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IDEAS WITH CARD AND PAPER
JANUARY 12 OVER TO YOU 14 YOUR REALLY USEFUL CRAFT TIPS 26 INSPIRATION FOR JANUARY 38 TAKE ONE DIE 50 AT HOME WITH JULIE & WENDY 54 NET SAVVY 70 ASK THE EXPERTS 96 TEMPLATES 100 COMING NEXT MONTH 106 BEHIND THE CAMERA
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CARDS & PAPER 17 5 WAYS WITH …
FLORAL DIES
Spring has truly sprung with Tracey Daykin-Jones’ greetings
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This cute pooch card lets you say it with flowers
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Use the Brother ScanNCut to create birthday essentials
PEOPLE & PLACES
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23 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WI
62 BEARY NICE
63 CRAFT ROOM MAKE-OVER!
Use bright paper blooms to celebrate the season ahead You’re sure to love making this cute teddy card!
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Get the latest from the Women’s Institute
Get set for 2017 with a wonderfully organised creative space
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Presenter Alex Turchyn gives us a glimpse into her daily life
STITCH & CROCHET 42 JUBILATION STATIONS
Ring in the New Year changes with a cross-stitch sampler
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Spring is in the air with this floral brooch and card project
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Saddle up with Wilma, a soft toy with button-hinge legs
68 BRIGHT IDEAS
kick-start your creative journey with a stitched journal set
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CREATE & CRAFT 45 IDEAS FOR YOU!
Get inspired with fab ideas and buys from Create and Craft TV
LEARN & MAKE 24 ELIZABETH MOAD QUILLS
Prepare for spring with beautiful quilled tulips
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Practice mindfulness with doodled spring blooms
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Stamp and layer to create flowers with dimension
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Discover how to get into the art of Hirameki
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21 TREAT YOURSELF
Stock up your stash with lots of pretty papers
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MIXED MEDIA 58 FAIRY DUST
Magic up a bright fairy rainbow card with matching gifts
BAKING 60 OVER THE RAINBOW
Try this easy recipe for brightly coloured, delicious cupcakes
JEWELLERY 89 BEAD BOUTIQUE
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“Join the crafty community and share your makes and stories with fellow CB readers!” Jecelyn
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Hi CB, I’ve really enjoyed using the Fly-Away Home dies from the September 2016 issue! I started crafting to help a few charities, including a church which is raising funds for women in India to develop essential skills. I also have a friend who donates money to build schools in Africa, so I make cards for her to sell. I like crafting for a cause; it makes me realise how lucky we are here.
STAR PRIZE This month our Star Letter winner will receive a collection of BoBunny’s Winter Wishes collection! Celebrate the beauty of the colder months with these gorgeous designs featuring frosty, vintage motifs and patterns. Visit bobunny.com
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Rachel Hall, Luton It’s a lovely thing you’re doing Rachel! Enjoy your prize
REGAL ROBIN I made a little Robin adorned with antique lace and a red silk breast. It has patchwork wings and a beautiful crown made using Victorian glass beads.
SANTA BOX I’ve upcycled a crate that I bought from Poundland. I’m going to create one for each member of my family for Christmas! Julia Lamb, via Facebook What a savvy saver you are, Julia!
Mandy Lou, via Facebook There’s so much detail in this robin, it’s simply stunning!
We’re on Instagram! For the latest crafty makes and inspiration, visit us at @craftsbeautiful
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Reader Stories
Meet a mate!
Swap hints, tricks and stories with new friends
PAPER BLOOMS I stepped out of my comfort zone (drawing and painting) to create giant paper flowers instead. Will be making lots more of these from now on! Joanne Cara Ward, via Facebook You’re a lady of many talents, Joanne – these are fab!
