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MAKE IT 34 CREATE AND CRAFT Marvel at amazing ideas and projects from Create and Craft TV 42 PAPER HOMES Corinne Bradd uses the docrafts Deco Design range to craft three maison makes

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11 THREE STEP CARD You’ll love Colette Smith’s latest lesson in colourful cardmaking

READERS LIKE YOU 13 CLUB PAPERCRAFTER 27 DESIGNER FOR THE DAY

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20 CARD GALLERY Sue Hughes takes inspiration from French fashion with ten boutique -chic cards 28 7 SPEEDY MAKE CARDS Craft gorgeous greetings in ten minutes or less 30 PERFECT PLEATING Marianne Fisher gets creative with fun folding techniques

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66 BUTTERFLY KISSES Hunkydory’s latest luxury topper kit makes cardmaking a breeze

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42 75 SQUEAKY CLEAN Spoil someone special with handmade soap in adorable packaging 76 CARING CREATURES Be inspired by Karin Åkesdotter and stamp and colour five friendly greetings

71 TRIED & TESTED: DIE’SIRE EDGE’ABLES Jenny Pearce reviews sentiment dies from Crafter’s Companion 82 STEP-BY-STEP Let this decorative dresser be the chicest project you make all year

Intricate paper makes 84 ORIENTAL DECORATIONS Corinne Bradd celebrates Chinese New Year

BUY IT 9 TRENDS AND TREATS 57 WISH LIST 58 FIRST LOOK: INTRICUT DIES 88 TAKE A TRIP

READ IT 64 CRAFTY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Find out what creative promises you should make 80 PAPER SAVER Editorial assistant Jessica shows you how to get crafty with your cash 98 THE LAST WORD We catch up with Hochanda’s Leonie Pujol

LEARN IT 61 ASK THE EXPERTS Get all the latest crafty tips from our industry experts

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Introducing Hunkydory’s brand-new Paradise Jewels Luxury Topper collection. Isn’t it gorgeous? Be transported to a beautiful paradise and fill your greetings with tropical birds, beautiful blooms, fluttering butterflies and dazzling dragonflies. Teamed with floral and lacy patterns too, all eight topper sets are foiled in Hunkydory’s trademark gold finish. Bag the collection for just £19.99 or invest in the Ultimate Bundle, which also includes the Luxury Card Collection, Little Book and Luxury Card inserts, for £34.97. You lucky readers will also receive a 10% discount off everything with G EVERYTHIN the code ‘HD10PC’ until 1st RAFTER FOR PAPERC March 2017, meaning READERS! PaperCrafter readers will pay less than everyone else! 01772 272577, hunkydorycrafts.co.uk

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DESIGN EVERY DAY

Cut Paste Create is the new title from Eleanor Shakespeare and is a must-have on any crafter’s shelf, whatever their chosen technique. Unlike any other book, it asks you to design everything from jazzy cutlery handles to your own welcome mat, all depending on your mood.

Let your creativity run wild as you fill up this visual journal and become the designer of your own world. £9.99, quartoknows.com

Crafting Live Sandown

28th – 29th January, Sandown Park Racecourse Take part in an exciting Friday workshop hosted by Stephanie Weightman and Nancy Watt before the show itself opens at 10am - 5pm on Saturday 28th and 10am - 4pm on Sunday 29th. Stock up on shiny new stamps, dies, ribbons and embellishments – you name it, it’ll be there! For more info, go to craftinglive.co.uk

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Love from Beatrix

Published to mark the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter’s birth, The Art of Beatrix Potter illustrated by Emily Zach (£20, Chronicle Books) is a colouring book that will inspire you to revisit and recreate your favourite childhood characters. Explore your very own Tale of Peter Rabbit and enjoy essays by Beatrix expert Linda Lear, illustration historian Steven Heller and children’s book illustrator Eleanor Taylor. It’s the perfect gift for a crafty book lover, so explore today papercraftermagazine.co.uk

