New Workshop List for October to December just published

On Wednesday we are publishing our new workshop list. This has been waited for by so many and we hope you will be pleased with the workshops, themes and free demonstrations that we have on offer.

We have some popular and well known TV crafters in during autumn - Jane Gill - doing an all day double workshop and Lindsay Mason on a Saturday free demonstration. This will be Jane and Lindsays 5th visit to us!

Carol joins our team as one of our tutors and Jackie is taking more scrapbooking classes this season. We aim to provide the best quality workshops in the area, at an affordable price and you get a great social environment as well!
The list is available at the shop and also on our website.


Scrapbook Class
On Saturday afternoon (24th Sept) Jackie's Scrapbooking class is a seaside /pool / water theme. If you are booked on to it - please bring photos to suit sizes on page - 3 pictures (4 x 6 landscape) 1 (4 x 6 portrait) and 1(3 x 2 approx landscape) for the double page and 1 (4 x 6 landscape) for the extra layout- all sizes in inches. background paper colours are bright blues, pink, yellow, orange and aqua. These are great for family photos and memorable holidays

Artist to visit In2crafting on Wednesday 14th Sept

We are taking part in the A127 Basildon Art Trail and have some work on show by two different local artists. We are pleased that one of them - Bill Mason is able to come on Wednesday morning to do some artwork using pastels. Whay not pop in and see how he creates his effects?
The artwork on display is available to purchase from the artists, just ask in the shop for details.

Have you "Scene-it" with Jenny Mayes?

On Tuesday we had a return visit from Jenny Mayes of HobbyArt. She did morning and afternoon workshops using her own stamps and some new Butterfly Kisses stamps.

This one was created using a combination of stamps from different collections and coloured with Aquamarker pens

The Christmas card below features a new sentiment from the Christmas Sentiments collection and the tree is a wooden mounted stamp design

It was a very busy day and lots of ideas and techniques were shared

Jenny will be back with us again in the future.



Bank Holiday Monday

We will be closed this Bank Holiday Monday 29th August.
Open as usual on Saturday and then normal hours as from Tuesday.

We have just received the new stock from Docrafts which has some lovely new products available as well as their magazine - Creativity.

For young crafters we have just had a couple of new ranges of craft kits and products. Something for boys and girls to create and all at decent prices.

Hope to see you again soon

Scrapbooking class - Saturday 20th August 2.00pm

Femine Theme

For those of you coming along to Jackie's scrapbooking class tomorrow you will need to bring the following photo with you:

1 - 6" x 4" photo (orientation - portrait).

Colours you will be using are brown, cream, orange and little turquoise. The title will be die cut to say "you bring me so much joy".

Come and make a card for Marie Curie Cancer Care - Saturday 13th August

If you are free between 10 and 4 why not come along to our upstairs workshop where you can use materials donated by some of our customers and ourselves to make a card, which you can either take away with you for personal use or donate it to raise even more funds for this worthy charity.

We are asking for a donation of £2 per person taking part which will be given to Marie Curie.

There will be refreshments on sale including cakes at very modest prices. Again all profits will be donated to the charity.

Gill and Karen will be on hand to assist and look after you. Stay as long as you want, have fun, make a card or two for charity plus enjoy a cuppa and cake!

We hope to see you soon and thank you for your custom.

New Promarker ultra fine Nibs

Free- while stock lasts. We have some new nib ends for Promarker Pens which will just clip on to the fine end of the pen but give you very fine line drawing and colouring capabilities. Gives Promarkers a new lease of life!

When you come in and buy some Promarkers ask for your FREE NIBS at the till. Don't wait too long though as we only have a limited amount of free ones. They also come with an end cap as well.

These nibs will be stocked soon as a pack of three for £1.99.

Also as you prepare for Christmas we have stock of Paula Pascual  Christmas stamp sets including

Joyful Bubbles - a A6 clear stamp set. Jackie is currently using these on her early Christmas workshops as well as some sentiments sets.

Recently added to our range

Just in ....after waiting for stock to be produced, we have the new Christmas Molly Blooms Stamps, some fantastic new designs to play with and create lovely Christmas cards etc.
Our range of Clarity Stamps has also increased due to demand and these seem to be popular on classes.

A range of Ink Cartridges has also been stocked. They are compatible cartridges with the main printer manufacturers. Due to the shop next door moving away, we decided as so many people were coming in asking for ink cartridges that we ought to stock some. They are made by UK manufacturer Jet Tec and fully guaranteed.

For the model maker, we have some "just released" Airfix kits, including the Valiant aircraft.

Just in time for the school holidays we have more children's craft kits in stock and more to come.

New Workshop List for July to September just published

Friday 17th June - our latest workshop list has been published.
It is available on our website and copies are available at our shop.
You can also follow the link below to download a copy .

This time we have a new tutor joining us as well a couple of "guest" tutors doing all day workshops. By popular demand we have Jenny Mayes from Hobby Art Stamps and Jane Gill from Woodware doing these all day ones.

Our own tutors are keeping up the very high standards of classes and we hope you enjoy looking through the list of different classes.
Included are:
Projects for all occasions as well as some early Christmas ideas
Card making
Scrap booking
Parchment Craft
Drawing & Colouring
Painting
Jewellery
Teddy Bear Making
Die Cutting and Embossing
Stamping and Punching

Booking commences on Saturday, so get in early to secure your place(s)

We hope that you like the topics and designs that our brilliant tutors have come up with.

See you soon,

Réne, John and all the team.

July to September 2011 Workshops

Lynne Gilbert comes to Wickford to demonstrate Grand Calibur, Cuttlebug and Masking/inking techniques

On Saturday 4th June Lynne will be here between 10 - 4.
She will be using the Cuttlebug and Spellbinders Grand Calibur embossing and die cutting machines.
Lynne will also be showing how to use inks with mists, masks and more to create beautiful effects
We will be giving double points to Privilege cardholders on the day.
Buy a Cuttlebug and get the free embossing folder with the machine and choose another one free from us.

Also we have some amazing prices on templates from WS Designs, BCE and Crafters Delight - all at up to 70% off normal price.
We have also reduced our prices on some remains of previous Do Craft promotions to clear them and make way for new stock. These are at 1/2 price while stocks last.
Privilege card holders will also get points even on these heavily reduced prices!