TRIBBLE TRINKET Hi Crafts Beautiful, I made a Captain Kirk Tribble bauble for my Christmas tree. Amanda Peters, via Facebook
Jennifer Hoskins, 62 I enjoy knitting, music, dancing, gardening, holidays and days out. I would like ladies around my age to get in touch. 10 Cranborne Drive, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9HA Cheryl Graham, 33 I like papercrafts and learning new techniques. It would be nice to hear back from fellow crafters. 19 Westworth Place, Lanark, ML11 7GZ Angela Arnold, 57 My hobbies include knitting (especially toys), embroidery, cardmaking, kumihimo and more. I’d like to hear from people with similar interests. 13 Conifer Close, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9HP
This is the ultimate decoration for any Star Trek fan – how fun!
DIY PLANETS Our whole family has been using pom pom makers to make the solar system for my son’s homework topic of ‘space’. Josie Mackenzie, via Facebook What a wonderful way to combine craft with homework
Pets Corner!
Please be aware that entrants to the pen pals section submit personal details at their own discretion
We catch up with CB readers and their best pals
FIND YOUR CRAFTY FRIEND! Calling all crafters: would you like a pen pal? If so, send details of your age, address and interests to social.cb@ aceville.co.uk or fill out the form on page 102
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and share your designs with us!
Want your makes featured in Crafts Beautiful? Email us a picture at social.cb@aceville.co.uk or post your project to Crafts Beautiful, 1 Phoenix Court, Hawkins Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8JY
My Madison loves posing for photos! She’s five and lives with her daughter Zara – they are the best of friends. Kerry Doyle
This is Sammy, who’s getting ready for Christmas! He loves sitting on my craft desk and helping with all my projects. Sue Dix, twitter. com/SueDix1
This is Peety. He’s a big talker, loves to snuggle, and is always there for me. Robin Scott This is Stan, who’s 16. He loves kisses and has gotten used to my little boy chasing after him! Joanna HorganBrown
Billy and Molly love to be out walking and climbing trees, as you can see! Chris Mayo-Poole
Meet Charlie and Lola, the Ginger Ninjas! They love snuggling up under a duvet when they’re not running around. Carolyn Fielding
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COLETTE SMITH’S MASTERCLASS
Zentangle Greeting Card PRACTICE MINDFULNESS WITH SPRING FLOWER DOODLED DESIGNS
Doodling and colouring are as popular as ever, so I've designed a lovely floral outline you can use as a template to complete with structured Zentanglestyle patterns, or you can create your own to get all the relaxing benefits. There are no rules, and you can fill in as much or as little as you want. This floral design is perfect for spring cards, so I've finished mine with a pastel rainbow and simple sentiment, but using a couple of colours to create a bold modern look would work a treat! The most important thing with this is to relax and have fun.
In The Know... Your lines don't have to be straight, this all adds to the doodled look. If you are nervous about doodling with a fine liner, start with a pencil and then go over with a fine liner after. Leaving white areas or colouring with black can really make your colours pop out. Try using coloured pencils to create subtle shading to the design. Colour in as much or as little of the design as you like, there are no rules!
“You could also make the design larger, print onto good quality paper, colour in, then frame it” Colette Smith, Designer
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Cards & Paper
Start with... Cardstock, white ProMarkers, pastel shades Fine liner, black
Sentiment stamp Ink-pad, black Adhesives
Find the templates on our pattern pages
1 decorative border around a piece of Using a black fine liner, doodle a
white card, 10cm x 14.5cm, then fill the inside with shape outlines. Alternatively, use the template. Doodle shapes, lines and patterns to fill the outline. Zigzags, bubbles and grids are a good start, and repeating patterns is encouraged. Continue doodling until all the segments are filled in, then use ProMarkers to colour in sections or the entire design. Attach to the front of a 10.5 x 15cm blank. Stamp a sentiment onto white card, trim to 1cm x 3.5cm, then fix to the top right using foam pads. CB
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JULIE & WENDY
Crafty Beggars presenters Julie Peasgood and Wendy Turner-Webster get creative with fabric To mark the end of 2016 and welcome in 2017, the Crafty Beggars duo have been reflecting on their resolution to spend more time creating lots of wonderful things. They have been incredibly busy preparing so many new and different crafts for their live TV appearances on Create and Craft UK and USA with Crafty Beggars In The House! (not to mention the channel’s online Craft Academy) – it’s a wonder they had any time left at all, but we can all agree that 2016 has been their most productive so far, and they’ve continued to wow us. Check out some of our highlights across the page. They promise to grow even bigger and better in the next year, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us!