Saturday 28th January, Newbury Racecourse We can’t wait for this show, where you can meet JJD Cards, The Art of Craft, Stamposaurus and Limetree Crafts, as well as watch celeb crafter demonstrations such as John Lockwood and Jenny Mayes. Open from 10.30am until 4pm with £3 admission, for more info go to stampsandmemories.co.uk

Sincerely Yours Papercrafts

Sunday 29th January, Thetford Sincerely Yours papercrafting shows are back and kicking off this year in Thetford. All pre-booked tickets are £3 and will be entered into a draw to win £50 of vouchers that can be spent at the show. Celebs from the world of craft TV will be there to greet you all too! sincerely-yours-shows.info

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Flamingo fuss

Designed by artist and former PaperCrafter editor Ella Johnston, this flamingo journal is just the ticket if you want to jump on the ‘bullet journalling’ (or ‘bu-jo’, as it’s been nicknamed) wagon in 2017. Handmade by Ella herself using the traditional coptic binding method to thread the 80 pages together, browse more at ellasplace.co.uk or bag this one for £32.

Meadow makes

We’ve fallen in love with all of these designs from Dashwood Studio’s new fabric collection, Paper Meadow. Inspired by vintage paper samples found in a book shop in New Zealand, we’re already planning the cards we’re going to make in the same beautiful colour scheme. Find out more at dashwoodstudio.com/paper-meadow

ONLINE SHOP OF THE MONTH mcoyster.co.uk McOyster Paper Crafts is our favourite online destination to splash the cash in the upcoming new year craft spree.

Its friendly website showcases the top brands and advertises must-see events.

If you’re a fan of Spectrum Noir, Martha Stewart and plenty of smaller, independent brands, log on to the website or drop in to the friendly Fife-based shop.

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Dreams and schemes notebook, £4, tch.net

Awesome little notebook, £6.95, 01225 789909, wildandwolf.com

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Genius notebook, approx £4, inkandcard designs.etsy.com

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Try these six designs, featured in this month’s free gift!

If you’re feeling in need of a crafty cardmaking session, dig out your box of dies and use some basic shapes to make this pretty array of greetings by Keren Baker and Katie Skilton.

If you’re a beginner die cutter, dive into your free 100-page supplement and you’ll be addicted in no time!

YOU WILL NEED: Craft essentials (see p92) Dies: nesting circles, decorative circles, square, feather, hexagons, words Chipboard frame Vellum Buttons

Geometric butterfly

By Keren Baker

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Cover a 10.5cm x 15.5cm white blank with geometric triangle paper, leaving a narrow border.

Die cut one circle from white card and a slightly larger one from vellum. Fix the smaller disc to the blank then add the vellum layer on top with a small dab of glue in the centre.

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Cover a chipboard disc with triangle paper and fix this to the centre of the circle, with a gold butterfly and sentiment on top.

Happy birthday

By Keren Baker

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Mount white card onto a 12.5cm x 15.5cm pink blank, leaving a narrow border. Die cut five circles from white and patterned papers. Separate the whole circles from their thin outlines.

Using the picture as a guide, adhere the circles to the card. Arrange the four outline circles around the edges so they overlap the white layer.

Die cut ‘Happy’ from pink card and secure onto a white circle. Mount this onto the blank using 3D foam pads.

Stamp ‘Birthday’ in grey ink onto the card, then trim into a strip and stick below the first sentiment. Add sequins to finish.

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Before securing dies down, stick your tape strips onto fabric first to remove some of their tackiness

Hello hexagons

By Keren Baker

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Tape hexagon dies onto an 11cm x 15.5cm panel of yellow chevron card and run through your die-cutting machine. Adhere the panel to a slightly larger white blank.

Die cut more hexagons from patterned papers, then insert the shapes into their corresponding holes.

Cut three different-sized hexagons from white card and two ‘Hello’ sentiments from white and pink. Offset the white word behind the pink one, then mount onto the largest hexagon.

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Add an orange strip of paper below the wording, then mount to the card using 3D foam pads. Fix the other white hexagons below the largest, add an orange strip, then glue another to a background shape to finish.

