When Paul’s trying to impart technical wisdom on me and I’m just like ooooh these colours 🌈 😂 creatives hey?! MEET PAUL 👨💻 Paul is technical wizard at CraftStick HQ and always happy to help! If there was an encyclopaedia on vinyl, Paul could write it! 😂🙌
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Heat Transfer Vinyl: Repairing Garments In 7 Simple Steps!
Got some clothes in need of a little TLC? Don’t throw them away! Here’s how you can inject some life into tired garments, cover stains and even repair holes using HTV! Items needed:Vinyl Cutter or ScissorsWeeding ToolHeatpress or IronTygaflor SheetAny HTV of your choice! We’ve chosen some from our Valentines Bundle Choose a design for…
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Heat Transfer Vinyl: Getting Started
Fancy personalising garments with HTV but not sure where to start? Then this helpful how to guide is for you! Did you know you don’t have to own a heatpress or cutter to use our HTV? All you need is a pair of scissors and an iron to get started! Here’s how: Items needed:ScissorsIronTygaflor SheetAny…
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Heat Transfer Vinyl: The Time Saving Hack Every Crafter Needs To Know!
Save VinylSave TimeSave Sanity! When creating complex, multicoloured or symmetrical desgins, the above can seem like an impossible dream, right? But not anymore! This transfer tape hack means no measuring, no multiple pressing, no waste, and most importantly, no stress! That’s right – it’s a game changer. Print out a mirrored version of your design…
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Self-Adhesive Vinyl: Liquid Sanity In 7 Steps!
Ever feel like you need a glass or two of gin after trying to apply vinyl on to curved glass? Yeah, us too. But worry not! Follow our simple step by step guide for on-point positioning and no bubbles (unless you like your drink sparkling) Items needed: Self-Adhesive Vinyl: Andromeda (or whatever colour takes your…
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Stencil Film: The Snowflake Painted Heart In 7 Steps!
Nothing screams Christmas joy more than something handmade. Wooden decorations are a super easy way to make personalised gifts and let’s face it, they work a treat when your mince pie baking game isn’t quite perfected. They last a lot longer too! Items needed: Paint Masking Stencil VinylSilhouette Cameo 4Weeding Tool Squeegee Paint & Paintbrush…
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Save the Whales: Why CraftStick went Litter Picking!
Here we have the undeniably beautiful faces of CraftStick! 😉 Armed with gloves, torches and litter pickers (and glamorously rocking hi vis vests), we carried out an Urban Beach Clean in our local area as part of our mission to help protect our planet! Did you know over 95% of plastic pollution in our oceans…
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Heat Transfer Vinyl: Child’s Play In 5 Steps!
Kinda cute, kinda funny, super creepy. We created these Chucky inspired dungarees with our HTV – perfect for Halloween! Items needed: Heat Transfer Vinyl: red, lemon yellow and neon blue Silhouette Cameo 4 Weeding tool Heat Press or iron Measure the front pocket on your dungarees for the “Good Guys” text. Create builder, cowboy and…
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Save the Whales: The Adoption!
We’ve adopted a whale! Here at CraftStick, we want to help care for our planet as much as we can, and we know you do too. So everybody, meet Reflection, our newly adopted humpback whale and leading lady in aquatic relations! By adopting Reflection, we’re supporting Whale and Dolphin Conservation, the leading global charity in…
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Stencil Film: This Is Halloween In 6 Steps!
What’s the best thing about Autumn? HALLOWEEN! And what’s the best thing about Halloween? PUMPKINS! But carving them? Not so much. We’ve used our Stencil Masking Film as an alternative way of decorating pumpkins that’s mess free and super child friendly as there’s no carving! YAY Items needed: Paint Masking Stencil FilmVinyl CutterWeeding toolSqueegeeApplication tapeMarker…
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