE

Corinne Bradd discusses crafty gadgets and shares her latest project

55 YOUR REALLY USEFUL

CRAFT TIPS

CB readers offer their creative advice

57 HANDMADE HOME

Bring the beauty of the seaside into your home

68 ASK THE EXPERTS

Use bright and bold primary colours to create fun greetings Stamp and colour a set of funny cards featuring cheeky cats

30 LUNCHTIME MAKE

Browse and enjoy this month’s selection of hot online picks

112 COMING NEXT MONTH

Don’t miss your September issue!

122 BEHIND THE CAMERA

84 NET SAVVY

15 5 WAYS WITH... AVERY ELLE 21 FELINE FRIENDS

Tricks and tips from our team of craft designers

CARDS & PAPER

Stephanie Weightman talks lavender, die-cutting fabric and money saving

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Add a little sunshine into your life with uplifting designs

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50 WAYS WITH VELLUM

Pleat, emboss and stamp vellum to create a rose gift set

52 GOODY TWO-SHOES

Make papercraft footwear and matching cards this month

70 POCKET GREETINGS

Keep a loved one’s gift card safe inside one of these creations

PEOPLE & PLACES 63 ON THE SPOT

CB catches up with TV crafter and professional card maker Joanna Sheen

STITCHING 76 DOLL’S QUILT

Stitch your youngster’s teddy or doll a boat-themed patchwork quilt

82 SAILING CLUB

Use fabric scraps and simple stitches to make a holiday memento

103 HIT THE ROAD

Let your little budding racer test drive this toy car by Carolyn Letten

MAKE & SELL 79 SHOP TALK WITH FOLKSY

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Write engaging product descriptions with Camilla Westergaard

80 MAKE & SELL

Sew Corinne Bradd’s handy pocket storage hanger

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FREEBIES & PRIZES 7 HOW TO USE YOUR FREE GIFT

Use your FREE Search Press book to create an array of projects

56 INTERNATIONAL CRAFT AWARDS Nominate your favourite shops, products and people to be in with a chance of winning £200+ worth of prizes!

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26 26 FREEBIES & OFFERS

We’ve got an extra special £1,877 worth of prizes this month!

24 ELIZABETH MOAD QUILLS

Get your groove on with retro prints to make a punchy floral set

32 BLENDING MASTERCLASS

Colette Smith gets clever with colour using Chameleon pens

40 SARA NAUMANN’S MASTERCLASS

Dimensional die-cutting makes floral toppers in a snap

49 7 STEPS TO… WATERCOLOUR

Learn the basics of this gratifying painting technique

64 20 ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR CARD MAKERS

BAKING

11 CRAFT CRUSH

74 BABY BISCUITS

67 CUT ABOVE THE REST

KNITTING

LEARN & MAKE

BROWSE & BUY

We celebrate the wonderful world of cards with top tips and techniques

Trek into the rainforest with these fruity and exotic finds Use our guide to pick the die-cutting machine of your dreams

MIXED MEDIA 44 COCKTAIL PARTY

Celebrate a birthday in style with a deluxe soiree drinks selection

62 BERRY SWEET

Paint strawberries on china and card using Posca Pens

72 MEADOW FRESH

Capture the essence of summer with pretty floral card decorations

85 BIT OF A YARN

Turn polymer clay into quirky knit-themed gift ideas

106 NAUTICAL DINING

Give mealtimes a summery touch with painted tableware

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Celebrate a baby shower with a selection of decorated biccies

100 HARRY GIRAFFE

Knit a stripy new pal for a little one with Amanda Berry’s pattern

JEWELLERY 89 BEAD BOUTIQUE

Let Morocco inspire your jewellery making this month

90 BEACH BABE

Transform treasured seashells into boho pieces

93 UNDER THE SEA

Create an aquatic set with copper wire and gemstones

97 JEWELLERY SCHOOL

We give you the low-down on the basic jewellery techniques

Brands we love!

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LIZ MOAD’S QUILLING MASTERCLASS

Frilly summer blooms GET YOUR GROOVE ON WITH RETRO PRINTS TO MAKE A PUNCHY FLORAL SET Fringed or ‘frilly’ flowers are guaranteed to wow everyone! They are deceptively easy to make and you don’t need a specialist tool to achieve the look – instead, long strips of paper are snipped into and coiled. The best part is that you can make a whole selection of differently sized blooms with interesting colour schemes simply by sticking lengths together. Gift wrap is ideal for making these flowers, and with lots of pretty patterns available on the high street, they’re very easy on your purse!

Happy quilling, Liz x

Start with...

