Saturday 7th May Lindsay Mason Visit

Well Saturday was great!
We had a guest visit by Lindsay Mason, who was demonstration products supplied by Personal Impressions, one of our craft product suppliers.
Lindsay enjoyed her overnight stay locally on Friday night and marvelled at the new large HD TV in her hotel room!
On Saturday she was busy with stamping, using some of her own design clear stamp sets and the new Distress Ink Daubers. She created some lovely effects with these especially when used with a mini mister!

A popular design was the rose and the stamps quickly sold out.

Lindsay used some lovely new 12 x 12 double sided papers - all fabulous with glitter on.

Some cards were designed using the Martha Stewart Punches, particularly the Butterfly.

We all had a good time on the day, John even sat in at one point to show how it was done!

Lindsay will be returning later in the year, so we look forward to that date.

Thank you to all who came along on the day.

Getting ready for the weekend!

Wow! what a busy week we have had and the next one will be just as busy!
Why?
We have had new stamps in from Molly Blooms - they are gorgeous and some have sold out already!
    Loads of new painting and stencilling brush sets have arrived. There are brushes for Acrylics, Oils, Watercolours and some lovely speciality brushes, all at competitive prices.
A delivery of Dufex die cut decoupage has come in with some glorious new designs as well as new photo glue and silicone glue. Designs include lovely flowers and colourful butterflies. So many people asked us to stock Dufex again that we just had to.
Had new papers in from My Minds Eye range
Just opened a box today to find new items from Tim Holtz, loads of interesting bits. This also includes the new Distress Ink daubers. I wonder if any will get used on Saturday? Oh yes, this Saturday we are excited as we have another return visit to us by......
                                                LINDSAY MASON.
Lindsay designs her own stamps, is a qualified Ranger Products demonstrator and works closely with Tim Holtz, when he is in the UK. She is often featured in magazines as well as on TV. On saturday she will be demonstrating products from Ranger and Personal Impressions.

Lindsay will be with us between 10 and 4. Just turn up, no need to book.

Next Monday we also have Amanda Sambrook starting her second series of miniature Teddy Bear making classes. Have you seen these? There is a bear on display near the till. A couple of places still available if you are interested to make your own "Sambrook Bear" which takes 3 weeks.
Then on Wednesday we have our first all day class - with special guest crafter - Jenny Mayes from Hobby Art. Jenny did a demonstration for us recently and was so popular that we quickly filled this workshop.
 So plenty going on at the moment.  Check back soon for more information.

Happy crafting
from
In2crafting

Bank Holiday Time is Here

Hi folks

Don't forget it's our demo day tomorrow with Jane Gill making lovely dimensional flowers using Woodware punches. You can see full details on last week's post.

The ever wonderful Clarity stamps have been flying out. And due to this we have more winging their way and should be in any day now. So watch this space.

And most of us have some time off work to look forward to soon. So we are all looking forward to the Easter break and of course the Royal Wedding.

To celebrate we are giving double privilege points on both Bank Holiday Mondays.

Oh.. don't forget too, you still have time to use your Privilege Card Holder coupons sent to you earlier this month. Including a coupon that will give you a £5 gift voucher when you spend over £50 or £10 gift voucher when you spend over £100.

Hope you all enjoy your hard earned breaks and hope to see you tomorrow at the demo.

From John, Iréne and the In2crafting Team.

Hi everyone

Hope you are enjoying this glorious weather we have been having. How bout a bit of crafting in the sun hey!

Not much time for us to enjoy the sun :-( Cos we are busy getting prepared for next week's demo with the very talented Jane Gill :-).

Jane has some great treats for us to see. Her forte is making dimensional paper flowers. Using nesties, punches, stamps, shrink plastic, glitter and much more to make some lovely creations

She'll also be using the new Crafty Edger from Woodware. This system easily enables you to line up border punches from the same range.

Here's an example of what is in store:

Don't forget it's free and there will be double Privilege Points on the day too!

Here's the deets:

Saturday 16th April from 10 am til 4pm - hope to see you if you can make it:

Have a fabulous week and hope to see you soon.

From John, Réne and all the In2crafting Team

New Workshop List Available Now

Hi there

If you haven't already seen it the new workshop list for April-June is now available in shop and to download from our main website.

There are many wonderful classes to whet your appetite. One particular highlight is that we have managed to secure Jenny Mayes from Hobbyart for not one but two workshop classes on Wednesday 11th May. The morning is Floral from 10-12.30pm and Scene it in the afternoon 1.30pm to 4pm. See our workshop list for more details. If you are interested best be quick spaces are going super fast.

Talking of workshops. We have a few spaces left on this coming week's workshops as follows:

Tuesday, 22nd March - Water Colour Painting
Thursday, 24th March - Sliding Cards with Hidden Messages
Friday, 25th March - Inbetweenies cards suitable for pre-teens, Castle, Rocket and Angel cards

Other news for this week is that we have some really lovely new mini stamps come in the range is cArt-Us and there's many really sweet designs including fancy bird cages, fantasy butterflies and clock faces (which you can put hands at any time you like). And at £1.29 each it's a very affordable way to add to your collection.

Molly Bloom stamps update - unfortunately she is fashionably late. This is due to unprecedented demand. But the manufacturers are doing their best to keep up with it. So the good news is we've been told that she should arrive Monday/Tuesday next week.

Thats our news for this week.

Hope to see you back soon.
John, Iréne and the In2crafting team

Lots of new stock... o-err.

