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With Mother’s Day just around the corner. It’s time to appreciate all those lovely mums this year! Who else would do your washing, cook you delicious Sunday roast dinners, always be there when you need them and worry about you after you’ve grown up and left home? Where would we be without our mums? ...

Days until Christmas Dry Wipe Sign

Layered Christmas sign using Self Adhesive vinyl

Items needed:
Blank placemat
Xpres Craft Self Adhesive Vinyl in tomato red, gold and bright green
Weeding tool
Squeegee
Application Tape
Silhouette Cameo Machine 
Silhouette Store Design: #275160

When the weather turns chilly and the heating’s turned up why not use the excuse to stay indoors and try some new design and print ideas. We have been busy here at Xpres Craft put together some great winter pieces…. Go on, be inspired this winter by us! 

A month on and we're still sad that the Handmade Festival can't happen every weekend! To say us guys at Xpres Craft LOVED it is an understatement. We thought the whole event from start to finish was awesome! 

As our first time exhibiting at the show we were a little optimistic and really didnt know what to expect. We saw pictures, read reviews, spoke to other exhibitors and show organisers before arriving but nothing prepared us for the show and all it's greatness. 

Book Nerd Book Mark

Book mark gift idea using self-adhesive vinyl

Items needed:
Blank book mark 
Xpres Craft Self Adhesive Vinyl
Weeding tool 
Squeegee 
Application Tape 
Silhouette Cameo Machine 
cutting mat if using off cuts
Silhouette Store Design: #71353

Hey, 

We thought we would jump on our blog to tell you a little bit about our craft blanks we supply. 

Our products... 

The craft blanks we sell are all optimised for sublimation printing.... If your unsure what subliamtion printing is check out our 'sublimation how to' section on our main web...

Baby bib with HTV Glitter

Items needed:
Baby bib
Xpres Craft HTV Glitter in black 
Silhouette Cameo Machine
Cutting mat if using off cuts
Design ID: 155029

Multi-coloured design with Heat transfer Vinyl

Items needed:
T-shirt
Xpres Craft HTV textured glitter in silver, pink, purple and blue
Heat press or Iron
Silhouette Cameo Machine
cutting mat if using off cuts
Silhouette Store Design #238783

Here at Xpres Craft, heat transfer vinyl (HTV) is our favourite product when we are looking to personalise t-shirts, hoodies, cushions, hats, bags and more!

HTV is versatile, very inexpensive and is available in a wide range of colours and textures making it great for all sorts of projects. If you haven’t tried HTV before we hope this blog post gives you some inspiration to have a go!

Here at Xpres Craft self adhesive vinyl is our go to product when we want to customise, personalise or upcycle anything with a smooth surface!
It’s so versatile, inexpensive and comes in a wide range of colours and finishes making it great for all sorts of projects.