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Meet the team Jo Chivers Art Editor

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Ruth’s got her ear to the ground for new products!

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Jenny keeps all our pages up to date & ready to go!

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are I confess? I do other crafts.

Strangely, they just make me like papercraft more! I’ve been working on a needlepoint cushion recently and five months into the project the end is nowhere near in sight – thank goodness for card making! What other craft lets you finish something fabulous in just 20 minutes?

And then there’s the gadgets... fabric and threads are all very well but there’s nothing more exciting than surrounding yourself with stamps, punches, die-cutting machines and fancy scissors. I’m thrilled to share this feeling with this month’s free gift of shaped scissors. I know you’ll love them.

If I had my way, there’d be no straight lines, they’d all be scalloped!

If you’re ready for another gadget fix, I can highly recommend the Button Studio, which lets you make your own buttons to match every project. Subscribe this month and we’ll send you one to try for yourself!

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We aim to live up to our name and to show you the most inspiring papercraft techniques, share the latest ideas and hand pick the most inspirational products for you to buy. We aim to bring you everything you need to get the most from our brilliant hobby.

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Angela Poole Creative Editor

Angela creates gorgeous cards to help you beat card maker’s block!

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Welcome to March Things to make 24 32 44 64 68 73 80

3D FLOWERS Grow gorgeous vintage blooms for Mother’s Day PAPER TEARING Craft super sausage dogs everyone will love!

DIE-CUTTING Create fresh floral cards for spring wishes DISTRESSING Dawn Bibby talks to Tim Holtz and shares the secrets of his signature style SCRAPBOOKING Make an easy mini book with FREE downloads!

COLOURING Colour your stash and save cash in our Masterclass LAYERING Keep in touch with stylish retro looks!

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Ideas for your shaped scissors Make glorious daffodil cards Try 10 new ideas for buttons Card inspiration for your free Treats for Mum papers Bumble Bear’s joined by his mum!

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Your free gift Get started with your shaped scissors – we’ve got 10 gorgeous ideas for you to try today!

Shopping list Your shaped scissors, plus…

Poppyseed * K&Co collection – Designer

Paper Pad, Floral Grand Adhesions, Adhesive Borders & Icon Clearly Yours, all from Personal Impressions*

* Black buttons & turquoise * Green ribbons, from Fantastic

Fold up this clever frock!

This little party dress is made from just one scalloped circle! Cut two slits into the circle to make top of the dress, and then fold in the sides to create the skirt shape. To finish your dress, tie a length of ribbon around the waist and add a cute flower embellishment.

Ribbons*

polka dot ribbon * Purple Sticky * foam pads, both from The Range* Phrases stamps, * Basic from Stampin’ Up!* * Black ink pad * Coloured fineliner pens *see page 94 for stockists

tip To cut a continuous scalloped pattern, be sure to reposition the scissor blades so that they match the pattern in the last snip you made.

Cards designed by Angela Poole

Thrill them with adorable frills Snip simple motifs from coloured card, then dress them up with scalloped details. Give a frilly look to a little bib, babygro and pram for the sweetest new baby card. You can even highlight the edges with a fineliner pen.

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Shaped scissors project

Layer up fancy paper blooms

tip To cut straight scalloped edges, lightly draw a line with a pencil and ruler first to guide you!

Transform your card blanks Turn an ordinary card blank into something special by trimming the edges with your shaped scissors – draw guidelines in pencil first. Try cutting more away from the front flap of the card so you can show off a cute dotty ribbon wrapped around the back flap!

Your shaped scissors are great for making layered flowers for cards and gift bags. Simply cut out scalloped circles from plain and patterned papers, then layer them up with sticky foam pads. Don’t worry about cutting perfect circles – irregular shapes add to the charm!

Turn over for more brilliant card ideas

Send a stylish feathered friend Cut small strips of patterned paper to add feathers to a simple paper bird motif. To give your bird some magnificent tail feathers, snip scalloped edges along pieces of patterned paper, then cut to make little heart shapes.

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Your free gift Snip speedy gift tags Use your scissors to make a quick gift tag. On white card, draw around a cup with a pencil to mark out a neat circle, then cut it out with your shaped scissors. Now get busy layering on patterned paper pieces, flower shapes and a message!

