DIY Card Making Ideas and Guides

Save the Date Templates   You’ve finally settled on a wedding date and might have a venue booked for your Big Day. Now you’ll need to tell your guests the big news. Sending out save-the-date cards is a time-honoured tradition that’s part of the fun of organising a wedding. Save-the-dates give your guests a preview of what to expect from your special day — so it’s important to get things right. If you’re pl...

DIY Self Adhesive Wax Seals   Self Adhesive Discs are a great alternative to using melted wax directly on your envelopes or invitations. This can save your from spoiling and wasting any elements of your project/invitations, plus any malformed seals can be remelted in a melting spoon and re-used!  Use a heat proof or silicone mat to create your seals in advance Once the seals have fully cooled, peel them off Attach a self adhesive disc...

How to Make a 3D Star Perfect for Christmas crafting, these 3D are quick and easy to make in just a few steps! All you need to start is a symetrical 5 point star which can either be die cut, cut from a printed template (there are plenty on Goggle to pick from) or hand drawn if you're feeling particularly accurate. For this, I used A4 Gold Paper....

How to Design a Craft Room   Work space There are two things I consider an absolute must – a sizable and sturdy table and a chair on wheels. The table is obvious, it’s going to be where you spend the most time and needs to be large enough for you to work comfortably with all of your materials. The chair, more of a personal (and lazy!) preference, but it’s so much easier to quickly whiz to a shelf and grab any extra equipmen...

How to make a simple paper rose Step 1. Cut three square sheets of paper. For this paper rose, I cut the sheets to 14cm x 14cmStep 2. Fold the sheet diagonallyStep 3. Fold the diagonally folded sheet in half, then in half again Step 4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 with the other two square sheets Step 5. Cut a rounded petal shape and snip a small section off the bottom of all three folded pieces Step 6. Unfold the three pieces and cut 1 petal fro...