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.

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! 

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.

If you took a Creating Paper Flowers class from Susan Cockburn or enjoyed her wonderful samples in the store, ask at the counter for the listing and pictures of the punches she used to create the flowers. Her newest book will be available for purchase in June. Call 203-221-1229 to have one held.

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.

Fiskars promises some great new border punches this spring including one with ribbon slots, and another with scallops and a simple dot in the center of each scallop. Included is a series of punches to create continuous borders and using the corner punch button to transition borders into frames. 

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

More punches have arrived from EK Success and still more are due in June They include ovals and scalloped circles and squares. Double PaperShaper punches are available in several designs and pop-out punch shapes are available for the center of a card.

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 new sets of flower stamps on pegs for all your Spring and Summer stamping.

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.

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. 

If you love the Crop-a-dile, but need to position an eyelet deeper on your page, try the new Big Bite with a 6" reach.

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

Every crafter needs the Clip-It-Up, a system for storing stickers, ribbons or accessories in a small space. 

From Spellbinders we have the Wizard die cutting and embossing machine and their Nestabilities dies. We are offering a class where you can try the system yourself. 

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.

Love those JoLee Stickers, and now there are more to love!  More than 50 new ones arrived the end of March.

For everyone who has had fun making their own personalized metal rim tags using the Making Memories Tag Maker, it's now even easier.  They have introduced a tag maker punch to cut the shape prior to making the tag.

Our newest metal Tear Edgers have a handle that helps stabilize the ruler for easy paper tearing.

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 just introduced a 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.

Professional construction meets sophisticated utility with Making Memories 12"x12" precision paper trimmer.  Long-lasting rotary blade provides accurate, straight cuts while sharpening itself at the same time, making every cut as precise as the first.  It includes a magnetic ruler for scoring and holding paper in place while cutting.  The trimmer folds out into a 12"x12" trimmer, then folds down for easy storage.  A trimmer this specialized at an affordable price is truly a cut above the rest.

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 Jacuard 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.

ExtravOrganza, inkjet sheets of semi-transparent silk organza, allows you to layer personalized text, photographic images and more without blocking backgrounds.

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.