Bargain hunt .............

Good evening my bloggy buddies & everyone else I just thought I would like to share a couple of what I think are bargains why don't you tell me what you think. The first bargain is from Hemswell Sunday Market in Lincolnshire I got all this for £52

Now my second bargain is from The Works which is in our Town Centre & this cost me £4-95

These stencils are 2 in a pack for 99p and are A4 in size

Week # 171 @ OSCC

Good Evening my friends in Blog just wanted to let you all know this post has been done twice already & the land of Virtual is at war with my computer, I do hope nobody else is having this conflict. I am late posting this due to being out with a really bad back but I am now on the mend.
Well One Stop Craft Challenge  started it's new challenge on Saturday & I was unfit to join in all this fun, our lovely Sponsor for this week is ...... Crafty Emma & the Challenge is .......................


 COLOUR ON KRAFT

We are proud to be sponsored by the lovely....

Store Bio

Crafty Emma's Store sells a fabulous range of papercrafting products and wedding stationery.

As you all know there are a few rules which you can find on OSCC challenge blog but the biggest thing is have fun doing it, here is my card I hope you like it .....

My card has been coloured with Promarkers, the image is Teddy Bo which is on a new Double CD that is free with Digital Crafting well worth £7-99 it has over 1500 elements to it.

And here is where I am challenging them ...

http://teddybochallenge.blogspot.com/ - Pearls & Swirls
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Ribbons and Lace
http://www.sewmanychallenges.com/ - "Let's Punch it!"
http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/ - "Critter" in the image (animal, bug, fish etc) (ends 11th March)

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Fussy & Fancy

Week # 169 @ OSCC

Hello all my friends hope you have all been well , wow what a cold week we had in the UK I hope everyone kept warm & dry I have been busy trying to come up with something new & I think I may have cracked it maybe you can tell me at the end when you see my pics.
Well it's a new Challenge at One Stop Card Crafts and yes we have 2 lovely Sponsors so that means you have to come & play along with us, it's never hard just fun..... a card, layout, bookmark, tag, the choice is yours just as long as it fits in with the theme which is....

Hearts and Flowers and Ribbon

Our Sponsors are:

and a new Sponsor to us

Art Journey is the most specialised but above all the cosiest (online) StampStore in Holland. The Website has 3 different languages and so therefore is accessible for everyone. Service and quality are very important to Louisse for her store. Visit the online webstore through http://www.artjourney.nl and you will see lots and lots of yummie stuff that we crafters really really need (LOL).

Art Journey offers a wide range of goodies for all crafters.
Besides lots and lots of common craft products, they also have their own stamps! How fantastic is that eh???
If you have the opportunity to visit the Store in Sleen (in the Netherlands) then Louise and Liesbeth will be very happy to say Hi to you during a workshop or in the store itself. So don't hesitate and come on over to the online webstore or to the store in Sleen and you will find lots of yummie stuff.

Now for my pics there are only 4 (-:

Before



 After

I bought this at Christmas from Wilko's I altered it before I thought about taking a photo, so I turned it over & put the original bow back in place so you have a rough Idea how it looked before I sanded the birds down to colour them in Promarkers & add the flowers and follage.

This is where I'm challenging:
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ - Hearts, Valentines and/or Lace
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes
http://elphinehouse.blogspot.com/ - Hearts
http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/belli-challenge-136-heartsvalentine.html
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - Things with Wings
http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Flower Power
http://rainbowladyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Have a Heart
http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Ribbon & Bling

Week #167 @ OSCC

Good day Everyone I hope you're still having a wonderful week-end mine has been rather busy to say the least I wonder how we manage to fit some much in!!, Babysitting 3 different children on 2 nights, partying, car hiring, craft buying (Kate you have to pop to Katie's Cabin) I bought some really nice Kanban to make a lot of cards with the African feel to it.

Week #167 @ One Stop Craft Challenge started it's new challenge yesterday but with being sew busy (no I have not misspelt it) it's a little play on words :) I'm late posting it, the Challenge is Stiching, Faux or Real.
I hate sewing and when I saw what the challenge was for this week my blood froze aahhh but it wasn't as bad as I thought I did small area's which made it easier (sew) here is a word from our lovely Sponsor

Shop Blurb:

Chocolate Baroque is a small independent art and craft company, based in the historic market town of Barnard Castle in County Durham in the North-East of England, run by husband and wife team, Glenda and Adrian Waterworth.

