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Your free gift! Create gorgeous greetings for all occasions with a two-piece floral die set — see page 17!

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64 OUTSIDE THE LINES It’s time to get mindful without using colouring books 81 WEDDING BELLES Get papercrafting for your wedding 98 THE LAST WORD We chat to Anne-Marie Catterall, TV presenter and Creative Manager at Hunkydory Crafts

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54 FANCY FLORALS Feel like royalty with this opulent card by Marianne Fisher 74 FAB FIESTA Colette Smith gets us in the party mood with a Mexicana theme 76 STASH BUSTERS! Flutter away with these delicate butterfly-themed creations

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14 THREE-STEP CARD Become part of the gang with novelty stamps from Indigo Blu 29 CARD GALLERY Vicky Sheridan whips up cute woodland makes 36 RAINBOW MAKES Create colourful cards with Keren Baker’s bright and bold beauties 38 ALL BOXED UP Tracey Daykin-Jones shows you how to keep your creations tucked safely away

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26 CHRISTMAS CARDMAKER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 92 PAPERCRAFTER BASKET 94 COMING NEXT MONTH

40 STEP-BY-STEP Corinne Bradd creates a beautiful centrepiece for the home 55 MASKING AND STENCILLING Combine your dies and stamps to create layered designs 61 ASK THE EXPERTS Get tips and guidance from those in the know 68 MARBLING WITH SHAVING FOAM Colette Smith gets messy with foam and food colouring 71 TRIED & TESTED: MARIANNE DESIGN We sent Corinne Bradd on a wild safari to craft outdoorsy greetings 88 5 CARD IDEAS For rainy day crafting inspiration

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Our round-up of juicy craft news and inspiration BE OUR CHRISTMAS CARDMAKER OF THE YEAR Get ready to create your best cards yet, because we declare our Christmas Cardmaker of the Year Competition officially open! Sponsored by Tattered Lace, the contest will be judged by celeb judges including die designer Stephanie Weightman, Sharon Little, CEO at the prestigious Greeting Card Association, and the PaperCrafter team. We know your entries are set to be festive and fabulous, so get creative and channel your inner crafty elf and it’ll be Christmas before you know it! For more info, visit our blog at papercraftermagazine.co.uk/blog or flick to page 26!

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SINCERELY YOURS PAPERCRAFT SHOWS (VARIOUS DATES, AUGUST) Don’t forget to catch the next Sincerely Yours shows at Harrogate on 13th August and Leigh on 27th-28th August. For more info, call 01684 561061 or visit sincerely-yours-shows.info CRAFT IN FOCUS RHS GARDEN HYDE HALL, ESSEX (26TH - 29TH AUGUST) More than 100 exhibitors will flock to RHS Garden Hyde Hall this month to show off the best of British contemporary craft. There’s free parking

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EVEN MORE MINDFULNESS August sees the release of More Colouring for Contemplation by popular illustrators Amber Hatch and Alex Ogg (£6.99, Watkins Publishing). Relax on the August bank holiday weekend with your best set of colouring pencils and this new crafty tome on your lap, packed with 32 artworks inspired by love, compassion and joy – we’ve even got five to start you off on our website. Alternatively, discover how to nail a different kind of mindful colouring with our Hirameki feature on page 64! watkinspublishing.com

Tech time With the Silhouette stamping kit, you are no longer limited to the stamp designs you find at the craft store. This box of joy contains all the materials and instructions you need to begin any stamping project, including three sheets of stamp material, a cutting mat, two acrylic blocks, ink and ten exclusive stamp designs, as well as an instructional DVD. It’s the ideal investment if you or a friend already has a collection of Silhouette products at home. £29.99, graphtecgb.co.uk

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and full disabled access too, so it’s a great excuse for anyone to start their Christmas shopping early. rhs.org.uk THE GREAT CREATE EXTRAVAGANZA GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOWGROUND, HARROGATE (26TH - 27TH AUGUST) Back for its 13th year, The Great Create Extravaganza promises to bring you fantastic exhibitors and brilliant workshops for a lovely day of crafting. For tickets, (£4.50 adv, £5 OTD), call 0113 287 7794 or visit craftworkcards. co.uk/tickets

ONLINE OPPORTUNITY Have you always wanted to be a crafty blogger but never had the opportunity? New website All Things Sticky is searching for guest bloggers to demonstrate how U-Craft adhesives can be shown off by crafters and hobbyists of all ages and abilities, and it could be you blogging about your best tips and tricks! For more information on the campaign, and for details on how to enter the site’s exciting Crafty Colourful Unicorn competition, visit allthingssticky.com papercraftermagazine.co.uk

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The trend for extra colourful crafts has not faded away – in fact, tropicalinspired shades and paper party makes are everywhere this season. During our online blog travels we stumbled across amazing Dutch paper site Be Color And, run by designer maker Denise, whose creations will put a smile on any face. Visit becolorand.nl to discover more amazing summery projects such as this cake topper decoration.

