April 2017 Magazine Freebies

So this month I am a little late.  Loads have been happening on the home front and I have just not had the time to settle in front of my PC.
So first up is:

PAPERCRAFT ESSENTIALS 145, out from 6th April, it comes with this fantastic free Safari Friends embossing folder and stamp set.

There are some lovely samples by Christine Smith to give you some amazing inspiration inside the mag and also on their blog post.
 

They also have some safari-themed background papers so click here to downloads yours free now.

I have stamped tonnes of the little images and coloured them.  They are such great fun, but I have not yet made a card but will post one shortly.

Here is my card using just one of the stamps.  I used Spectrum Moir pens to create the rainbow paper to ensure it matched my unicorn perfectly.  I am working on the inside of the card at the moment and will share that here shortly.

Club Create

Club Create is meant to be an essential source of inspiration for papercrafters looking to create amazing cards and projects using the best craft materials on the market. Every box from Club Create is full of a mystery mix of high value crafting goodies, chosen by an expert design team, to save you money and inspire new ideas. Club Create is brought to you by Practical Publishing International Ltd, a craft magazine publisher and for a limited time only, memberships will cost £29.99 per box, per quarter (so every 3 months), saving you up to 50% on retail prices with FREE delivery direct to your door.

Membership benefits:

• FREE delivery direct to your door
• Exclusive & limited edition craft products 
• Mystery dies, papers, stamps and more in every box
• SAVE up to 50% on retail prices
• Grow your crafting collection with ease

T&C's:
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You can subscribe at Moremags.com or if you prefer to subscribe by telephone then please get in contact with their dedicated subscriptions staff on 01858 438899

I received mine today and here is what was in the box:

Creative Supplies Self-Adhesive Pearls - Pink

Creative Supplies Self-Adhesive Pearls - Cream

Creative Embossing Cascading Collection 5x7 Embossing Folder - Sprinkles

Apple Blossom Craft Collection Build-a-Cake die set

Fuzzy Lemon Fairground Horse die

Apple Blossom Craft Collection Floral Branch Border die set

Apple Blossom Craft Collection Vintage Fashion Outline Die Set

Apple Blossom Craft Collection Vintage Fashion stamp set

Creative Stamps Bold Sentiments stamp set

The box also had a 8 page double sided paper pack similar to their special edition magazine papers in but to be perfectly honest I do not feel particularly inspired and if I had to go to Craft Stash I would not have bought these items.  It comes to a total of £57.91.  Now it would not be fair to criticise without say what I think could have been done better.  I believe that if the collection had a theme and everything matched into this theme it would have provided me with more inspiration and maybe they could have included the lovely Apple Blossom Fairground Birthday die Christina use in her video.  Another thing that left me a bit disappointed is the fact that new and exclusive products was promised in the kit but have seen all of the product, except the paper pack obviously, on the craft stash some months ago already.  As far as the paper pack is concerned I really think that a better quality and weight paper would have been better and the pearls should at least have matched the paper pack but the pink pearls are fairly bright and vibrant and the papers muted, maybe even a little dull.  
 

Sorry Practical Publishing did not "hit the Spot" with this selection but, hopefully they will learn and the box will get better.  Below you can see the papers.

Christina from http://www.card-making-magic.com/ or  http://flowersribbonsandpearls.blogspot.co.uk/ made this inspirational video and will have some samples up on her blog using these items soon and I hope that they will inspite me even if only a little bit.