Let’s get straight to the point – you’re going to be obsessed with issue 141’s exclusive kit! Your Crafter’s Companion Christmas shaker bonanza is packed full of goodies that you’ll be going back to for months and maybe years. On top of that, we’ve got your usual round-up of everything to keep an eye out for in the crafting world, and all the best buys that we’ve seen recently. We’ve got the atypical selection of inspired makes, from a motif-heavy card gallery to masterclasses that involve bubble wrap effects, exploding box cards, and the most adorable shaped techniques. We’ve got a huge interview with a paper flower genius, the canny greeting card designers over at The Completist and best of all, a look at the last year in PaperCrafter that we’ve so enjoyed bringing to you. Dig in!
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1 Crafter’s Companion Enchanted Christmas Shaker Kit
Our best gift ever? Here in the office we were brimming with excitement at the thought of you getting such a stunning shaker kit – we genuinely found it hard not to blurt about it on social media. But now it’s finally here we can all be giddy together. Magical stamps, sparkly sequins, irresistible papers… and all with that Sara Davies’ seal of approval.
2 Free Tattered Lace papers
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Tattered Lace are a byword for class and luxury; these papers are no different, yet they have this warm, folksy quality that is especially welcome this Christmas. Mugs of cocoa and mittens, presents and pine trees, excited sledders and gingerbread men – there’s such a variety, and we can’t wait to see what you do with them.
3 Shopping galore
We know our readers aren’t against treating themselves to well-earned craft supplies – which is why we consistently present you with the largest amount of best buys of any papercraft mag. Paints, washi tapes, deco foil, gemstones, polka dots, crafty books, paper pads – all of the highest quality and personally tested. Nothing but the best for PC readers.
4 Giveaways
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A quirky stamp set from Crafter’s Companion, crafting show tickets, a super Simple Stories bundle (we almost wish we could keep…) Lia Griffith crepe paper set, and even a year’s supply of crafting adhesive crafting supplies from tesa… this one’s a doozy!
5 A year of PaperCrafter
Join us as we take a nostalgia-filled walk down the last year of PaperCrafter… we recount the incredible interviews of the year, the spectacular projects, and all of the amazing things we’ve shared with you, our lovely readers (407 free patterned papers! 213 stamps and dies! 394 digi stamps!). Here’s to this coming year being as great as the last.
6 Classic Christmas digi stamps
Illustrative? Yep. Classic designs. Oh yes. Free? You bet! There’s nothing you won’t like about these printables from our friends at Tattered Lace (crafting.co.uk) – and there’s an incredible 72 of them!
Smashbooks are our new favourite thing here at PaperCrafter HQ, we really can’t get enough. Cross between a scrapbook and a journal there’s no limits. Whether you want to stick in memories,...
There’s a new book on our crafty radar and we can’t get enough of it! We caught up with the multi-talented photomontage illustrator, and author of Cut, Paste, Create, Eleanor Shakespeare, to find...
We have a new designer joining the PaperCrafter family and she is so talented that a special blog was in order. Without further ado, we’re pleased to introduce Karin Åkesdotter! Over to...
