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Packed with projects we know you’ll love

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YOUR DIES

6- PAGE SPECIAL

Caravan Cards HOLIDAY FUN FOR KIDS

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TRIED & TESTED Gift it!

Fancy Papercrafts

CREATIVE WAYS WITH QUILLING

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Plus...SEASIDE BUNTING ✿ BEATRIX POTTER CELEBRATION

✿ FAIRY TALE THEMES ✿ SUMMER WORKSHOPS ✿ READER STORIES

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EVERY ISSUE 12 OVER TO YOU 14 YOUR REALLY USEFUL

CRAFT TIPS 26 INSPIRATION FOR AUGUST 32 AT HOME WITH JULIE & WENDY 38 TAKE ONE DIE 49 CORINNE’S CRAFT SPACE 57 NET SAVVY 70 ASK THE EXPERTS 73 HANDMADE HOME 112 COMING NEXT MONTH 122 BEHIND THE CAMERA

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CARDS & PAPER

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STAMPING

Discover various stamping methods

30 PARTY TIME

Create a splash with a cocktail-loving penguin

Create fun party invites for the kids this summer

PEOPLE & PLACES 23 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WI

Get the latest goss from the Women’s Institute

43 HAPPY HOLIDAYS

54 THE WORLD OF BEATRIX

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Set up camp to make summertime treats Put a smile on someone’s face with these pop-up greetings

POTTER

Celebrate 150 years of storytelling and loveable characters

24 CREATE & CRAFT SPECIAL 81 WHAT’S ON SCREEN

Catch up with the exciting world of Create and Craft

82 EVERY DAY EASY

Create a belle of the ball greeting card

83 CRAFT CHAMPION

Become a crafting pro using our top tips and buys

84 C&C SHOWS YOU HOW

Corinne Bradd gets to grips with the AccuQuilt Go!

STITCH & CROCHET 53 LOVE FOLK

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Our die-cut angel is heaven to make

66 BEACHY KEEN

Beach huts and ice creams spell summertime!

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72 CHIRPY BIRDIES

Knit up a trio of avian friends

80 PRETTY IN PINK

Keep your little one cool in a reversable sun hat.

87 SAIL AWAY

Cross-stitch a sweet nautical sampler

97 TIME FOR TEA

Stitch invites for an afternoon party

100 DONUT DELIGHT

Put your feet up with a giant crochet floor cushion

105 SYBIL KITTEN

Stitch a darling cat doll for a little ballerina

LEARN & MAKE

24 ELIZABETH MOAD QUILLS

Host a summer party with quilled umbrellas

34 COLETTE SMITH’S MASTERCLASS

Discover the secrets of triple stamping

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BROWSE & BUY 29 TREAT YOURSELF

We’ve gone club tropicana this month

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MIXED MEDIA

BAKING

62 GADGET INSPECTOR

68 SUGAR MENAGERIE

We put the trusty Brother ScanNCut to the test

64 SEASIDE MEMORIES

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Create a collection of beachy trinkets

78 UPCYCLE CHALLENGE

We turn cutlery trays into a quaint craft space

102 MARBLE SWIRLS

Top a cake with cute, exotic edible animals

JEWELLERY 89 BEAD BOUTIQUE

Hit your favourite music festival in style!

91 RETRO COLLECTION

Satisfy your quirky side with a kitsch piece

Brighten your evenings with a tabletop set

96 JEWELLERY SCHOOL

Get the low-down on how to start making jewellery

FREEBIES & PRIZES 7 HOW TO USE YOUR FREE GIFT

Use your Xcut dies to create a range of cards

21 CRAFT AWARDS

Win a spa break for two with our International Craft Awards!

40 BUMPER GIVEAWAYS We’ve got £3,000 worth of goodies up for grabs!

42 POSCA PEN PRIZES

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How to use your FREE

Flower Dies

Create an array of stunning cards featuring delicate blooms with our free gift this month!

Best Wishes

Prepare a card blank with decorative paper. Die-cut a blue circle and glue to a doily. Stamp a sentiment onto yellow and trim into a banner, then mount to the front. Die-cut three lots of blooms from each die and fix to the doily.

Decorate with gems.

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We show you how to use them with a video tutorial!

Black Florals

Cover a square blank with embossed pink card. Stick black flowers and leaves onto a black and white layered circle. Adhere to the blank, then decorate with pink pearls and ribbon.

Hello

Matt yellow onto a landscape blank, then add a strip of patterned paper across the middle. Die-cut a medium yellow flower, a small pink bloom and two leaves. Cut a 5.5cm circle of patterned paper in half, then add on elements to create a bird on a banner. Stick to the blank, then add gems.

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Your really useful

Craft Tips

CB readers share their crafty advice

A Corker

If you are using corks for a craft project, boil them in water for ten minutes first. This will stop them from crumbling or cracking when you cut them.