WENDY SAYS… Much like Julie, the art of sewing is certainly not atop my ‘favourite ways to craft’ list. However, it’s a new year and therefore a perfect time to open my arms and embrace the medium, if only to see what all the fuss is about! I did have a sewing machine when I was 16, and made several garments under my mum’s expert guidance. I’m quite excited to reignite my enthusiasm, since the new gadgets seem to do everything bar making you a cup of tea! To get myself started, I’ve been doing a bit of hand sewing with fabulous fabrics and I love my exotic looking cat
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guarding his biscuits! In other news, I finally broke open the box of my Brother ScanNCut to add a crown motif to a boring old plain tote bag – New Year projects aplenty!
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JULIE SAYS… For me, a new year is about making a fresh start with renewed vigour on all fronts… at least until I discover an unopened chocolate orange! Moving forward, I am
determined to properly master new crafts each month, and at the top of my list is a workshop with Marilia Carvalho, mariliacarvalhostainedglass.co.uk, who creates extraordinary
and unique decorative glass with a mix of ammonites and fossils. On that note, I’m really pleased with the variety of things I managed to put into this gardening apron, made for our USA show. It will have to be used with care though, as the lace and jewels won’t stand up to much hard labour! I had so much fun making Cynthia the snail for our UK show; I filled the base with dried rice, as she’s a doorstop, and I made
her shell quite oversized – it looks as though she’s carrying a mansion rather than a house!
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SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE CRAFTY BEGGARS 2016 MAKES
spoons decorated with Nutty Putty hearts
Plan ahead…
To Do Diary, £10, tch.net
a fresh spring look for a papier-mâché vase
an old pair of boots turned posy pot
decoupaged watering can upcycle
Keep on top of things in 2017 with the help of these organisation buddies
Herb Garden Calendar, £16, papermash.co.uk
Rosa Planner, £30, papermash.co.uk
Mini riso print calendar, £12, gsashop.co.uk
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Pony express Saddle up with Wilma, a soft toy with button-hinge legs for gleeful giddy-ups
“You can make the pony baby-friendly by stitching felt discs onto the legs instead of buttons” Amanda Walker, Designer
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Crafts Tip To help distribute the stuffing evenly, push a pin through from the right side of the main body
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four lower leg pairs, four bases and two ear pairs in pink spotty. Loop a length of yarn b Fabric: cotton; blue floral, around your hand, then pink dotty fasten and cut the tail base. b Co-ordinating threads Lay the ends of the fastening b Felt scraps, blue onto the notches of one body piece with the other on top, b Cotton yarn, pink right sides facing, then sew. b Toy filling, polyester Leave a gap in the base. Clip b Buttons, two the curved seam allowances, b Card, white turn out and stuff. Match one pair of floral See our shopping leg pieces, right sides list below facing, and stitch from the base to half way around the top. Open out, then match a Wilma Pony dotty leg piece to each floral Cut out the template pieces leg section along the straight edge and sew. on our pattern pages, adding a 5mm seam allowance. Fold the legs together, Make one body pair and four right sides facing, and leg pairs in floral fabric, plus stitch around the curve and
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centre. Cut along the yarn on the opposite side of the card. Stitch across the inner line of the tape, back-tack each end, then peel tape away. Lay the mane over the neck and head seams and sew in place. Stick two felt discs, 12mm diameter, to the head to finish. CB
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Over the rainbow Try this easy recipe for brightly coloured, delicious cupcakes
Sta rt wi t h ... b Self-raising flour, sieved, 115g b Soft cake margarine or soft butter, 115g b Caster sugar, 115g b Eggs, 2 b Vanilla essence b Food colourings: blue, red, yellow, green White frosting: b White vegetable fat, 170g b Icing sugar, 450g b 3–4 tablespoons (45–60ml) milk or lemon juice b Cupcake cases, brightly coloured (makes twelve small cupcakes) See our shopping panel below
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flavouring, then beat in a few drops of lemon juice or milk to form a smooth, soft icing for piping. Mix one portion of the frosting with red food colouring, another with yellow, plus one green. Place a large spoonful each of colour frosting into piping bags. Mix blue colouring into the remaining frosting, then spread over the surface of each cake using a palette knife. Pipe a curved red line half way round each cake, then repeat in yellow frosting, then green. Add little clouds at the ends of the rainbow. CB
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This recipe has been adapted from Decorating Cupcakes & Cookies by Frances McNaughton and Lisa Slatter (£8.99, Search Press), searchpress.com
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Crafts Tip Using white vegetable fat keeps the icing white for the clouds, but you can try butter for a better flavour
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New Moon
Fun to make
This rather fetching necklace is really easy to make with a little know-how from craftsbeautiful.com. Crescent motifs have been much-loved for many years and their popularity is showing no sign of slowing as celebrities have been spotted donning the pendants on the red carpet.
