Download the free printable sentiments from Julie Kirk's Father's Day cards in issue 113

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…

Bonus chocolate coin Christmas card by Angela Poole!

Chocolate and Christmas go hand-in-hand, and our very own Angela Poole has designed this Christmas card to bring two of our favourite festive treats together (chocolate and card making!). You can find simple step-by-step instructions below, as well as a full list of what you'll need. Enjoy! 

FREE Christmas treats patterned papers

Eat, drink and be merry, with our mouthwatering set of Christmas treats patterned papers, exclusively designed for us by Jenny Ellory.

 

The Christmas issue of Papercraft inspirations features four pages of festive food & drink papers for you to get card making with - including 6 backgrounds, 5 matching borders and 33 toppers and greetings! Or if you don't want to cut into your issue, you can download them and print them out...

 

We love to see what you've been making with our free papers, so don't forget to send us a photo of your finished Christmas cards.

Get in the Christmas spirit with free papers and project sheets from Sizzix and Hero Arts!

The festive season is fast approaching so if you haven't started crafting for Christmas yet - now's the time! 

Sizzix have teamed up with Hero Arts to bring you six fabulous free festive papers and project sheets. The project sheets are bursting with ideas for using the amazing Sizzix Christmas Framelits with Hero Arts stamps. 

FREE Christmas tree template and bonus card!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Papercraft HQ, and we're constantly on the look out for quick and easy Christmas cards. We couldn't resist sharing this simple and stylish Christmas tree with you all. You can find a free template and step-by-step instructions below. Happy crafting! 

FREE perfect penguin printables!

 

How cool are these cute little penguins? Angela Poole has come up with a set of adorable Christmas cards featuring them in issue 106 of Papercraft inspirations magazine. Check out the issue for full instructions on how to make Angela's designs - including a step-by-step guide to making a fantastic snow globe shaker card!

Christmas countdown - take a peek inside our magical matchbox advent calendar

We're counting down to Christmas in true papercrafting style this year! Lara Watson's adorable 3D advent calendar has been cunningly created from decorated matchboxes, each hiding a different advent delight inside them. Check out Papercraft inspirations issue 105 for how to make the complete calendar, or click the link below to taking a little peek inside some of the boxes…

FREE retro Santa printables!

Get into the Christmas spirit with Angela Poole's super-cute set of Santa printables. Her fabulously fun illustrations have been designed in a lovely retro style and are ideal for friends or family, so you can make gorgeous festive cards galore.

Make this sweet Christmas card

Make Anna Moore's beautiful wreath card - it's easy with punched shapes and adhesive pearls! Anna has used die-cut circles to make this card really quick, but you could easily create the circles with scalloped scissors or punches if you prefer. Scroll down to find Anna's step-by-step guide!

 

You will need

Basic card kit, plus...

Dark green, light green, red & white card

Dotty patterned paper

Red self-adhesive pearls

Martha Stewart Frond punch, from The Glitter Pot