Dear designs With design studios in England and Sweden, The Dear to Me studio is the hottest online destination for investing in chic notecards, notebooks and stationery goodies. If you’re feeling in the mood for minimalistic crafting, take inspiration here! deartomestudio.com

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FROM POP TO PAPER Popstar Taylor Swift has broken into the papersphere with adorable designs on sale at papyrusonline.com. Featuring fun embellishments, sweet sentiments such as ‘Yay, you!’ and elegant floral motifs, we know exactly what greetings to give our pop-loving pals this year.

YOUr FrEE Flower dies and papers Use your flowery free gifts to create amazing cards and embellishments

ith summer in full swing, there’s no better time to create some gorgeous floral inspired projects that can be treasured all year round. Corinne Bradd has designed an amazing collection of brightly coloured gifts and cards using your free die set and Rachel Cave papers, downloadable from our website. We show you how to make lovely greetings and adorable items for your home, from cute bunting to a vintage-inspired chalkboard that will remind you of your school days. Turn the page to get started on these amazing projects!

USE YOUr FrEE DIES AND PAPERS TODAY! Turn the page to see Corinne Bradd’s inspiring ideas for your free gift

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w Craft essentials (see p92) w FREE Tool Buddies die set w FREE downloadable papers from papercraftermagazine.co.uk w Vellum w Sentiment stamp w Wooden blank w Mod Podge w Small exercise book w Small chalkboard w Metallic wax w Embroidery thread w Map paper

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FLORAL VELLUM 1 Layer a 10cm x 15cm green blank with blue floral paper. Add a green and white band across the lower middle. 2 Die cut large and small flowers from two shades of blue vellum. Layer together, adding a blue card centre. 3 Die cut and emboss leaf shapes from green card. Arrange the flowers and leaves on and above the band.

LILAC TRIO 1 Glue a 3cm wide pink card strip down the left side of a purple 10.5cm x 15cm blank. 2 Cut three large flowers from white card and three smaller ones from lilac. Layer together and fix down the pink strip. 3 Glue a small flower button to the centre of each bloom and fix a gem over the holes of the button.

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your free gift ZEBRA MARKERS 1 Cover squares of sturdy white card with patterned washi tape and die cut into flowers. 2 Cut 1.5cm x 3cm and 2cm x 5cm strips of co-ordinating card and cut at an angle one end. 3 Use a craft knife to trim a three-sided tab out of the centre, leaving a 4mm frame. 4 Fix the decorated flowers to the top to make paperclip style markers.

BLOOMING BOOKMARKS 1 Die cut a large flower from card. Tape the smaller flower die to the centre and partially cut it by laying the top perspex plate part way over the die before running it through the machine. 2 Cut a small flower from a different coloured card and glue over the partial cut. Add a flower centre in a similar shade. 3 Cut and emboss leaf shapes from green card and fix behind the flowers, taking care not to interfere with the paperclip effect.

SEED PACKETS 1 Cut a strip of patterned paper, 9cm x 21cm, and score down both long sides, 1cm in from the edges. 2 Score across the strip at 9cm, 18cm and 18.5cm from one end. Cut away the side scores from all but the first 9cm section. 3 Cut a rounded segment from the edge of the first 9cm section. To make a pouch, fold in the side tabs and glue to the second section. Cut the remaining end section of paper into a curve to make a flap. 4 Fill the pouch with seeds or a message card and fold down the flap. Cut small flowers and layer together. Glue the centre of each to the front of the pouch so the top few petals hold the flap down.

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BEAUTIFUL BUNTING 1 Die cut pairs of large flower shapes in different colours. Cut a slit from a dip in the petals to the centre of each. Slot together to make a 3D shape. 2 Punch a small hole in the top of each flower and thread with embroidery thread. Hold in place along the thread with glue.

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1 Cut several large and small flower shapes from three shades of pink paper. Clip towards the centre of each and roll into a shallow cone, securing with glue.

1 Cut a 10cm diameter circle of green card and fold in half to make the base. Decorate the front with an 8cm diameter scallop-edged semicircle cut from spotted paper.

2 Create a layered tag shape from blue and green card. Punch a hole in the top and thread with bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s twine.