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Lazy Daisy Bracelet, £2.50, jillybeads.co.uk
Purple rain toho aiko tortoise cuff kit, £17.99, beadsdirect.co.uk
Cluster necklace kit, various colours, £9.95, spoiltrottenbeads. co.uk
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Patchwork peyote kit, £7.95, spoiltrottenbeads.co.uk
Take a course! Start your New Year with a crafty bang! Learn how to make jewellery with West Dean College’s fine array of short courses and taster days. From enameling to silver work, there’s plenty of choice, plus you can stay over for complete creative immersion! Visit westdean.org.uk for information on dates and pricing.
Jewellery making starter kit (inc. pliers and bead mat), £29.99, beadsdiredt.co.uk
Friendship Stackers bracelet pipkit, £12.99, beadhouse.co.uk
SHOP OF THE MONTH: LISU WEDDING AND HANDMADE JEWELLERY Specialising in unique and affordable handmade jewellery for Weddings, Special Occasions and every day wear, Lisu Wedding and Handmade Jewellery includes handcrafted tiaras, fascinators, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, wire wrapped rings and wire weaved cabochon pendant necklaces. A bespoke service is also available, find out more at lisuweddingandhandmadejewellery.co.uk
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Jewellery School Get to grips with the basics, tools and techniques
Assembling your jewellery pieces so that they withstand wear and tear is easy using the correct tools and techniques. Here’s a guide to keeping your beads and handmade finery in tip top condition with some tried and tested tips from our expert.
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Jewellery enthusiast Jane Halls started her business, CJ Beaders with her daughter Claire back in 2004. Now she enjoys dipping into some of the 16,000 products available from her online store and shop to make beautiful jewellery pieces. When Jane is not busy running her thriving business, she can often be found exhibiting at bead shows around the country, which takes up most of her weekends!
“I’ve heard a lot about Miyuki beads, what are they and what are they best for?” Susan Cooper, Brentwood
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Jane says… Miyuki is the brand name of a Japanese manufacturer which produces many types of bead ranges in different shapes and sizes, the most popular include round seed beads and delicas (small tubular beads). Each bead has its own colour code and where Miyuki excels is that if you need to re-order the same beads, you can be sure to get an identical match. Miyuki seed beads also have slightly larger holes than those from other sources. This is important if you are making intricate designs that need multiple passes of a needle through the bead, as there is more room!
“What’s the difference between fire polished and ordinary glass beads?” Jane Tomlinson, Falmouth
Jane says… Fire polished beads have facets that are cut by machine, normally on a grinding wheel. Once faceted they’re placed in a very hot oven for a short period of time. This tends to briefly melt the surface of the glass, which removes the irregularities caused by the faceting process and tends to ‘polish’ the surface giving a softer edge to the facets.
FIND A RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND KITS AT CJBEADERS.COM
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