My Paper Warehouse is holding a free craft event!

The event is for cardmakers, stampers and scrapbookers and promises to showcase products from Personal Impressions, Flowersoft and Woodware.  Many expert demonstrators including Clare Rowland, Jane Gill, Melanie Heaton, Esther Grundy, Lindsey Mason and Lesley Blamire will be on hand to show you all the latest tips and techniques in the biz.

It all takes place on Saturday 20^th August, between 10am and 4pm at Westmorland Business Park, Kendal, LA9 6NP.

Entry is free and so is the parking!

For further details about My Paper Warehouse: http://mypaperwarehouse.co.uk/

Sold exclusively through craft stores Creative Stamping will be on sale every three months, will showcase all the latest techniques and will be your comprehensive guide to all things stamping!

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Sandwiched between 68 pages of stamping goodness, Creative Stamping will be bursting with giveaways, templates, exciting and innovative projects and all the latest stamping news you could ever ask for.  Not only that, but each issue of Creative Stamping will come with a free exclusive A4 sheet of stamps worth £15!

Remember, Creative Stamping will only be sold in craft stores, so if you want to secure a copy let your local craft store know now!

To find your local stockist of Creative Stamping or Creative Cardmaking call Chris on 0844826 0611 or email chris.cooke@practicalpublishing.co.uk

And don’t forget the next issue of Creative Cardmaking (issue 30) goes on sale 1st July!

For further information: http://shop.afth.co.uk/dina-wakley-rubber-stamps—by-stampington-448-c.asp

This great event will be held at:

LAKESIDE LEISURE PARK
THE DOME
BAWTRY ROAD
DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Around  30- 35  Major Exhibitors

SUNDAY, JUNE 12th, 2011 , 10am – 4.00

Advanced tickets are now available at a cost of £4.00 or £5.00 on the door.

Children £2, under 12 free
Coaches of 20 + please ring for special discount

Send cheques payable to Which Craft with a SAE to
Which Craft ?, The Corn Exchange, Upper floor, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 1QZ

Tel/Fax: 01302 369666
Tel/Fax: 01302 810608 or Mobile: 0771 227 1866

E-mail info@whichcraftuk.co.uk

The venue offers great family entertainment – swimming and ice skating on site and bowling and multi cinema close by (Mum can shop knowing all the family are happy)!

Special Features

Stamp Magic 2011 “Will leave you Spellbound”

A Paper Crafter’s paradise…

Come along to StampMagic 2011 and enjoy a super day out.

There will be an exceptional variety of exhibitors and many demonstrations for you to pick up many papercrafting tips and ideas.

You will see inspirational and motivational ideas around every corner.

You can be sure to pick up a few new ‘tricks of the trade’ from the professional demonstrators we are lining up, all willing to share their knowledge with enthusiastic crafters!

At StampMagic 2011 you’ll be able to shop for all those hard to find materials and equipment as well as learn new things about your favourite craft all under one roof. With around  30-35  exhibitors showing the latest products, and much more, there’s something for everyone!

Materials…

• Black cardstock
• BasicGrey Wander & Little Yellow Bicycle Pack Your Bags patterned paper
• Cherry Pie Art stamp
• The Scrapbook House rub-on
• Woodware File Tab punch
• We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy Stitch Piercer, Blanket head & blue floss
• Tea Dye Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Inkpad
• Tuxedo Black Memento inkpad
• 3D foam tape

To create…

1 Create a 3.75” -square card blank, cut three different-sized square panels from patterned paper, layer together leaving a narrow border between each one, distress the edges and mount onto the card front.

2 Stamp the image onto patterned paper, cut around it leaving a narrow border, ink the edges and attach to the card front using 3D foam tape.

3 Punch a file tab from green patterned paper, use the Sew Easy piercer to create the holes for stitching, sew a cross stitch onto the file tab and affix to the card front.

4 Add a rub-on sentiment to the file tab to finish.

Bonus project from Creative Cardmaking issue 27 by Kirsty Maluga

Materials…

• Sheena Douglass Believe stamp set
• Deckle-edged card blank
• Pink Bazzill Basics cardstock
• Watercolour paper
• Grey StazOn inkpad
• Luminarte Twinkling H20s
• White tulle
• Pink Prima blossom
• Papermania ‘Wedding Day’ chipboard
• Foam pads

To create…

1 Stamp the church image onto watercolour paper using grey waterproof ink.

2 Watercolour the image using twinkling H20s and a paintbrush, then leave to dry.

3 Cover a deckle-edged card blank with pink cardstock leaving a narrow border.

4 Trim the church image to fit on top of the pink cardstock and adhere.

5 Attach a piece of tulle to the back of a pink blossom, add a Wedding Day chipboard sentiment and affix to the bottom of the card front using foam pads.

Bonus project from Creative Cardmaking issue 26 by Patsy Jackson

Materials…

• Sheena Douglass A Little Bit Sketchy Stream of Life stamp
• White cardstock
• Watercolour paper
• Silver VersaMark inkpad
• HOTP swirl stamps
• Handmade paper
• Yellow paper ribbon
• Prima Blooms
• Papermania gem brad
• Grey StazOn inkpad
• Ranger Stickles glitter glue
• Foam pads

To create…

1 Create a 12.5cm-square card blank from white cardstock. Ink the edges silver using a sponge.

2 Cover the card front with blue and turquoise handmade paper, torn at the edges.

3 Stamp a swirl pattern using silver ink into each corner of the handmade paper.

4 Stamp the stream image onto watercolour paper using grey waterproof ink. Trim into a square showcasing the stream and bridge area, then ink the edges silver. Add glitter glue to the stream and allow to dry.

