Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft No. 23-4

Welcome to the latest issue of Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft! Inside this issue, you will find plenty of amazing projects to inspire your next creation plus heaps of tips and tricks for stamping and colouring your cards from our talented designer, Tara. For our Special Feature, we thought we would have a bit of fun so we challenged our contributors to make novelty shaped cards. These creative projects look absolutely adorable and we can’t wait for you to check them out! Darkroom Door supplied the beautiful Hummingbird set for our Stampers’ Challenge and the results are truly stunning. Our contributors went above and beyond to bring you 10 different styles using just one stamp set. We love to hear from our readers, so if you have a project you want…

GRAPHIC 45 Portrait of a Lady Ephemera Cards For more information, visit www.g45papers.com STAMPIN’ UP! Build It Framelit Dies For more information, visit www.stampinup.com ECHO PARK Tooth Fairy Die Set For more information, visit www.auntyverascrapandcraft.com.au KAISERCRAFT Intricate Tiles 12 x 12” Designer Template from the Bombay Sunset collection. For more information, visit www.kaisercraft.com KAISERCRAFT Tangello Ink Pad from the Bombay Sunset collection For more information, visit www.kaisercraft.com KAISERCRAFT D Ring Album from the Sage & Grace collection For more information, visit www.kaisercraft.com AZZA Decoration Stencils Duo ‘Herbs of Provence’ For more information, visit www.azzaworld.com.au ECHO PARK Tooth Fairy For more information, visit www.auntyverascrapandcraft.com.au AZZA Printed papers ‘Provence’ For more information, visit www.azzaworld.com.au STAMPIN’ UP! Candle Border Punch For more information, visit www.stampinup.com…

GRAPHIC 45 Café Parisian 12x12” Pad. For more information, visit www.craftydivas.com.au DARKROOM DOOR Paris Postcard from Eclectic Stamp collection. For more information, visit www.darkroomdoor.com CUTTER BEE Ek Success Die Travel For more information, visit www.craftgiraffe.com.au KAISERCRAFT Sari Paper from Bombay Sunset collection. For more information, visit www.kaisercraft.com CARTA BELLA Chipboards Old World Travel For more information, visit www.craftgiraffe.com.au REMINISCE Jet Setters Dimensional Stickers England For more information, visit www.craftgiraffe.com.au…

MATERIALS FOR ALL CARDS • Kaisercraft “Bike” Stamp • Jenni B Collection paper craft accessories • Versa Color ink 174 Charcoal • Versa Colour ink 80 White • Paper Smooches Escape stamp set • Card stock Adventure Here we have created a quick card showing how you can use both black and white elements on the same card to give the silhouette effect. 1 Start by cutting a peice of black card in a triangle and stick it down on a white card. Start placing your chosen stamps and other embellishments on the card to work out your composition. 2 Stamp your black ink on half of your chosen stamp and your white on the other half. 3 Push down firmly using a clear block to ensure all the ink…

MATERIALS FOR ALL CARDS • Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Cool treats bundle • Card: Stampin’ Up! Sweet Treats DS Paper; Stampin’ Up! Peekaboo peach, whisper white, pool party, watermelon wonder and chocolate chip; kraft • Dies: Stampin’ Up! Stitched shapes framelits • Ink pad: Stampin’ Up! Peekaboo peach, pool party, watermelon wonder, crumb cake, tangerine tango and chocolate chip • Accessories: White gel pen • Tools: Big Shot; ruler; scissors; Stampin’ Up! Banner triple punch • Adhesives: Double-sided tape, glue, mounting tape TIP • You can cut multiple different shapes at the same time so load up your machine. • You may be able to cut 2 layers at the same time, test your machine first. • Use a cocktail stick or paper piercer with a bit of glue on the…

MATERIALS FOR ALL CARDS • Stamps: Stampendous Whisper Friends; Travel Home; Whisper Friendship • Card: Kraft; white • Paper: Bo Bunny Believe – Joyous • Pencils: Prismacolor rose, peach, light peach, beige, violet, apple green, grass green, cerulean blue, indigo blue, crimson red, cream, pink, jasmine, sienna brown, dark brown, warm grey; colourless blending pencil • Ink pad: Archival Jet Black • Accessories: Washi tape • Adhesives: Double-sided tape; foam dots; ZIG 2 way glue She Loved to Travel METHOD 1 Cut kraft card 260mm x 130mm, score and fold in half to make base card. 2 From the ‘joyous’ paper, cut square 125mm x 125mm and adhere to kraft card with double-sided tape. 3 On white card, stamp suitcases (Travel Home) and Whisper (Whisper Friends) with black ink. Colour…