Craft Focus - August/September 2023 (Issue 98)

12 SEARCH PRESS Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Im-peck-able Crochet and Wallace & Gromit: Cracking Crochet are both new from Search Press. Take up your hook and with the expert guidance of crochet and amigurumi expert SarahJane Hicks, recreate the wonderful world of Aardman Animations’ beloved twosome, Wallace & Gromit! Or maybe you’d prefer to create one of the fabulous flock, including returning characters Ginger, Rocky, Babs, Bunty and the popular rats, Nick and Fetcher. www.searchpress.com POP-UP FRAMES Pop-Up Frames’ latest development is the printed Antique Pop-up Frames. These are currently skins that can be retro-fitted but they are soon to be a frame option. They look pretty convincing! The paper/board used for Pop-up Frames is FSC Mix Certified, which ensures that all virgin pulp is derived from well-managed forests. It’s Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF), pulp-dyed with light-fast colours and is manufactured by an ISO 14001 certified mill. The paper/board is also bio-degradable and recyclable. The suppliers are environmental management systems ISO 14001 accredited and Forest Steward Council (FSC) chain of custody certified. hello@popupframes.co.uk www.popupframes.co.uk PENTEL Pentel has taken gel ink to a new level, with the launch of Mattehop, a range of eight different coloured gel pens which produce brilliant results not only on conventional paper, but also coated surfaces and even photos. Mattehop has highly opaque ink that looks like matte plastic when dry, giving an intense finish unsurpassed by conventional gel pens. The eight initial colours are black, red, blue, green, orange, yellow, pink and sky blue, and more shades are on their way. Great for cartoons, bubble lettering and comic book-style illustrations Mattehop is also perfect for journals and scrapbooks. Available to retailers in a maximum impact counter display, Pentel is offering point of sale to support the launch, as well as an exciting video hosted on its YouTube channel. The recommended retail price is £2.60 per pen, and Pentel representatives are offering a great promotional deal to launch the product. Wallet sets will be available later in the year. +44 (0)1793 823 333 salesoffice@pentel.co.uk www.pentel.co.uk

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