Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft

Chock full with new and creative, crafty projects in every issue, this is the ultimate source of inspiration for papercraft and stamping enthusiasts everywhere. If you love crafty ideas that you can make and do with paper, or you know someone who else who loves it, then Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft is the only magazine you need for all your inspiration. From gift tags, gift-wrapping and card designs to ornaments and table setting, you’ll find a fabulous mix of practical projects to try in every issue, complete with easy-to-use patterns and templates. Experiment with different textures, embellishments, colours and techniques, check out new and interesting crafty products, find out the hot spots for shopping and discover clever budgets tips for all your project work. Editorial profiles with local community artists and papercraft experts will add to your experience.

Tsukineko IrRESISTible Texture Sprays and Pico Embellishers

Crazy Cat Ladies • Use ink pads or watercolour paints to create bespoke backgrounds for these one-of-a-kind characters!

Garden Screens • This project features four different ways to create a background with a decorative screen die …

Designing with Feathers • Feathers are lovely, unisex motifs that can be incorporated into your projects in all sorts of ways. Here’s a lovely selection of examples …

Anchors • Set a nautical tone with these cute little motifs! There’s a large variety of products to choose from …

New Releases • Keep up to date with all the latest stamps in our New Releases section.

New Products

For Boys & Girls • These bright and fun cards are great for boys and girls of all ages. Make a set in advance so you have them ready to go when the party invitations arrive!

In the Spotlight

Sheltering Trees • Create a variety of scenes, in all kinds of colour combinations, using these lovely stamps …

Tips & Tricks for Heat-embossing • Embossing powders are a perennial favourite – but mistakes can happen! Here’s a bunch of ideas to help get the most out of techniques and help save errors from the trash!

Mask It! • Masking can produce a variety of stylish, dramatic and professional results. In this feature, we’re showcasing six different ways you can use masks to help shine a spotlight on your sentiments ...

Inspiration Board • We love hearing about how projects come together – whether they were quick and easy or tricky and time-consuming, created on the fly or well planned out ... It’s all part of the creative process – and reading about how others create can help spark inspiration too! Here’s how our contributors went about tackling this month’s creations ...

Fresh Cut Blooms • Want to create floral cards with colours that really pop? Try a pure white and aqua backdrop – the white provides breathing room, while the aqua will compliment almost every shade of ink pad!

How to Shade Bark • Make tree branches look true-to-life with these step-by-step instructions.

Bottling Goodness • These cards are dripping with vintage collage goodness – thanks to a combination of watercolours, stamps, chipboard, die-cuts and embellishments!