Sunderland

Trading as City Art Store, our Sunderland City Centre Branch is at 23 Vine Place Sunderland
SR1 3NA
Tel No 0191 5659254

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Your one stop shop for picture frames, bespoke framing and fine art, craft, card making and scrapbooking materials, it is an Aladdin's Cave. We offer a huge range of high quality art and craft supplies from painting materials to card making equipment

Established in the 1970's, City Art Store is a family-owned picture framing, art and craft (card making) business in the Imag-e-nation North East based chain. With competitve prices we also offer student discount and a loyalty card scheme 

Card Making Supplies for every occasion

We have thousands of card making supplies and craft supplies, for all your card making and scrapbooking needs, card blanks and envelopes, paper, embellishments, craft punches, rubber stamps, peel off stickers, cuttlebug & accessories, craft storage boxes, backing papers, decoupage sheets and accessories, all at reasonable cost. We hope you will enjoy shopping for your card making and craft supplies at 23 Vine Place Sunderland, a stone's throw from Debenhams, Metro Interchange and The Bridges Shopping Centre

Whether you make hand made cards, love scrapbooks or just crafts in general, we have something for you, including 
Card Making Supplies, Scrapbooking Supplies, craft punches, Beads & Jewellery, Storage, Tools, Craft Books and so much more for crafts.
We have card making demonstrations on a regular basis



Fine Art Materials

We are also a retailer of art, acrylic paints, watercolour paints, oil paints, gouache watercolour paper, sketch pads stretched canvas, mediums, brushes, pastels, pencils, and all artist's supplies from leading suppliers.

We carry the best quality oil paints, watercolours, acrylic, gouache, pastels, inks, masking fluid paper and pencils, white spirit, including products suitable for the professional artist as well as the student and beginner.
We stock Team Valley Brushes who have been manufacturing brushes for over 125 years and have developed many unique brushes, ferrules and handles.


We have brushes, easels, papers, pastels, sculpture materials, ceramics tools, and everything else for the studio
Our range of oil acrylic and watercolour art brushes are the best quality materials available at the top end and a fantastic range of excellent budget brushes for the beginner

Daler Rowney is one of the main Art suppliers along with Winsor & Newton, Royal Brush, DoCrafts, Conte, Pebeo and many other suppliers such as Staedtler, Rotring Faber Castell for graphics and technical drawing equipment and paper 


Made to Measure Picture Framing

Picture Framers for 30 years plus, we specialise in exceptional quality bespoke framing with creative design and exceptional craftsmanship. We also carry ready made picture frames & easels and mirrors. 
Our framing commitment is to help you enhance the look of your artwork with superior bespoke framing at very competitive prices. We use the finest mouldings available and every piece is hand framed on-site to transform the look of your artwork into a masterpiece. Whether it is framing your degree certificate, your Sunderland AFC shirt, your bridal bouquet or wedding photographs, your child's first shoes, your family portrait, your hole in one golf ball or a print you picked up on holiday - you bring in your memories and we help to transform them into a beautiful display that will last forever. Great prices and friendly reliable service. We will be happy to serve you !

Please drop by for a browse through our shop. Whether you're looking for a gift or a reward for yourself, we can offer lots of ideas and suggestions.

Party Banners

18th, 21st, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th Birthday, Congratulations, Wedding, Engagement or any other occasion. Designed for you with words and photographs