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2 S! 4 T FREE C GIVEAWAYS WORTH £1OOO E J O R P IINNSSIIDDEE POMPOM WREATH KIT & MINI ENVELOPES Your home for all things craft DIY ADVENT SPOTLIGHT CALENDARS : ON ATC S Build a collection of mini Whip up your own set of houses and a teeny train! artist trading cards How to use… watercolour pens Achieve stunning results in no time at all The story CREATE of Santoro’s THE COVER ‘gorjuss girls’ with the new Xcut Step into this wonderful A4 house die HAPPY, world of beautiful artwork > 9911 HANDMADE 6. $ 9 09 9 0 e 76 £4. 050494 CHRISTMAS! u 2 Iss 77 9 Festive decorations, cards and keepsakes to make for you and your home The adjustable dial makes the Xcut Xpress a versatile machine compatible with most manufacturers’ dies and embossing folders. The machine creates beautiful single or multi-layer F a embossed effects and will die-cut various media bric including; paper, card, felt, foam, fabric, adhesive paper, thin plastic and much more. d a xedi MiMe &DU EIPEM -TCBOOU TAS4S RRP £139.95 Paper d Larg clude eb min ase shi Stablelockingplatfor ms plate,cuttingpad & m etal Thin metal dies Metal foam backed Thick foam backed Embossing folders Tri-boss folders It’s the most wonderful time of the year: cosy nights in front of the fire, twinkly lights and crafting galore. This sort of creative hibernation, even if only for an afternoon, is a great chance to work through your stash and whip up some truly original creations. Speaking of which, this issue will be my last for a while – I'm heading off on maternity leave until the summer. SSSSaaaarrrraaaahhhh Don't worry, though, I'm leaving you in very safe hands: this lovely team will continue to provide lashings of creative inspiration and project ideas to see you through 2O17. Thanks for supporting our mag and wish me luck! docrafts Mail Postage Paid, Three Legged Cross Subscribe G I F T W O R T H to Creativity and get a Santoro Craft Storage Wrap! £ 1 9 . 9 5 When you subscribe in November Only £39.99 for 12 issues of Magazine Sign up at docrafts.com/subscriptions 1OO pages of craft inspiration delivered: Fantastic cover gifts Over £1OOO worth of competition prizes Money-off vouchers Plus free membership to the docrafts Club: Priority access to projects Videos and exclusive downloads 15% off in our shop Entry for prize draws Terms & conditions: Only available to residents in the UK. The docrafts Creativity Magazine subscription is for 12 issues and will be automatically renewed once you have received your 12th issue. Please note: The minimum subscription is for 12 issues, cancelling will only take effect after you have received the last issue. You can manage your subscription online and view your renewal date online at any time by visiting your profi le. Gifts only available from 1st to 3Oth November 2O16. If buying the magazine subscription as a gift, the magazine can be delivered to an alternative address but the club membership remains with the person buying the subscription and cannot be transferred. Products may vary. This issue’s crafters Meet some of the talented people behind our projects Chloe Murray Kieron Franklyn Jackie Jasper Chloe is a 22-year-old graduate from Kieron is a gentleman crafter who turns Jackie is a papercrafting addict with a the South East of England. She lives with his hand to anything to ensure it brings a passion for cardmaking. Her favourite her boyfriend, their two little dogs, Archie smile to someone’s face – whether that technique is stamping and she’s a sucker and Winnie, and her five pet bunnies. be through his first passion, cardmaking, for a sequin or two. Jackie started making She loves all things paper; planners and baking or needle felting. He works full-time cards about three years ago after having a scrapbooks are her creative calling, and as a manager for an international finance go at making a few Christmas decorations nothing is more relaxing for her than a organisation, which is far removed from and found that she loved it. She often ‘bores’ crafty day. his world of crafting! her family talking about it! Camila Bertolini Sharon Dobson Katka Dachovská Camila is an Australian citizen born in Brazil Sharon has worked for a textile company Katka is a crafter from the Czech Republic. and currently living in London. Before in Northern Ireland for over 2O years, She loves all styles of cardmaking, mixed motherhood, she went to art school and designing woven and printed fabrics for the media and sewing her own soft toy designs. worked in different areas of the creative home. Her day job is done on the computer, Her big passion is colouring with markers or industry, from designing accessories so she enjoys getting stuck into some more watercolour pens and her favourite stamps to being a professional street artist. hands-on crafting when she gets home; are the ‘gorjuss girls’ from Santoro. Like Cardmaking, stamping, paper sculpture and especially messy experiments with ink, many of us, she can’t sit in front of the TV nursery art are what she enjoys the most. paint and paper. with empty hands! Editor: Sarah Gane Marketing Design Manager: Carly Stalker Deputy Editor: Aisha Green Sub Editor: Lorna Slessor Design Co-ordinator: Rachel Smith Publication Designer: Jordan Travers Editorial Assistant: Lucy Scott Art direction and styling: Carly Stalker, Rachel Smith Freelance photographer: Jesse Wild Junior photographer: Andreia Varela Projects: Aisha Green, Beyond The Blue, Camila Bertolini, Charlotte Pollard, Chloe Murray, Dara McGowan, Jackie Jasper, Jo Boland, Julie Hole, Katka Dachovská, Kieron Franklyn, Lorna Slessor, Lucy Scott, Mags Woodcock, Sharon Dobson PR: [email protected] Events: [email protected] Send us your stories, letters and projects: Items sent to the magazine may be published; please indicate clearly if not for publication. 