Doodle lacy looks

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Decorate a paper teacup and saucer with scalloped details for a charming vintage look. Give your scalloped edges a lacy effect by adding a little dot to each scallop with a coordinating fineliner pen.

✿ If your shaped scissors become blunt after a while, you can sharpen them by cutting aluminium foil.

Craft a fabulous butterfly card

✿ Use fineliner pens to highlight your cut scalloped edges.

✿ When cutting around corners, you’ll find it easier to turn the paper as you cut rather than manoeuvre the scissors!

Make a fluttery butterfly then trim the wings with your shaped scissors.

Highlight the edges of your butterfly with a coordinating fineliner pen and add easy details snipped from floral patterned paper.

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We’d love to see how you use your free shaped scissors! Send your cards to: Your Cards, PaperCraft inspirations, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW, or email a good-quality picture of your card to papercraft@futurenet.co.uk. There’s a prize for each one we publish!

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Create 3D patterns!

Create your own textured paisley patterned paper. Cut and layer some paisley shapes using plain scissors, then mount them on to patterned paper and cut around them with your shaped scissors to create a scalloped border.

Top off a quirky paper birdhouse Make a cute birdhouse for a pair of bird stickers!

Use your shaped scissors to trim thin strips of plain and patterned papers, then layer them together and trim into a triangle to make the roof. Layer the birdhouse pieces together with sticky foam pads for a great 3D look.

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BREATH OF FRESH AIR! Get ready for spring with the glorious City Park collection from American Crafts. Celebrating the great outdoors in a host of pretty, fresh colours, you’ll love the patterned papers (from 79p), filled with flowers, trees, ducks, kites and more.

Embossed and glittery touches will help bring your cards to life, and the versatile Remarks stickers (£4.99) and gorgeous Details layered embellishments (£3.99) are just so much fun to play with! Find the whole collection at Sarah’s Cards*.

Stamp it with an elegant touch Bring elegant leaves, vines and flowers to your makes with the Baroque Motifs stamp set, from Stampin’ Up!*. Try the beautiful 8.5x11cm swirl stamp, just right for a card background or to dress up the corners of a scrapbook page.

Card-friendly craft punches Papermania’s Midi Punches are the perfect size for card makers! We love the Floral Romance, Pinwheel and Birch Leaf designs, each measuring 1.6cm – they’re the kind of motifs you can use time and time again. Find them at DoCrafts*, priced £2.98 each.

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BUTTON UP These Boutique Buttons from Doodlebug Design are so sweet! There are 16 colourthemed packs to choose from, each coordinating with one of Doodlebug’s Paper Potpourri paper packs. With buttons in different sizes and shades, you’ve got lots to play with! Each pack costs £4.49, from The Glitter Pot*. If you’re mad about buttons, turn to page 30 to find out how to make your own!

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Cute corners Martha Stewart’s Photo Corner craft punch creates a flat shape that folds up into a nifty photo corner. This is just one of the Martha Stewart products you’ll find at Craft Superstore*. Don’t miss their month of Martha Mania for the whole of February. You’ll find kits, special offers, projects and more!

Bring along a paper cupcake – We can’t wait to see you at our Stitch & Craft show! It runs from 17th-20th March 2011 at London’s Olympia II, and it’ll be craft heaven.

The theme of our papercraft zone will be… cupcakes! We’ll be crafting up scrumptious cupcake cards, and we’re setting you a challenge too: bring along a papercrafted cupcake. It can be a full card or a topper, using any technique you like. From embossed icing to glitter sprinkles, the choice is yours!

We’ll add all your designs to our giant wall display, and everyone who’s made one will be entered into a prize draw for a bumper goodie bag! Put your name and address on the back of your cake, then bring it along to Stitch & Craft!

To find out more about the show, visit www.stitchandcraft.co.uk or call the ticket hotline on 01394 288 521.

Come and craft fab cupcakes like these in the papercrafting zone at our Show in March.

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Birthday bears!

If someone you know deserves a really special card, craft them one of these Ultimate A4 Découpage Cards, £3.99 from DoCrafts*. Featuring the cute Forever Friends bears, the For Him card has everything you need to build a 3D car design, while the For Her design has a pair of bears with birthday gifts. Even better, each pack has enough ‘little extras’ for you to create 5 or more cards!

