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TO 1 3 RN E TU AG P 15 THREE-STEP CARD Create amazing cards with just washi tape 31 HOME SWEET HOME Sue Hughes gets really crafty with the latest goodies from Hunkydory 38 7 BEAUTIFUL BOHO CARDS Craft the day away with our faves from this hot trend 41 POOCH POWER Give your projects a new ‘leash’ of life with fun doggy decoupage

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64 10 WAYS TO KEEP KIDS CRAFTY THIS SUMMER Get children creative with our essential guide 80 PAPER PARTY Use our handy ideas to plan the perfect grown up craft event 98 THE LAST WORD We sat down for a cup of tea with Nancy Watts

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26 30 MINUTE MAKE We’re ‘thinking of ewe’ with the latest stamps from Hobby Art 56 NEAT AND TIDY Store ink bottles in style with these bespoke stacking crates 58 DARLING DIE-CUTS Use Tattered Lace dies to create intricate greetings in a jiffy 66 CEREAL BOX STAR Recycle cardboard the crafty way with new storage from Sarah Jackman Read

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16 STEP-BY-STEP Corinne Bradd’s accordion book helps to keep your memories safe and sound 61 ASK THE EXPERTS Get helpful tips from industry insiders 68 RETRO PAPER ART Elizabeth Moad teaches you how to quill a beautiful dress design 70 INK AND IMPRINT Add impressive watercolour effects to your makes with Ingrid Vichova 73 TRIED & TESTED: XCUT FOLDERS Katie Skilton cuts and embosses in one go with fabulous new folders from docrafts 86 SHIMMER AND SHINE Rebecca James shows you how to add eye-catching foil to your handmade creations 90 DREAM BIG Create delicate dream catcher cards with this Marianne Design project

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This summer, you shall go to the ball – in a crêpe paper dress, no less! This stunner is made up in craft guru Lia Griffith’s new range of extra fine crêpes, which come in a glorious range of seasonal colours and are priced at less than £1.25 per roll! Have a browse at liagriffith.com/crepe

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QUILLING QUEEN Philippa Reid, a paper artist from Hampshire, has become the first ever person to succeed in the Quilling Guild’s Higher Level Accreditation Scheme. A course that takes two years to complete, it’s one of the hardest crafting certificates to gain. Inspired? To attend a quilling workshop, contact Philippa at learntoquill. weebly.com or browse her blog at quilliance. wordpress. com. Massive congratulations, Philippa!

Paper from Pardeshi This month, we’re fascinated by this stylish paper vase which allows you to mould, fold and bend the triangular structure into your own unique design. Each net is created by the Tiny Miracles Foundation, a project supporting women in Pardeshi in Mumbai (one of the poorest neighborhoods in India), so it’s a brilliant investment for both your home and their futures. From £18, thedesigngiftshop.com

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CRAFTING LIVE, DONCASTER RACECOURSE (9TH-10TH JULY) Go along to the seventh Crafting Live event brought to you by Tattered Lace founder and Create & Craft TV presenter, Stephanie Weightman! This year, Stephanie will be joined by guests including Nancy Watt, Rossella Cottrell and many more, plus over 1000 makeand-take sessions and free parking! CRAFTING LIVE, SANDOWN PARK (23RD -24TH JULY) The show will also be making a stop at Sandown Park with over 80 exhibitors

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filling the hall, displaying your favourite craft brands, with demos to boot! Don’t miss the workshops on Friday 22nd to see Stephanie and your favourite presenters in action. For more info on both shows, go to craftinglive.co.uk

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LOVELY LANDMARKS Travel the world with the latest colouring book, Landmarks of the World: Colour your way from Barcelona to Beijing by Abi Daker (£9.99, Modern Books). Visit 35 world-famous buildings on your colouring journey, allowing you to take a creative trip without even leaving your sofa. Turn to page 28 to win a copy! modern-books.co.uk papercraftermagazine.co.uk

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Arrange your favourite makes, postcards, memos and more on the latest must-have from We R Memory Keepers. Costing £125 for a full set of six frames, choose from peg, corkboard, blackboard backgrounds and more so you can always feel fully organised. Find your local stockist at americancrafts.com

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Faux fabric Give your scrapbooks that extra level of chic with faux leather paper from Graphtec. The fabric-like material feels similar to leather and can even be sewn onto projects and washed, making it one of the most versatile papers we’ve tried yet! £8.99 for a roll in black, white or tan, graphtecgb.co.uk

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DIVERSE DESIGNS It’s a feat many papercrafters dream of, but crafter Georgina Fihosy has managed to successfuly found her own card line, Special Touch Designs. Reflecting her African heritage, Georgina’s first range of cards, the Live in Colour Collection, contains 30 contemporary designs which have all been handfinished in her home studio in Kent. We think it celebrates the ethnic diversity in today’s British craft industry brilliantly. Find out more at specialtouchdesigns.com

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15 projects to try! USE YOUr FrEE DIES TODAY! Turn the page to see Colette Smith’s inspiring ideas for your free gift

nspired by the clean lines of Scandinavian design, our little bird motif is perfect for a whole host of projects and can be used all year round – even at Christmas! Colette Smith has combined this die with our useful sentiment to create a whole host of easy-to-make ideas that you can get cracking with straight away. We'd love to see what you create – don't forget to drop us a line!

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You will need w Craft essentials (see p92) w FREE Tool Buddies Cardmaking Die Set w Punch: corner rounder, hole w Dies: circles, hearts, labels w Buttons: dark pink, orange

RED, WHITE AND BLUE 1 Die cut red, mid blue and dark blue ‘With love’ sentiments three times then create a 9cm x 12cm landscape blank. 2 Stick the sentiments diagonally across the front, snipping away any excess. Wrap and tie stripy twine around the fold.