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Readers are advised to contact manufacturers and retailers directly with regard to the price of products/services in the magazine. © Design Objectives Ltd. 2O16. Published November 2O16 All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be used or reproduced without the written permission of Design Objectives Ltd. 5 22 26 Contents... Watch out for fab projects, competition prizes, giveaways and much more inside this issue! 28 59 6 13 Creativity HQ In the headlines.......................................................................8-11 Competition..............................................................................11, 21 1O minutes with...........................................................................12 Giveaways..............................................................29, 5O, 65, 71 The Creativity community...........................................36-38 Useful templates...............................................................93-95 Shopping list........................................................................96-97 Next issue......................................................................................98 Special feature The story of Santoro’s ‘gorjuss girls’........................16-2O Christmas decorations..................................................4O-57 Papercraft Happy wall greeting..................................................................14 Santoro ATCs........................................................................22-25 Handmade gift wrap.......................................................28-29 Six quick cards....................................................................3O-35 Advent train..........................................................................42-45 Paper Weaving Table settings......................................................................46-49 Mini decorations..................................................................51-53 Advent village......................................................................54-57 Flying reindeer card.........................................................6O-61 Santoro shaker card........................................................64-65 Warm wishes notelet.....................................................66-67 Fairy shaker card..............................................................68-69 Santa decoupage...............................................................72-73 Craft with wood..................................................................74-75 DIY scrapbook embellishments................................8O-81 Scandi card collection....................................................86-87 Dreamy notelet...................................................................9O-91 Sentiment shaker card..........................................................92 Home décor Pompom wreath.........................................................................13 Quick makes.........................................................................77-78 Three ways with polystyrene shapes.....................82-84 Soft craft Patchwork table runner...............................................88-89 Workshops Tricks of the trade............................................................26-27 Technique workshop......................................................62-63 Scrapbook know-how.....................................................7O-71 72 7 headlines In t he Introducing… Deco Design! Your dream home just got a whole lot cheaper Fans of construction and all things cute; Design decoupage pack, bringing dainty have we got a treat for you! docrafts dimension to your die-cut projects. have just released two shiny, new With a Parisian theme, the pack products that work hand-in-hand for contains everything you could need to happy, harmonious crafting. create four stylish homes; from printed Your Xcut Xpress machines are papers and decoupage sheets to about to be working overtime, as a house and box templates and in-depth new 37-piece die set is at the tips of instructions. Alternatively, craft cards, your fi ngers, offering you everything gift boxes or dinky decorations with you could possibly want for a foldable the contents. Combine both products die-cut house. Adorable awnings and a together or use separately – either way, decadent collection of doors, windows we’re sure you’re gonna love them. and decorative details enable the Take