New Products

If you want a product listed and can't get to the store, just call 203-221-1229 and have your credit card ready.  We ship daily.

Looking for the perfect container for party favors or clever packaging?  We have received one case each of two new pail sizes.  This is the only shipment we will receive before the new year, so if you need them, be sure to shop early.

We have added a line of jewelry pendants and findings from Nunn Design. They are lead free pewter, cast in the United States.  Nunn Design has created collage sheets with images sized perfectly to fit the Patera pieces. You can also use photos and rubber stamped artwork. We carry the Gel Medium to seal the images, Diamond Glaze, DG3 & Gel du Soleil UV Resin and the UV light to give the pendant a high domed shiny finish.   If you would like to learn more about the process, follow the link below to the Nunn Design website.

Using traditional mounting methods, large stamps are awkward to hold and it is very difficult to get all parts of the stamp to transfer ink to paper, resulting in blotchy impressions and frustration.  The new acrylic stamp handle from Impression Obsession is a full 6" x 6" to handle nearly any size image.  It features an easy-to-hold handle that you won't drop onto your paper accidentally.  A slight curved surface transfers pressure to only part of the stamp at a time, ensuring a crisp and clean impression every time.  Use it with Clingable unmounted stamps or clear stamps.  If you have unmounted stamps you want to use with the new Rocker Block, you can use Tack and Peel from Tsukineko to turn them into a "cling" stamp.

Making Your Own Hardback Books Has Never Been Easier!

The Photobook Creator gives you the ability to make beautiful hardback books with any paper in just 90 seconds, right from the comfort of your own home or office. There is no need to load your pages up to a server or wait weeks for delivery.

The Photobook Creator is perfect for scrapbookers, photographers, small business owners, or anyone who wants the ability to bind any paper as well as preserve digital images in an attractive, durable way. Photobooks come in a range of sizes, colors and finishes to complement any application.

We carry the books, two-sided photo paper and of course the Photobook Creator.  Stop in for a demonstration Tuesday, morning October 13.

  Making shaker cards has never been easier!  Shake-It pouches were designed by Mitra of Impression Obsession.  Self adhesive, they come in a round or square format. This card was created using Impression Obsession Stamps and their new stamp rocker.  White flower soft is placed in the pouch to simulate the snow.

The new Flower Soft has arrived. Included are wonderful new Fall colors for those Autumn trees and white that will make perfect snow for the winter holiday cards.

Great new punches  from Fiskars.  Corner and Border punches are two punches in one. Create continuous borders or you can use the corner punch button to transition into frames. Also arriving are Combo Corner punches - two designs with 3 effects; one side punches, one side embosses, or combine the two for a third look. The 3 in 1 corner punches offer 3 complementary corner designs to add just the right detail. 

The newest, 12 lighter colors of Copic markers are back in stock!  These have been very popular for shading and to add shadows.  

From McGill, we have seven new flower punches including two that are collections of smaller flowers on single large punch. One of the flowers, a Spirelli shape offers many opportunities for interesting center designs.

Queue’s are stacks of cat’s eye ink pads in colors that work together. We have two new metallic collections.

From Yusatomo, we have new 16 and 21 piece pearlescent watercolor sets.

Try the new Sparkle Fibers, fiber-like glitter in 18 colors, available from ClearSnap. You can attach them to your projects with Xyron adhesive, double stick tape or glue.

ClearSnap has a new clear, self adhesive roller for their rollagraph handle. You can add found objects or your favorite clear stamps and roll away for continuous borders. For their stylus handle there is a clear base to use with small clear stamps and new foam dots, squares, frames, and flower tips, also on clear bases. These tips are available as a kit, with or without the handle. Both products are terrific for all paper crafting.

We have new doodle templates from Crafter’s Workshop and Sweetwater Scrapbook.

We have three new Marvy leaf punches that emboss the veins at the same time as they punch the shape. Ask for a demo and see the great samples. 

A Powder Tool will help you deactivate adhesive on stickers when you want a dimensional look.

Nothing adds a fanciful touch to a card quite like our new Animal Print ribbon. We have also added very narrow grosgrain in many favorite colors.

Check out the samples from Memory Box that feature our Zenith 590 stapler. Imported from Italy this “must have” tool uses mini staples to embellish your card. 

Now you can have a new smaller, one letter, self inking monogram stamp available in three elegant & classic designs. New accessories for the original stamp are also available; two different font styles, a two color pad, Library, Desk, Kitchen of….borders and small letters to add an address. Monogram sets make great graduation or wedding shower gifts.

From Rubber Stamp Tapestry, we have 10 different sets of flower stamps on pegs for all your stamping needs

Try the new Memento dye ink pads from Tsukineko. The ink is water based, fast drying, fade resistant, and archival in a felt Dew Drop shaped pad. The prefered ink when using copic markers

For the crafter on the go, we now have a padded carrying case for the Mini Scor-it. 

For your Bind-It-All, we now have Lucite and bracket shaped chipboard covers, brown spirals and 12 x 12 paper that can be cut into pages. 

Crafters Companion is a scoring board for making envelopes and boxes. 

