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EVErY ISSUE 7 TRENDS AND TREATS 11 CLUB PAPERCRAFTER 18 DESIGNER FOR THE DAY 92 PAPERCRAFTER BASKET 94 COMING NEXT MONTH

LOVE TO MAKE 15 THREE-STEP CARD Create a springtime woodland greeting

USE YOUR SCRAPS

16 FIRST LOOK: HUNKYDORY ENCHANTED DREAMS We take a look at the new Enchanted Dreams range

31 NEON DREAMS

Enjoy our gallery of bright and bold makes

40 CUTE CANVAS

This wall art from Katie Skilton is sure to brighten up a bedroom

56 MUSICAL MAKE

Create a beautiful birthday card for a music lover

68 FOLDED BOOK ART

Give an old tome a new lease of life

76 STASH BUSTERS!

Hunt down your scraps to craft cards for a new baby

Your free gift! CREATE UNIQUE AND PERSONAL SENTIMENTS USING YOUR FREE ALPHABET STAMP SET — SEE PAGE 19!

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83 WEDDING FAVOURS

Make speedy goodie bags with a personal touch

84 FANTASTIC FOILING

We try the TODO machine

Goodies for you 19 YOUR FREE GIFT 45 FREE PAPER MAKES 48 YOUR EXCLUSIVE PAPERS 63 READER OFFER 88 Bumper GIVEAWAYS 90 SUBSCRIBE TODAY

NEW DOCRAFTS RANGE

TOP TECHNIQUES 28 HIDDEN TREASURES

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Jenny Pearce shows us how to create greetings with secret messages

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41 ASK THE EXPERTS

Get answers and advice from those in the know

54 MARVELLOUS MASKING

Corinne Bradd fills us in on the new Sizzix machine

We take a look at all things spotted and striped

98 THE LAST WORD

We speak to origami artist and author Mari Ono

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73 TRIED & TESTED: SIZZIX BIG SHOT EXPRESS

86 FAVOURITE THINGS

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70 PAPER PATCHWORK

80 IT’S ALL ABOUT ORIGAMI

Recycle toilet roll tubes to make fun piñatas

We explore papercrafting techniques to spruce up your home

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Katie Skilton tries out the We Are Memory Keepers Fringe and Score board

Look forward to spring with our floral theme

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60 SCORING CELEBRATIONS

39 CRAFT NOTES

Everything you need to know about the art of quilling

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Create subtle shading using stamping and masking

CREATE BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS AND FRESHEN UP YOUR CRAFT STASH WITH TWO DOUBLE-SIDED EMBOSSING BOARDS, TWO FANTASTIC DIES AND ROYAL SOPHIE ALLPORT PAPERS!

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TrENDS TrEATS

Our round-up of juicy craft news and inspiration

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BOOK OF BOWIE The David Bowie Colouring Book by Mel Elliott (£9.99, Quercus) is next on our must-colour list. Enjoy revisiting 30 of the celebrated rock star’s most iconic looks – the more colourful and crazy you go, the better! 020 3122 6000, quercusbooks.co.uk

Origami orbs

We’re glad to see Dawanda fully embracing the current origami trend. With ultra stylish lampshades from £45, you can light up your home in style too! 020 3608 1414, en.dawanda.com

Extra special embellishments Design and cut perfect toppers every time with the new Brother ScanNCut CM900. There’s no need for image cartridges or tangled cable connections, making it the most fuss-free machine to use when crafting. Choose from 1000 built-in designs and 15 fonts, or design your own. Using this new model, your worries will be cut as easily as your card-ready elements. £499, 09056 480480, createandcraft.tv

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CRAFTING LIVE AT BELFAST, TITANIC EXHITION CENTRE, BELFAST (28TH -30TH APRIL) Meet your favourite crafting celebs, score some amazing supplies and browse over 50 exciting exhibitors at Stephanie Weightman’s Crafting Live at Belfast. Plus, get in free if you live within ten miles of the show! £5, 01246 251212, craftinglive.co.uk CRAFT & HOBBY SHOW, CARDIFF CITY STADIUM, WALES (23RD - 24TH MAY) Explore this two-day show and meet

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and greet your favourite suppliers. Purchase your Craft & Hobby show tickets now to allow you to browse the stands 30 minutes ahead of everyone else. £4.50, 029 2115 2628, whitegeckoevents.co.uk SINCERELY YOURS PAPERCRAFT SHOWS (VARIOUS DATES, MAY) Don’t forget to catch the next Sincerely Yours shows at Newark and Plymouth this month. For more info, call 01684 561061 or visit sincerelyyours-shows.info

PURR-FECT PAPER As if Bowie’s book wasn’t wacky enough, this month also sees the release of Paper Cats by Daniel Stark and Maria Tabet (£10.99, Powerhouse Books). There are 12 easy-to-make kitties waiting to be constructed by the family, all without glue, tape or tools. If only having a real cat was as fuss-free! powerhousebooks.com papercraftermagazine.co.uk