a look at our Deco Design most experimental and extravagant of advent calendar on page 54 for abodes to be crafted from cardstock. ideas on how you can customise Joining this dynamic set comes a Deco your adorable die-cut houses! Blog of the month Crafty superstar Amy Larkin runs the fun and colourful blog The Glitter in My Tea (theglitterinmytea.com). Initially born as a way of keeping her friends and family updated when she left for college, Amy’s website swiftly transformed into a hub for original ideas and quirky projects. How would you describe your signature crafting style? ‘Colourful’, ‘cheerful’ and ‘clever’. I always try to think of unique DIYs that have bright colours and will make my followers smile. Ultimately, I am always striving to be a source of creative inspiration to others. Whenever anyone tags me in their Instagram photos of their version of my DIY, I swear my heart grows a size! WMthyhe mafat’vesod yu!o Iru iltore vf taeyv Vpoaeulsre ionteft ipntyrepo’seje Docatfs yp ,t rEoo ajmesctaetk rte,o H amarlealo kawen?ey ethni,n Cgh hroisltidmaays-, you Create Happiness © Follow us on docrafts.com /docrafts /docrafts /docraftsTeam 8 Get the loo k... OUT AND ABOUT Make your very own frosty penguin card, following PDT member Kieron’s quick and easy tutorial. All you need is the cute mini die, a pile of textured cardstock, a mini ink pad and a dash of glitter… simplicity at its best! For the full how-to instructions, visit the docrafts inspiration gallery page at docrafts. com. Why not craft a collection with a range of Xcut Dorset Etsy Team Christmas Fair, Allendale mini dies? Centre, Wimborne, 3rd December 2O16, 1Oam-4pm The annual Etsy Christmas Fair returns to Wimborne! Admission is free, and you’re sure to fi nd something sweet to take home, no matter your age or budget. For more, see the Dorset (Etsy) Team Christmas Fair event on Facebook. Xcut Mini Die Penguin RRP £2.5O Papermania Mini Ink Pads Pigment RRP £12.95 Papermania Fine Glitter Iridescent RRP £1.75 commemorate Remembrance DON'T FORGET Sunday. Why not meet up in a small group and create some handmade poppies together? 13th November 2O16 Gift something sweet and handcrafted 27th November 2O16 Christmas Night Market, Museum of London to a loved one for Kindness Day. The four-week countdown to Docklands, 8th December 2O16, 4-9pm Christmas begins with the fi rst Crafty Fox is giving markets a makeover, with an 13th November 2O16 Sunday of advent! We're sure you're after-work craft market this December. Festive Also on the 13th, get crafting those on top of your Christmas crafting drinks will be fl owing and DJs will be on-hand felt, fabric or paper poppies to already; now's the fi nal stretch! to keep the vibes just right as you browse over 7O designer makers. For more details, visit www.craftyfoxmarkets.com. name it. And as always, I love anything that requires my trusty hot glue gun. Do you craft for your son and the rest of your family regularly? Of course! If I’m not crafting for my son or hubby, I’m most likely adding a crafty touch to our house. But I don’t gift my creations very often. They’re my babies! Event City, Manchester, 2nd-4th February 2O17 What can we expect in the future? 1Oam-16.3Opm It’s my dream to publish a DIY book, so If your soft craft supplies tend to dwindle after keep your eyes open for that! You can the Christmas rush, take a trip to Event City to expect a Glitter in My Tea newsletter peruse the stalls of over 1OO exhibitors. Selling [soon], with a new free printable every goodies to please all kinds of crafters, from soft month and a co-ordinating DIY. Who craft to papercraft, there’s no chance of you couldn’t use some glitter in their inbox? leaving empty-handed. For further information, visit www.ichfevents.co.uk. Visit docrafts.com for more project ideas, products and stockists 9 CRAFTY COMBO Papermania Bare Basics Wooden Tile Letters RRP £5 WIN THIS BOO K! Boo k of the month Xcut Xtras Cut It Out! by papercut artist Poppy Chancellor is A5 Adhesive an exuberant book of cut-out designs that comes Wood Effect Sheets with all the trimmings. Poppy aims to encourage RRP £5 people of all manners of expertise to nurture their inner papercrafter, and the only tool you’ll need to get started is a craft knife. The book covers a multitude of occasions, from birthdays and weddings to Halloween and Christmas, and features decorations, bunting, cards and heaps of other paper creations. Each of Poppy’s bespoke designs enable you to personalise elements – giving you a helping hand and a head start while encouraging personal touches. Enter online at docrafts.com/competitions Anita’s for your chance to win. Closing date 31st Foiled Decoupage December 2O16. Sports Days RRP £1 WIN! There's SOMETHING very thought-provoking AND MOVING EVERYGorjuss about ARTWORK We take an exploration into the beautiful, We have 15 pairs of tickets for The Stitching, Sewing & Papermania textured and much-loved world of Santoro's Hobbycrafts Show in February to give away! Enter at 5 x 7" Kraftstax 'gorjuss girls' on pages 16-2O docrafts.com/competitions RRP £5 Stock up at a participating docrafts Creativity Store. Visit docrafts.com/stores 10