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Clearly Perfect Series - #4

Clearly Perfect Series - #4

We would all like to save a bit of money, well this altered item which should also be covered as being ‘on a budget’ is also in keeping with our Clearly Perfect series. [...more]

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Hybrid Card Tutorial

Hybrid Card Tutorial

You may well be asking yourself, ‘what is a hybrid card?’. [...more]

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Concertina Card Tutorial

Concertina Card Tutorial

As Valentines Day is just around the corner, crafters everywhere are creating all kinds of love items.  Here Tracey Grundy shows us how to make this fabulous Concertina Card as something different for the love of your life. [...more]

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Aperture Cards

Aperture Cards

It used to be that to make an aperture you either had to be very handy with a craft knife or buy cards with apertures already in them.  With die cutting machines, both electronic and manual becoming more and more popular, Fiona Haigh-Gannon shows us some examples from both. With most crafters now owning or having [...] [...more]

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Altered Art Series - #2

Altered Art Series - #2

How do you make something out of nothing?  Well, by recycling or altering everyday items this can be achieved.  Tracey Grundy shows us how to create some decorated tins, ideal as gifts. [...more]

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Candle Tissue Transfer Tutorial

Candle Tissue Transfer Tutorial

Decorating a candle using the Tissue Paper Method is a very popular method and easy to do and Debbie Moore shows us how… [...more]

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Doodling Made Easy Series - #3

Doodling Made Easy Series - #3

So far during this ‘doodling’ series we have doodled lines in many variations and also text.  This time we will attempt to do flowers, leaves, borders and swirls. [...more]

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Stamping

Stamping

Working With Clear and Rubber Stamps [...more]

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Clearly Perfect Series - #3

Clearly Perfect Series - #3

Transparent or translucent items can come in many forms.  A good place to check out is your local stationers.  It looks like Tracey Grundy has done just that with the examples she shares with us now. [...more]

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How to be a Rockstar Papercrafter

How to be a Rockstar Papercrafter

Grunge is slang for a type of punk/metal/thrash crossover music with it's encumberment of scruffy fashions. n. Slang 1. Filth; dirt. 2. A style of rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal. 3. A deliberately untidy and uncoordinated fashion style [from US slang: dirt, rubbish] [...more]

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