EMBOSSING WONDER Do you love achieving special effects with coloured card? Then you’ll be smitten with the fabulous, textured effects you can create using these embossing folders, £3.99 each from Creative Expressions*.

The Floral, Lattice and Flourish folders give satisfyingly crisp raised designs that you can chalk, distress or enjoy as they are.

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Essential

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Grand Calibur The Grand Calibur is the latest diecutting machine from Spellbinders, designed for you to cut on a larger scale.

Accepting paper of 8½x 11in, the Grand Calibur works with Grand Nestibilities dies, to cut and emboss big circles, squares, ovals and labels to layer up. Brilliant for

scrapbooking! It’ll also work with other dies.

It’s a practical machine, too. There’s a built-in handle for easy carrying, and the base grips your work surface, so it stays really steady

as you turn the handle to cut out shapes.

The Spellbinders Grand Calibur costs £99.99. Find it, plus accessories and Grand Nestabilities dies at Creative Expressions*.

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Great giveaways worth £ TICKET TO CRAFT! For a fun day out

, don’t miss The Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show* at Alexandra Palace, London. It’s taking pla ce on 9th–10th April, and you’ll be able to take in free product demos and enjoy browsing (an d shopping!) at the 60+ stands. Tickets are £7 for the whole weekend, or £5 for a one-day ticket, so go on, have a great creative day out. We’ve got 18 pairs of tickets to the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show to give away, worth £14 per prize! See below to ent er, keyword PIBSSBS.

SPRAY & SHIMMER!

18 pairs of tickets to give away!

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Have you seen our fab Masterclass this month on colouring (page 73)? It includes great ideas for using spray inks like these Cosmic Shimmer Mists (£3 each). Creative Expressions* have the full range but we find the irresistibly-named Midnight Blue, Plum Twist and Golden Fish particularly to ‘dye’ for! Why not try spraying them with a mask, like this Flowers design from the range of 30 by That Special Touch (£4)? Get shimmery today!

We’ve got 18 prize sets of the Cosmic Shimmers and Flower Masker up for grabs. See below to enter, keyword PISHIMMER.

18 prizes to give away!

Enter online: Visit the PaperCraft inspirations website at www.papercraftinspirationsmagazine.co.uk, click on the ‘Win Stuff’ link in the top right-hand corner, then fill in our online competition entry form!

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SCRAP FAST! Scrapbooking is great fun, but not a thing you can rush. When you’re pushed for time, why not try We R Memory Keepers’ new Pre-Made Scrapbook Pages? These 12x12in pages come layered with glitter borders, ribbons and chipboard motifs, all ready for you to add photos and journaling. Two ‘Spring’ pages cost £7.50, from Kalulu*.

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Diary chal l e nge winners announced Winning cards from 2010 diary

Back in issue 68, we gave you a 2010 Card Maker’s Diary with a card making challenge each month. You sent us wonderful challenge cards throughout 2010, and now we’ve got an online gallery of winners!

See all the winning designs on our website at www.papercraft inspirationsmagazine.co.uk.

If you’re a winner, you don’t have to do anything – we’ll be sending you a crafty goodie bag soon.

Thank you to all the talented crafters who entered our diary challenge!

You could be in with a chance of trying the very latest crafty products for free – enter today!

SHINE A LIGHT

Regular crafters will find it worth investing in a good lamp to help avoid eyestrain. Serious Readers* have this perfect free-standing lamp , called Alex Floor Light, which won ’t take up valuable space on your craft table. Featuring an adjustab le dimmer and flexible arm, its ener gyefficient 20W bulb is six times brighter than a regular 60W bulb, so you can craft in near-daylight conditions! UK-designed and fully assembled, it’s a good investment. One lucky winner will receive an Alex Floor Light, worth £249.99.

See below to enter, keyword PILIGHT.

New floorlight to give away!

Text the keyword, followed by a space, then your name & address, to 87474. Texts cost 50p, plus your standard network tariff rate.

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The winning card designs for February, March and April!

DIGITAL DOODLES

See how easy crafting with your computer can be with this brand new CD-ROM from Polka Doodles*. Take a look at Paper Boutique volume III, worth £16.99, featuring templates for card making and scrapbooking, printable images, patterned papers and more.

Combine them with the Stamp Doodles unmounted rubber stamp set (£15.31) of ‘Sensational Sentiments’ too for irrestistible makes! Eight lucky winners will each receive a CD-ROM plus stamps set. See below to enter, keyword PIDOODLES.

