Materials…

• White square card blank
• BasicGrey Mellow patterned papers
• Thin corrugated cardboard
• Brown ink
• Tree stamp
• Brown ribbon
• Small piece of white cardstock
• ‘Happy Birthday’ stamp
• Brown cardstock
• Orange embroidery floss

To create…

1 Mount brown cardstock just within the white card blank itself.  Mount a smaller piece of the tree-patterned paper from the BasicGrey collection within the brown cardstock area.

2 Cut some thin corrugated cardboard to fit within one half of the tree paper, ripping the thin covering off to reveal the texture.

3 Ink the tree stamp in brown on a small piece of white card, inking the edges in brown.

4 Before you fix the stamped image, wrap a length of brown ribbon around the front of the card and tie a bow. Fix the stamped image on top using 3D foam tape.

5 Stamp a ‘happy birthday’ greeting on a small piece of white cardstock and trim it to look like a tag. Mount onto plain green patterned paper and secure a small knot onto the tag shape using orange embroidery floss. Fix to the bottom-right of the tree image.

Project by Kirsty Wiseman. Originally published in Creative Cardmaking issue 7.

Materials…

• White square card blank
• BasicGrey Mellow patterned papers
• Green Core’dinations cardstock
• Orange ribbon
• Bazzill spotty brad
• ‘Have a beautiful day’ stamp
• Cuttlebug Dotted Swiss embossing folder
• Sizzix Fringed Flower die

To create…

1 Cut the Core’dinations cardstock to the width of the card and 1.5″ high.  Run it through the Cuttlebug embossing folder to add texture and adhere to the bottom of the card.

2 Run a length of ribbon across the card, making an incision at the side of the card and wrapping around the back and to the front again. Tie a little knot.

3 Cut the plain orange, green and brown papers from the BasicGrey collection to 6×6″ and run each piece through your die-cutting machine with the Sizzix Fringed Flower die.

4 Arrange the flower into a sunburst effect and secure with a brad. Adhere to the card as shown.

5 Rubber-stamp your greeting to the right of the flower and add a green heart above the ‘i’. Fix a star clip to the top-right of the card.

Project by Kirsty Wiseman. Originally published in Creative Cardmaking issue 7.

PAPERCRAFT ESSENTIALS ISSUE 58 SNEAK PEEK!

Inside issue 58 of Papercraft Essentials – on-sale 5th August – you will be treated to a vellum masterclass where you can learn to make this beautiful creation.

Materials…

• Pink and green vellum
• Green florist wire (for stems)
• Cotton buds
• Glue with small nozzle applicator
• Metal tea spoon with rounded handle
• Large & very small ball embossing tools and embossing mat
• 1.5cm heart and star punches
• Pink inkpad

To create…

1Take a cotton bud and cut the bud part away from the stem. You will notice the stem is hollow and there is a small hole in the end of the bud – put the tip of a small glue nozzle into the hole and fill with glue. Push wire into the hole and turn the bud until it feels secure, then wipe off any excess glue.

2 Dab the bud with a pink inkpad, then put aside to dry. Once the bud is firmly stuck in place, you can then begin to build up the rose.

3 Punch 14 hearts from pink vellum – you may need more or less depending on the size of the rose you want. Lay the hearts on an embossing mat and, starting from the pointed end, use short, sharp strokes on the rounded end of the heart with a spoon handle, taking care not to press too hard or you will damage the vellum.

4 Move quickly up the heart and across from side to side until the rounded ends of the heart start to curl. Roll your first petal to make a cone shape and glue it to keep the shape. Add some glue to the end of the bud, then slide the cone up the wire so the bud fixes in at the bottom of the cone.

5 Take the second petal and coil it around the cone, being careful not to coil it too tightly. Take the third petal and, once again, fold it around the second petal – avoid putting the ‘v’ shape of the heart in alignment with each other. Overlap the petals as you work around the rose, building up the layers. As you get nearer to the outside of the rose, the petals will need to curve less (sometimes a small cut in the pointed end will allow the petal to be glued in place a little more easily). Fix the outside petals on slightly higher up on the underneath side of the rose so they show. If you stick them on too low down you will end up with a ball shape rather than a flatter rose shape.

6 Once you have built up the rose, punch a star from green vellum. Make small cuts up between the points then, using the large ball embossing tool, rub in circular motions in the middle of the star so the points ‘cup’ upwards. Pierce a hole in the centre with the wire and glue in place on the back of the rose.

7 Cut out a basic leaf shape. As you cut, wiggle it a bit so the edges of the leaf look a little serrated. Make sure to leave a bit of a stem on the leaf so you can glue it in place under the rose onto the green sepal you have just made with the star shape.

8 Before gluing in place, add some character lines to the rose (such as veins and shading) so that it looks more realistic. Gently curve the leaf with your finger, then fix in place to finish.

