Craft Focus - Aug/Sep (Issue 68)

70 craft focus smashing pumpkins Halloween products that won’t scare your customers away 1 Carve up New from Cico Books, Decorating Pumpkins & Gourds features 20 fun and stylish projects to make indoor and outdoor ornaments. Author Deborah Schneebeli- Morrell takes the reader through simple techniques to make beautiful displays for both home and garden. It’s priced at £8.99. +44 (0)20 7025 2200 rylandpeters.com 3 Scare tactics Hunkydory Crafts has stamps for every occasion, including Halloween- themed versions, which can be used to create cards and other spooky decorations. Each set has a retail price of £8. +44 (0)1772 272 577 hunkydorycrafts.co.uk 2 Colouring in Country Love Crafts has added four new tealights to its ‘paint your own pottery’ range. The collection features a skull, pumpkin, Frankenstein’s monster and a ghost, which can be decorated with acrylic or glow-in-the-dark paint and fitted with a battery tealight. +44 (0)1235 861 700 countrylovecrafts.com 5 Creepy cards Sweet Dixie’s Halloween dies will make cards, wall décor and fun decorations. Trade prices start from £1.45 per unit, excluding VAT, and the range is available from Personal Impressions. +44 (0)1787 375 241 personalimpressions.com 4 Model behaviour Country Love Crafts has a great assortment of papier mâché models for crafters to decorate and personalise, frommasks and hats to pots and pumpkins. Visit the website to see the entire range. +44 (0)1235 861 700 countrylovecrafts.com