New home

By Katie Skilton

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Matt and layer red card and patterned paper onto a brown kraft blank. Fix a smaller panel of wood effect paper on top.

Die cut a square from a yellow card rectangle.

Stick a house motif to the wood effect paper then fix

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the yellow frame on top with 3D foam pads.

Wrap red ribbon around the base of the yellow panel. Trim a ‘New home’ sentiment into a pennant and fix to the ribbon. Add a red ribbon bow on top. Embellish the card with heart and flower die-cuts.

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f January’s drearily dull weather and darker, shorter days are wearing thin, shine bright with this cheerful rainbow sunburst card. It’s ideal for using up colourful scraps of paper and card and it doesn’t require any fancy shaped dies either – you could even use the handy nesting dies from last issue of PaperCrafter. This greeting will make anyone smile!

You’ll love Colette Smith’s latest lesson in colourful cardmaking YOU WILL NEED: Craft essentials (see p92) Circle nesting dies Promarkers: pink, orange, yellow, lime, turquoise, purple Sentiment stamp

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Lightly draw around the inside of a small circle die onto a 10.5cm x 15cm piece of white card. Draw lines coming out from the circle in each direction and cut out alternate sections.

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Using the cut card as a template, draw around the shape onto another piece of white card. Colour in the sections that can be seen between the white rays.

Layer the white front onto the coloured card and trim the edges so that the panel measures 10cm x 14.5cm.

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Matt the panel onto a 10.5cm x 15cm blank with 3D foam tape. Stamp a sentiment, cut out with a small circle die and matt onto a larger die-cut black shape. Stick to the centre of the white panel and add gems to finish.

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Fill the alternating apertures with panels of patterned paper for an even jazzier greeting

• Taste the rainbow • LIGHT UP YOUR CRAFT ROOM WITH THESE DELICIOUSLY COLOURFUL TREATS

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VersaColor Ultimate Fiesta ink pad, £4.95, addsomesparkle.co.uk

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Spoil someone special with handmade soap in gorgeous packaging

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hese three mini makes by Corinne Bradd have been designed to house luxury soaps up to 6cm wide. We’ve used beautiful heart-shaped lovelies from The Soap Kitchen, which you can make yourself at home with the company’s easy-to-use embossed moulds. Use your zingiest papers for this speedy gift idea.

YOU WILL NEED: Craft essentials (see p92) Acetate Washi tape

Yellow matchbox

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Score an 11cm square of card 2.5cm in from each edge. Clip the intersections of the score lines to make tabs and fold up into a tray.

Cut an 11cm square of patterned paper, score as before but cut away the intersections at the corners completely. Fold up and slip inside the tray as a liner.

Cover a 6cm x 21cm strip of card with patterned paper and score across at 5cm, 2.7cm, 6.2cm and 2.7cm. Wrap it around the tray, securing the overlap underneath.

Slip the sleeve off the tray and fix lengths of narrow ribbon inside the base of it.

Decorate the top of the sleeve

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with floral motifs. Insert the tray into the sleeve and secure by tying with the ribbon.

Mini basket

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Cover one side of a 6cm card circle with patterned paper. Score a 3cm x 22cm strip of card 5mm from one long edge. Clip a small fringe in this scored section.

Wrap the strip around the circle and secure. Fold and glue the fringe to the underside of the disc with tacky glue.

Cover the outside of the basket with a 2.5cm x

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Add another 6cm paper circle to the base.

Bend a 1cm x 15cm card rectangle and fix the ends to the inside of the basket to make a handle. Embellish with washi tape and floral motifs.

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Aperture box

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Repeat step 1 and 2 of the yellow matchbox, covering the outside with washi tape.

Cut a 10.3cm square of card and cover with patterned paper. Cut a 4cm circle from the centre. Score all sides 2cm from the edges,

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clip and fold up as before to make a lid.

Clip a 6cm square of clear acetate and glue inside the lid to cover the aperture.

Decorate the lid with floral motifs.

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