We design and manufacture our own range of natural rubber art stamps as well as a range of paper-craft CDs that provide background paper designs, frames, tags and other artistic elements for you to print out and use in your greetings cards, scrapbook pages and other mixed media artwork. We also design digital art for you to download and use in your own art and craft projects.

As well as our own products, we also sell a select range of other art and craft materials – particularly things that complement our own ranges or things that we love and find inspiring ourselves.The art and craft industry being what it is, we're always on the lookout for new and interesting products, so things around here will be staying pretty fresh. You may also sometimes find "limited edition" or "pre-order only" items on our website, where we either make a product available for a limited time or only order items into stock if there is sufficient demand for a particular product that we wouldn't normally carry.

Prize: Set of the latest stamp plates worth £40:

(pop over to see those lovely stamps on OSCC )

Now here is my card I thought it looked ok hope you do too,

This  is where I'm challenging:

http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/ Let's hear it for the boys!

http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/ the Colour BLUE
http://phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ card for a child
http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Ribbons
http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes

Ewan's 5

Hello all my friends far & near I hope you are all keeping well & having a lovely week-end mine is deffo getting better (just me getting down with the young ones:). ) This week=end is the big boys birthday he's been waiting for it for so long and now it's here, he had a little tea party for a few friends now he's having one at mine for his Aunties who don't see him & Taylor. I made this card for him I hope you like it.

This is our little fella & yes he's Ben 10 mad.

I'm going to Enter it here:
http://foryourinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/ #22 Photo Inspiration
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ Something Bright
http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://unstampabelleschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anyting Goes
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/ Masculine
http://cachallenge.blogspot.com/ Numbers
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes

Who's a super saver?

Hi everyone just thought I would share the best deal I've had in ages I went to a big Sunday Market in Lincolnshire and bought all these lovely babies, the prices at the top are what I paid, the middle is the price he was charging and the bottom are an estimate from the web (if you can read them)a saving of about £20-70.

Aren't they lovely I also got some beads & findings for when all my stuff gets packed away at the end of the month ready to extend my home, just thought it would be nice to share them with you.

Challenge #165@ OSCC

Hello everyone seems like I've been away for ever although in fairness it was last year :) I hope you all had a lovely Christmas & great New Year I really enjoyed it the only thing that spoiled it was it didn't last long enough.
We have a new challenge at One Stop Craft Challenge the theme is On the Spot and we also have 2 lovely Sponsors Ribbon Girl & Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Shop Blurb

We are Mother and Daughter, Mary and Andrea and have always crafted (card making, scrapbooking, cake decorating, sewing, embroidery, soft toy making etc) and as well as keeping our own blogs up to date, we enter as many challenges as we can fit in and are also proud to be on various papercrafting Design Teams.

We were frustrated that we were increasingly unable to buy very small quantities of ribbon and lace and resented having to purchase a roll of 5 metres when we only needed one metre. Because we love ribbons, lace and all things sparkly and pretty, we decided to open our own online shop and make small quantities easily available to all crafters. Mary owns the shop and runs it on a day to day basis as well as keeping the website updated while Andrea looks after the social side in her spare time, such as the Ribbon Girl Blog and Design Team.

We specialise in supplying small quantities of ribbon, twine, vintage style lace and seam binding ribbon, tiny pom-pom and ric-rac trim, buttons, fancy pins, charms, pearl and crystal flourishes, wool felt squares, seasonal and unusual embellishments, mulberry flowers, sticky tape and accessories to card makers, crafters, scrapbookers and cake decorators. We stock only the best quality products such as Divine Twine, Berisford, May Arts, Zva and only offer for sale goods that we would personally buy and use ourselves.

Shop Blurb

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

I am so excited I have been added as a guest of OSCC on Catch the Bug woo hoo
 
Here's my card I hope you like it.
 

For this card I have used First Edition Spring Fest papers, Bugaboo (Ruby Chocolate - Bathe in Chocolate) Black Pearls from Hobby House, Flowers, Ribbon, Charm & chain from stash, Promarkers.
This is where I am challenging my card:
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ #58 Anything Goes
http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/ pink, pink & more pink
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://www.phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/ #88  Tic-Tac-Toe
http://theribbonreelchallenge.blogspot.com/ #19 Pink Polka Dots

I FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT THIS BUT MY COMPUTER CRASHED AS i GOT TO THE END OF ALL MY CHALLENGES & WIPED EVERYONE OFF could you please let me know when commenting who it is for so I can try to put this right.