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Paper Crafts Suppliers

Paper, die cuts, templates and more! These websites offer some of the best paper crafts supplies available. Find that perfect something to make your next handmade card or stationary truly unique.

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Great Paper Crafts Suppliers Websites

The Craft Cabin

Our family-run craft business specializes in card making, scrapbooking, DIY wedding stationery crafts, paper crafting & card craft supplies. Be sure to sign up for our free newsletter with competitions, card making ideas, wedding templates, scrapbook projects, workshops, classes & free demo’s.

Shrink Plastic Crafty Tip

Editor's Note: A special thank you to the Craft Cabin for writing not only a tip, but this wonderful article on using Shrink Plastic!

Using Shrink Plastic

Types of shrink plastic:

There are various products from different companies including unsanded, sanded, in black, white, frosted and clear & now even pre-printed & wallpaper. The plastic shrinks to approx 45% of the original size.

Black - shrinks the fastest and the 'gooiest'; white - good for clear, sharp colours and using with pencils; frosted - one side ready roughened with a clear back for 'window' designs, and totally clear for a variety of effects.

If not bought ready sanded you will need to sand the plastic first using 320 - 400 grade wet and dry paper for best results and sanding both ways and both sides if you wish to colour the back as well. Sanding the back also helps to avoid sticking when heating. Do not sand clear plastic or it will have a frosted instead of clear appearance.

Colouring:

The most important thing to remember is that the colour intensifies after shrinking so 'less is more', go easy or your results will be very dark. A few trial runs and a little practice you will find the right balance.

Think shrink, think non-porous?


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Lets Party Hearty - Home of Template Temptations

We offer our customers innovative card templates to design and make your own cards. Our card templates are designed to make you cards look professional and perfect every time. One template enables you to make multiple Cards or Invitations. Card Makers, Paper Crafters, Rubber Stampers and Scrap- bookers can use our templates to create hundreds of unique designs from just "ONE" of our Card templates. Our card templates can be used to create any and all types of cards for all occasions.

Paper Crafting Crafty Tip
Embellishments are like a period at the end of a sentence or frosting on a cupcake. Wherever we go we look for ribbons,buttons,miniature goodies,small silk floral items,plastic ants and spiders.
 
Cool Crafts

3D stickers and greeting card kits for kids and adults.

Greeting Card Crafty Tip
Try using 3D scrapbooking stickers on greeting cards to make a beautiful handmade card that looks store bought. Just peel the sticker and place anywhere on the card. Putting stickers inside the card is a nice surprise for the recipient as well, so be creative. Also, placing a cutout boarder around the frame of the card makes the stickers stand out and gives the card a handmade look. Adding ribbon at the top of the card presents the card as a gift so think outside the box and use the stickers to start your theme.
 
Cardcraft Plus

Cardcraft Plus is a market leader in the card making field, specialising in die-cut decoupage and foiled cards. With many special offers available, we offer the best quality products for making truly unique and personal greetings cards at great value prices.

Thrifty Paper Crafting Crafty Tip
Never throw your offcuts or pieces of 'waste' paper and card away as they can always be used with your punches and die-cutting machines
 
Kim's Card Kits | Unforgettable Handmade Cards Made By You!

Kim's Card Kits is happy to bring you fabulous greeting card kits loaded with high quality materials that come ready for you to create your own beautiful handmade cards. Our cards are original designs & our kits contain full-color photos & instructions, blank cards, envelopes, pre-cut paper, and embellishments to create unique handmade cards. From beginner to advanced, these card kits are perfect for everyone!

Card Making Crafty Tip
Look at each punch or stamp or other tool you use in a different way. You never know what you can up with that will be out of the ordinary from the reason that tool was originally created. You can mix-and-match pieces of rub-ons to create a new scene, you can mask stamps to use only certain sections, and you can use punches for completely different objects (like using a bird's wing as leaf for a flower or piece of fruit). Nothing has to be used for the exact purpose it was created. I like to integrate these kinds of things in my designs to keep everything fresh and new.
 
 
myCraftstore - Card Making Supplies

myCraftstore is an online crafts supplies retailer. We specialise in card making offering great discounts on major brands such as Sizzix, Cuttlebug and many more.

Crafty Tip
Coloured brads designed for scrapbooking can easily be used with felt and can add a bit of bling and pizazz to your project.