The Craft Ark

Easy to make
Kilt Pin Brooch

Crafters looking for inspirational ideas to try out their skills will be impressed by a unique website dedicated solely to projects and not product. The Craft Ark currently provides crafters with over 175 different craft projects, and their aim is to publish 365 projects on the site at all times – one for every day of the year.

Key holder with
stamped decoration

Projects cover all the most popular craft skills from card making, scrap booking and rubberstamping through to T-bag folding, encaustic wax painting and memory boxes.

The website is cleanly designed, extremely easy to navigate. Other sections include tricks of the trade - video techniques - glossary and a forum is planned for inclusion on the site within the next few weeks. The website also features an advice section called ‘Ask the Ark’ where members can submit questions and receive a response from a team of crafting experts.

Make your own scrapbook

Creative Director Lynne Garner is an established craft author and lecturer. She has been craft writing since 1997, writing for a large number of craft magazines in England and the US including Crafts for Children, The Lady and Popular Crafts. She has written her own column for several magazines and has written eight books with two new books due for release late in 2006.

Butterfly card with
a hidden extra inside!

Lynne believes that the website will be of interest to crafters, especially those who practice more than one type of craft;

“We launched The Craft Ark because there was a gap in the market for a website which provided inspirational projects for crafters without pressurizing them to buy product at the same time. There is a huge crafting community worldwide, many of whom buy crafting materials at craft shows, order on-line or via mail order but often don’t know where to start, especially if they are a beginner.”

A treasure chest
ideal for knick-knacks

“The Craft Ark takes you through a simple step-by-step approach to each project, and provides a complete list of materials required. For the more advanced crafter we’ve included more challenging projects covering a range of disciplines and introduced more complicated techniques so there is something for everyone.”

The instructions for the projects shown here are all available to The Craft Ark's members. To find out more or to register visit www.thecraftark.com

Poppy Card Project from The Craft Ark