 Hi everybody it's Sam at Mixed Up Crowd, thank you for watching today. So this week I have purchased some bits from the work so they had some new new product in and it was right at my street so I will show you all of this in more detail. So I've picked up these wooden embellishments so they basically imagine a flatback pearl but in wood and much bigger. So what I'm going to use them for and get in the packaging because I'll put all these in my big We Are Memory Keepers Bloom. So I'm going to take all the packaging off. Okay so what I plan to do with these is like I said use them for feet but you can also colour them. I can put VersaMark on them, sprinkle embossing powder, put glitter over them and things like that and obviously use them as embellishments that way but it's just one of those things that I know they're going to come in handy for something. So I've got two packets of them but first up they are going to be as little feet I think. So you get 10 in a pack for a pound so I've got the two packs there and yeah I just think they're going to come in really handy. They could even be like a mushroom top you know if I'm doing a little woodland scene or something or some kind of 3D project. You never know with all these Christmas projects that will be upon us before you know it I'm sure they're going to be featured so I've got those. I always kind of grab things like that because I know there's going to be a use for them at some point but it was mainly these bits here that I saw so these two are the same and these two are the same so these are your brass locks you get three so I've got six in total and these are ring handles and again you get three in a pack so I've got six there okay and I will link all of this in the description box below but what you get you would see these on any of those kind of like wooden boxes that you can get that you can decorate yourself but that's your lock. This piece goes in front and then that locks through so once they're both stuck then this will move around like so and then will lock back into place so you could use this on for example the jewelry box that I've done that fairy jewelry box but I will probably because I'll probably use these with my grey board my you know thick chipboard you do get screws I could probably screw them into the chipboard but I will probably just use my hot glue so you can use that with these but if you are using the wooden boxes the one that I done for my nan you could you know use these but that already came with them but that's the kind of thing they're more kind of I guess supposed to be used for but these I've used similar before with just hot glue and they work fine so yeah you get all the screws there but whether I use those or not so I've got two lots of those and then these here are these rings so again with some hot glue I can just stick that on and it's like a little handle you imagine like a little door a knocker on a door you see there but the idea again that would make nice little yeah just handles but also you can stick that with hot glue onto the side of a mini album and you could have loads of dangles hanging from it as well but it could also work on the top of like a jewelry box you could lift that up and that could be the way to lift it and also you know I could probably put a different I could probably put some brads through that rather than the screws and then have ribbon coming through and that could be another nice kind of decorative piece for a handle on a gift bag so they've got loads of uses and yeah saw them then I thought I'll grab those so yeah I got the two packs there and then I'm always thinking ahead so again I'm thinking Christmas believe it or not but these are natural wooden pieces and I thought these are going to work really well when I do some projects that I have in mind but you get two four six eight ten for a pound show you those there and then you got all these different little pieces of wood okay so again two packs there pound each and then I've got these now I already have these ones these are the little mini wooden fences and I love these I love that they are you know perfect and they're these nice little small ones but then I did see these which are larger they're not the best of quality they're very very cheap wood and they're a little bit I'd say wonky they're also upside down because that's the flat part so that would be the bottom I take them out here peel it off yeah they're very pretty flimsy but perfect to paint and colour but that would almost stretch along the bottom of a five by seven card blanks so one two three it's just over four inches but I just thought they were really good so yeah I got six there three in a pack so three for a pound but again with a lot of the Christmas ideas I've got coming up these kind of things are not going to last me long this is my second pack of these now so and I've got projects already to do with these ones so once they're gone then I'll have these ones as well I'm probably going to end up getting some more of these because I just I take everything out of its packaging because it's much easier to store away and I like to see everything so these will you can see there they take up no room but they can easily join up or go along the side like that so again if you've done any of my little she-sheds or the bird box this would work really nice with it as well so you know if I see these things I like to get them to obviously show you guys but it's also nice to just have a few different kind of varieties I really like that they're longer and yeah but they are they are flimsy I think they're just going to suck any color up like a sponge to be honest I think they're going to be better painted so I might have to kind of prime them with maybe a gesso first and then add anything to them but yeah I think they're really nice again all of this will be linked below so that's what I purchased from the works then I popped into the pound shop because they're pretty much next door to each other and I saw this and it's the Let's Craft kind of range that they do but it's their white card and it's A4 and it's 200 gsm usually they just have like 80 gsm they never really have like a good thick card stock now I wasn't kind of holding out for this I thought oh I'll try it see what it's like and I'm actually pleasantly surprised so it's not smooth which is you know that's fine it's just I have my smooth one so I use those for stamping but I just thought this is going to be good for using for any kind of mats and layers that I want to do in white because I do hate cutting into my heavily card stock which I have done before but this could even work for a card blank because by the time you add your decorative papers you could easily you know you can see that it does hold itself okay um it's it is smooth but it's not smooth enough you know to stamp on it seems to be quite porous so I imagine it's going to possibly bleed any kind of color let me just try one of my markers on it this would give me an idea if it is going to really kind of bleed yeah it kind of I wouldn't color too much on this it's not marker friendly but it's not bleeding that so maybe not I think it's actually quite good it does I thought it would really bleed the markers out on it but it doesn't it's kept that nice crisp line but it is kind of shedding a little bit there you can see a few little bits so yeah I wouldn't use it for my markers but in terms of matting a layering and even for stamping um I think it's going to be fine so yeah like I said I was pleasantly surprised so I did pick up two I thought oh no I'll just get one and try and I thought well if it is good then I'll want to get two because I