5 Wrap a piece of yellow paper ribbon around the left-hand side of the card front and tie in a knot.

6 Layer several flowers together, top with a brad and add to the knot.

7 Affix the stamped image to the card front using foam pads to finish.

Bonus project from Creative Cardmaking issue 26 by Patsy Jackson

Materials…

• Kraft cardstock
• Crate Paper Lillian patterned paper
• Tim Holtz Tattered Florals dies
• Joy Krafts flower die
• Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page punch
• Stampin’ Up! circle punch
• Fancy Pants & BasicGrey buttons
• American Crafts brad
• Embroidery thread
• Hobby Art Just A Note stamp
• Stampin’ Up! alphabet stamp
• String
• Brown inkpad
• Water mister
• Die-cutting machine
• Hot glue gun

To create…

1 Create a 6″-square card blank from kraft cardstock. Ink the edges of a slightly smaller piece of patterned paper and affix.

2 Cut a piece of patterned paper to measure 5″ square, use a Punch Around The Page punch to create a scalloped edges, ink the edges and attach to the card front.

3 Ink the edges of a 7.5cm-square piece of patterned paper. Punch enough circles from the same paper to create a scalloped edge, ink the edges and attach behind the square, then attach this to the card front.

4 Stamp a sentiment onto kraft cardstock, ink the edges and add to the top of the scallop-edged piece.

5 Stamp the alphabet stamp over some kraft paper, then use the Tim Holtz dies to cut out a variety of flowers and ink the edges.

6 Spray each flower with water, screw each one up from the middle then carefully unfold.

7 Once they have thoroughly dried, start layering them up and secure each layer using a hot glue gun, adding a button tied with thread or a pearl to create the centres.

8 Use the Joy Krafts die to cut the smallest flowers, ink the edges then gently curl each petal over. Layer them up and secure using a brad.

9 Attach the flowers to the card front as shown, adding a loop of string under the largest one.

Bonus project from Creative Cardmaking issue 26 by Rachael Elliott

Materials…

• Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool & Ink Blending Foam
• Berry Blush & Piglet Bazzill Basics cardstock
• White cardstock (lightly coated is best so that it is neither too porous nor glossy)
• Heat-resistant sheet
• Heat gun
• Acrylic blocks
• Kitchen towel
• Die-cutting machine
• Low-tack tape
• Stix 2 double-sided & extra sticky tape
• PVA glue
• Silicone glue
• Spray bottle with water
• Victorian Velvet & Spun Sugar Tim Holtz Distress inkpads
• Crafty Individuals frames
• Clear embossing pad
• Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel
• Hobby Art Anna’s Collection Floral Greetings stamp set (CS013D)
• Prima flowers
• Pink brad
• Spun Sugar & Victorian Velvet Ranger Distress Stickles
• Interference Red Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist
• Pink ribbons
• Foam pads

To create…

1 Create a 5.5”-square card blank from white cardstock and colour the front using Spun Sugar ink.

2 Ink the edges of the card front using a Victorian Velvet inkpad, spritz lightly using Interference Red Perfect Pearls Mist and allow to dry.

3 Colour a frame with Victorian Velvet ink and dry using a heat gun. Stamp a flourish image onto the frame using Victorian Velvet ink and dry using a heat gun.

4 Press the frame into an embossing inkpad then cover with UTEE. Heat using a heat gun, sprinkle again while still hot with granules, heat, then repeat a third time – this will give a nice smooth tile effect finish. Place to one side.

5 Randomly stamp the same flourish image onto the card front using Victorian Velvet ink and leave to dry.

6 Colour a small square of cardstock using Spun Sugar ink, then trim so that it fits inside the frame. Spritz lightly with Interference Red Perfect Pearls Mist, allow to dry then stamp a sentiment in the centre using Victorian Velvet ink.

7 Affix the sentiment panel to the back of the frame, add ribbons as shown, then secure to the card front using foam pads.

8 Using Spun Sugar ink, colour the veins and edges of two paper flowers, then add a little Victorian Velvet ink, building up the colour gradually. Spritz with a little Interference Red Perfect Pearls Mist.

9 Allow to dry, then layer the flowers, secure a brad through the centre and attach to the frame.

10 Highlight the flourishes and the edges of the petals to finish.

Bonus project from Creative Cardmaking issue 26 by Jane Collman

Materials…

• White 15×10.5cm card blank
• Whisper White Stampin’ Up! cardstock
• Penny Black Flowers & Wishes stamp set
• Hero Arts sentiment stamp
• Brown Memento inkpad
• Scattered Straw Ranger Distress ink
• Ribbon
• Copic markers
• Ranger Ink Blending Tool

How to create…

1 Using an ink-blending tool, swirl some Scattered Straw Distress ink around the edges of the card front.

2 Stamp a poppy image onto the card several times to create a line of poppies.

3 Stamp the poppy image three times onto white cardstock and colour using Copic markers, then carefully cut them out.

4 Wrap a piece of ribbon around the bottom of the card and finish in a bow in the centre.

5 Attach the poppy images to the right-hand side of the card using foam pads.

6 Stamp a sentiment in the bottom-right corner of the card front to finish.

Project by Sarah Youde. Exclusive project from Creative Cardmaking issue 24.