Special offers

The Crafter's Companion website always has great special offers going on that change regularly, so if you haven't been across to have a look in a while then you really should hop across to see what bargains you can grab. At the moment in the Special Offers section you can save £10 when buying any 2 of the Core Essentials line from Core'dinations. You can also save a massive 52% on an Ultimate bundle - which includes the Ultimate Pro, 4 boards and 2 DVDs. If these don't take your fancy then how about getting all 8 Beatrix Potter CD-ROMs for half the RRP? There are loads more offers available so go take a look for yourself!

Join in the chat!

Yesterday I was telling you about the different Facebook areas we have dedicated to Crafter's Companion products, but if you don't have a Facebook account then you can still join in with the chat and find like-minded friends by visiting our forum. Not only can you upload your creations for people to see but you can ask advice, find out about all the latest products, pick up hints & tips, join in with the forum lottery and enter the challenges. You can also be part of the live crafting sessions that happen! There are so many ways for you to join in and become part of the community so if you haven't visited before then you need to hop across and find out what you've been missing out on!!

Join us on Facebook

Did you know that we have a couple of Facebook areas set up for Crafter's Companion? The first one is a page called Crafter's Companion UK and is the place where you can find like-minded friends and chat about your Crafter's Companion products. The other place you can go to is a group called I'm a Crafter's Companion that has oodles & oodles of inspiration for you! You can see what all the other Crafter's Companion customers have been busy creating with their stash & both the page and the group are really welcoming so make sure you pop by to join in with the chat!

Beatrix bundle

We all know & love the Beatrix Potter stories and the nostalgic imagery that went with it, and if you haven't been able to collect any of the CD-ROMs that we've brought out then do not fear as we have got an incredible offer for you. You can buy the 8-disc collection including the following collections for just £59.99 - that's a massive 50% saving. The collections are:



The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The World of Beatrix Potter

A Winter's Tale

Beatrix Potter 3D Builder

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

The Tale of Tom Kitten

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck



These CD-ROMs will enable you to produce literally thousands of different cards and papercraft projects for a multitude of occasions. To take advantage of this great deal simply hop across to the Special Offers section on the Crafter's Companion site!

Clearance bargains!

It's time to grab a bargain guys & gals as we have some great deals in the Crafter's Companion clearance section. You can pick up stamps from as little as £5.25 (when they should be over a tenner!) and half price cardmaking kits. Click on the image below to see just how many fantastic offers are available!

Designer Dresser

You may have seen Sara's posts on Facebook and Twitter about a dresser that has been created by Jinky's Crafts using the Crafter's Companion Boxer Board but I wanted to share it on here too as it's just so amazing!

You can find out how Jinky took inpiration from this...



to make blanks like this...



to create this materpiece...



by visiting her blog here. I am completely and utterly in awe of her talent...and I may just have to have a go about making this myself!

A few of my favourite things

Forget raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, a few of my favourite things right now are Spectrum Noir pens and the new s.w.a.l.k stamps, so imagine my delight when I saw this little beauty...


...on the Crafter's Companion gallery. I love, love, love this image - there's something very 20's/30's about the bride's veil although it's also a very modern image...does that make sense? If you're ever stuck for inspiration remember to pop across to the gallery, that has been split into different sections to make it easy to navigate, and be prepared to be amazed by the sheer vast of talent that's on there. We really are lucky to have such an amazing DT to provide us with all these cards so thank you to you all for continuing to inspire me :)

Colouring hair tutorial

How are you getting on with your Spectrum Noir pens guys & gals? If you haven't heard of the new Spectrum Noirs by Crafter's Companion then where have you been?!! They are the fabaroo new alcohol pens that are taking the craft market by storm! Don't just take our word for it though, this is what Marie Bridgeman has to say about the pens...

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for bringing us the Spectrum Noirs!! I've never been any good at blending with promarkers so had resigned myself to just colouring within the lines LOL! But because of the reasonable price of the SNs, I thought I'd give them a try and from the first go, have been thrilled with the results!! Here's the first card I've made with them. And if you ever need an advocate for these pens, I'm your woman!!!!!!!

And here's the card that Marie made...


If you want to see more of what Marie has created then please visit her blog.


I've also got a great tutorial for you today on using the pens to colour hair on stamped images by DT member Linda Hill. If you want to know how you get from this...



to this...



then you need to hop across to Linda's blog where she gives you full photographic step-by-step instructions. She explains really clearly how you go from the lightest shade down to the darkest shade and then how you go over the top of it all with the lightest pen again to blend it all in nicely. It's a handy little tutorial that will really help you along to achieve professional looking results.

Let us know how you get on with them!

Member's perks

Did you know that you will get great perks to becoming a member on the Crafter's Companion website? We love to reward loyalty so by signing up to our website (completely free of charge of course!) you will get extra special offers and downloads that non-members don't have access to, along with a whole heap of other treats. To find out just what you can get by joining then pop over to the members' section on the website to read all about it!

Multibuy Madness!!

Now's the time to stock up on your craft supplies as we've got some amazing multibuy deals going on at the moment over on the main Crafter's Companion website. You can even save up to 33% on essentials like printing paper packs, crafting sprays, stamps and Core'dinations cardstock. Hop across to the multibuys section to see just what we've got on offer!