Happy Birthday DAD

 25 minutes to make

Materials…

• Black Bazzill Basics cardstock

• BasicGrey Wander patterned paper, chipboard shapes & brad

• Heidi Swapp chipboard alphabet letters

• Craftwork Cards sentiment label

• Black Papermania eyelets

• Baker’s twine

• Craftime star button

• Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad

• String

• Wooden mini pegs

Tools…

We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper & Crop-A-Dile

Simply make…

1 Create a 5.5×5.25” tent-fold card blank and an artisan-shaped edge from black cardstock.

2 Trim a slightly smaller piece of patterned paper, ink the edges and cover front of the card.

3 Create two panels of patterned paper, round the top corners of the smaller panel, ink the edges and attach.

4 Attach two eyelets and thread with a piece of string, then secure each end of string behind card front with sticky tape.

5U sing the pegs, attach the chipboard letters across the piece of string and secure in place.

6 Ink the edges of a sentiment label and attach to red patterned paper. Trim, ink and adhere to the card with decorative brad.

7 To finish. add chipboard embellishments and a twine-knotted button as shown.

Birthday football

 20 minutes to make

Materials…

• Red Bazzill Basics cardstock

• Bella Blvd Making The Team patterned papers and label sticker

• Pebbles Inc rub-on sentiment

• White Cardology brads

• Baker’s twine

• Paper Cellar Football strip stickers

• Craftime football button

• Silver pegs

Tools…

We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile

Simply make…

1 Create a 6×4” tent-fold card blank. Cover the front with two different patterned paper pieces and cover the join with a thin strip of stripy patterned paper.

2 Pierce two holes in the front of the card and string baker’s twine along it. Secure in each hole with a brad.

3 Place shorts and top stickers onto twine with pegs, securing underneath with 3D foam tape.

4 Add your rub-on greeting onto the banner sticker and mount onto the card as shown, along with a football button.

You say it’s your birthday

 25 minutes to make

Materials…

• Blue Bazzill Basics cardstock

• Fancy Pants To The Moon patterned papers, Off To School die-cut & It’s Your Day rub-ons

• Paperchase star clip

• Tim Holtz “Vintage Photo” Distress Ink for Ranger

• String

Tools…

We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper

Sizzix Tim Holtz Ornamental die

Simply make…

1 Create a 6×3” card blank, cut a panel of patterned paper slightly smaller, ink the edges and attach.

2 Die-cut an artisan shape from patterned paper, ink and attach.  Add star rub-ons down each side as shown.

3 Round the top corners of the die-cut and ink edges. Attach a length of string as shown and secure at the back with sticky tape.

4 Layer the die-cut onto red patterned paper and trim to leave a narrow border. Attach to card front.

5 Cut out three tie shapes and knots from patterned papers. Ink the edges and assemble together using 3D foam tape. Attach each tie along the piece of string.

6 Apply your rub-on sentiment onto green patterned paper, trim, ink the edges and attach to the card with 3D foam tape.

7 Add the knotted string star clip to the card and secure at the back with sticky tape.

The Creative Crafts Show, EventCity, Manchester,

9 – 11 February, Thursday, Friday & Saturday: 10.00am – 5.00pm,

Visit the Creative Crafts Show in February and you will be inspired whether you are an experienced crafter, beginner or simply looking for a new hobby.

Highlights of the show include:-

· New Embroidery Workshops. Katie Pirson is a traditional hand embroiderer and will be doing two workshops a day. She will also be exhibiting various hand embroidery techniques and demonstrating traditional embroidery skills with a contemporary twist.

· New Extreme Textiles Workshops with Rachel John. Bringing out in 2012 for the first time ever - a new round of life changing innovations in textiles tools & techniques. She will focus on Extreme Weaving, Extreme Quilting, Extreme Tapestry and Extreme X-Stitch. Be among the first to try these extraordinary techniques and speed up your making time exponentially with Extreme Sewing in all its forms. Each session costs £5 to be booked on the stand.

· Knitting Know-how – now supported by www.rkmwools.co.uk. For the first time at the January show – come and meet like-minded knitters in your area – swap ideas and get handy hints and problems solved. Open to all ages free of charge.

