• Mollie Makes Creativity bookazine
    Craft book review - crafts - handmade - Mollie Makes crafts - Paper craft

    Mollie Makes Creativity bookazine

    February 4, 2017 - By 

    A few weeks ago I saw an advert for Mollie Makes Creativity bookazine. I have a few of the MM bookazines and overall they are pretty good value, although I do find they recycle some of their features from the monthly issues. The last few months have been all about exploring paper craft and paper cutting. I am so happy to have discovered papercutting and the best thing is – it hardly takes up any room! Over the years I have explored sewing, embroidery, patchwork and quilting and I have a *lot* of supplies. Papercutting requires a cutting mat and scalpel and…

  • Layered swan papercut for Valentine's Day
    crafts - handmade - Paper craft - Paper cut art

    Layered swan papercut for Valentine’s Day

    January 31, 2017 - By 

    I wasn’t very impressed with the art of macrame from the latest issue of Mollie Makes but I quickly fell in love with the layered swan papercut from the same issue. I love paper cutting and have been working my way through Cut It Out! book and my monthly Embellish Box. Issue 75 of Mollie Makes had a gorgeous pattern for the perfect handmade Valentine gift. The papercut was by Sarah Louise Matthews and consisted of 6 pieces of coloured card with various chunks cut out. I’m really enjoying trying new things and this was only my second layered papercut. I…

  • Pinty Plus Chalk Paint Spray in Red Velvet
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    Handmade Valentine paper cut art

    January 25, 2017 - By 

    I’m currently working with Pinty Plus Chalk Spray which means every month I try and share a new craft I’ve been working on using one of their products. This month I had the idea of updating my daughter’s vintage Lloyd loom wash basket. I’m not quite happy with my colour choice so I’ll be posting that little make another month. Instead I’m going to show you how I made a handmade Valentine paper cut art for my husband. We don’t tend to go overboard on Valentine’s Day. One year there may have been a little blue box from Tiffany but normally it’s…

  • embellish sub box
    Paper craft - Paper cut art - subscription box

    January EmbellishBox for papercutters

    January 24, 2017 - By 

    As much as I love subscription boxes there is one thing I don’t like – that is waiting for them to arrive! Sign ups often open at the beginning of the month but they are not sent out to the end. It’s not that I don’t have plenty of templates to work on but I really love receiving a box of new templates. Thankfully the January EmbellishBox arrived on Saturday and my lovely postman hid it behind a plant pot so I was able to open it when we got home. January EmbellishBox I really enjoyed the December EmbellishBox so…

  • EmbellishBox - monthly templates for paper cutting
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    EmbellishBox monthly templates for paper cutting {subscription box}

    January 4, 2017 - By 

    Last year I really embraced paper cutting. I love paper cutting. It requires few materials and seems to take up less room than my sewing stuff. It’s also easier to put down and pick up again which is why I have a folder full of paper cuts! Having worked my way through Cut It Out! by Poppy Chancellor I was looking for more designs to cut out. I bought a few books from Amazon and then heard about the Embellish Box. This is a monthly subscription box for paper cutters. It sounded great so I bought myself a box and…

  • Gift guide for Papercutters
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    Gift guide for Papercutters

    December 11, 2016 - By 

    I’ve mentioned a few times now that I’m completely fallen under the spell of paper cutting as a brilliant craft. I was first introduced to it a few years ago when I attended a workshop run by Poppy Chancellor. I booked myself on another paper cutting class with Poppy Chancellor at The Handmade Fair in 2015 and was hooked. I snapped up her book Cut It Out! and quickly worked my way through it so have been looking for more templates and inspiration ever since. I thought it would be fun to share some of my favourite paper cutting things…

  • DIY mini crackers
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    Jenny Makes Mollie Makes Mini Cracker Kit

    December 10, 2016 - By 

    Every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new. I’ve been terrible lately, the last few kits haven’t been very inspiring but I did want to make the latest one. Issue 68 Mollie Makes Mini Cracker Kit The Mini Cracker Kit came with a wooden template, 8 papers, twine and confetti. The template was designed by…

  • Easy Star Wars snowflakes for kids or adults to make
    Christmas - Crafts for adults - handmade - Paper craft - Star Wars crafts

    Star Wars snowflakes {Christmas decorations}

    November 18, 2016 - By 

    Both my husband  and son love Star Wars. I’ve mentioned before that my 6 year old is obsessed with Star Wars and his Christmas list is pretty much all Star Wars lego sets, and new Rogue One toys. I wanted to introduce some Star Wars Christmas decorations this year and found some really fun Star Wars snowflakes on Pinterest. I followed the link to this site where Star Wars snowflake designs have been produced for the last few years. Paper cutting is my latest obsession and I’ve pretty much finished the Cut It Out book I bought a few weeks…

  • paper cutting in progress
    Christmas - Monday Happy List - Paper craft

    Monday Happy List – Week 112

    November 14, 2016 - By 

    This week we sat down and wrote letters to Father Christmas. I don’t think we’ve ever done this before but the children always receive the NSPCC personalised letters from Santa (which my mum organises for them). I found a free printable via Pinterest and they both enjoyed writing their letters. My son took it a little too seriously and started looking up everything he wanted on Amazon so he could be sure to get the name right. As we’ve now finished our kitchen renovations we’ve started on the living room. As if this time of year isn’t busy enough we’re…