Quilling papers, 3mm: orange, purple Card: white, purple, turquoise, orange Paper, gift wrap: plain, purple; patterned, purple

Ribbon, orange, 1.1m Quilling tool Dies, circles, various Clips, bulldog Bone folder Adhesives

Thank You

1 x 50cm. Turn over, then draw a line

Cut patterned gift wrap paper, 4.5cm

3mm in on one long edge. Fold the strip four times and add a bulldog clip to the pencilled edge. Cut across the strip at 1mm intervals until the whole section is fringed. Repeat this process with purple paper, 2.5cm x 30cm. Take an orange quilling strip, 40cm, and glue to the end of the purple fringed piece at the uncut margin. Start coiling tightly from the orange paper, then glue the end in place and put aside. Attach purple, 40cm, to the patterned fringed paper and coil.

Use your fingers to ruffle both flowers out and use a bone folder to curl the lengths. Glue the smaller flower on top of the other. Measure 13cm down the side of a purple blank, 13cm x 18cm,

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Cards & Paper

Liz says…

“This project is great to make with older children over the school holidays!”

and draw diagonally to the top-left corner. Mark 4cm from the top-left line and 2.5cm on the right, run over with a bone folder, then cut a half square flap using a scalpel. Fold over and attach a 9cm turquoise square to the panel. Stick patterned paper to the back and front of the card, then glue the flower to the front. Write ‘Thank You’ on turquoise and secure below.

Layered Tag

blooms are made by layering two coiled and fringed flowers. Make sure to adhere the smaller blossoms to the tag first, then add the larger ones.

3-D Bunting

Die-cut five 8cm circles from orange, purple and turquoise card, then stitch across a length of ribbon, 1.1m. Make five fringed flowers in various sizes and colours and stick one to each circle. CB

1 orange card, a medium one from

Die-cut a circle, 10cm diameter, from

patterned purple and a small circle from turquoise. Layer the shapes together and punch a hole at the top, thread with orange ribbon and put to one side.

Create five fringed flowers in various colours and shapes. The larger

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Shopping List Quilling papers, JJ Quilling, 020 8295 1822, jjquilling.co.uk

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Doll's quilt

Stitch your youngster's teddy or doll a boat-themed patchwork quilt Sta rt wi t h ... b Fabric: plain, white; red; printed, red; white; blue b Waste canvas, 14 count b Aida, white, 14 count b Thread, embroidery, DMC b Fusible webbing b Wadding b Button, striped, blue b Bakers twine b Card: white, red b Paper, striped, blue b Stamp, star b Ink-pad, red b Pins, curved, tacking b Adhesives See our Shopping List below

Doll's Quilt

1 white cotton and ten 3.25”

Cut ten 3.25” squares from

squares from a variety of red, white and blue printed fabrics.

Lay all the squares out in rows of four until you are happy with the arrangement, then sew the patches together, row by row. Press the seams, ensuring each row is pressed the opposite way to the previous row so the seams will nest together.

Cut 14 count waste canvas to the size of a square and tack to a white one, making sure it aligns with the edges.

Follow the boat chart from our pattern pages and stitch over one block of waste canvas. Use two strands of cotton and cross-stitch. When complete, dampen the waste canvas and carefully draw out the threads one by one.

Repeat on another square.

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Iron fusible webbing onto the back of red fabric and trace eight stars onto it. Cut them out carefully and place onto the remaining white squares. Peel off the paper backing and iron in place.

Sew around the edges using

red embroidery thread and blanket stitch.

Trim the edges of the quilt to neaten. Place backing fabric, 12.5” x 15.5”, wrong side up. Lay wadding on top, followed by the quilt top facing upwards. Pin the layers

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Tip

TWEEZERS ARE REALLY USEFUL FOR DRAWING OUT THREADS WHEN CROSS-STITCHING

Stitching

“If you want to use the boat motif for something else, how about decorating bathroom towels?”

Helen Phillips, Designer together with curved tacking pins. Quilt by stitching along the seams in a simple grid and around the stars. Quilt a circle behind the boat cross-stitch motifs.

When complete, make binding by cutting 2.5” strips of fabric. Join them together until you have enough to fit around the quilt edge with 3” extra. Fold the binding in half and press, then pin to the edge of the quilt, sewing it in place and making

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a neat join. Turn the binding over and hand stitch it down on the back of the quilt. Add a blue striped button to the quilt to finish.

Gift Tag

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Follow the boat chart and stitch over one block of Aida. Use two strands of thread for the cross-stitch.

Sew a line of running stitch around the motif using one strand. When complete, trim

the design two holes away from the running stitch.

Back the motif with white card using double-sided tape.

Cut white card, 6.5cm x 7cm, and cover the front with blue and white striped paper. Stamp some stars randomly on the right-hand side in red ink. Matt the boat onto red card, then add to the left-hand side.