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3 Cut several green leaf shapes. Keeping the cut shapes in the die, run them through the machine with a rubber embossing mat underneath to highlight the vein design. 4 Layer the cones together to make multicoloured blooms, adding a yellow die-cut centre to each. Fix the flowers to the tag and add leaves below.

2 Lay the larger flower die onto yellow paper and adhere the smaller one inside it, holding in place with washi tape. Cut two flower outlines using this combination of dies. 3 Cut several leaf shapes from pale green card. Glue the leaves in pairs to the back of the flower outlines before fixing to the folded edge of the card.

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Fancy FLORALS Make anyone feel like royalty with this opulent card by Marianne Fisher YOU WILL NEED:

 Craft essentials (see p92)  Crafter’s Companion Downton Abbey Grand Bow die  Paper daisies

1 Cut floral paper to 14cm square and layer onto pink card, leaving a narrow border. Mount a 9.5cm x 11cm panel of green and white paper onto pink card and attach at an angle to the flowery paper. 2 Attach butterfly ribbon across the card, securing the ends underneath. Fix to the centre of a 15cm white blank. Die cut a bow and an extra end from pink pearly card. 3 Layer all the bow pieces onto pink card and trim around the edges. Make up the bow and cut the additional end in two, attaching underneath where the first bow ends. 4 Attach four pink daisies above the ribbon. Place the die-cut bow underneath the flowers.

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Masterclass marbling with shaving foam Colette Smith gets messy with foam and food colouring on her latest crafting mission HOME STAPLES QUICK CREATIONS Even though I’m a professional crafter, I was a bit nervous before trying this homemade marbling technique, but it is so simple! The great thing about it is that you will probably own all the items you need already. It is quite messy, but that’s half the fun, and food colouring doesn’t stain like inks can. I used liquid food colouring, but gel colouring will work just as well.

Minimalistic marbling

Sometimes just a touch of texture is all a project needs. With the front of the envelope facing you, mask across the top so that only the flap gets inked. Remove the masking tape, add a die-cut flower to the lower right of the envelope and one to the tip of the flap

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Quite a few marbled cards can be created in just one session; these can then be used to create backgrounds or alternatively can be die-cut, punched or stamped. You can also make up small boxes for a quirky gift idea. I’ve created three different looks; one using the technique to decorate an envelope, another using the marbling as the main focus, and the last as a sky background. Don’t stick to only one colour, either; just blend two or more using a cocktail stick.

WISHY WASHY Don’t overwork the food colouring into the foam otherwise the marbling effect can fade. I used a strong 300gsm card for the card projects and made the envelopes in 170gsm which made them tough enough to withstand the moisture but thin enough to fold. After wiping away the excess foam, simple dry the sheets of card under a heavy book to help prevent the card from warping and you’ll have beautiful patterned panels ready to craft with.

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masterclass How to create a marbled texture

1 Squirt a thick layer of foam into a large shallow dish or tray. Add drops of colour randomly and gently mix in with a spatula

2 Lay a piece of card flat onto the foam and gently press down in each corner to spread it evenly

You will need w Craft essentials (see p92) w Sizzix dies: Happiness Phrases (660804) w Dies: flower, ornate label, sun w Men’s shaving foam w Food colouring: pink, blue, green, yellow w Shallow tray w Spatula w Paper towel w Cocktail stick

AWESOME ENVELOPES 1 Draw or download an envelope template and use to create an envelope from thin card. Following the step-bysteps on the right, ink both sides with pink and blue marbling. 2 Once dry, fold three of the corners into the middle to create an envelope and secure the overlapped edges with double-sided tape. 3 Trim a piece of white card to 6cm x 11cm, round the corners and fix to the front of the envelope.

4 Using a flower die, cut two shapes in dark pink and two centres from marbled card. Assemble and attach one to the lower left corner on the front and one to the flap on the reverse.

ROUND ROSES 1 Make a pink marbled sheet following the step-by-step instructions and trim to 10cm x 14cm. Matt onto a white landscape blank that is slightly bigger, then wrap white ribbon around the card and stick down.

3 Carefully lift the card out of the tray and lay on a flat surface. In one swift motion, use a ruler to scrape across the card to create a wave pattern

2 Die cut a large label from dark pink card and a smaller one from pink marbled card. Layer and attach to the left of the blank, slightly overlapping the edge. 3 Cut three 3D roses from dark pink card and two leaves from white. Arrange on the lower left of the labels and secure. Add a white bow above the flowers and a die-cut ‘Hello’ sentiment in the corner.

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