Well, i've had ever such an exciting afternoon!I was invited by Newcastle University to sit on a panel of judges and have groups of Students pitch their ideas for a new Nutritional Food Snack to us! So it was kind of like a cross between The Apprentice and Dragons Den!I have to say some of the students were excellent! And some of the products they pitched, I would genuinely go and buy if they were available in the shops! It was all hypothetical (of course - very similar to when they do a task like this on the Apprentice) but...

Well, we're just back from the Craft Hobby and Stitch International Show at the NEC in Birmingham - we had a great time meeting our trade customers and previewing lots of exciting new products that'll be winging their way to you over the next few months!We've uploaded a lot of pictures to the Crafter's Companion UK Facebook page, so do pop over and have a look - you can also see our night out at the opening night of the X Factor Live Tour at the LG Arena in Birmingham. We had a great time cheering on our favourites and...

Well, while all you people were no doubt having fun watching our Leann on TV launching the s.w.a.l.k. stamps this morning, you’ll be pleased to hear that I had a busy day with some of the rest of our staff over at our warehouse! Some of you may have heard already, but for the rest of you, we’ve got a really exciting launch planned for later this month – it’s not a new product, or a new license, or even a new range – it’s a whole new business! That’s right, we’ve decided to expand into Jewellery Making, and we...

We're excited to announce the launch of six brand new stamps in the S.W.A.L.K. range! These stamps will be launched on Create & Craft tomorrow with Leann at 11am, 12pm and 3pm, but you can buy them now!The gorgeous new designs include useful themes like 'Thank You', 'Best Teacher' and even the well known image from the S.w.a.l.k. logo of the kissing couple.Don't miss our fantastic special launch offer of all six new stamps for £20! You can also mix and match them with the other stamps from the full S.w.a.l.k. range, and you'll pay just £20 for ANY six...

Well what a few days we’ve had! You may have seen from our blog posts, Tweets and Facebook posts that we’ve been hosting the winners from our Birthday Week competition up here in the North-East over the last few days and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!Each day throughout Crafter's Companion's Birthday Week last October, we picked an order at random to win a Golden Ticket. This ticket entitled the holder to a year's Gold Membership of our web site, which means 15% discount and FREE next day courier delivery on all mainland UK orders until the end of...

This week we have a gorgeous decorated pillow box tutorial, brought to you by one of our talented Design team members, Lynsey Warren.You will need:One pillow box printed from SWALK 1 CDOne short length of ribbonTwo die-cut swirlsOne bradCrafter’s Companion Spray & Sparkle IridescentTwo retro flower punchesColoured ink padFirst, score along the dotted lines on your printed pillow box and fold all your score lines, taping the flap to make up your box.Next punch two large and two small retro flowers from white card. To save card, why not use the off cuts of the card you printed the pillow...

I'm sitting in Amsterdam airport waiting for a flight home - have spent an interesting few days in Arnhem (that's in the east of Holland) at the Dutch Trade show. It's the first time i've been to a trade show in Holland, and it was really interesting to see the trends, and how they differ (dramatically) from those in the UK. A lot of our products are distributed in Germany by Reddy (who many of you know for their die-cut decoupage selections which we bring to Create & Craft here in the UK). Reddy have recently entered into the Dutch...

I've just had time to pop on here and let you know how excited we are! After a false start caused by the bad snow we had at the end of November/beginning of December, the Birthday Week winners weekend starts tonight! As I'm typing this, Denise and Nandia are winging their way up to the Aston Hotel where we'll be having a few days of crafting fun!I'll come back on to post about what we got up to, but I just wanted you to share my excitement :-) I love these crafting days, they're sooo much fun!!Happy crafting,Meg xx

This year is the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, and there are many celebrations happening around the world to mark it. This Sunday 6th February, Peter Rabbit will be joining the celebrations in London's Chinatown. The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction will be hosting a pop up shop in Trafalgar Square, selling books and products, and there will also be a fantastic competition in partnership with Cumbria Tourism, with a range of prizes associated with the Lake District.The massive celebration event in Central London will also feature traditional Chinese dragon and lion dancers, as well as modern music and dance...

Good morning,Our next tutorial from our talented Design Team has been created by Marianne - it uses the gorgeous new Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes and looks stunning!You will need:2 large and 1 small scalloped circles die cut from coloured card using Go Kreate dies1 large scalloped circle cut from white card2 medium scalloped circles cut from a backing paper printed from the Appley Dapply CDAppley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes CDAppley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes stamp setScoreboardGlueColouring mediumEmbellishments1. Stick together your scalloped circles made from coloured card and paper, as shown below. The set on the left will be the top of your...