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Wedding bells Create your own gorgeously on-trend DIY wedding stationery using the amazing ranges available from Imagine DIY. Be inspired by its range of stunning products, including crystal and pearl embellishments, gorgeous backing papers, blank laser cut stationery and lots more. 01437 929317, imaginediy.co.uk

HOORAY FOR HUNKYDORY As we welcome in spring, many of you will begin thinking about taming the garden. Now you only need to look to your craft stash with the new Garden Flowers of Britain collection from Hunkydory. Retailing at £19.99, it includes eight topper sets to make 16 cards, five set-piece projects and a six-card notelet set. Printed in beautiful vintage colours, the collection will enable you to make gorgeous greetings for keen botanists or florists, or why not send one to a friend along with a bunch of seasonal blooms? There’s even co-ordinating treats such as paper pads, inserts for cards and a shadow box card kit in the same design. 01772 272577, hunkydorycrafts.co.uk

Post please Sign up to POST, the brand new luxury stationery subscription service by artist Katie Leamon. Each month, subscribers will receive a surprise package of special paper goods worth more than £30, designed with the season in mind. Sign up by the end of the month to be sent your box the following week and get ready to be inspired when your postman comes to call. From £20 per month, 07539 050330, postbykatieleamon.com

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YOUr FrEE Alphabet Stamps Use your fabulous free stamps to create a range of greeting cards

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USE YOUR ALPHABET STAMPS TODAY! Turn the page to see Keren Baker’s inspiring ideas for your free gift

our new stamp set will make a charming addition to your papercrafting kit. These vibrant scrapbook and greeting designs by Keren Baker will inspire you to make for every occasion and the free designer papers by Rachel Cave are perfect for adding cute details to any papercrafting project – just head to our website to download them. Your alphabet stamps are perfect for personalising birthday cards too; you could even stamp the birthday girl’s name on the envelope for a special touch.

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your free gift You Will Need  Craft essentials (see p92)  FREE Tool Buddies Alphabet Parade stamp set  FREE PaperCrafter papers from papercraftermagazine.co.uk  Sizzix Framelits Scallop Circles die set  Distress ink: black, light blue, turquoise, navy blue  Ink pad: black, orange  Clear embossing ink pad  Embossing powder: white, gold  Embossing folder: dots  Buttons

your free gift FEEL THE LOVE 1 Create a white blank measuring 13cm x 13.5cm. Add a smaller layer of mint green card on top. Draw dashes around the edge with gold pen. 2 Trim leaf and flower shapes from your free downloadable papers and arrange in a circular wreath shape. Stamp a banner in blue ink and cut out. Fix the leaves, flowers and banner onto the blank. 3 Using your free alphabet stamps, print ‘Love’ in black ink on white card, cut it out and fix it onto the banner shape. Stamp the heart in pink and cut it out. Arrange some buttons around the bottom and add gold gems to complete the card.

“Use your stamps to add pretty motifs to all of your papercraft projects!” ELAINE BENNETT, EDITOR

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HUGE CONGRATS 1 Create a 10.5cm x 12.5cm panel of white card and add a 1cm strip of blue card to the bottom. 2 Cut out lots of flowers from patterned paper. Arrange and stick in a semi-circle shape on the white card. 3 On a piece of white card, draw a semi-circle that is similar in shape to the flower arrangement. Use your stamps to print the sentiment in black on the semi-circle, spacing the letters equally. 4 When done, trim around the edges and add to a 11.5cm x 13.5cm blue blank using 3D foam pads. Add little gems to highlight the flowers.

Use the flowers on your free patterned paper to create a decoupage effect on your cards MR & MRS 1 Fold an 11.5cm x 21.5cm piece of white card and die cut a 12cm scallop-edged circle from it, leaving the fold below part of the cut area so it remains uncut. 2 Emboss an 8cm light blue card circle with a dotted design. Add this to the centre of the circle blank. 3 Trim two flowers and two little circle flowers from patterned paper. Cut out a top hat shape and fix all the motifs at the top of the card.

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4 Use your free stamps to print ‘Mr and Mrs’ in blue ink onto white card. Cut around this and add in a circular line onto the card. Finish by adding gold gems.

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your free gift HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1 Add a smaller layer of light blue card to a 13cm square white blank. Fix smaller squares of patterned paper and white card on top. 2 Stamp a sentiment onto the white panel using clear ink then emboss with white powder. Scribble on an acrylic block with coloured markers then add a little water. Add the colour in a ‘wash’ onto the panel and sentiment.

your free gift 3 Wipe the letters down with a piece of kitchen roll and leave the panel to dry. Leave overnight under a weight to flatten if necessary. Stamp and heat emboss the flowers from the stamp set using white powder. Colour in with markers.

your free gift USE FOAM PADS TO ATTACH EMBELLISHMENTS AND GIVE YOUR CARD MORE DEPTH. THEY’RE CONVENIENT TO USE AND MESS-FREE TOO!