Lucy Coates, via Facebook

PRISTINE PATTERNS Spritz sewing patterns with spray starch to stiffen the paper and prevent them ripping.

Angela Hardy, via Email

THRIFTY STENCILS

STITCHED UP Dress up stationery by stitching a greeting message instead of using a pen.

Marie Doyle, via Facebook

Paint Perfection To prevent acrylic paint from separating and beading on the surface, add a drop of liquid soap to it beforehand.

Ben Toppin, via Twitter

Shell Stamps

Paint shells and use them to stamp colour and texture onto crafty surfaces such as card and fabric.

Susan Fisher, via Twitter

COLOURED COTTON

Make your own coloured twine by tinting white thread using sharpies.

Sam Turner, via Twitter

BUTTONS IN A DOODLE

Create your own stencils with a hot glue gun and a teflon sheet. Simply draw your design in glue, leave to dry and peel off.

Jenny Pritchard, via Email

“If you can’t find a thread that matches your fabric perfectly, pick one that’s a shade darker. This will be less obvious when stitching” Sian Whitehead, Sew Magazine

Share it!

Let your imagination run wild and draw designs onto plain, or coloured buttons with sharpies.

Jade Palmer, via Facebook

scrapbook-adhesives.com Our reliable and easy-to-use adhesives are perfect for not only scrapbooking, but also card making, mixed media, home décor, DIY and more! From strong permanent adhesives for archival use, 3D foam for dimension, and re-positionable adhesives for multiple uses, we cover it all! l You can create custom embellishments with 3D Foam Squares, shapes or tapes. Just rub pigment powder, glitter or embossing powder onto the adhesive surface. You can even heat set the embossing powder. l Add dimension to your cards with Thin 3D Foam Squares, they add

height without too much bulk between layers, which saves on postage! l Mix and match your favorite adhesives with our refillable E-Z Runners! You can use any dispenser with any of the refills.

It’s fast and easy to change the refills.

If you’ve a crafty tip or trick you’d like to share, get in touch via Twitter, Facebook or social.cb@aceville.co.uk!

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Treat Yourself

Club tropicana Boost your stash with fun and sunshine, there’s enough for everyone!

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Make a splash with Kitty Frampton’s cocktail-loving penguin card

b Dies, My Favorite Things, Die-namics, Penguins, Sunny Skies, Double Stitched Rectangle b Stamps, My Favorite Things, Penguins in Paradise b Card, white b Papers: My Favorite Things, Fresh Squeezed Chevron; green spotty, yellow, beige b Markers, Copic b Gems b Foam pads b Ribbon See the shopping list below

Penguin Card

1 29cm, and fold widthways.

Cut white card, 10.5cm x

Position so the fold line is at the top and glue blue chevron paper, 10cm x 14cm, onto the front.

Mount a green polka dot paper, 4cm x 8.5cm, onto a strip of white card, 4.5cm x 9cm. Attach blue ribbon across this panel and secure the ends at the back. Affix this strip to the bottom of the main card, leaving a small border around the edge.

Die-cut white card using the second-largest Double Stitched Rectangle die, measuring, 7cm x 10cm.

Cut beige paper using the end of the same die and trim one side into a hill shape. Use the Sunny Skies die to cut a stitched sun from yellow card.

Glue the hill and sun onto the stitched white panel and trim the border.

Stamp the penguin, tree, flower and cocktail onto white card. Tint each image using Copic markers and cut out with the co-ordinating die.

Arrange on the stitched panel and affix with foam pads, before attaching the panel to the main card.

Tie a blue bow, attach a rhinestone to the centre and glue onto the left side of the ribbon border. Stamp Cheers onto blue, attach to main card with foam pads and add a rhinestone to each side to finish. CB

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Card Tricks

Put a pop-up in the post and raise a smile with these fun cards from Keren Baker

Die CUTTING

Crafts Tip

Try out any folds on scrap paper or card first. Then you’ll know exactly which way the folds are to go and can recreate it on your project.

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The world of

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CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF STORYTELLING AND LOVEABLE CHARACTERS Beatrix Potter has captured the hearts of children and adults over generations with her stories of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and many more animal friends. July 2016 marks 150 years since her birth and there are so many ways for you to be involved!

three manuscripts and an unfinished sketch from the story. A private collector came forward with another illustration that went on display at the museum that shows Kitty in the background and the infamous Peter Rabbit at the centre of the scene.

What's it about, is it different to Potter's previous works?

It's essentially about a cat that leads a double life and goes out hunting in the moonlight, only to become caught in a trap. The lesson learned is enough to cure her of her poaching!

A new story...

Why wasn't it published during her lifetime?

Did you have to edit the story at all?

