This collection of winter free papers, from Papercraft Inspirations 171, comes with cute penguins, polar bears and reindeers in colourful knitwear! Ideal for Christmas cards, winter birthdays and more, these sweet characters are sure to warm your recipient’s heart! Mix and match these designs with our fantastic wool-themed free printables from issue 163, which come… Continue reading
This beautiful winter wonderland shaped card design by Debbie Simpson is one for more advanced card makers. Debbie’s more elaborate card design allows you to build up a beautiful Christmas scene – it makes us feel chilly just looking at it! The stair step card method is a fabulous way to create a shaped card… Continue reading
Here’s another little sneak-peek treat from the December issue of Papercraft inspirations – one of Sue Burrows’ découpage Christmas cards! In the mag, Sue shares four great designs using the Dovecraft Santa’s Workshop collection, and we’ve got a step-by-step guide and tips from our testers too. Don’t forget that there’s still time to get a fantastic… Continue reading
The Autumn Knitting and Stitching Show kicks off tomorrow (running from 10th to 13th October at Alexandra Palace, London) and Papercraft inspirations will be there with a special project for you to make! This stunning ice-skate card certainly has the ‘wow’ factor and it’s straightforward to make too! We’ll be demonstrating how to make it… Continue reading
Christmas always starts early for card makers. This month’s issue is full of festive inspiration and comes with a bumper kit of Forever Friends crafting treats! This fantastic kit includes an adorable Forever Friends stamp, 30 chipboard shapes, a pack of 15 coordinating patterned papers and a gold glitter gel pen! Our guest designer, Stephanie Smith… Continue reading
If you’re looking for a card that’s a bit different for Father’s Day, then Julie Kirk’s manly cards are for you! Julie’s used wide ribbon to create rosettes and ties that look great on your cards! The sentiments can all be printed out in an instant, making it really easy to piece together a quick… Continue reading
Chocolate and Christmas go hand-in-hand, and our very own Angela Poole has designed this Christmas card to bring two of our favourite festive treats together (chocolate and card making!). You can find simple step-by-step instructions below, as well as a full list of what you’ll need. Enjoy! Find more ideas and step-by-step guide in our… Continue reading
We’re constantly on the look out for quick and easy Christmas cards. We couldn’t resist sharing this simple and stylish Christmas tree with you all. For this Christmas tree card you will need: Blue card blank Blue card Pink & green patterned papers Green ribbon Star embellishments Small circle punch Scoring board & bone folder… Continue reading
Lara Watson’s adorable 3D advent calendar has been cunningly created from decorated matchboxes, each hiding a different advent delight inside them. This fantastic design is from Papercraft Inspirations 105 and Lara explains that using matchboxes is a great method for making a calendar: “The beauty of sliding boxes is that you can wrap twine, ribbon… Continue reading
Make Anna Moore’s beautiful wreath card – it’s easy with punched shapes and adhesive pearls! Anna has used die-cut circles to make this card really quick, but you could easily create the circles with scalloped scissors or punches if you prefer. Scroll down to find Anna’s step-by-step guide! You will need Basic card kit, plus…… Continue reading
When you have lots of Christmas cards to make, it’s often easier to stick to just one design and form a production line. Each of these cute penguins has been made from eight punched circles of card. It’s so simple as there’s no need for any templates or measuring. Just pop your penguins onto a… Continue reading
Make Kirsty Neale‘s super-speedy Christmas cards in minutes! First featured in issue 94 of Papercraft Inspirations, you’ll find all the downloads you need here! We all know that pressurised feeling as Christmas gets closer, and it’s at times like these that we need a helping hand. Designer Kirsty Neale has come to the rescue with a fabulous set of colourful card… Continue reading
Are you ready to take up this month’s Papercraft challenge? This time’s idea is for you to create a card on a ‘winter wonderland’ theme. Use any techniques and any products, as long as it’s a wintry design. It doesn’t even have to be Christmassy! Show us what you make – email your photos to… Continue reading
Say hello and welcome to Katy Sue Designs. Sue says “Hope your all having fun and feeling inspired. We’d like to share this gorgeous Christmas Snow Globe shaker card with you as it’s proving so popular at the exhibitions we attend around the country.” If you follow the link below you can also watch… Continue reading
Look who’s just arrived… It’s our friends from Pebbles Inc, and they’ve brought a super card idea with them, created by Sarah Champion. We’re loving this modern idea in classic festive colours – perfect inspiration for their new ‘Welcome Christmas’ collection! Shopping list 751176 Santa’s Workshop Paper 751182 Santa’s List Paper 751177 Deck The… Continue reading
Hello to Blade Rubber Stamps and their fun soldier friend! Here’s all the info you need to create this simple card for yourself. They’ve even included all the prices so you can work out your Christmas crafting budget more easily. You could create cards for all your family and friends with this little shopping… Continue reading
Is that another knock at the door we hear?! Welcome Cathy to the party – she’s bringing an adorable card idea from Penny Black! Doesn’t this design just have oodles of wow factor? We wish that computer screen were 3D then we could really show off all the depth in her wonderful layered card! … Continue reading
When a collection of patterned papers and embellishments is as scrummy as the new Nordic Holiday collection by Basic Grey, we’re keen to make sure they’re on our invitation list to come to the party! And with this gorgeous card idea to share they’ve not disappointed us, don’t you agree? Shopping list Nordic Holiday NOR-3445… Continue reading
Let’s welcome Jane to the party – it’s Jane Beljo the creative talent behind Jane’s Doodles. Perhaps you’ll also recognize Jane’s name from our recent Masterclass feature on using moulds for creating polymer clay embellishments (See Papercraft inspirations issue 90 for great ideas!) But did you know too that Jane designs her own digital stamp images… Continue reading
Here’s another party guest! It’s the sweet ladies from Lawn Fawn – yay! We’re so glad they’ve been able to make it, as Lawn Fawn is a hot new stamp company with the cutest clear stamps. “I couldn’t resist bringing a card to the party using our new Ornate Ornaments stamps set,” says Lawn Fawn-card… Continue reading
We’re thrilled to welcome our friends from American Crafts to join our celebrations – especially when we know they’ll have some adorable inspiration for us too. Take a look at this card made by designer Lindsey Hansen – her bright & bold festive card uses the new ‘Hollyday’ range. It’s certainly getting us in the Christmas… Continue reading
Our card making challenge this month is to use vellum so I couldn’t resist coming up with another idea to rise to this challenge! I’m trying to whip up some fast and easy Christmas cards in the evenings, to boost my stash. (Then save the weekends for designs that’ll take a bit more time!) I… Continue reading
Creative editor Angela Poole is known not only for her fantastic card designs and expert craft skills – she’s also loved for her amazing cakes! We’re delighted that Angela’s brought some delicious Christmas cupcakes to our party, and, even better, she’s sharing the recipe! Read on for the full step-by-step recipe, and you can join… Continue reading