Huge success at the Demo!

Well! What a day!! Yesterday was a huge success despite it being very manic with both the demo AND the Groovy Girls party! Louise was fabulous and produced some very inspiring cards with the new essentials products from Docrafts, despite having had a huge fall on wednesday night and seriously hurting her shoulder! I have taken lots of pics and promise to post them on Wednesday! I am going away to a spa tomorrow(!) so bare with me and I promise to update you all with pics of the demo, Louise's cards and tell you all about our GROOVY party! I will also put on all the instructions for the projects below!

Look forward to showing you the pictures AND get well soon Louise!

Em x

Going baked bean crazy!

Sophie and I are eating lots of baked beans and all in the name of crafting! I decided to use some of my beloved basic grey papers on a craft project that I could keep for myself, so, inspired by an earlier edition of the Docrafts mag, Creativity i decided to decorate a tin in the sugared collection. This is possibly the simplest craft project ever as all you do is choose your papers, cut them to desired size and stick to the tin with double sided tape.

TOP TIP: put the tape straight onto the tin, then rub over the tape with some pritt stick. This puts a layer of grease on to the tape which allows for some move ability when placing your papers but drys to normal permanent state within ten minutes!!!

I have then used a new product from Docrafts, the Cropodile II, 'The Big Bite' - this is a silent way of punching and setting eyelets through hundreds of different materials, it went through this tin and a CD almost as easily as it does through paper! The great advantage of this particular product is that it has a long reach so i was able to punch a second row of holes, that instead of setting with eyelets, I weaved through some ribbon and attached one of the embellishments from the Basic grey Chip boards.

The finished product is a fabulous storage holders for my tools and gadgets!

Sophie was desperate to have a go at decorating her own tin so chose the new range of Fantasy papers from trimcraft, she chose the 12 x 12 papers and some black fibre. Sophie then chose one of the adhesive shaker embellishments from the same range, added a little extra double sided tape to make sure that it stuck securely and hey presto! storage for her craft pens in less than 15 minutes!

Dovecraft Hint of Pink Collection...........I love it!!

I have just discovered this new collection from trimcraft, hint of pink, it has been so popular that it has taken weeks for me to get my hands on it! I have just used it for My friend Viks birthday card, I love making concertina cards and knew that this fabulous, bright and funky design would be ideal! In this card I have used the 6x6 paper pack at £2.99, the adhesive shaker embellishments at £1.99, alpha templates at £3.49, then various brads, fibres and eyelets!

This card took about 3 hours to make, but definitely worth all the effort - Vik loved it!

Thursdays are scrapbook days!

Every other Thursday, I run a scrapbook club in our workshop, there are three regular scrapbookers, Vik, Sue and Mel all of varying abilities. All the materials are provided and I help out with page layouts and hopefully a bit of inspiration!

Here are a few pictures of our last meet up!

Louise Moore is coming to Prima Crafts, Sedgley!!!

Louise, my very good friend and talented crafter, will be in our Sedgley store on saturday July 5th from 10am - 4pm. This promises to be a fun and informative day, packed full of card making and scrapbooking ideas showcasing lots of brand new products!

I saw a lot of the new Docrafts products today and think there really are some fabulous, fresh new products - I can't wait to use them, especially the new 12x12 acetate sheets!

The demo day should be a great girly busy day as, upsatairs in our 16 seater craft room I will be hosting a GROOVY GIRLS party for all our young girly customers! There will be tatoos, face painting, nail painting, colouring competitions AND party food!

Mini Scrapbooks (Maze Books)

These two mini scrapbooks (also known as Maze Books) are made completely from Basic Grey Collections (my fave!!!) They also feature two other favourites of mine that might just feature a small(?) amount of the time! My Daughter Sophie and my Son William.

This book was made from the Sugared Collection (available in the shops)

Basic Grey Sugared Collection: 6x6 papers, 12x12 Papers,

Chipboard and Rub-Ons

The second Book is made from the Archaic Collection:

Basic Grey Archaic Collection: 6x6 papers, 12x12 papers, Chipboard,

Rub-Ons and Brads

All additional items are available in the stores.

Any queries on any items then just let me know!

Will be back later to explain how to make these lovely little projects of your own!

Emma x

Welcome!

Hi I'm Emma!

I am the resident Craft Expert at Prima Crafts! My 3 stores in Atherstone, Warwickshire; Ashmore Park, Wednesfield and Sedgley, West Midlands.
Here you will find hints, tips and generally all that is coming up at your local Prima Crafts Store!

Keep checking back for more info!

Emma x