After piecing the three separate manuscripts together, there really wasn't much to do. Beatrix had shaped and refined the tale each time she had returned to it, and knew exactly what she wanted to write about Kitty, but had said to her editor it might need a little work. We didn't want to change anything significant, as it's such an engaging story.

What's your favourite Beatrix Potter story?

It has to be the tale of Peter Rabbit! It's a classic and still holds so much of its charm today.

Letters written by Beatrix to her publisher, Warne, suggest that Over 100 years ago, Beatrix she intended to finish the tale but ‘interruptions began’. I think her Potter penned a story new married life and the war, that never made it to publication. Now, thanks plus her sheep farming simply got in the way!

to resourceful editor Jo Hanks at Penguin Random House, the story is ready to be shared with Potter fans world-wide. We had a chat with Jo to find out more....

How was the new story discovered?

I was conducting research for Emma Thompson's The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit when I came across a letter that Beatrix Potter had sent her publisher in 1914. It mentioned the story of “a well-behaved prime black Kitty cat, who leads rather a double life”, and referred to an unedited manuscript of the tale. The V&A archive revealed

How did Quentin Blake become involved?

We sent the story to him, as we knew he just had to be involved. He has a very dry wit, which is in keeping with the style of Beatrix Potter's stories. His illustrations really help tell a story and have an energetic and rebellious nature to them – perfect for Kitty!

Do any of the other classic characters make an appearance?

They do! Mischievous Peter Rabbit, Mr. Tod, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Ribby and Tabitha Twitchit all make cameo appearances.

Kitty-in-Boots will be published in September by Frederick Warne & Co at Penguin Random House Children’s, with an audio version read by Dame Helen Mirren

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Did you know?

Helen Beatrix Potter, was born on 28th July 1866 to Rupert and Helen Potter in Kensington, London. Her stories are world-famous, but there was a lot more to her than that. How many of these facts do you know?

Illustration from The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck © Frederick Warne & Co., 1902, 2002

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People & Places

✎ Beatrix had two special pet rabbits: Benjamin Bouncer, who enjoyed buttered toast and joined the Potter family on holiday in Scotland where he went for walks on a lead and Peter Piper, who had a talent for performing tricks!

✎ Beatrix not only produced beautiful watercolours but also became an adept scientific illustrator. By 1896, she had developed her own theory of how fungi spores reproduced. ✎ She designed and created the first Peter Rabbit doll herself in 1903, registering it immediately at the patent office, making Peter Rabbit the world’s oldest licensed literary character. ✎ During her lifetime, Beatrix bought fifteen farms and took a very active part in caring for them. She won a number of prizes for her sheep at local shows, and became the first elected female President of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders’ Association in 1943. ✎ In accordance with her wishes, Hill Top Farm was kept exactly as it had been when she lived in it, and receives thousands of visitors every year. ✎ Today, more than two million Beatrix Potter books are sold across the world each year – four books every minute.

Out & About Discover lots of fun things to see and do!

VISIT THE V&A MUSEUM From 28th July 2016-28th April 2017, Beatrix Potter’s London display will bring together artworks, original sketches and Potter’s earliest published works, to look at the inspirational role London played throughout her career. Highlights include an early drawing of a family pet rabbit, thought to be the real Peter Rabbit who inspired her much-loved character, and a selection of studies and sketches made on Potter’s many visits to the local museums.

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CELEBRATE BEATRIX POTTER'S BIRTHDAY! The Royal Mail will be releasing a series of commemorative stamps featuring some of Beatrix's favourite characters to coincide with what would have been her 150th birthday!

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SEE THE SHOW

The Royal Mail released special stamps in 1979 and 2006, too!

Where is Peter Rabbit?, A Musical Adventure, brings to life Beatrix Potter’s favourite characters in a not-to-be missed visual spectacular. At the Old Laundry Theatre, Browness-On-Windemere, from 27th June–4th September.

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Handmade Home

Once Upon A Time

Add a touch of magic to your crafts with Jecelyn Latimer’s ideas

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hether it’s a story read to them at bedtime or curled up in front of the TV watching a film, children love disappearing into a world of kingdoms, dragons and princesses.

But fairy tales have more benefits than just keeping your little ones entertained – they’re also good for them. These magical narratives are great fun and help kids boost their creativity and literacy skills, plus helps to teach them from right and wrong. Children love dressing up as their favourite characters, which is why I’ve put together a few charming craft ideas that they’ll love and you’ll cherish.

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Sybil kitten Stitch this darling cat doll for your little ballerina Sta rt wi t h ... b Fabric: white brushed cotton; pink cotton; knit, Art Gallery Fabrics, Cottagely Posy; ivory and pink netting b Embroidery thread, brown b Toy filling b Ribbon, pink gingham b Felt pen, brown Keep a 3mm seam allowance for this project See the templates on our pattern pages

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