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Get ready to craft your way to a happier birthday with this Happy Birthday Felt Craft Kit! This kit is perfect for beginners and comes with everything you need (except for scissors) to create a one-of-a-kind birthday gift for a friend.
The kit includes high-quality wool felt and DMC threads that will bring your creation to life. Not only is crafting a fun and creative outlet, but it's also a great way to practice mindfulness and relieve stress. So, grab your scissors and let's get crafting! Your friend will love their birthday gift made with love.
Visit: www.hawthornhandmade.com
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Dannells has introduced its brand new Needcraft kit, the DIY Table and Floor Lamp Base Making Kits. You can now make bespoke lamp bases to go with your original lampshades! Available in three sizes, the table lamp base kit is 35cm high and floor lamp bases come in two sizes over one metre high.
Visit: www.dannells.com
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This pad is spiral bound and the front cover features a design Follow Your Dreams by Jean Michel Basquiat a prodigy of Andy Warhol. This Stifflex artWORK pad is microperforated, acid free, (250g/m2) and measures 24cm x 33cm. This range is available in sketch, draw, watercolour, marker, manga and pastel pads in various grams and different cover designs.
Jakar will be exhibiting at London Stationery Show, stand M418, so do pop by and say hello!
Visit: www.jakar.co.uk
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Corinne Lapierre loves bees and so do customers. Her gorgeous Bee Linen Lavender Bags are so popular that she decided to design a bee themed mini kit with a difference. Covered in buzzing bees and trailing leaves and flowers, this adorable beehive hanging decoration would grace any garden room or could even be suspended from an indoor plant!
The on-trend printed craft card recyclable box is packed with absolutely everything needed to complete the project including soft wool mix felt, DMC thread, a needle and toy filling. Detailed instructions and templates are very clear and easy to follow.
There are around 30 designs of Corinne Lapierre mini kits to choose from, all in irresistible little boxes that are easy to display and a fantastic way to develop a varied and accessible craft kit range.
Visit: www.corinnelapierre.com
Fabulously fresh fabrics from Visage Textiles Ltd & The Craft Cotton Co. Animals of the Woods, this is from Debbie Shore's new 10-piece quilt collection A Country Walk (2967-06). Both are available on pre-order through the website.
Call +44 (0)1618 322 213 for further information, or visit the website www.visagetextiles.com
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These lovely robins are new to the Simply Heritage range. These designs contain whole stitches only and are available on 14ct aida. The kits contain Zweigart fabric, DMC stranded cottons sorted on to numbered cards, a needle, and clear charts and instructions. They’re also available as coaster kits!
For further information, email sales@hcrafts.com or visit the website: www.hcrafts.com
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Craft Buddy welcomes Paddington Bear, the most iconic British Bear in the world, to join their fast-expanding licensed family. The collection includes a wide variety of Arts & Crafts products across several Craft Buddy brands, including Crystal Art Kits (Scrolls, Stickers, Notebooks, Cards, Canvases and 3D Buildable Scene), Paint by Numb3rs Canvas Kit, and Craft Buddy Home Soft Craft Kits (Cross-stitch kits & Latch Hook kits). Suitable for people of all age and different kinds of crafters for all level, the Craft Buddy Paddington collection will be launched in Q1 this year.
For further information, email trade@craftbuddyltd.co.uk or visit the website: www.craftbuddyltd.co.uk
Expand your crafting horizons and master new techniques with the Crafter's Companion Heat Tool. With this versatile and easy-to-use tool, you can create artistic heat-embossed effects and work with moulding foam to make your own stamps! Dry inks and paints in flash, so you have more time to get creative and crafty with your papercraft project.
Lightweight for easy handling, the Crafter's Companion Heat Tool offers two speed settings for optimum control. To get started, simply plug your Heat Tool in and turn it on, then direct the hot-air stream onto your craft project, keeping to a safe distance of 6in.
A built-in stand means you can set your heat tool down safely as you work, then when you're ready to go again simply fold the stand away. When you're finished, turn off your Heat Tool and wait for it to cool completely before putting away.
Once you get started with this versatile tool, you'll find so many amazing uses. You can set watercolours in a specific area of your project before the colours and effects spread and diffuse further. Use with embossing powders and opaque pigment inkpads to create a glossy, enamelled effect. Or with embossing powder and watermark inkpads to create a stunning, watermarked effect. The RRP is £22.99.
For further information, call +44 (0)1388 660 930 or visit the website: https://ccglobal-group.com/trade-partnerships
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Make a (quilted) statement with the help of renown quilt artist Thomas Knauer! Explore methods of using text in quilting to create impactful or whimsical messages. Craftivism is a rising trend where quilters are using text on quilts to make a statement and take part in social movements – a modern book for any crafter's coffee table. For further information, visit:
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Weaving is an exciting and increasingly popular craft that doesn't have to involve gigantic looms. in Simple Weave, Kerstin Neumüller demonstrates how to weave accessible patterns with tools that are easy enough to make yourself or buy and are often small enough to fit in your pocket. This simple but inspirational guide is for those who have never woven but are eager to try, as well as for experienced weavers interested in working with flexible and portable tools. Readers will earn how to make practical and beautiful keepsakes, including bands and bracelets, pencil and laptop cases and decorative wall ornaments. Neumüller also shares simple woodworking techniques for making your own weaving tools, from making a frame loom and weave stretcher to carving a rigid heddle and, in an emergency, constructing one from cardboard. For further information visit: www.batsfordbooks.com