The latest edition of Simply Homemade features:

• How to transform your garden flowerpots; with a guide to the art of mosaics.

• Grow your own toadstool charm collection using polymer clay.

• Designer Diane Bertolatti injects some chic into the summer by combining knitting and felting to create two gorgeous girly bags.

• Sue Pennick turns back the clock to the 1950s to create a selection of tattoo inspired cards and gifts.

• Get ready for summer by customising an array of sunshine essentials with designer Jill Alblas

• Plus fantastic giveaways, budget makes, a guide to using your free gift and much, much more!

The latest edition of Simply Homemade is on sale 14^th July and comes with a free set of templates!

Materials…

• Nitwitville Collection
• Lightweight cardstock
• String
• Double-sided tape

To create…

1. Download and print out your chosen elements from the Nitwitville collection onto lightweight cardstock. If your printer doesn’t accept cardstock then print first onto normal paper and then fix onto cardstock. It is important that all the pieces are sturdy for this project.
2. Cut around all the pieces you want to use and then lay them in a line, in an order you are happy with.
3. Once you are happy with the arrangement, make a small hole on the far left and right buildings and feed lengths of string through. You will need a length at the top to use as a hanger and a length at the bottom to hang your cards from. You can vary the length of the shops/buildings row and also of the string as you see fit.

Project by Nitwit Collections

Materials…

• Onefourzero Let it Snow stamp set
• Sakura Soufflé gel pens
• Bazzill Bling cardstock
• Hole punch
• Circle punches
• Ribbons and thread
• Beads

To create…

1 Punch six different-sized circles from purple, blue and silver Bling cardstock. Stamp snowflakes onto each circle using pink ink, then use a pink Soufflé pen to add lines around the edges and detail on the snowflakes.

2 Fold each circle and use double-sided tape to stick one half circle to another. Continue until you have one circle left, place a long piece of thread in the centre and attach the final circle, trapping the thread in the centre of the bauble. Repeat for the smaller baubles below.

3 Thread a line of beads underneath the three baubles. Tie thread to secure the beads, and then tie a bow to disguise the knot.

4 Make a loop at the top of the bauble, tie into a knot and then tie a bow to disguise the knot.

Project by Rachel Dimbleby from Onefourzero.

Materials…

• Onefourzero Let it Snow stamp set
• Sakura Soufflé gel pens
• Bazzill Bling cardstock
• Hole punch
• Circle punches
• Snowflake punches
• Ribbons and thread
• Beads

To create…

1 Use a stencil or a punch to cut out four circles. Stamp two with purple snowflakes and two with blue snowflakes.

2 Punch small circles from blue and purple Bling cardstock, stamp with the snowflakes and randomly attach to the larger circles. Decorate with a Soufflé pen.

3 Fold each circle and use double-sided tape to stick one half circle to another. Continue until you have one circle left, then place a long piece of thread in the centre. Attach the final circle, trapping the thread in the centre of the bauble.

4 Punch three different-sized snowflakes from silver Bling cardstock and attach to the bauble as shown, using sticky fixers on some.

5 Stick two snowflakes together underneath the bauble, followed by beads. Tie thread to secure the beads, and then tie a bow to disguise the knot.

6 Make a loop at the top of the bauble, tie into a knot, then tie a bow to disguise the knot to finish.

Project by Rachel Dimbleby from Onefourzero.

Materials…

• Onefourzero Let it Snow stamp set
• Sakura Soufflé gel pens
• Bazzill Bling cardstock
• Hole punch
• Snowflake punch
• The Snowman vellum pack
• Ribbons and thread

To create…

1 Cut a triangle from silver Bling cardstock and stamp little snowflakes over it using blue and purple ink. Punch dots from blue cardstock and adhere.

2 Trim a rectangle from pink cardstock, stamp trees at the bottom, wrap ribbon around the top and add the vellum wording. Stick the trunk to the tree using double-sided tape.

3 Punch six snowflakes and six small circles. Stamp a small snowflake on each circle then attach to the centre of the snowflakes. Adhere to the card using sticky fixers.

4 Punch a hole in the top of the card, threading through a selection of ribbons and threads. Knot to create a loop for hanging.

Project by Rachel Dimbleby from Onefourzero.

Materials…

• Onefourzero Let it Snow stamp set
• Totally Round Colour My World templates
• Sakura Soufflé gel pens
• Bazzill Bling cardstock
• Hole punch
• The Snowman vellum pack
• Ribbons and thread

To create…

1 Cut out a scalloped circle using the template and punch a hole in each ‘scallop’ using a hole punch.

2 Cut out the smaller circles using a punch or a round tin/glass etc as a template. Decorate the dark blue circle using the different-sized snowflake stamps in the set. Stamp tiny snowflakes onto the scalloped circle.

3 Assemble the hanging card as shown, adding detail with a Sakura Soufflé gel pen.

4 Thread a selection of ribbons and threads through the top hole, then knot to create a loop for hanging.

Project by Rachel Dimbleby from Onefourzero.

Materials…

• Onefourzero Let it Snow stamp set
• Sakura Soufflé gel pens
• Bazzill Bling cardstock
• Pink paper
• Corner-rounder punch
• Hole punch
• The Snowman vellum
• Ribbons and thread

To create…

1 Stamp the snowy scene onto pink paper and highlight with a pink Sakura Soufflé pen. Add the vellum wording and mount onto pink Bling cardstock.

Layer a sheet of star-patterned vellum onto pink cardstock and round the corners. Matt with blue cardstock, then mount the snowy scene in the centre using sticky fixers.

3 Use a hole punch to cut circles from purple and blue cardstock. Stamp a tiny snowflake onto the purple circles, then stick around the edges of your snowy scene as a border.

4 Punch holes in the top of the panel, threading through a selection of ribbons and threads. Knot to create a loop for hanging.

Project by Rachel Dimbleby from Onefourzero.

For information on how to purchase a copy of Simply Cards & Papercraft click on the image below.

Materials…

• Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas Magic patterned paper
• Poison Ivy Ten Seconds Studio metal foil
• Chipboard
• Red inkpad
• Papermania Shimmer Dots
• Large jump rings
• Window suction cup/hook
• Sizzix Circle Frames die
• Cuttlebug Tree Tops Punch & Emboss set
• Manual die-cutting machine
• Sandpaper

To create…

1 Cut two squares of patterned paper and attach to chipboard. Cut two medium circle frames from these pieces using your die-cutting machine. Colour the inner and outer edges of both using red ink.

2 Die-cut and emboss two dotty trees from green metal foil and patterned paper and die-cut two plain trees from green paper. Sand the raised surface of each metal tree to reveal the silver core metal then attach each to the red and the green trees, trimming the green trees to fit.

3 Attach the circle frames together back-to-back. Punch the top hole in both trees right through all layers, then attach them back-to-back using foam pads, sandwiching the frame between.

4 Embellish the trees and the frame with gems. Insert the suction hook through the punched hole to display the bauble on a window or use a standard bauble hook to hang the decoration on your tree.

Project by Judith Hannington. Co-ordinating projects available in Creative Cardmaking issue 20.