We're welcoming signs of spring both outside and in our papercrafts! This fab floral set of patterned papers and embellishments by Naomi Hocking is sure to brighten up your designs. 

Our friends over at CrossStitcher have just brought out this fab new book that we think you’ll love! 

This bonus ship card is perfect for male birthdays and bon voyage cards, but can be easily adapted to suit any occasion. It's super quick and easy, making it great for last-minute cards. With summer (supposedly!) around the corner, there's no better time to start crafting this ship-shape card! 

Click here to download your free ship template now

Are you looking for inspiration for those tricky male birthdays? Louise Fortune has created a fabulous set of cards for the August issue's Quick Cards section. Full instructions for the above card are in issue 102 of Papercraft inspirations, and you can find the numbers printable by clicking the link below! 

✿ Numbers printable

These cuddly cats by Angela Poole will make a purrrfect addition to your cards! There are three pages of printables – the cats coloured in for cards in a hurry, the cat outlines for colouring in yourself, and also a sheet of sweet sentiments!

You'll find full instructions and more inspiration for our cat cards in issue 102.

✿ Coloured cats (jpg) ✿ Coloured cats (pdf)

If there's one thing we card makers can't get enough of it's pretty papers! Now you can try some delicious new designs, for free, courtesy of Sizzix. This zesty collection of eight different designs is available when you hop over to their lovely blog. You'll find heaps of projects to inspire you too. Why not print out a set of these sunny papers to bring a bit of sunshine to your weekend crafting? We thought we'd experiment with different papers to see how they print out. Thin textured card will be first, then we want to try some vellum.

Have fun!