Papercraft
Printable father’s day card // Isometric font
Argggh! I nearly didn’t get there with this one! If you are a slacker (like me ^_^) and haven’t got a card sorted out for father’s day then here’s one you can print out. (I know this may not apply to all as the date on which father’s day falls is different depending on the country you live in.)
It’s minimal and manly!
Card, envelope and printable wrap at the bottom of the post.
(You can customise with highlighter pens if you want to add your own touch)
Happy father’s day to all the ace dads out there.
PRINTABLE FILES
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I recommend printing the card on good quality paper/card. Print the envelopes and wrap on standard paper. Set your printing preferences to ‘photo’ or ‘best-photo’, ‘plain paper’ and ‘grayscale’.
Father’s day card – with shadow
Father’s day card – without shadow
Father’s day envelope
Father’s day wrap
BTW: I have added a ‘pin-it’ button to all my images so you can pin directly from the image if you want to. If it’s too distracting/annoying please leave a comment and let me know 
Watermelon bunting (+ template) // 3D fruit!
Hello! I’ve been working on some fruity gift-boxes for the new book. While I was putting the templates together I thought the watermelon design would make nice bunting!
I have 10 days left to finish all the projects for my book. (Hurray! Phew! Eek!)
Hope you are all doing well.
If you fancy making a watermelon garland you will find the template at the foot of the post.
Watermelon garland template: Click to download PDF
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Off topic: I have finally joined twitter (although I must be the quietest tweeter that walked the earth – however I am tweeting when I add a new post). I have also claimed my blog through bloglovin. I’ve only started using bloglovin today but it seems like a handy tool if you struggle to keep track of the blogs you like.
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DIY word search gift wrap
Hello to everyone. Hope you have all had a lovely Easter (that’s if you celebrate it of course!).
I saw this wrapping paper a while back and thought it was pretty cool.
There are loads of ‘wordsearch generators’ available online so it’s really easy to make your own personalised word search gift wrap. You don’t even need much in the way of supplies…just some white paper and some highlighter pens (or you can use highlighter strips).
I created my word search using puzzlemaker.com. My grid contained 20 columns and 24 rows. This fills an A4 sheet. Make sure you only print the first page out though…the second page just contains the words you have added.
I also put each word into the wordsearch generator about 6 times (as some words appear backwards or aren’t in the right place after wrapping the present).
Instead of wrap you could make some wide gift ribbon to wrap around a present. You could also make some nice cards, envelopes or small gift-bags!
After a quick google I found another DIY word search gift wrap tutorial here so you may wanna check that out for more tips.
Happy word-searching ^_^
Origami rabbit // chocolate wrapper
This post is for the minimalists amongst you! (I’m not sure if it’s a step too far but I kinda like it….and it’s a nice way to wrap a chocolate bar for a grown up.)
It was inspired by this tattoo.
You can print it out on any colour paper you want…it actually looks really nice just on plain white (files are at the foot of the post).
Hope you all have a lovely Easter….
Since making this I also saw this free printable origami rabbit gift-tag on eatdrinkchic.com. Do visit…there are lots of nice things to see there.
Edited to add: If you want to fold some real rabbits then check out this origami rabbit tutorial I spotted today on howaboutorange!
FILES
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Please print this out as ‘image’ or ‘text and image’. If you print it out as text it may not print the dotted lines. You can find the settings in your print dialog.
These wrappers may not fit your bar of chocolate exactly so you may have to cut to size.
Small rabbit wrap (e.g. Fits perfectly on Green & Blacks or Lindt chocolate bars)
Print on A5 paper (½ sheet of A4)
Large rabbit wrap
Print on A4 paper
Progress….
Hello peeps! A quick Easter printable coming later today…before then I just wanted to show you one of the projects I have been working (for my book!).
I can’t get enough of gradients at the moment and love these Plissé folders by Hay so that’s kinda where the idea for these models came from.
The book is going to contain 25 – 30 brand new projects….there will be plenty of papercraft projects but lots of other kinds of projects too! There will also be lots of templates in the book and illustrated step-by-steps (and you will also be able to download full-sized templates from the web too! Yay!). I’m also going to be making videos/animated gif’s for the more complicated projects.
I’m so excited (and a bit tired as well!). Spring is not quite here yet and my two little boys seem to be catching every bug under the sun :-/
Hope all is well with you!
‘Minieco’ the book will be hitting the shelves in September and will be published by Cicada books and distributed by Thames & Hudson. The very talented Garry Maclennan is doing the photography for the book…which is very cool. More information to follow soon…
Woven heart card
Hello there…this is my last valentines post! As you can see I’ve been weaving hearts. Remember the woven space invaders? Well, I have been meaning to weave a heart card for ages and I f-i-n-a-l-l-y got around to doing it!
I used some graduated fluorescent paper (yes, ebay is my best friend!). You could try normal fluorescent strips, rainbow strips, gold strips…
The how-to is below….and the templates, as usual, are at the foot of the post.
FOR THE WOVEN HEART CARD YOU WILL NEED:
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+ Colored paper strips (5mm wide). Quilling strips work perfectly.
+ A4 paper for the card & envelope
+ Scissors
+ Ruler
+ Something to score the paper
+ Craft knife and cutting mat
+ Sticky tape/glue
+ Printable templates (at the foot of the post)
HOW TO
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1. Print out the template for the card. I just used regular white printer paper but you can use any colour you want. Cut around the outside of the card and then, using a craft knife and ruler, cut along all the vertical slits.
2. Cut out 14 paper strips. They need to be 5mm wide.
3. Weave the paper strips into the slits to create your heart shape. You will need to put some sticky tape onto the end of each strip to hold it in position.
4. Trim the edges, then fold the bottom flap of the card over and glue into position.
5. Print out the template for the envelope. Cut, score and glue. You can even make some paper confetti from the leftover paper strips.
6. Ta-da! Job done.
TOP TIPS
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+ Once you have cut your slits, make sure that you work on the reverse side of the paper, so that the printed lines end up on the inside of the card.
+ When you have finished your card pop it under some heavy books to make it super-flat.
TEMPLATES
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Boxed geometric heart
Ireally liked the 3D hearts in the gift-wrap I showed previously so I’ve been making paper versions! They make a nice alternative to a card.
You can even make one every color of the rainbow.
There is a little box which you can make to put the hearts in (each box fits two hearts).
Templates for the box and the hearts are at the foot of the post. It’s a fairly straight forward cut, score, fold, glue project. Any problems then do leave a comment.
They look great in neon but I’ve found the neon colours really hard to photograph. Tips please!
+ 3D paper heart template
+ Box for 3D paper heart
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