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F R E E Learn to craft Tr a d it i on a l cascade cards! p ap ers Pretty designs by docrafts Creative ideas for every card maker! Issue 159 Christmas 2016 129 inspirational festive ideas to discover! Gifts for crafty friends Fun snowman makes New skills & expert tips Santa’s on his way Christmas S e e it m o ve ! cuties Make 10 ideas for sparkling paperclips! baubles �� IN PRIZES TO BE WON! Welcome to the world’s � rst home and hobby cutting machine with a built-in scanner. Cut it See it Scan it Create it Scan any image or sketch, then precisely Exclusively available cut the shapes or outlines – without design from Create and Craft TV cartridges or a PC. Great range of accessories available including Rhinestone Kit, Printable Sticker Kit and much more. Sky 674, Freeview 23 Freesat 813, Virgin 748 Visit www.scanncut.co.uk for full details Hello! Meet the team... We’re well into the swing of Christmas now, and the o�ce is suitably awash with seasonal cheer – you can enjoy the fruits of our festive labours in this issue of Pi, which is bursting at the seams with ideas that will see you right through to Christmas – and beyond! Our jolly Santa printables (p10) make a fun place to start your card making, or you can try your hand at cra�ing a fabulous stocking gi� bag (p68) if you’re seeking a super-stylish way to present your gi�s this year. Our cascade cards masterclass Angela, Hannah, Katie & Sarah make up Team (p23) is the perfect way to add depth and drama to your Pi, plus our team-crafted mascot, Shaun! festive projects, and you’ll �nd plenty more to inspire you throughout the issue. Grab a mince pie and get stuck in! Keep in touch! Happy Christmas cra�ing! Write to us Papercra� inspirations, Immediate Media, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN Email us: papercra�@immediate.co.uk Follow us on Pinterest: Our crafty month... www.pinterest.com/papercra�insp Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/papercra�_insp Editor Hannah enjoys some Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/papercra�inspirations Christmas stamping! Download a digital copy PLUS New to Team FREE VIDEO! Pi – Vicki has fun screen printing! You can also download the digital version of Papercraft inspirations using Apple Newsstand, Zinio, Google Play or Kindle Fire! Our promise to you Free gift! We aim to live up to our name and to show you the most inspiring papercraft techniques, share the latest ideas and hand-pick the when you subscribe today! most inspirational products for you to buy. We aim to bring you everything you need to get the most from our brilliant hobby. If you Get a Marianne Designs gift ever feel anything is missing, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! when you pay by Direct Debit www.papercraftinspirationsmagazine.co.uk See page 20 for details Papercraft 3 PLUS GREAT CARD IDEAS TO GET 18 YOU STARTED! 60 10 6 Your gift! Christmas Every issue… Crafty know-how 6 YOUR GIFT See what you can make �� MASTERCLASS Vicky Bailey shows with your Forest Magic stamps – perfect us how to make beautiful cascade cards for cra�ing winter woodland scenes 66 ASK THE EXPERTS Our cra�ing 8 INSPIRATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS gurus are here to solve all your card All the latest cra� news and best buys, making questions and dilemmas plus events for your diary 16 YOUR INSPIRATIONS Readers’ letters, top tips, cra�y confessions and cards 74 NEXT MONTH Find out what’s coming up in the January issue 76 STOCKISTS Stock up on the stash and accessories from this issue 77 TEMPLATES All the templates you’ll need for this month’s projects 81 BACK ISSUES Missed out on a mag? 23 Here’s your chance to complete your Papercra� inspirations collection! 4 Papercraft We d id it! Look out for our reader testers’ makes in the issue 68 Alison Walker Alison could knit before she could read, but now loves card making and Alison scrapbooking Sally Sears Sally loves creating pretty things with paper, stamps and fabric. Cra� Sally �lls her with happiness Alison Girvan Alison has been cra�ing for seven years and enjoys card making 32 Alison because it’s relaxing Jane Hewes 56 Jane is a nurse and cra�s Projects… to unwind. She enjoys paper construction and �� PRINTABLES Cra� jolly découpage Jane Santa Claus cards & gi�s with Vicky Bailey FREE PRINTABLES! Janice Whymark �� HOME STYLE Becky James Janice got into cra�ing creates vintage tree decs 14 years ago. She likes �� DIE�CUTTING Intricate stamping, colouring and Yuletide designs for friends Janice cutting out Ways to save and family, courtesy of Jackie Jasper �� TEMPLATES Julie Kirk’s Carol Findon �� SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Receive a Christmas dachshund cards Carol’s one of our most festive Marianne Designs cra� pack are sure to raise a smile dedicated testers and when you subscribe today �� GIFT STYLE Sarah has