7 essentials for your craft bag you can't do without

1.  Mini Trimmer

Ideal for trimming small papers and photos, I carry mine everywhere in my crafting bag

2.  Large trimmer and score board

12”x12” is best.  This is my favourite; it folds out to a full 12” with a built-in scoring tool.

This ‘We Are Memory Keepers’ version is hard to beat, its great quality and worth paying the extra for

3. Tape runner

For quickness and less mess these are brilliant!.  Look for photo safe if you are a scrapbooking, I recommend the Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z runners, they are ISO certified for photo safety. 

4.  Zig two way glue

I simply can’t do without this.  Sticks permanent while wet, or leave both surfaces to dry before joining for a post-it-note style stickiness.  I use the small one for embellishments and the large chisel tip version for re-glueing my cutting mats for my die cut machine.  

I have a number of different sizes for different jobs, and NEVER use my fabric scissors for paper!

6.  Circle and oval cutters

I love my circle and oval cutting sets, and use them all the time, for cardmaking and cutting photos for my albums.

7. Cardstock in a range of basic colours

Because we all want a range of colours to choose from right now, while we are in the throes of creatingright?  These are my go-to pads to keep I my craft bag.