Project by Wendy Martin. Originally published in Papercraft Essentials issue 58.

PAPERCRAFT ESSENTIALS ISSUE 58 SNEAK PEEK!

Inside issue 58 of Papercraft Essentials – on-sale 5th August – you will be treated to a vellum masterclass where you can learn to make this beautiful creation.

Materials…

• Deep pink and pale pink A4 cardstock
• Thick white vellum or parchment craft paper
• Joycraft stencil (6001/0029)
• Small & extra small ball embossing tools
• Green/white spot satin ribbon
• Green 4mm flat-backed crystals
• Pale green 3mm pearls
• Vellum-safe glue or double-sided tape
• Low-tack tape

To create…

1 Lay the embossing stencil onto a piece of white vellum or parchment craft paper and hold it in place with low-tack tape. Turn the stencil and paper over so the stencil lays underneath the paper.

2 Place the stencil and paper onto an embossing mat, then rub over the paper lightly with a little wax and emboss your design. Remove the stencil.

3 Follow the steps below to assemble the bookmark, with the embossed panel behind it. Finish by adding flat-backed pearls and crystals to the centres of the flowers as shown.

How to make a vellum bookmark…

1 Cut a piece of deep pink cardstock to 16.6cm long and 18cm wide. Measure and mark at 6cm and 12cm to make 3×6cm sections.

2 Trim a 4.4cm wide and 14.6cm long aperture in the middle section. Trim the vellum to fit, allowing enough space around the design to fix the vellum onto the framework of the aperture. Fix pale pink cardstock behind the embossed panel.

3 Fold over one of the side sections and fix in place. Cut a piece of green spotted ribbon long enough to make a loop at the top, and for two tails to show at the bottom. Fix in place, then fold over the other section and fix in place as before.

Project by Wendy Martin. Originally published in Papercraft Essentials issue 58.

PAPERCRAFT ESSENTIALS ISSUE 58 SNEAK PEEK!

Inside issue 58 of Papercraft Essentials – on-sale 5th August – you will be treated to a vellum masterclass where you can learn to make this beautiful creation.

Materials…

• White parchment craft paper
• Fan stencil medium designer grid (SPB010M1)
• Green 8mm crystal brad
• Pink 5mm flat-backed crystal
• Green 3mm flat-backed crystal
• Pink tassel
• Glue
• Medium, small & extra small embossing tools and embossing mat
• Pricking tool

To create…

1 Lay the stencil onto the parchment paper and hold it in place with low-tack tape. Turn the stencil over so the paper is on top of the stencil, and rub over gently with a little wax, then emboss all of the design, using the larger tools for the large shapes and the smaller tools for the smaller details.

2 Once you have finished embossing, turn the stencil over so it is now on top of the paper, and prick through all the holes around the fan segments. Remove the stencil from the paper and very carefully tear the segments away. Make up the other eight segments in the same way.

3 Punch a hole big enough for a brad in the end of each fan segment using a small circle punch, making sure all the holes line up with each other. Lay the segments on your work surface and arrange them into a fan shape. Overlap the bottom end parts, then push the brad through the holes to hold the end of the fan together.

4 Lay the fan so that one side of each segment is very slightly overlapping on top of the next segment. Add a tiny amount of glue to the very edge of each segment, so they will stick and hold in place.

5 Finish by adding 3mm green crystals and 5mm pink crystals as shown.

Project by Wendy Martin. Originally published in Papercraft Essentials issue 58.

Materials…

• Polka Doodles Back To Nature CD-ROM
• Black Sakura Glaze pen
• Kanban gems
• Ranger glitter glues
• 3D foam pads

To create…

1 Print the background paper, flowers, cow and gate from the ’shaped cards’ section of the CD-ROM. Cut around all the pieces, leaving a narrow white border around the cow. Assemble the fence as per the instructions.

2 Adhere the background paper to the card as shown, sandwiching the fence flap on the left-hand side.

3 Colour the cow’s patches with a Glaze pen, then adhere the cow to the card behind the fence and curl forward one ear.

4 Cut out the flowers and dŽcoupage onto the flowers on the card front using 3D foam pads.

5 Print out the ‘You’ve mooved’ lettering, trim and adhere to the card. Add a gem to the cow’s flower, and apply glitter glue to the centre of the dŽcoupaged flowers to finish.

Materials…

• Polka Doodles Back To Nature CD-ROM
• Ranger glitter glue
• 3D foam pads

To create…

1 Print the shaped house sheet twice from the ‘Housey Housey’ section of the CD-ROM.

2 Cut out one whole house sheet, trim around the house leaving a narrow white border, and cut between the fence panels with a craft knife.