appeared in almost �� CHRISTMAS BUYS Our pick of cra�y Jackman-Read shows us how every issue since 2011! Carol winter woodland treats to make a cute stocking gi� bag Kathleen Broughton Prizes to win! Kathleen has been More to make… �� CRAFT AWARDS LAUNCH Nominate cra�ing since childhood your favourites for the chance to win! �� READY, STEADY, CRAFT! and is completely Kathleen �� GIVEAWAYS Show tickets, light-up We challenge Sarah Jackman-Read hooked on card making letters, Colorista goodies and festive �� LOOKS WITH... SNOWMAN Wendy Empett Kaisercra� bundles up for grabs DIES Debbie Simpson shows us how to make fun Christmas greetings Wendy has been a 39 �� FREE PAPERS Pull out from the cra�er for 50 years and Free papers! magazine or download for free enjoys scrapbooking and Wendy FREE PRINTABLES! card making equally �� OCCASIONS Make tasty birthday Sue Cass cards and fun new year shaker cards �� INSPIRATIONS FOR... festive Sue’s a lifelong cra�er who has tried most paperclip creations by Julie Kirk things – book art is next �� LOOKS WITH... EMBOSSING Sue on her list FOLDERS Glam cards by Kelly Lloyd Papercraft 5 inspirations fo r Your free gift! Cards designed by Becky James Craft beautiful winter woodland scenes Becky got into card making with your Forest Magic stamp set 15 years ago. She loves stamps, inks, dies and pretty papers. Shopping list Basic card kit & your free gift, plus * Plain white 5x7in photo frame * Simply Creative Frosted Stag party Winter 12x12in paper pad * First Edition Wild You may think dark patterned at Heart 8x8in paper papers can’t be stamped pad * Dovecra� Magic & on, but this handsome stag Sparkle 8x8in paper pad * proves otherwise. By using Dovecra� Magic & Sparkle white embossing powder for foiled stickers * First Edition this image, and stamping alcohol pens, from Trimcra� against the tweed patterned paper, the proud animal looks * Xcut decorative edge punch perfectly at home as the – Large Dotted Scallop, from centrepiece of this project. Cra� Superstore * Artiste spritzing ink in White * Gold, from That’s Cra�y Top tip * Archival ink in Leaf Green, The red, red robin… Cornflower Blue, Jet Black & Finish cards with iridescent Sepia, from Sunrise Cra�s This cheeky fellow proves robins have a place on modern glitter to give * Xcut large punch – Snow projects as well as those with a more traditional feel. Frame them a frosty look. Crystal, from Stu� 4 Cra�s to complement the rest of the project before adding to the * Glitter paper * Nesting dies front of the easel. A decorative border along the base of the stand adds further interest. * Distress inks & pigment Inject colour with bright inks * Gel pen – White * green and rustic brown Embossing powder – White embellishments. * Adhesive gems & pearls * * Ribbon & trims * Wooden snowflake * Wooden buttons * Die-cut greetings * Iridescent glitter * Gilding wax * Star punches See page 76 for stockists 6 Papercraft IDEAS FOR YOUR GIFT Reader Challenge! Snowy scene By adding spritz inks and a smattering of iridescent Show us what you glitter you can give this make with your free gift – our favourite landscape a truly ethereal card will win a feel. If you coordinate inks and papercraft goody place the snowflake stamps bag! Simply send a all together on an acrylic photo of your card or block, you can also make a make to papercraft@ beautiful background, like the immediate.co.uk snowflake panel that frames by 16th December the scene. For an extra-special 2016 for your finish, apply glitter or gems. chance to win! Festive frame Create your own abstract winter wonderland scene, then mount in a decorated frame. Layer stars and hearts so that they form the bright, funky background, offset by the wood boarding background. Place stamped and fussy cut Silent night characters and a foiled tree in the foreground. This 3D night-time card shows how to combine Embellish with a hill and tree silhouette stamps to create a smattering of punched wintry scene. After stamping, place a circular stars and gems. mask across the trees before blending water- based inks across the scene for the sky. The snowflakes are stamped after brushing them with silver gilding wax. Add a stamped character to bring to life, and finish with glitter. How to create an aurora background 1 2 3 Tap or scribble water-based dye inks onto a Rip the edge of a piece of card to create a Stamp the tree silhouettes from your free gi� glass cra� mat and mist to water down. Mop template for the hills. Using a darker blue ink, individually on top of the hills on either side up the inks with the background card and blend over the template to give three or four of the panel, using various shades of blue allow to dry thoroughly. outcrops in the landscape. and green ink for a hazy e�ect. Papercraft 7 insp i r a t i o n s for Christmas Gorgeous goodies that will See page 76 for Papercraft last this season and beyond! stockists Loves this! Papercraft