_820_984_s_c1.jpg)
Christmas crafts Home decor Home decorations How to Papercraft Papercrafter Techniques Paper Art
If you’ve been inspired by issue 114’s monochrome look and want to achieve a contemporary Christmas style, make these stylish paper trees. Introduce stitching into your papercrafting and use your favourite patterned papers to create these cute Nordic decorations? If you’re looking for more ways to introduce black and white into your Christmas crafting, head to Favourite Things on page 72.
YOU WILL NEED: Craft essentials, Patterned papers, Wooden cotton reels, White embroidery thread
METHOD
1 Sketch out a tree shape onto scrap paper, divide into three with wavy lines, and cut out the template pieces. Trace around the shapes onto the reverse of patterned paper, adding an extra centimetre to the top edge of the bottom two sections to make tabs.
2 Glue the pieces together, using the tabs. Sew along the joins and the bottom edge with running stitch using three strands of embroidery thread. Make a second, mirror image tree in the same way and sew the two shapes together along the side edges.
3 Wrap a wooden cotton reel with a strip of patterned paper and fix a pencil into the hole. Place the paper tree over the pencil to display.
YOU WILL NEED:
Old books
Die, circle
Wooden skewer
Binder clips
Alcohol marker, orange
Adhesives: PVA glue, glue stick
Die-cutting machine
METHOD:
1. Use a circle die to cut lots of discs from book pages. Fold each circle in…
Halloween crafts Home decor Home decorations How to Papercraft Papercrafter Revamping Techniques Projects
Whilst this may look like a paper cutting that took hours to create, it really couldn’t be any easier. Our talented designer Corinne Bradd has created 15 templates for you to…
Die cutting Home decor Home decorations How to Papercraft Papercrafter Projects
You Will Need:
Templates or SVG files
Brother ScanNCut SDX1200 (optional)
Strong card
Cardstock, various colours
Jute yarn
PVA glue
Autumnal Display
1. Draw a 25cm wide circle on strong card, then draw a concentric 17cm wide circle…
Home decor Home decorations Papercraft Papercrafter Techniques
Shadow box cards, otherwise known as tunnel greetings or diorama cards, are designed to transport the recipient to picture-perfect backdrops in an instant. In this case, PaperCrafter designer Francesca Vignoli…
Birthday crafting Card making Die cutting How to Stamping Techniques Card Making
