Tools
No crafter can function without tools - and in my opinion no crafter can excel without good reliable tools - I have picked a bunch here that are in my work box - after a few years of wobbling around trying various solutions - these are my weapons of choice!
Products
Japanese Screw Punch
£22.99
I have been using a Japanese screw punch for several years now and I simply love it a a gadget. It's easier than a long reach punch as you can make a hole anywhere in a project but more importantly .... you can make a hole through multiple layers of card or paper and even acetate.
Dual Speed Embossing Heat Tool with Folding Handle - UK ONLY
£17.99
ONLY available within the UK due to bulky size of product.
By having two speeds, you can chose how much power you aim at the surface you are embossing and sometimes it really helps to have less movement while you are heating, so an excellent option to be able to use. It also folds which helps with where you store your gun -
Double Ended Pokey Tool
£2.99
Now I realise this is a silly name for this but hey - you knew what I meant didn't you? It's an ideal gadget for poking holes in paper and vellum - and the little scoop on the other end is useful for getting embossing powder or glitter out of a container - it's actually sold as an etching tool!
Hot Stuff Mat
£5.99
Hot stuff mats are ideal for many craft projects. Perfect for Rubber Stamping and embossing, jewellery making, Encaustic Art, bees wax projects, acrylic paints, glue guns, Shrink Plastic projects, and any heat application for crafters
Snow Marker - 3mm Point
£2.99
Create puffy snow with this new marker from Marvy. Perfect for paper and fabric embellishing. Just write, let dry and then heat to transform.
8.5inch Handy Guillotine
- Out of stock
£18.99
This is the guillotine I use for day to day use. It is the American original of the X cut and I highly recommend it - please note it is marked in inches (quarter inches) not metric.
Tim Holtz Kushgrip Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors
£10.99
These are wonderful scissors and I used them for the first time in a class taught by Tim Holtz and am a total convert - - brilliant scissors!
Inkssentials Cut N Dry Pen Nibs - Pack of 10
£4.49
Create custom pens using your favourite reinkers and stamp pads! For use with all types of dye inks and water-based solvent.
Inkssentials Cut-N-Dry Stamp Pad FELT - Green Packet
£4.49
Create rainbow combinations and patterns you've always dreamed of! 8 x 10” stamp pad felt for use with dye-based inks. Great for use with Ranger's Adirondack, Distress, Stamp it, and Archival Inks!
Glitter Clean Up Cloth
£3.99
Open weave fabric features a tacky surface that acts as a glitter magnet. Also great for embossing powders.
A6 Flexible Magnet Sheets - Pack of 10 UK ONLY
£8.99
Use these A6/C6 magnet sheets with your metal stencils to affix them for storage in the Crafts Too Embossing Folder and Stencil Storage Case.
ONLY available within the UK
Crafts Too Embossing Folder and Stencil Storage Case - UK ONLY
£13.99
Capable of storing up to 40 C6 embossing folders.
Embossing Folders and dies not included
ONLY available within the UK
Record-It Button
£6.99
Although this wouldn't be suitable for a cheapy random card - if the card means the world I think adding some sound might make it just priceless .... maybe a grandchild's voice saying Happy Birthday to a far away grandma or something?
Tim Holtz - Design Ruler 12inch
£5.99
This Design Ruler is perfect because it has so many features packed into one sleek tool. This clear acrylic ruler allows you to see exactly what you're working on. It has a grid background for perfect placement, a center measuring guide, a straight edge for drawing lines, a metal edge for cutting, and evenly spaced holes for piercing.
Ranger - Craft Scraper
£0.89
Easily removes dried paint, glues, BeesWax and other mediums from non-stick craft sheets and other flat surfaces
12inch x 12inch Guillotine - Mainland UK ONLY
- Out of stock
£49.99
Perfect for scrapbooking and card making. This quality trimmer features a stainless steel blade for a clean, straight cut.
Pinflair - Pick Up Tool
£3.95
This tool is great for picking up small items such as Gemstones, Sequins, even Decoupage pieces and then placing them onto your projects
Comfort Craft Tools by Ingvild Bolme - Distressing Tool
£10.99
This tool is perfect for distressing techniques on your crafting projects, just what you need to create your own vintage or shabby chic looks! I LOVE it - easy to use and ...
Clover - Heart Shape Pom-Pom Maker Small 3170
£9.99
Heart Shape Pom-Poms Made Easy!!
Make little heart shaped pom poms to dangle from cards or for other fun crafty projects!
