Making cards - Ideas (part 5)

Addams

Hello all

Had a little splurge on the sizzix sale. Needed some embossing backgrounds and got some very cheap on there. P & P is £4.90 though, so only worth it if you are ordering a few things.

Welcome sparrer, I'm sure you will be a convert once you get started!

Flying-fresian - I love books, so thanks for the link. Havent really got into the clay yet, but will keep an eye out for other books.

pointofnoreturn

Addams wrote: »

Hello all

Had a little splurge on the sizzix sale. Needed some embossing backgrounds and got some very cheap on there. P & P is £4.90 though, so only worth it if you are ordering a few things.

Welcome sparrer, I'm sure you will be a convert once you get started!

Flying-fresian - I love books, so thanks for the link. Havent really got into the clay yet, but will keep an eye out for other books.

I was put off by the postage price on the Sizzix site, it was not clear what the postage was until I went to check out and I was annoyed I had wasted ages on the site as it kept crashing and I ended up not ordering because of the high charge as it didn't make the bargain prices such a bargain for me!! Such a shame they have really high postage. Still saved me some money lol!

lei_armstrong

Georgiegirl2012 wrote: »

Just wanted to let you know that one of Lidl's offers of the week is stationery, so you might find some useful bits for a reasonable price.


http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/offerdate.htm?offerdate=16512

hope this helps somebody

The coloured card is good value - slightly larger than A4, 25 sheets all different colours and 270gsm for only £1.99 so I brought five packs! x

mooomin

I hate to be an Evil Temptress, but Cowling and Wilcox still have really good prices on their Promarkers (£1.69 for individual pens, £4.95 for sets of 5) and have free delivery until the end of December with this code PROM111.

I may have just added to my collection....:o

Giggle

flying_fresian wrote: »

Aha! I've been wondering where the good crafty sales were and am having lots of fun at Sir Stampalot at the moment

I went into Hobby Craft today and they had lots in there on sale i will post pics in a bit on my you know what lol

kingsland61

Giggle wrote: »

I went into Hobby Craft today and they had lots in there on sale i will post pics in a bit on my you know what lol

I read on another Forum (not connected to MSE) about the Hobbycraft sale. The Slice was reduced down to £49 and DCWV packs for only £2.99. I couldn't get my coat and boots on quick enough and off I went! BIG MISTAKE!! So if anyone from the Newcastle area is thinking of going to Hobbycraft at Teams Valley - forget it! They have nothing relating to what stores further down South appear to have had. No paperpacks reduced - not even the ones that were £2.99 in other stores - they were still full price in this store. No slice - I was told they hadn't had it for ages. All in all a total waste of time going plus I sat in traffic for 40 minutes just trying to get into the Retail Park! In fact the few meagre offerings in their sale was absolutely nothing that would tempt me! The staff were nice though and I bought 3 balls of wool and a knitting pattern - all at full price:( !!

Georgiegirl2012

flying_fresian wrote: »

I hate to be an Evil Temptress, but Cowling and Wilcox still have really good prices on their Promarkers (£1.69 for individual pens, £4.95 for sets of 5) and have free delivery until the end of December with this code PROM111.

I may have just added to my collection....:o

You are an evil evil woman. I have been soooooooo good and not spent on Cowling and Wilcox tonight, neither have I spent on sizzix, but I have just spent $15 (£9.98) on a set of 5 digi stamps which have 3 princesses, a frog, a prince and a selection of sentiments - these will be ideal as I too have a friend who also got engaged on Christmas day

craftygranny

i went to the sheffield one last time they had a sale and got nothing it was rubbish.

Georgiegirl2012

just in case anybody is interested, and just in case it hasn't already been posted, create and craft have a sale on and if you buy online you pay for the postage, but they are going to credit it back to your account so it can be used during January.

QVC also have a sale craft TSV at midnight, with a few craft sale shows during the day.

mooomin

Georgiegirl2012 wrote: »

QVC also have a sale craft TSV at midnight, with a few craft sale shows during the day.

Not that that's the reason I'm still up.....:o