Cardmaking made easy

Where you live will shape your drawings, so I encourage you to bring your surroundings into your sketchpad. Whether it’s colours, patterns or drawing techniques! You may live in a place where you have

Good enough to eat, Becky Spencer’s selection of tasty treats are ideal for any sweet tooth or budding baker 34 quick-and-easy motifs Becky Spencer’s design inspiration Stitches for every skill level

Create celebration and nature-inspired blocks with these two gorgeous ideas by Kate Eastwood

If recent trends are a reliable indicator, we will buy fewer box sets of Christmas cards this year but more individual cards. Following recent increases in the cost of stamps and a growing aversion to

Inspiration for some creative seasonal makes

■ Card stock ■ Stranded cotton (we used DMC 676 and 321) ■ Pencil ■ Scissors ■ Chenille needle ■ Felt mat or corrugated cardboard ■ Embroidery scissors ■ Hole punch ■ Baker's twine or ribbon ■ Basic s