Pack of 3 Inkylicious Ink Dusters
£14.99 £12.99 You save £2.00
So excited we have these in stock now - you really need to try these - FABULOUS brilliant great and a lot of other adjectives all rolled into one - Ink Blending Brush with its unique blend of 3 different bristles allows you to create fantastic ink effects for all your paper crafts, altered art projects and more.
Sand It Gadget Refill Pack
£0.99
Sand It Refills for the Sand It Gadget Tool, the perfect gadget to get to the core of your favourite Core'dinations papers. The Sand It Refill pack contains two different sizes of sandpaper in two different grits
Sand It Gadget Tool
£2.99
The Sand It Gadget is the perfect gadget to get to the core of your favourite Core'dinations papers. It comes with a sanding block plus two different sizes of sandpaper in two different grits
Inkssentials Craft Scrubbie
£3.99
The Inkssentials Craft Scrubbie cleaning bar is the gentle but effective way to easily remove inks, paints, glues, and mediums from your hands. Used with liquid soap and water, the Craft Scrubbie makes quick clean up after a crafting session of inked-up, paint-stained or glue-covered hands.
Clover - Sweetheart Rose Maker - Small
- Out of stock
£4.99
Easily create beautiful, soft roses with just a few twists! This reusable template helps you make gorgeous roses just the way you want it, with your favourite fabrics.
Magic Stamp Bulk Block - 8 pack
£7.49
Magic Stamp Moldable foam creates instant stamps from any textured surface! Heat Magic Stamp with heat tool press to any cool textured surface for 15 – 20 seconds - Ink with any inkpad and stamp, use it over and over – molded image “melts away” when reheated.
Inkssentials Paper Creaser 6"
£4.49
Inkssentials Paper Creaser - Use for burnishing and folding. Creates a crisp fold every time, for the neatest, easiest paper folding possible.
Tack N Peel
£5.99
Tack 'N Peel is a clear sheet that can be used on acrylic or wood blocks. It's unique feature allows for any flat or curved surface to become a stamping handle.
Marvelous Masks Two DVD Presented by Ali Reeve
£11.99
Have you ever looked at a mask and wondered “What can I do with that? Are you bored with the same old inking techniques? Do you want to stretch your crafting wings a little? Then join Ali in this Marcelous Masks DVD...
Running Time 92minutes
Includes 2 plastic masks to get you started.
Inkssentials Paper Creaser Bone Folder 5"
£3.99
Use this tool for folding, creasing and scoring paper. Creates a crisp fold every time.
Measures about 5 inches
Woodware Slim Acrylic Block 130 x 180 x 3mm
£2.99
Slim acrylic block for mounting clear stamps, these large blocks have been designed to be easier to hold when using large stamps.
Size: 130 x 183 x 3mm.
PERFECT LAYERS Deluxe 3 Tool Set
£19.99
Perfect Layers is a MUST if you want to create perfect borders, frames and layered effects on your scrapbook pages, cards, or any paper crafting project. Using Perfect Layers, you can cut from 1/16 of an inch up to 1 inch WITH NO MEASURING REQUIRED!!
Decoupage Snips
£6.99
If you haven't tried snips then get ordering. My enthusiasm for decoupage quadrupled the minute I discovered snips. These are high quality, adjustable snips that are very sharp and are just the thing for cutting out detailed shapes and designs.
Long Pointed Tweezers
£2.49
These have fab pointy ends, which are great for grabbing the edge of double sided tape to peel it back, they get into nooks and crannies - help peel off peel-offs (!) and are all round good guys.
Pinflair - Pack of 3 Fine Nozzle Syringes
£5.95
A pack of 3 fine nozzle syringes - Perfect for use with Pinflair Glue Gel.
Easy Grip Craft Knife
£2.99
Easy Grip craft knife - it does what it's meant to - it's sharp and it cuts well and is specially designed to be easy to hold and to use.
Pack of 5 Replacement Craft Knife Blades
£0.99
Don't bother trying to cut with dull blades, waste of time, waste of card or paper or whatever. Make sure you replace them regularly.
Inkssentials White Opaque Pen
£1.99
Filled with a bright, white opaque pigment ink this pen is great for doodling, accenting stamped projects and journaling on coloured papers. Works brilliantly with the promarkers as a highlight for the lightest areas
PolyShrink - Sanding Blocks
£2.49
The sanding blocks are used to roughen the surface before you stamp or colour - simple to use and very useful.