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PINK OMBRE 1 Round the bottom corners of a 10.5cm x 15cm white blank. Cut a slightly smaller piece of pale pink card, round the two bottom corners and matt onto the blank. 2 Die cut five ‘With love’ sentiments in white and varying shades of pink. Set aside the little hearts. Attach to the blank in a vertical row. 3 Infill the hearts and finish by tying a bright pink ribbon around the top of the card.

SAVE THE TINY HEART BETWEEN THE TWO WORDS AND USE IT TO INFILL THE SPACE OF A DIFFERENT COLOURED DIE-CUT SENTIMENT

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MINT AND BLACK 1 Die cut a bird and sentiment from black card. Attach towards the top of an 8cm x 11cm rectangle of turquoise card. 2 Wrap and tie black ribbon around the lower part. Fix the completed panel to a 9cm x 12cm white tentfold blank.

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CONCENTRIC CIRCLES 1 Die cut seven nesting circles from green and blue card. Cut the central 3cm disc from white card. 2 Assemble on the bottom right of a 10.5cm white square blank. Trim away any excess from the edges. 3 Die cut a bird and wording from black card. Attach the bird to the centre of the white circle and the sentiment to the top left of the blank. Embellish with black gems.

EASY GREETING 1 Use your free dies to cut a bird and ‘With love’ sentiment from the centre of a 9cm square of pink card. 2 Layer this onto a white 10cm square blank. Cut another two birds from turquoise and pink card, then a ‘With love’ from white. 3 Glue the birds and sentiment into the apertures in the pink square panel to finish.

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your free gift BIRDIE BOOKMARK 1 Round the corners of a 5.5cm x 15.5cm panel of white card. Do the same on a 5cm x 15cm piece of pink card, then stick together. 2 Die cut five birds in white and shades of pink card. Snip off the branches and attach the birds vertically down the pink panel. 3 Thread a dark pink button with white twine, leaving the ends, then glue to the top of the bookmark.

Save the snipped off branches from below the bird and turn them into flowers on another project

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Baa-rilliant BIRTHDAY You herd right! This fun greeting by Vicky Sheridan can be whipped up in almost no time at all YOU WILL NEED:

 Craft essentials (see p92)  Hobby Art Thinking of You stamp set  Xcut Spiro Circle nesting dies  Ink pad: grey  Alcohol marker: grey 1 Cover an 11cm x 15cm blank with dark grey card. Cover the bottom portion with a 7cm x 10cm piece of speckled off-white paper and the top section with a 7cm x 10cm panel of cloud patterned paper. 2 Take the ‘Happy birthday’, ‘to’ and ‘ewe’ parts of the set and stamp them centrally onto the white paper in grey ink. Cover the join of the two papers with a 2cm x 11cm strip of chevron patterned paper. 3 Stamp the sheep from the set onto off-white paper and colour in the head and ears with an alcohol marker. Take the swirl from the set and stamp several times onto the sheep’s body. Cut around the edges of the stamp to make a topper. 4 Die cut a piece of green card to make a zig-zag-edged circle, 8cm in diameter. Mount the stamped sheep topper onto the die-cut disc and attach to the middle part of the card. 5 To finish, add a pink heart gem to the top of the sheep’s head and affix a star gem either side of the birthday sentiment.

Shopping List Hobby Art Thinking of You stamp set, £10.99, hobbyartstamps.com Xcut Spiro Circle nesting dies, £9.99, createandcraft.tv

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Recycle cardboard the crafty way with stylish new storage from Sarah Jackman Read

ith the last bank holiday weekend of the year coming up next month (sob!), use your free time wisely and give unruly craft bits and bobs their own papercrafted home. Not only is Sarah Jackman Read’s project a talking point in itself, but it’s great for using up cardboard that would have otherwise gone to waste. We can’t get enough of the patchwork effect Sarah has created – it’s the shabbiest, chicest way to upstyle your craft room, while also saving the environment.

You Will Need  Craft essentials (see p92)  First Edition Deco Mache papers: Green Polka, Pink Foliage, White Wood, Garden Bloom  First Edition Deco Mache Gloss: Adhesive, Varnish  Papermania Bellissima Charm Pack  Cardboard box: 17cm x 23cm  Three cereal boxes: 625g  Acrylic paint: white 1 Undo the base flap on an empty cereal box and fold it flat. Cut the box in half widthways using a steel ruler and craft knife. Measure 8cm from the base fold and score a line along. Cut down the corners to this score line and fold the four flaps to the inside. Repeat

on the other half of the box to create two 8cm-deep drawers. 2 Secure the flaps with double-sided tape and strengthen the bottom of each drawer with glue. Cut a piece of cardboard to line the base and stick down. Repeat steps 1 and 2 twice for a total of six drawers, paint them white and leave to dry. 3 Use a ready-made cardboard box or build the housing with panels of cardboard. To do this, fix the sides together with strong tape and add a cardboard back, securing all joins with a glue gun. 4 Rip up pieces of Green Polka decoupage paper. Apply adhesive to each outside panel of the housing and

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MAKE IT add the paper, building up three layers. Finish with a coat of adhesive. 5 Use three contrasting papers to repeat the process on the outsides of the drawers and leave to dry. Line the insides of each with coloured card. 6 Glue ribbon to the back of six matching diamantes from the charm pack. Place the drawers into the housing and glue the handles to the centre of each drawer.

“Apply glue sparingly to the inside of the housing and the outside of the drawers to avoid them sticking!”

SARAH JACKMAN READ, DESIGNER

Shopping List First Edition Deco Mache Papers, £2.99 for three sheets, 01444 831445, theglitterpot.co.uk Papermania Bellissima Charm Pack, £4.50 for 32, 01162 697333, homecrafts.co.uk

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