Already a huge hit in the USA, the Cricut Imagine will now be available from the 28th of October, and it’s being launched live on Ideal World and Create and Craft. You’ll get to see this exciting new craft machine in action and be shown all the unbelievable features. This ground-breaking machine allows you to [...]
Home decor
Sep 7, 2010
Wooden Birdhouse Tree Decorations
We wish you a very natural Christmas! Celebrate the beauty of nature this Christmas with materials such pale, bleached wood, cotton, mineral ores and glass. Combine them with hand sketches, floral motifs, birds of the forest and the beautiful greenery and scent of the pine tree. A simple uncontrived palette of warm grey, peridot green, [...]
Sep 7, 2010
Christmas Fusion Crackers
Create your own opulent Christmas Crackers in a riot of colours and textures! Be on trend this Christmas and celebrate a clash of different cultures, epochs and art movements by creating your own Christmas Fusion Crackers decorated with seals made from new solid-coloured glue sticks in red, blue, yellow and green. Decorated with animal skin patterned paper [...]
Jul 14, 2010
Parchment roses
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 [...]
Apr 15, 2010
Ribbon & buckles tealight holder
Materials… Glass tealight holder Vintage music paper PVA glue Antique Linen Tim Holtz distress crackle paint White acrylic paint Ribbons 2 pewter-style buckles (1 small, 1 large) Flowers To create… 1 Tear pieces of the vintage music paper and paste to the bottom and sides of the glass candle holder. Set aside to dry. 2 [...]
Apr 15, 2010
Butterfly candle stick holder
Materials… Wooden candle holder Gesso Crackle medium Antique linen Tim Holtz distress crackle paint White acrylic paint Prima flowers Paperchase 3D butterfly White ribbon To create… 1 Prime a plain wooden candlestick with gesso. Paint a layer of crackle medium on the surface and set aside to dry. 2 Paint on a thick layer of [...]
Apr 15, 2010
Mini Reading Journal
Materials… October Afternoon Report Card patterned papers Red Bazzill cardstock Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard Harlequin Elements Acrylic paints Sewing machine and thread Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Mini Ornates (CMS064) Heart corner punch Big Bite Fiskars Threading Water border punch To create… 1 Cut red cardstock to measure 8 1/2 x 3 1/2″ and score [...]
Apr 15, 2010
Drink me wrap
Materials… October Afternoon Report Card Hot Lunch and Science Fair patterned papers Red Bazzill cardstock Orange with burgundy dots Petaloo Retro Rage Double Delight flowers Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard Harlequin Alphas Acrylic paints Big Bite Fiskars Threading Water border punch String or twine Black pen Sticky foam Brown-black and creamy brown chalk inkpads To create… [...]
Feb 18, 2010
My beautiful garden canvas
Materials… Canvasses Onefourzero Houses, Beautiful Flowers and Sunflower stamps Acrylic paint Emulsion paint Black StazOn inkpad To create… 1 Paint the canvasses with a base coat of emulsion. Allow them to dry completely before drawing a guide line of the hill, connecting all three canvasses. Add a wash of blue paint to the sky and [...]
Feb 18, 2010
We look out upon the sea canvas
Materials… Canvasses Onefourzero boat stamps Acrylic paints Emulsion paint Black StazOn inkpad Blue Whispers inkpad To create… 1 Paint the canvasses with a base coat of emulsion. Allow them to dry completely before drawing a guide line of the sea connecting all three canvasses. Stamp the boats and starfish as shown using black StazOn ink. [...]
