Wednesday November 25, 2009 Free Christmas craft videos and downloads from PaperWishes
Super-crafty website PaperWishes are running a special event from 30th November to 4th December to mark the official start of the Christmas season.
Every day there will be a new video with guides to beautiful, yet easy and affordable, gifts for you to...
Monday November 23, 2009 Bonus project! Make a ribbon flower card
Use your favourite ribbons to grow a luxury flower card! Follow our easy step-by-step and wow your friends.
You will need:
Basic card kit plus...
Blue card blank
Yellow & turquoise card
Silver buttons
Wide yellow ribbon
Medium green ribbon...
WIN! Scrummy baking-themed stash
Look out for our Pick 'n' Mix shopping pages in your Christmas issue of PaperCraft inspirations. We’ve scooped up some wonderful kitchen-themed stash that’s guaranteed to make keen cooks smile! We've found the best patterned papers, gingham ribbon, buttons and...
NEW GIFT! Brilliant border punches
Set your creativity free with a brand new collection of ‘Accent’ & ‘Edger’ punches – free when you subscribe to PaperCraft inspirations!
Tonic Studios have really listened to what we papercrafters want! We were thrilled to find how easy it is to...
Friday November 20, 2009 New PaperCraft inspirations, out Monday!
Don't miss our fantastic Christmas issue, packed with festive craft projects for you! Your free gift this month is a special card maker's diary, full of dates to remember, handy tips and card making projects to try.
Inside, you'll find lots of inspiration...
Thursday November 19, 2009 More fun with inchies!
We love the idea of inchies – little 1 inch squares to decorate and embellish – but it's hard to know how to incorporate them in our cards! Thankfully the All in an Inch blog is here to help.
With lots of gorgeous photos and step-by-step guides,...
Wednesday November 18, 2009 Recycle cool cards
We love making recycled cards – it's so satisfying to create a gorgeous greeting from low-cost leftovers!
Check out this fab mini card project from Lee at CraftStylish :
All you need is a little brown paper, thread... and whatever else you...
Tuesday November 17, 2009 Crafty Creatures' Christmas Crafternoon
On the 28th November the Crafty Creatures will host an all-day Christmas craftathon at St Olave’s church hall, City of London. Entry is £5 and everyone is welcome.
They'll be helping you to make reusable textile advent calendars, your own Christmas...
Monday November 16, 2009 FREE Polar Playtime papers to download from issue 68!
Click below to download your brand new set of exclusive Polar Playtime papers - fresh from issue 68 of PaperCraft inspirations! It's in shops from 23 November to 21 December – and inside you'll also find lovely ideas for cards to make with them plus lovely luscious high quality printed versions of these designs for you to cut out and play with... happy crafting everyone!
Click on the links below to download these papers…
Polar Playtime jpgs
✿ 1. Penguin Backgrounds.jpg (312KB)
✿ 2. Frosty Borders & Background.jpg (304KB)
✿ 3. Chilly Toppers & Background.jpg (288KB)
✿ 4. Polar Bear Fun.jpg (268KB)
Polar Playtime pdfs
✿ 1. Penguin Backgrounds.pdf (316KB)
✿ 2. Frosty Borders & Background.pdf (312KB)
✿ 3. Chilly Toppers & Background.pdf (288KB)
✿ 4. Polar Bear Fun.pdf (272KB)
FREE 2010 Card maker's diary templates to download...
Your January issue of PaperCraft inspirations comes with a special 2010 card maker’s diary. Inside, you’ll find monthly projects to keep you crafting all year long – and here are all the templates you need to get started!
Click on this link to download a...
FREE Templates from your Christmas issue...
Click below to download your eleven free pages of templates from issue 68 of PaperCraft inspirations then use them to make into lots of lovely cards!
This month's issue includes templates for luxury family cards, beautiful bird cards and Christmas food...
Sunday November 15, 2009 Bumble's flower templates (October 2009)
Bumble Bear loves gardening! Here are his very first templates for you to download and print, complete with blooms and butterfly shapes.
✿ Bumble's flowers 1 (JPG)
✿ Bumble's flowers 2 (JPG)
✿ Bumble's flowers 1 (PDF)
✿ Bumble's flowers 2...
Saturday November 14, 2009 How to make Bumble Bear
Here are the basic steps you need to create your own Bumble Bear:
You will need:
Pink & brown craft chalks
Needle & black thread
Black felt
Bazzill Basics Dotted Swiss card – Sandbox, from Craft Obsessions
Step 1
Use your template to cut...
Friday November 13, 2009 Make a Christmas wreath from paper!
We love this paper wreath from The Red Thread – what a great way to use up scraps of patterned paper!
Click here for a great step-by-step guide and make your own wreath!
[Via Craftzine ]
More step-by-steps:
✿ Make a cute bird card ...
WIN! A Country Diary CD-ROM
Lavish your cards with dreamy countryside images using Joanna Sheen ’s fantastic CD-ROM, The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. This two disc set is packed with papers, toppers, frames and découpage based on Edith Holden’s famous watercolours. There’s even a...