4 Add a small strip of blue card with one end cut to an angle and fix to the card. Stick the little flowers onto the card with 3D foam pads.

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Musical MAKE Create this beautiful birthday card for the music lover in your life

ake sweet music with a playful piano card by Sarah Jackman Read. This unique greeting is perfect for any occasion, just change the sentiment to suit! If making something different is what you’re craving, then you have found the ideal paper make. A 3D card is always going to wow people, and they’ll practically hear the tunes bursting out as they open this one!

You Will Need  Craft essentials (see p92)  Online template from papercraftermagazine.co.uk  Dies: First Edition Modern Sentiment, layered flower  Buttons 1 Use the online template to cut out a piano shape from a 15cm x 21cm grey blank. Using a craft knife, cut and score a small flap on the front panel, as shown on the template. Cover the front of the card with pink patterned paper. 2 Draw a pencil line across the back panel, 5cm up from the bottom. Using the other two templates, draw a book cover and piano keys on grey card. Cut out, score and fold where shown. 3 Cut 16 8mm x 7cm strips of pale paper and glue across the piano keys card. Cut ten 8mm x 4cm black strips of paper and secure on top to create black keys. Fold into shape with the flap at the back. Lay a strip of double-sided tape across the flap and attach above the pencil line. 4 Trim three pieces of musical note paper to fit in the book, fold them in half and attach in the centre of the book cover. Glue the bottom flap centrally inside the card just above the pencil line. Cover the back of the keys and the space under the pencil line with paper to match front. Stick contrasting paper inside the card. 5 Fold the book and piano keys inside the card so it lays flat. Cut strips of heart patterned paper and glue down the left hand side and across the front. Die cut flowers and leaves in contrasting papers,

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layer them up and fix in the bottom left corner. 6 Die cut two sentiments in pink and grey card and attach to contrasting paper with foam pads. Adhere to the piano front as shown. 7 Punch or die cut a flower in pink paper, shape and glue to the bottom right corner. Add contrasting buttons to the centre of the flowers.

CUT OFF A VARIETY OF BUTTONS FROM OLD CLOTHES TO CUT COSTS. THEY’RE PERFECT FOR USING IN YOUR PROJECTS!

Shopping List First Edition Modern Sentiment dies, for stockists visit trimcraft.co.uk

“For a more personal touch, why not write the musical notes to the recipient’s favourite song?” ELAINE BENNETT, EDITOR

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Crafters’ guide TO QUILLING SHAPES E

How to quill a butterfly

Prepare your blank and choose desired coloured papers for the butterfly

lizabeth Moad’s amazing thank you card may look fiddly but it’s a fantastic project for crafters who are curious about quilling. Any friend is sure to appreciate the care needed for this delicate design, and its just the project to whet your appetite. Follow and adapt Elizabeth’s how-to to make your beautiful butterflies into other intricate motifs, and everyone you know will be impressed by your precision and crafty pizzazz.

What makes quilling special? The technique gives you the freedom to wind coils of paper into any shape you desire. Secure pins into a foam board, then wrap loops of paper around the pin heads repeatedly to build up the shape outline. It’s great if you’re making symmetrical items such as the wings for the butterflies seen here. Insert quilled coils into the loops then add gems on top of them to give a super sparkly finish.

How can I experiment? Start off with 2mm and 3mm wide papers, which are used for delicate shapes like butterflies and flowers. Quilling suits all kind of designs, from animals, to words, and even distinctive portraits of faces and scenes in its most advanced form. Don’t be tempted to make every quilled loop concentric either; play around contouring darker areas with tighter wrapping and lighter areas with longer and looser lines.

Glue paper lengths at the ends and wrap into a loose loop

How do I make the delicate card on the right? It’s super easy to make. First, use a leaf stencil to decorate a 8cm x 9.5cm piece of yellow card, then mount it onto purple. Make a butterfly (right) and glue it to the yellow section. Adhere the panel to a 10.5cm x 14.5cm blue blank and stick rows of gems onto each yellow corner. Finally, take a blue ‘Thank you’ sentiment and stick it to the lower half of the blank, then add three gems below it to finish.

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Shopping List Quilling papers and tools, 020 8295 1822, jjquilling.co.uk

Use a quilling tool to coil paper around itself, remove and allow to loosen slightly

Pinch the ends to create an eye shape, glue the end and secure shape to the card blank

“Use a mini paper shredder to create ready-made quilling papers in various colours and patterns” ELIZABETH MOAD, DESIGNER

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