Hi there crafters

Firstly apologies that it’s been a while since we’ve blogged. We have just been so busy with our trade show and getting in all the lovely new stock for you (and us) to coo over.

First off the blocks was the new Do Craft / Papermania range. If you haven’t already seen it there is, as ever, some very pretty collections. Including Pampered Pets and more of the very popular Country Companions.  There’s even a range of products for the notoriously hard to craft for men!

If you missed Amanda Curtin on last week’s demo there was plenty of examples using this range. You can see a selection of what she made in the photo attached with more at the shop.

The good news is that if you did miss this demo, she was so popular we have decided to bring her back for next month’s demo on 2^nd April. Not too be missed!

Hunkydory Crafts

There was much squeals of excitement on opening the boxes of lots of lovely new Hunkydory Products. It’s worth a visit us to checkout what we’ve got for you. And if you are quick you might be able get yourself a copy of the highly sought after first issue of the Hunkydory magazine. They are now out of print so it’s a case of MIMO… miss it, miss out.

In the meantime you can see their latest range here: http://www.hunkydorycrafts.co.uk/acatalog/latest_products.html

We have a very good selection of these. But if there is anything else you’d like don’t forget we’ll always happy to order it in. And that goes for any of the many brands that we stock.

Martha Stewart

We’ve also just had a delivery of Martha Stewart punches. They are so delish and great quality, we just couldn’t control Réne she got carried way and ordered loads. We have favourites back and new designs too.

Clarity Comes to Wickford

And…. drum roll…. we now stock the simply stunning Clarity Stamps as seen on TV in Barbara Gray’s wonderful demos.

We spent a good part of the day yesterday putting these into stock. There was much glee and excitement.  So some… ahem… did find their way into our own shopping baskets. But not to worry we still have left plenty for you to choose from.

Have you seen?

Sally got really excited about an innovative new product the “Crafter Edger” from Woodware.  She just can’t wait to use it on one of her classes!

It’s a clever system that allows you to do a border punch up to 12” length without having to match up the design yourself.  It makes the task effortless.

You simply slot in your punch cartridge into the holder and run it along the ruler guide and pegs do the matching up for you.

The set comes with the attractive scallop ribbon slot design and many more available to buy separately (with more to come soon).

You can see it here: http://www.woodware.co.uk/detail_display01.php?ProdID=9780

Bling and things

For those of you who love your sparkle we just had a big delivery of Glitterati gems and embellishments.  The perfect way to “ice” up your projects and make em shimmer n glow!

That’s it for this week. But the excitement doesn’t stop there. Coming in next week is the very cute Molly Bloom range… more news soon on blog on this along with all the other things going on in In2crafting world.

Thanks for checking us out and hope to see you soon

Hugs x x x

John & Iréne and the In2crafting team

New In and Workshop Availability

Hi fellow Bloggers

Just a little bit of news for today.

We have had some new stock coming in this week. Including the following:

Crafters Companion Printable Papers all suitable for most home printers. Adds a professional touch to all your crafty projects. Ideal to use with your lovely CD Roms:

• Printable Light Card - £3.99 x 25 sheets - top quality 160gsm
• Satin Finish Printer Paper - £3.99 x 50 sheets - high quality 100gsm paper.
• Printable Decoupage Paper - £3.99 x 15 sheets - This paper is the ideal thickness for running through your printer and for cutting easily to give a professional finish to your decoupage images.

Also from Crafters Companion we have the wonderful Neenah Solar White (£3.99 x 20 sheets) it's wonderful top quality ultra smooth white card. Its perfect for colouring with your alcohol based pens like Promarkers.

Workshop Spaces

 We have some spaces left on our workshops coming up this week as follows:

Friday 18th February

10am - Parchment Craft with Cherry

2pm - Beginners Drawing with Cherry

Saturday 19th Feburary

10 am - Cute & Cuddly Cards with Sharon

That's our news for now. Look forward to seeing you on your next visit.

John, Réne and the In2crafting Team.

TV's Jenny Mayes Demo (Hobby Art)

We had a wonderful time last Saturday when the very talented Jenny Mayes demonstrated the new range of Hobby Art stamps and products.

Her ideas and designs are simply inspirational. Some of which you can see in the photos below.

She had a wealth of ideas using watercolour techniques, Promarker and Tombo Art Pens.

If you missed out on the demo you need not be disappointed. All the Hobby Art stamps & stamping products used in Jenny's demo are still available in the shop.

We have also increased our range of art materials. Now available are individual Winsor & Newton watercolour paints - in tubes and pans. With Daler Rowney System 3 artists acrylics to follow shortly.

Privilege Card holders are in for a treat over this Spring. We have emailed vouchers to existing card holders with great deals on FlowerSoft Toppers, embossing powders, card packs and decoupage sheets. With more to follow over the rest of spring.

Check in store (or call) for more details if you are interested in becoming a card holder and don't want to miss out.

That's our news for now. We look forward to seeing you on your next visit.

John, Réne and the In2crafting team.

Double Privilege Points until end of January

Our Privilege Cardholders will have double points added to their balance for all purchases between 17th and 31st January!

We are also selling our Christmas themed items at 50% off including paper pads, stamps, punches and embellishments. Get stocked up for next year at 1/2 price.

Our Sale is now on!

Come along and bag yourself a bargain with ...

20% of most lines

50% of Christmas lines

50% of Sizzix Dies

50% of Wooden mounted stamps

and 70% of selected lines (as marked)

Sale ends on Saturday 15th January 2011

From Monday 17th  to 31st January we will be awarding double points to all our Privilege cardholders as an additional saving in January.

(Exclusions apply)