Crafty As L

One of the prizes from the Cardmaker of The Year 2022 competition was a year’s subscription to Practical Publishing’s magazines.  Each issue comes with some goodies but I’ve barely had the time to make anything with most of them but recently, I’ve been making a special effort to try them out.  This week’s MWM uses the Wellness Cardmaking Kit from  Papercraft Essentials #223 and the Hunkydory Moonstone die from Die-Cutting Essentials #101 . After returning from a fabulous massage by Anna at The Holistic Cabin, the artwork on my appointment card reminded me of the Wellness card kit images so I thought I’d make some gift-voucher holders for her and pay forward my free magazine membership.   I messaged Anna to see what size her vouchers were and set to work.   I used 6” square stepper card blanks but cut off the last small panel and die cut a fancy edge to be the pocket for the voucher. The kit has lots of toppers and papers in it, some of which feature ...

  Giving money is thought, by some, to be lacking in thought.  However, I like it since it gives the recipient free reign to spend it wherever they want rather than being tied to a particular store with a gift card.  One of my colleagues managed to get married last year so the watch had a collection for him and his new wife.  Quite a substantial sum was collected and we didn’t want to present it in a tatty white envelope, so I was asked to make a presentation wallet. Making a presentation wallet (of any size) is fairly straight forward but needs a bit of planning out.  To begin, the finished size and depth is required to draw up a plan view.  This will help determine if your box can be cut from one sheet of card or not.  This is my plan for the box I made which was 3¾” x 5⅝” x ¼”.  Once the front, back and pocket sections are added, together with the top, base and sides (for the depth), the next thing is to work out where the tabs need to go i...

Gift cards are a marvellous invention!  They’re easy to post/transport and recipient gets to buy exactly what they want.  Win, win!  What they are not is very inspirational to look at.  A lovely handmade gift card holder solves this problem.  The beauty about these is that the theme can be changed to suit any occasion so are great for birthdays, Christmas, thank you, congratulations etc., the list goes on.   Here’s how it’s done. You will need: 4⅛” x 10½” card base, scored at 2¼” and 5” 3⅞” x 5¼” card liner 3⅞” x 2½” patterned paper/DSP/card 4¼” x 2¾” mat layer (same colour as card base) 4” x 2½” card front At the end of the card base with the extra score line, mark the centre of the short edge of the card base and use a punch to cut out a semi-circle. Apply Tear ‘n’ Tape along the top and bottom edges of the section with the punch out, just to the first score line.  Remove the backing from the tape pieces, fold down and press the edges w...