8 prizes to give away!

Please read our instructions & enter by Friday 18th March 2011. See page 94 for full terms & conditions.

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FLIP-OUT FOR STORAGE

Papercrafting is so much easier when you can pick out things from your stash quickly! Treat your craft space to these smart Flip-Out Bins by Papermania.

They open from the top for easy access to all your embellishments. The bins can be wall mounted, and you can slot several units together for a mega storage system! £14.99, from DoCrafts*.

Pixie mischief!

Cosmo Cricket’s Pixie-Licious papers are so quirky, they’re sure to raise a smile whatever the occasion!

Bees and butterflies flutter among cute flower babies and funky geometric patterns. We adore the zesty colour theme! The whole Crafting Kit of papers plus stickers and elements costs £14.99, from Kars*.

Brilliant books

Enjoy our pick of the best crafty interactive books

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HOW TO SILHOUETTE YOUR PET Jeffery Rudell £8.99 Sterling

Our book reviews are a little different this month – we’re looking at interactive books with ready-to-make elements! We know that lots of animal-crazy crafters will enjoy this fun papercrafting kit. Jeffery Rudell shows you how to make silhouette portraits of your pets, and you get a pack of papers to get you started. As well as dogs and cats, there are ideas smaller pets like rabbits and birds too. These sweet silhouettes are easy and lots of fun to make – frame them for your home, or give them as surprise gifts!

You can find Jeffery Rudell’s How to Silhouette Your Pet in your local Waterstone’s store, or order it online at www.amazon.co.uk.

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CALLING CARDS

BABY SCRAPBOOK

Calling Cards is a gorgeous collection of 200 vintage-style calling cards, each measuring 2x3½in (perfect for slipping in your handbag). The idea is that you can embellish the cards and fill in your own contact details, all ready to give out to new friends at parties, craft clubs or just for fun! There are 40 double-sided, pull-out designs to choose from (you get four of each), and each card is ready for you to hand write or inkjet print your details on to.

Get colouring, layering, doodling and even stitching to make them your own!

The idea of scrapbooking the first year of your little one’s life is lovely – and daunting!

This ready-made scrapbook is perfect for even the most sleep-deprived parent.

Each page has a title to guide you through scrapping all of baby’s big moments, from ‘The day I was born’ to ‘I can talk!’. The pages are illustrated with sweet stitched effects that will inspire you to keep filling up your book. You can decide how much to embellish each page – simply add a photo, or go wild with the stickers, envelopes and tags from the back of the book. So lovely!

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You can find Baby Scrapbook in your local Waterstone’s store, or click over to www. amazon.co.uk to order it online.

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How to get the stitched up look in no time!

Stitched effects are still one of the hottest trends in crafting, and this stamp set from Tanda Stamps* is a clever way to get the look quickly! With six patterns to choose from, you can stamp up stitched-look edges in seconds. Stitches Set 1 is priced just £2.95!

Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts

3rd-6th. SECC, Glasgow. Visit www.ichf.co.uk or call 01425 272 711 for more details.

Stitch and Creative Crafts show

10th-12th, Three Counties Showground, Malvern.

Visit www.sccshows.co.uk or call 01822 617 744 for more details.

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New PaperCraft inspirations!

Don’t miss your April issue, packed with Easter cards, ideas for men and much more. Plus, a bumper CD-ROM for you! Turn to page 97 to find out more.

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VINTAGE MOVIE STAR LOOKS Get retro glamour for your cards with the stunning Hollywood Vogue range

by Webster’s Pages. Flowers, peacock feathers and chandeliers come together in feminine shades, and the small letter stickers are ideal for cards. Priced from 75p, from A Trip Down Memory Lane*.

17th-20th. Join us for inspirational crafting and shop for all the latest products!

Visit www.stitchandcraft.co.uk or call 020 8692 2299 for details.

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Topaz Crafts, Church, Accrington. Booking essential – call 01254 356 501. Visit www.topazcrafts.tv/workshops for more papercrafting workshops.

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Mother’s Day

Make your mum’s day with a special handmade card. Turn to page 24 now for some inspirational ideas!

To feature your event on this page, email papercraft@futurenet.co.uk PaperCraft

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