Craft Focus - Oct/Nov (Issue 63)

NATURALLY FELT Clara sewing kits are carefully designed to make sewing a pleasure. All kits comprise a natural fibre felt and 100 per cotton fabric and everything is included. The kits are aimed for eight years and over, and make wonderful gifts or a relaxing pastime! We love this Christmas Activity Box. Just dive into a box of goodies and make the items such as a reindeer brooch, Christmas tree and robin decoration, and two seasonal cards. The kit retails at £18.50. Clara Create +44 (0)8454 900 901 alison@claracreate.com claracreate.com STICK WITH US THIS CHRISTMAS AND GET 10 PER CENT OFF! Personal Impressions’ appointment as distributor comes in time for the busy Christmas sales period, as Glue Dots is a popular line item for resellers. This year, there’s also a tempting 10 per cent off the entire range for a limited period. It’s versatility that makes Glue Dots a seasonal essential, and whether it’s card or gift making, hanging decorations, wrapping presents, attaching bows and gift tags, Glue Dots has an adhesive solution for a multitude of festive jobs. They also make an ideal stocking filler. Glue Dots’ collection of displays, products and industry leading dispensers offers outstanding value for money and with a choice of 21 different craft products, in a variety of formats, adhesive strengths and sizes, there’s bound to be a selection to suit your business. Fast, simple, safe and easy to use, the double- sided adhesives bond instantly to virtually any surface including paper, glass, textiles, metal, plastic and wood, which makes them ideal for a wide variety of festive projects. Glue Dots can be safely used by the whole family and provide a ready to go adhesive solution that offers a clean, versatile alternative to tapes, liquid and hot glues as there’s no mess. Glue Dots is distributed by Personal Impressions +44 (0)1787 375 241 pisales@personalimpressions.com gluedotseurope.com NO COUNTING NECESSARY Needleart World’s new No Count cross-stitch is now available, and includes a stunning Snowy cottage perfect for stitching during the winter months. With no chart required, as the symbols are printed directly onto the Aida fabric, this is much quicker and easier to stitch than traditional cross-stitch projects. This particular design is called Winter Comes, and is printed onto 14-count white Aida fabric. The kit comes with pre-sorted stranded luxury polyester threads, selected for the soft feel and sleek finish, a needle, colour back up chart and instructions. It retails for £41.99 and the finished piece measures 59cm x 39cm. Needleart World is distributed by SoloCrafts +44 (0)161 464 7313 sales@solocrafts.com solo-crafts.com REFRESHINGLY GREEN Mint Wishes is one of the latest seasonal card making collections from Kaisercrafts, which includes a medley of minty-fresh teal and natural textures. The line is a truly Scandinavian Christmas affair with snowy spruce trees, geometric baubles, pine cones and birch mixed with a minimal colour palette that will have you dreaming of a mint wonderland! Kaisercrafts is distributed by Jones Crafts +44 (0)115 978 1263 sales@jones-crafts.com jones-nottingham.com/craft 52 craft focus festive cheer