Craft Focus - Feb/Mar (Issue 65)

Take inspiration from Ultra Violet, Pantone’s colour of the year purple haze All-in-one The Ultimate Crafter’s Companion Pro is a portable carry case that contains everything needed to start making cards. The product opens out to form a complete workstation with 10 different functions. It retails at £39.99. Crafter’s Companion, crafterscompanion.co.uk Round in circles Ideal for small, intricate or complex craft projects, PlastiKote’s twist and spray paint has an extensive colour palette. This wreath has been sprayed with sumptuous purple to make a clever piece of wall art. Plastikote, plastikote.co.uk Fresh florals Perfect for quilting, Studio E’s watercolour meadow range is digitally printed with a small floral design in six attractive colourways. It’s distributed in the UK through EQS. EQS, eqsuk.com Scores on the board This double-sided scoreboard displays both metric and imperial measurements. It has indents along its top edge and the centre point is marked, which makes it easy to determine the midpoint of any cardstock. Hunkydory Crafts, hunkydorycrafts.co.uk Out of this world This five-colour thermoplastic set is both formable and flexible. It can be cut and marbled to make a pendant or pushed into moulds to fashion an eye-catching embellishment. There’s no waste either – just heat again and reform. Galactic Plastic galacticplastic.co.uk Chosen by Pantone as its colour of the year for 2018, Ultra Violet is described as a dramatically provocative and thoughtful shade. It stands for originality, ingenuity and visionary thinking. craft focus 101 trend file