Loves this! Stamping with dimension This Christmas, Spellbinders have released a new range of 3D stamps which produce different shades in one press of the stamp. No more masking or secondary stamping, this festive range provides a dimensional finish in super-quick time. You can stamp with dark grey ink and add in colour with alcohol pens, or stamp in one colour for a monotone look. Prices start at £12.99, from Create and Craft FESTIVE FLOURISHES Wreaths are a firm favourite during the Christmas season and this intricate wreath die from Marianne can be used in many ways to decorate cards and more. Use as a single Perfect pastels die-cut on contrasting card for a striking look or layer up We love an alternative colour palette during the different shades of card to holiday season and this pink, blue and gold collection create these gorgeous from Kaisercraft is simply stunning. The Christmas textured designs. We love Wishes range features papers, die-cut collectables, their Bows Set of dies too – stamps and stickers featuring elegant designs in we’re spoilt for choice! contemporary colours. The 12x12in Paper Pad includes Marianne dies, from two each of 24 stunning designs. At 160gsm, the Charmed Cards & Crafts sheets work perfectly with most die-cutting machines. Kaisercraft Christmas Wishes, from Merly Impressions 8 Papercraft SHOPPING Card maker's Dec- Jan ca lendar st rd 1 Dec 3 Dec New issue (160) Creative Fun Day We’ll be making New Year’s 3rd December, Leeds crafting Head to Craftwork Cards HQ for Create pretty resolutions a fun day with like-minded and getting crafters including a buffet snowflake accents creative with lunch and spot prizes! Book in our fab Song advance, £30 per head. & backgrounds! Bird stamp bit.ly/2cBSaM8 and papers. th th 4 Jan 14 Jan Snow wonderful! Hand Lettering Introduction to The Penny Black brand never fails to impress with its Calligraphy Linocut Printing stunning stamp and die designs and the new festive ranges 4th January, Bath 14th January, Manchester are certainly worth a look. The background ‘No two are This fantastic workshop by This Ministry of Craft workshop alike’ and snowflake ‘A blizzard’ dies work beautifully to Meticulous Ink and hosted will introduce you to cutting your create unique cards – why not try non-traditional colours at The Makery, will take own motifs into lino for printing like the pretty hexie card above? Check out the lovely your writing to a new level. unique cards and gift wrap. ‘Yuletide Wishes’ sentiments stamps too – they’re bound bit.ly/2cKrp6M bit.ly/2dCjw4S to be in use this season and beyond! Penny Black stamps and dies from £11.99 at Crafts U Love Essential Gadget Remove small pieces in super-quick time! Roll-It-Up Tool We love to try new things with our papercrafting and when this nifty little roller showed up at the office we had to give it a go! Ideal for removing the tiny, pieces of waste paper that get left in intricate dies. Once you’ve die cut your delicate shape, remove the cut design and gently roll the sticky pink part of this simple but handy fold-out tool over the die to collect the small pieces as it rolls. You’ll need to do it a few times to collect everything, but it works brilliantly! Simply wash with warm water to remove the pieces and leave to dry until next time. Roll-It-Up Tool, £2.99 from Crafts U Love Tried & tested YatAohlnlui stg hh ecealla evt viePne otyro o pt lobieeoe,c l Cs ewooso m corakmurstei sobfusfr iilalo gl indeaiitnnettig nlay Egn!d di tor Papercraft 9 PRINTABLES Printables Create jolly Skills Santa cards There’s no better way to say ‘Christmas’ than Shopping list with a fabulously handmade Santa project… E verybody loves the festive chance to stretch your papercra�ing skills Basic card kit and Santa season’s most famous character. and make a whole bundle of Santa-�lled printables, plus Bold and bright in his famous creations for friends and family too. * La-La- Land – Heart red coat, laden with beautifully wrapped Why not start your Santa extravaganza Snowflakes dies * Die- gi�s, he’s our adorable festive friend. Our with Vicky Bailey’s four gloriously fun namics – Blueprints set (14 selection of gorgeous printables by Jenny ideas? Packed with quirky touches, like dies) * Die-namics – Tag Ellory delivers a host of Santa ideas direct pegs, doilies, pocket pouches and more, Builder Blueprints (2 dies) to your card making stash, giving you the they’re certain to bring out your ho-ho-ho! * MFT Small Brick Wall stencil * MFT Diagonal Stripes stencil, from Dies See page 76 for to Die For stockists * Creative Expressions Sue Wilson – Bold Snowflake Frame die, from Joanna Sheen * Memento Ink – Desert Sand, from Cra�ie-Charlie * Red card * Eyelets * Twine * Ribbon * Mini pegs * Baker’s twine * Glitter Templates on page 77 Designed by Vicky Bailey Vicky is a sister in an operating theatre by day and a designer by night! She uses card making to relax. 10 Papercraft