If you're looking for a card that's a bit different for Father's Day, then Julie Kirk's manly cards are for you! Julie's used wide ribbon to create rosettes and ties that look great on your cards! The sentiments can all be printed out in an instant, making it really easy to piece together a quick but impressive card. Follow the link below to download your sentiment printables…

We'd all love to put some time and effort into a card for Dad, but sometimes it's just impossible! If you're running on a tight schedule but you'd like to make something sweet for your father, just print out one of Angela's super-cool beer glass or trophy printables and layer it on to patterned paper with sticky foam pads for an instant cool effect! You can get the printables by following the link below...

The Spring Knitting and Stitching Show kicks off today and we're so excited to meet you all! We've been working hard at Papercraft HQ to find the perfect project to demo at our make-and-take sessions and we simply couldn't resist this amazing pop-up cupcake card! 

Retro papercrafting is so on trend, so to help you get your cards up to date we've got 33 gorgeous 50's housewife printables by Angela Poole. The fun, fresh and funky housewives are perfect for popping on girlie birthday cards, but they can easily be adapted for all sorts of other occasions! So what are you waiting for? Print them out and get crafting!

We love the vintage-style card by Brenda Brown in issue 103's PanPastel Masterclass. The card has so many little details that make it really special, and the PanPastels create a gorgeous antique background effect. In this post, you'll find the full shopping list and step-by-step instructions for this fabulous card.

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)

Click here to download your cat card template now