Thread bakers twine through the tag to finish. CB

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Shopping List

Aida and embroidery threads, The Homemakery, 01483 361132, thehomemakery.co.uk

Striped paper and bakers twine, Fred Aldous, 0161 236 4224, fredaldous.co.uk

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Cocktail party Celebrate a birthday in style with Helen Fitzjohn’s deluxe soiree drinks set

Tip

A PAPER PIERCING TOOL IS GREAT FOR REMOVING ANY BITS OF UNWANTED PAINT OFF GLASS

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Mixed Media

Sta rt wi t h ... b Card, Core’dinations: Aqueduct, Sugar-N-Spice, Persimmon b Mountboard, dark red b Paper, pink b Paint, glass, Vitrea 160: Pink, Orange, Mint, Cloud b Pen: fine, black; ProMarkers, Ruby; Pastel Pink b Acetate b Ribbon, pink b Scalpel b Coaster, square b Adhesives See our templates on the pattern pages

Birthday Card

1 to make a blank from Follow our template

bubblegum pink paper, A4.

Score over the dotted lines and cut along the solid ones.

Fold strips A, B and C to create a concertina effect. Place double-sided tape on strip A, then fold the card up.

Print or copy a drinks platter, hand and a ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment onto white, then trim out the middle sections of the drinks.

Use pink, green and orange glass paints to add waves onto acetate pieces. Once dry, stick the acetate behind the drinks and cut off the excess.

Colour the stoppers, then add a mini cherry and an olive to a glass each.

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3 strip, 5cm high, to the Cut and stick a mint

front. Tie pink ribbon around the middle, then add the sentiment using foam pads.

Adhere a thin length of mint to the bottom. Fix the tray to the top, then colour the arm and stick just below. Make six diamond shapes from peach, mint and pink card, then add black borders to each and glue three down either side.

Cocktail Glass

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Wash and dry a glass, then draw ten diamonds onto scrap paper. Mark four as orange, then three of each mint and peach. Position inside the glass using clear tape. Stick thin strips of masking tape around the

diamonds on the outside to create stencils.

Mix white and pink paints for a bubblegum shade, then apply. Six coats are needed for each shape. Once dry, peel off the masking tape and shapes inside.

Add white spots of paint for extra definition. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to set in the oven.

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Recipe Coasters

1 onto mint card. Print and Trace around a coaster

trim out a black and white glass design and stick to it, then cut out an aperture.

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“You can use alphabet stamps to add sentiments directly onto card” Helen FItzjohn, Designer

Paint acetate with a wavy green pattern. Once dry, glue behind the opening.

Take dark red mountboard a little larger than the coaster and stick a Blue Hawaiian recipe to the white side. Leave to dry, then cut into a coaster using a scalpel and stick to the back of the card. Add the word ‘Blue Hawaiian’ and decorated diamonds. Make another two coasters with recipes for a mojito and pina colada from peach and pink card. CB

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Shopping List Glass paints and mountboard, Craft Cellar, 01138 150050, craftcellar.co.uk Core’dinations papers, Crafter’s Companion, 01388 663251, crafterscompanion.co.uk 46 CRAFTS-BEAUTIFUL.COM

Quench your thirst

Try a refreshing nonalcoholic strawberry, lime and rhubarb lemonade drink

Serves: 6 – 8 b Rhubarb stalks, 3 b Strawberries: sliced, 400g; puréed, 1lb b Lemons, 2 b Limes, 3 b Honey, 250g b Water, 1.2 litres b Mint leaves Chop rhubarb into small pieces. Place into a pan with water and honey and boil for five minutes. Blend and, once cool, sieve through a strainer.

Juice two lemons and one lime and mix into the puréed strawberries, then stir into the rhubarb water. Pour into a large jug and add sliced strawberries and limes. Serve with ice and mint leaves.

Craft Crush

Tropical Fiesta Trek into the rainforest with these fruity and exotic finds This year’s adoration for all things tropical encourages you to be bold with bright colours and have fun with flora and fauna. Make summer party invites with papers that scream and shout, or dress up plain card with flamingo washi tape and palm tree buttons. Stitch tableware from fruity fabrics, then use a butterfly stencil to make bunting or cheat with a ready-made pineapple garland. Whatever you do, have a fiesta!

Clockwise from top-left: 1 Fruit fabrics, spoonflower.com 2 Leaf pinwheel, £1.75, coolcrafting.co.uk 3 Tropical Fiesta pineapple bunting, £8.50, talkingtables.co.uk 4 Forever Young papers, visit bobunny.com for stockists 5 Flamingo washi tape, £3.50 each, thelovelydesk.co.uk 6 Faber Castell Mix & Match Designer Series in Tropical, £10.45, thatscrafty.co.uk 7 Rainbow diamond confetti, £2.99, candleandcake.co.uk 8 Palm tree buttons, £2.30 per pack, craftdepartment.com 9 Heidi Swapp 6” square butterfly stencil, £3.59, onestopcraftshop.com 10 Caran D’ache maxi colour pencils, £2.95 each, cassart.co.uk CRAFTS-BEAUTIFUL.COM 11