3 Cut the house, path and two trees from the second sheet, then dŽcoupage the cut-out pieces using 3D foam pads.

4 Print out the lettering, and mount ‘New’ with 3D foam pads and adhere ‘home’ directly to the card.

5 Add glitter glue to the flowers in the house’s window box to finish.

Project by Patsy Jackson. Originally published in Papercraft Essentials issue 53.

Materials…

• Bazzill cardstock
• Fancy Pants Daydreams patterned paper
• Fiskars Threading Water border punch
• Monoco Direct ribbon
• Prima bloom
• Doodlebug Design gems
• Digital elements: Pink Tape: Kate Hadfield; Alpha: Megan Farrow; Border Frame: Gina Miller; Heart and Star: Kate Hadfield

To create…

1 Cut your background cardstock to 21cm in width.

2 Create a new A4 document in Photoshop.  Draw a rectangle on a new layer the same size as your photograph (5×7″) and fill it black.  Place this where you wish the photograph to be.

3 Open your chosen digital photograph frame.  Select the entire document by pressing ctrl+A (cmd+a on a Mac) and copy it, ctrl+c (cmd+c on a Mac).  Paste this into your A4 document, ctrl+v  (cmd+v on a Mac).

4 Resize the image so that it frames your black ‘photograph’.  Press ctrl+t (cmd+t on a Mac) to activate the transform tool and drag the little square handles in the corner until the frame is the correct size.  Press ‘enter’ to exit the transform tool.

5 Create your title using the digital alphabet and place the letters on the left-hand side of the frame.  You will need to rotate the letters 90( by choosing Edit | Transform | Rotate 90( Counter Clockwise. You may also need to resize them using the transform tool (See above).

6 Delete the black rectangle and print onto your cardstock.

7 Add the strips of paper to the left-hand side, ensuring the layout measures 12×12″.

8 Print a few extra letters onto the ‘cut off’ piece of white cardstock and cut them out – adhere to the layout over the title using foam tape to add a bit of texture.

9 Print and add other embellishments and decorate the frame with adhesive gems.

Project by Sarah Youde. Originally published in Scrapbook Magazine issue 37.

Materials…

• Bazzill cardstock
• Making Memories Noteworthy paper
• Li’l Davis chipboard alphabet
• Making Memories tag
• Rusty Pickle buttons
• Weather Doodles: Kate Hadfield and Madam Mimm digital elements
• Jazz LET and DJB Kelli computer fonts

To create…

1 Cut some randomly sized photographs – ensure that they are all the same width but don’t worry about their height.

2 Cut two pieces of cardstock to use as photo matts, ensuring they will fit on the layout as desired.  You do not need to be very precise when using this method of scrapbooking, just make sure that the photo matts will take the width of a couple of photos and are high enough for the tallest picture.  Arrange the photographs on the matts, filling in any gaps with scraps of patterned paper, then trim the matt to fit.

3 Place a co-ordinating rectangle of paper onto the base of the layout (mine was approximately  9x 11″). Place the photographs onto the layout as shown.

4 Print the title onto cardstock, and adhere onto the left-hand side layout.

5 Cut two small rectangles (0.5″ wide) from co-ordinating paper and place one in the top-right corner as shown, decorated with a button threaded with ribbon.  Repeat this process at the bottom-left of the layout – this anchors the base paper to the design and balances the layout.

6 Print your journaling onto the same paper as your base paper layer, cut into strips and mount onto cardstock to make it stand out, before adhering it to the layout.

7 Create a small photograph using a square metal tag (I used a Tag Maker), and affix in the lower-left corner using foam tape.

8 Add the weather symbols pushing them behind the background paper.

Project by Sarah Youde. Originally published in Scrapbook Magazine issue 37.

Materials…

• K&Co Life’s Journey patterned paper
• American Crafts Thickers chipboard letter stickers
• Sheet music
• Paper napkins
• PVA glue
• Button
• Ribbon
• Pearl beading
• Crackle paint

To create…

1. Apply crackle paint to the edge of the layout and set aside to dry.

2. Adhere various papers to the background in a collage style.

3. Using PVA glue, adhere paper napkin images over the collaged papers.

4. Affix a photo and add other embellishments as desired.

5. Sand the letters for your title and adhere to the left of the photo.

How to use paper napkins on your scrapbook pages:

Paper napkins dry translucent so apply them over attractive paper with a clear, crisp design, or over music or book paper

1. Adhere the base paper to cardstock.

2. Cut your image from the paper napkin.

3. Napkins are 3 ply – separate the layers, and use only the top, printed layer.

4. Place the image on your background. When you are happy with the placement, lightly pencil some marks just under the edge of the image on the background paper.

5. Spread a wet adhesive on the background paper, inside the pencil marks.

6. Place the napkin image onto the glue and gently smooth down.

7. Gently apply adhesive to the top of the napkin, taking care not to tear it.

8. Allow to dry.

Project by Pam  Thorburn. Originally published in Scrapbook Magazine issue 37.