From Spellbinders we have the Wizard die cutting and embossing machine and their Nestabilities dies. 

For easy cutting try the newest Spring Action scissors with non-stick blades from EK Success.

A wonderful new Border Punch System is available. The Border System works with all Tonic Studio’s new punch shapes as well as the shapes previously available. The border system base contains a centering ruler and movable guides to help you accurately space the punch-outs.  The base has 1/4" grids that allow you to punch close to the edge by using the grids as a guide. 

Removable Glue Dots are here! Like the adhesive that holds loose items in magazines, removable glue dots are great for craft and school projects.  The dots stick around as long as you need and can be removed without damaging surfaces.

For everyone who has had fun making their own personalized metal rim tags using the Making Memories Tag Maker, it's now even more fun with the newest glitterie rims in silver and red.  

We have been waiting a long time for a stamp pad that contains glue and now it is available from Tsukineko.  Just stamp using the pad and add glitter, PearlEx dry paint pigment, foil and more.

Scalloped punches have been popular and now we have even more.  Marvy has added scalloped heart and rectangle in four sizes.  In addition they have extended their scalloped squares, circles and ovals into their Super and Extra Jumbo sizes. 

Never has it been more fun and easy to use Pearl-Ex powder pigments than in a compact mini CD.  In the CD, 12 colors of Pearl-Ex are in watercolor cakes.  Just add water and mix until creamy for a lovely metallic watercolor.

If you enjoy creating with metallic stickers using the Glaze and Souffle pens, you can now purchase newly designed stickers.  They are packaged alone or with Glaze or Souffle pens.

The Merry Glo Round, a 9" light box, is an indispensable tool for a whole range of art, craft, and hobby applications.  It's a fast and easy way to dry emboss or to trace and cut designs, patterns, stencils, photos, and lettering.

Create a special gift for your favorite teacher or friend by embellishing one of our clip boards.  Consider adding photos, calendars, ribbons, etc.  Clip boards are available in two sizes.

Read the writing on the walls - or the windows, or any surface for that matter.  Large and lovely adhesive alphabets give creative expression a new spin.  Wall Text is just the thing for the home decorator, devoted labeler or inner graffiti artist in all of us.  

The genius behind a nicely set grommet starts with a nice set of tools.  Pick up our 6-piece tool tin that contains hole punches and setters for both large and small grommets and a double-sided base used for setting.  Also included is a setting mat and 12 colorful, decorative grommets to use as page accents, book closers, borders, frames and more.  You must see the newest Flower Grommets in wonderful colors.

Slim as cardstock, easy-to-open magnetic snaps are perfect for any scrapbook or card project.  Use them anywhere you wish to add a closure or unique interactive embellishment.  Larger decorative magnets are also available for books, boxes, etc.

Punch up your projects with Making Memories slot punching tool.  Create perfectly proportioned openings for weaving paper and ribbon or use the crescent-shaped slot to make notches for corners, tucking in flaps and more.  Although designed as an attachment for the Instant Setter, it can be used with a hammer.

Squeeze punches from Fiskars require less force to punch and come in three sizes.  Try them and see how easy they are to punch.

Curvy Cutters from EK Success make cutting your photos and paper in to ovals, circles and rounded squares easy and fast.

Puffy Velvet pens offer the look of Liquid Applique, but come in a pen form.  The pen makes it easier to apply velvety dimensions to small areas.

Initials and monograms are all the rage!  We have wooden initial stamps from Impress and large clear initials from My Sentiments Exactly.  There are 8" chipboard letters from Making Memories and 2 1/2" letters from EK Success.  If it's monograms you favor, we have wonderful software that is easy to use.  In addition we have self inking stamps that come with all the letters so you can create your own personal monogram.

MicroGlaze works as a gel-like sealer for your artwork and can be buffed to shine.  It's perfect for Artist Trading Cards (ATC) or envelope art (in case of rain.  MicroGlaze can be mixed with PearlEx for a metallic or pearl rub-on.  It also works as a resist when applied to paper before ink

A water-based PearlEx Varnish from Jacquard can be used as a medium or as a top coat with PearlEx pigments.  Works great on paper, clay, metal, wood, and plastic and cleans up easily with water.  This varnish enables PearlEx users to create their own lustrous metallic paints, glazes and durable finishes on every surface.

The Scor-it is a tool you will not want to be without.  You can create professional-quality scores by hand in seconds.  Included along the top is a centering ruler where you can attach the "Stop Guide" to eliminate measuring each piece when producing items in higher quantities.  The Scor-it is a "Must Have" when working with printed cardstock.

We have found what we think is the perfect pencil sharpener for your colored pencils.   It has an adjustment for blunt or sharp tips, sharpens lead evenly, and prevents over-sharpening.

Just arrived is this wonderful kit to get you started in Creative Soldering!!! No Acid or lead, very safe and easy to use. The kit has enough materials to create 4 projects with the glass included.  You can make much more, just add more glass! All you need to do is add your own artwork between the glass, wrap with copperfoil tape, apply the acid free flux and melt lead-free solder onto the copper foil!