The essential crafting tool – the Cricut Mini – is a lightweight and portable electronic cutting machine for use with paper, vinyl, craft foil, magnetic materials and fabric. It's ideal for creating fantastically detailed and beautiful home accessories, personalized gifts, and seasonal cards and crafts. There are hundreds of cutting designs available to download from the virtual Cricut Craft Room. Meet the Cricut Crafting Community at www.facebook.com/Cricut and find project inspiration at www.pinterest.com/cricut. We have two Cricut Minis to give away, worth £129 each!

Lili of the Valley's pretty new range of 8x8in paper pads are simply gorgeous! Each pad includes 40 sheets o paper - with four sheets of 10 different designs in each. Choose from Country Lady, Country Gent, Perfect Pair, Bear Necessities and Candles and Cake. They're available exclusively from Lili of the Valley. Get yours online at www.liliofthevalley.co.uk - or order by phone on 0113 257 8778. Or if you fancy your chances at winning, we've got 7 prizes of all five new paper pads in the range to give away, worth £7.50 each!

Thanks to social crafting network Daisy Trail, we've got 10 bumper prizes worth over £99, including craft software and three digi collections, to win! Packed to the brim with beautiful hand-drawn embellishments and stunning templates, it's the ultimate package for those who want to easilt and quickly create photobooks, greeting cards, party crafts, scrapbooks and more! Designs can be personalised with unlimited pictures and text, plus there are lots of handy craft tools and photo-editing capabilities to help deliver high-quality results that are guaranteed to impress family and friends. It's incredibly easy to use, thanks to its simple drag-and-drop function and it contains lots of fun video projects for users to follow!

The Creative Crafts Show is coming to Manchester Central for 2-4th May 2013. It's the perfect opportunity to stock up on lots of quality crafty goodies for all sorts of hobbies, including cross stitch, sewing, card making, knitting, scrapbooking and more! An extensive Workshop Programme will keep you entertained during the day, with opportunities to experiment with all your favourite crafts! We've got 16 pairs of show tickets to give away, worth £15.90 each.

To be in with a chance of winning tickets, follow the link below...
Click here to enter the competition to win a pair of tickets to the Creative Crafts Show in Manchester!

We've been crafting for next week's Spring Knitting and Stitching Show at Papercraft HQ - and while the rest of the team are working on the bunting for our stand, our Production Assistant, Sophie, was creating this super-cute bunting using the free Sweet Memories paper pack from issue 110 of Papercraft inspirations.

To celebrate Google Play's first birthday, we're offering our lovely digital readers the latest issues of Papercraft inspirations for just 99p!

If you're looking for crafts to keep your kids occupied over the weekend, why not help your little one make their own sleepover invitations for their friends with this fab printable from Kirsty Neale? Simply print out sleeping beauty and the invite, cover a matchbox with pretty patterned papers and slip the invitation inside. You could add a little ribbon to the top to help your recipient pull it out! Head over to Kirsty Neale's blog to find the original post and a bit more information, or click on the link below to download the invitation printable... 

We've been super busy getting our April issue ready to go to press this week and we couldn't possibly wait until the on sale date to share it with you! So we've got a little sneak peek of what's to come in issue 111. 

Last week our Commissioning Editor, Angela, and our Operations Editor, Lucy, headed to Birmingham to visit the Craft Hobby and Stitches Exhibition at the NEC to scout out all the crafty trends and speak to our favourite brands and designers! 

We're busy preparing for the Spring Knitting and Stitching show at Papercraft HQ! We can't wait to meet you all at our make-and-take sessions! We've spent the past few weeks gathering up all the supplies we need to teach you how to make a fantastic project.