PERFECT SQUARES
£9.99
Perfect Squares is designed to create perfect squares and right (90-degree) angles; it is fantastic for scrapbooking, card-making, rubber stamping and general paper crafting! Image squaring and cropping is simple using Perfect Squares.
Stamps Away Ink Blending Mat - A3 Plus 300mm x 430mm
£5.99
The Stamps Away ink blending mat for easy blending of inks and the great surface means the ink stays wetter until required, solvent resistant, easy cleaning and seamless blending.
Stamps Away Ink Blending Mats - Pack of 2 300mm x 220 and 145mm x 145mm
- Out of stock
£4.99
The Stamps Away ink blending mat for easy blending of inks and the great surface means the ink stays wetter until required, solvent resistant, easy cleaning and seamless blending.
Inkssentials Craft Spinner
£15.99
Inkssentials Craft Spinner looks good on any craft table and keeps tools within reach. I personally use one to store Inkylicious brushes or you can use it for the Ink Blending Tools. The entire unit takes up only eight inches of space! Really easy to screw together and has been a godsend for my brush storage
Speedball Pop-In 4inch Brayer
£10.49
The roller has a 40/42 durometer hardness to assure even ink distribution. Made of natural rubber it has superior ink holding ability. Removable roller makes clean up easy.
Pack of Two Embossing Tools
£3.49
Perfect for shaping your flower petals as well as using with your embossing/score boards.
Set of 2 embossing tools,
Small Pricking and Shaping Mat
£0.99
Perfect for shaping your Flower petals
Size: 100mm x 150mm (approx)
i-magicut Ribbon Cutter
£19.99
Love this gadget, I can't stop playing with it! - please remember you need to buy batteries but easy to use and I loved the results! I mainly use it on ribbons that would fray.
Battery Operated (Uses 4 AA Batteries - not supplied)
Kwik-Thread Tool
£3.49
The easy way to thread ribbons and fibres. The Kwik-Thread can access holes that you wouldn't normally be able to thread a ribbon or fibre through. Most of us have used a needle threader - this is just a bigger ribbon version - good idea eh?
Tim Holtz Water Brush - Detailer TIP33080
£7.99
The Tim Holtz Water Brush is an essential tool for paper crafters. Dab the water-filled brush with water-based inks, paints and Perfect Pearls Powders. The controlled water delivery system allows for optimal paint mixing and surface coverage.
Pinflair Application Dabbers
£3.49
Foam Dabbers - ideal for use with Pinflair Gentle Blends, Pinflair Glitter Paste and Pinflair Buff-It
Mini Bowdabra Bow Maker
- Out of stock
£8.49
Brilliant gadget for making little bows - solves a problem for those who aren't so keen on tying ribbons!
This simple to use device comes with complete easy to follow instructions
Tim Holtz Water Brush - Broad TIP33097
- Out of stock
£9.99
The Tim Holtz Water Brush is an essential tool for paper crafters. Dab the water-filled brush with water-based inks, paints and Perfect Pearls Powders. The controlled water delivery system allows for optimal paint mixing and surface coverage.
Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam
£4.49
For use with the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool
Includes 10 Blending Foams
Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool
£4.25
Use the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool for mess-free ink application on paper projects!
Includes 2 starter blending foams
Bowdabra bow wire 50 feet Gold
£1.49
The Bowdabra gadget uses either ribbon of your choice to tie off the bows or this gold wire which makes a neat job of this task!
Contains 50ft of Gold Bowdabra bow wire
Inkssentials Cut-N-Dry Stamp Pad Foam
£4.49
Cut-N'-Dry Foam Pads allow you to create custom color ink pads all on your own! The 8“x10” double-sided dry sheet can be used with pigment and viscous inks, paints and glues.
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator
£4.99
Specially designed by Tim Holtz, the Alcohol Ink Applicator is great for multiple techniques. Simply attach the included felt to the Applicator Tool, apply Adirondack Alcohol products, then stamp and blend!
Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator FELT PACK
£4.99
Replacement Pack of 50 felts for use with the Alcohol Ink Applicator. Perfect for the precise, mess free application of Alcohol Inks, Mixatives, and Alcohol Blending Solution to your craft projects
Koi Waterbrush - MEDIUM
£5.49
You can fill these with water and they won't leak - not a drip. The valves are reliable and work brilliantly, the brushes are perfect and I heartily recommend these brushes - I find them hugely better than the cheaper products on the market.