· Beading Bonanza – back by popular demand The Southampton Beadshop will be running their workshops again to make their fabulous jewellery pieces

· Decopatch Delight - great for all ages with casual make and takes in the morning and longer workshops where you can decorate an alphabet letter in the afternoon. Plus many more displays, workshops and demonstrations including Stephanie

Weightman and her free taster sessions; Margaret Beal and her magical effects using a fine tipped soldering iron to cut, fuse and make marks on synthetic fabric;

Free ‘have a go’ area Supported by Craft Habitat – where budding crafters can have a go using all the latest stamps, punches, dies & papers.

So make a date and beat the winter blues with a trip to the Manchester Crafts show – a perfect place to see, try and buy – a great crafty day out!

Admission prices are £7.95 adults, £6.95 concessions and accompanied children under 16 are free of charge. Book in advance using discount offer code PR2 and you can save £1.50, get a half price catalogue voucher, a catering voucher and be entered free of charge into a prize draw to win up to £300 worth of craft vouchers*

(*Redeemable at the show only). Group offer buy 6 tickets and get 1 free. To book tickets in advance visit www.sccshows.co.uk or call the Ticket Hotline 01822 617744, quoting discount code PR2. Parking is free plus free shuttle bus between the Trafford Centre bus station and EventCity throughout the show.

Snugs & Hugs is perfect for anyone wanting an upbeat, colourful digikit to make personalised scrapbooks, photobooks and cards using free crafting software CraftArtist Compact or the full edition CraftArtist Platinum. The digikit – available for just £2 as an electronic download from DaisyTrail.com – contains the following creative elements: 60 embellishments, six background papers, four photo frames, seven materials, one alphabet, nine scrapbook layouts, nine party craft templates, and two brushes.

“Tommy’s is at the forefront of helping parents and their babies, and providing support to families who have been affected by miscarriages or stillbirths,” says Ashley Hewson, Sales & Marketing Director at DaisyTrail. “We hope the partnership and the Snugs & Hugs digikit will not only help raise vital funds, but raise awareness of this worthy charity. We have over 100,000 members on DaisyTrail and are confident many will show their support for Tommy’s.”

The Snugs & Hugs kit has been inspired by the bright and happy imagery of children’s picture books and conveys a warm, snuggly feeling to complement the baby theme. A combination of light paint washes and soft layers of textured felt are used, and the cute character designs, floral bead embellishments and stitched ribbons help build up a scrapbook scene. The colours are fresh and warm, with Tommy’s trademark raspberry colour running throughout.

Rowan MacMillan, Corporate Fundraising Manager at Tommy’s, says: “We are delighted to be working with DaisyTrail this year. The money raised from the sales of Snugs & Hugs will help us achieve our aim of saving more babies lives. In the UK alone, 1 in 4 women will lose a baby during pregnancy or birth. Losing a baby at any stage is a devastating experience for the whole family and we are working hard to change this sad reality. Through our medical research, we are already making a huge difference to thousands of parents and their babies’ lives.”

In addition to the Snugs & Hugs digikit, DaisyTrail will be running various fundraising activities throughout the year. A dedicated fundraising page has also been created.

More information on DaisyTrail’s support for Tommy’s, visit www.daisytrail.com/tommys. To follow DaisyTrail on Twitter, visit www.twitter.com/daisytrail. To become a fan of CraftArtist on Facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/craftartist.

Issue 93 of Simply Cards & Papercraft contains adorable love-themed images that are perfect for your romantic makes. To get your hands on a copy of these images you can either click here or on the image below.

Issue 92  of Simply Cards & Papercraft contains stunning winter’s night image that are perfect for a variety of seasonal occasions. To get your hands on a copy of this image you can click here

Issue 76 of Papercraft Essentials comes with an exclusive FREE embellishment kit featuring ribbons, buttons and paper flowers. Here are some bonus papers and toppers to co-ordinate with them. Click here to download.

DREAMEES

Issue 76 of Papercraft Essentials features some fabulous cards made by the talented people at Dreamees, and you can download all the papers, toppers and sentiments needed to make them here! Click here to download

TEMPLATE

Issue 76 of Papercraft Essentials has a masterclass guiding you through the stunning Encrusted Jewel technique. Here is the template you’ll need to create the Rose Corset card on page 34. Click here to download

Full size templates for Sally Shepherd’s fabulous New year projects featured on pages 40-45. Click on the image to download the zip file containing the four templates.