Lindsay Mason at Wickford

We are having such a great day here today - Lindsay Mason has been demonstrating with some fab new clear stamp sets and distress inks. It seems as though the ladies watching have been enthralled with her ideas and techniques.
It is great to see people getting new ideas with all the bits that Lindsay is using and also seeing how she does it of course. One lady asked Lindsay "if she ever knew what colour her hands used to be?" as Lindsay has got so many different colours of distressing inks on hers at the moment!
Here are a few pics of what has been going on today.

What colour shall I use next?

Eager to watch in detail what Lindsay is up to!

Just some of Lindsays finished cards

Stamp set PICSA6258 "Nativity - Unto Us A Child"

Stamp Sets PICSA6266 "Christmas Post"

 and Build A Snowy Scene PICSA6261

Lindsay used the tree from the Nativity set above to create a beach scene card.

Again, using stamps from the Build A Snowy Scene

Using a set from Andy Skinner set - "Winters Tale" ASCSA5011

and wording from "Silent Night" PICSA6263

"Holly" from Gorjuss Stamps  GJK015

The snowflake border design has been created using the Martha Stewart punch "Aspen Snowflake"

The stamp is another one by Gorjuss and is called Snowman. Lindsay also used Liquid Pearls to decorate as snow falling and along the bottom.

Lindsay has used a variety of Distress ink pads such as Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Chipped Sapphire and Faded Jeans to create the dramatic sky scenes and black Archival Ink for the outlines.

Sit or stand - Lindsay captivates her audience with techniques and wit.

What a busy day Lindsay has had, loads of designs!

Brilliant, brilliant and brilliant!

Thank you Lindsay and to everyone who came to watch.

Lindsay Mason All Day demonstration

This coming Saturday - 8th October, we have a return visit from Lindsay Mason, well known for her stamping and distressing techniques.

Lindsay is always popular and comes full of new ideas and techniques.

Lindsay will be back at In 2 Crafting, in Wickford, where she will be using the latest Personal Impression, Gorgeous Girls and Andy Skinner stamps, Martha Stewart punches, and Distress inks and tools for some perfect Christmas inspiration!

 Take a look at Lindsay Mason's blog for crafting inspiration and quirky anecdotes from her crafting life.

Lindsay's a freelance artist, designer and demonstrator and has been involved in arts and craft her whole life in one way or another. Lindsay designs stamps for top British company Personal Impressions across the Personal Impressions, Funstamps and Inca ranges as well as papers, templates and other crafting products.
Lindsay Mason Blogspot

 Lindsay will be with us between 10 and 4 - just turn up during that time - no need to book and parking is free in the adjacent car park on Saturday as well.

Saturday Offers

As well as having Lindsay demonstrating - you can save up to 25% off most items in the shop on the day!

All Privilege cardholders will be getting double points as well as 10% off purchases at the till. (usual exceptions apply - workshop bookings, Gift Vouchers, Die cutting/embossing machines).

So come along and be inspired by Lindsay and grab yourself some bargains at the same time.

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.