haven't seen it in there before so I don't know you know whether it's just new to my store or if it is new to the pound shop but now I've got 60 sheets for two pound I thought that was pretty good there's a few kind of like random fibers kind of I think it's just on that one but you get what you pay for but I'm actually surprised at how nice this is for a pound because they've got the same white card stocks in many other you know top craft stores for a lot more than a pound so yeah if you've got a pound shop near you and you see this I think it's pretty good certainly to have as just a like so for using for your matting and layering then I received the latest issue of papercraft essentials this is issue 176 because I'm on the design team for the magazine any magazine that I feature in they they send me a copy so this is my card here I done the shaker card feature in this month so there's two of my cards in there but I also get the free gift which is really nice and this one they done the craft work cards and it was the hot air balloon and I have a card coming up with that one and you can buy that kit separately on them the craft stash website I believe again I'll link that below I think I've got it let me see if I've got it at hand this one so I've already used some parts of it but this is the flying high eight by eight collection and I did show all of this in a previous what did I get but I have a card coming up with this one which I think you're going to like but yeah you can buy this online without the magazine but this one here you always get so much in them they're just brilliant we are very lucky in the UK because we do have really good magazines but look at all this that you get so there's your template for your because it's a pop-up card kit but you can make other things with it so that's great there's a really handy template to have but what I always love is not only are the papers beautiful they're double-sided really really nice but you get these and these are big big big flowers so you've got and they're all um pre-die cut on nice thick card just like the other ones there look at all your sentiment sheets and you get two of those ones but look at the size of these look how big that is it's gorgeous and then you've got your lovely matching take some of these out you can start to build up some really beautiful toppers so there is a card coming with this one it may have already come up actually you may have already seen it this week I'm trying to this is pre-recorded sometimes a lot earlier than it goes out so because I usually buy most of my stuff at the weekend so I usually um well this is this is the weekend now that I'm filming this so yeah I don't know my schedule in for next week but this is the magazine always filled with loads of inspiration but you also get love card making with this issue as well so I've got two full magazines this is issue two this is the international edition and it's literally the normal you know thickness of a normal magazine so I've got two magazines and that really nice card kit so again I will share all the links to this magazine I do um I'm biased as well but I do really like papercraft essentials I used to buy it before you know I started doing some of the cards for it so one of my top ones there and then Christmas stuff can you believe it I was watching creating craft the other day and craftless companion have launched these here so you have your merry Christmas your warm wishes your winter wishes and it's Christmas time and the reason I've grabbed these is because I do have some Christmas sentiments but I don't have a lot and last Christmas I used the same ones on pretty much all my projects so this here are basically all of your card sentiments to have inside the card you can have them on the outside the intention is is that you have these big ones on the front so you've got it's Christmas time and I like that it says it's Christmas time I think that's a really nice one you've got winter wishes and then you've got warm wishes and then you've got a lovely big merry Christmas there I'm going to take them out of the packaging in a minute but then below that you have all your subtitles and these are you can either have them underneath this on the front or inside so let me show you this one first you can see that better now and they're really nice lovely phrases and quotes and things you've got so you'd have merry Christmas may the quiet beauty of the season bring you joy and warm memories to cherish throughout the coming year then you've also got wishing you warm hearts and bright memories this Christmas time or this Christmas sorry and then you've got Anna Happy New Year so you can have Merry Christmas as Anna Happy New Year then you've got Merry Christmas from our family to yours Merry Christmas wishing you and those you love all the good things in life eat drink and be merry to all and to all a good night our greetings sent with festive cheer and then wishing you a never-ending season of love and cheer and that's the one thing for Christmas time I have nice kind of card phrases for inside to fall throughout the year like happy birthday ones and things but I don't have a lot of Christmas ones in yeah like I said they're just pretty standard these ones I like so different so I've got that one there like I said that's the merry Christmas I will link all of these to creative craft I'm not sure if the deal that I got them for will be the same as what's on there now I didn't pay it was a yeah they had a special deal so I got all of these for £17.97 and I'm not a member so if you're any members of creating craft TV then obviously you would have got that a little bit cheaper and then I pay 2.99 postage sure I got it in the end it was just under £21 so that works out just well slightly over £5 a stamp set which I thought was really good considering how big these are and for me this is timeless now I won't buy anymore I will keep these now for a fair few years until I'm bored of them again but I think most of these sentiments are things that are you use them all the time you know so you've got warm wishes you've got to you there as well have yourself a merry little Christmas wishing you all the joys of the season and all the best in the coming year and I like that you have all these different fonts mixed in have a fun and festive time this Christmas my dear friend this is nice may your celebrations be merry your heart be light your Christmas happy and your season bright at the close of another year we gratefully pause to wish you a warm and happy Christmas and then you've got made the true spirit of Christmas shining your heart this season to spread a little Christmas cheer and then that Christmas in all ways so that's a really nice one and then this is the winter wishes so you've got thinking of you at Christmas hoping your Christmas is filled with love and laughter there's nobody like you wishing you a happy and healthy Christmas and new year thank you for your kindness and support this year I think that's lovely may your Christmas be filled with sweet surprises for my lovely friend this Christmas a very merry Christmas to you and then this one after the gifts have been opened and the tree starts to wane when the carols have faded may happiness remain like that as well and then the last one and this is my favorite I love love that look at that it's so nice and big it's Christmas time and it says I believe it's Christmas time the most wonderful time of the year so they all work with this then you got meet you under the mistletoe make the season bright warm wishes this season time to share the magic of Christmas that fills the air a time for giving and a time for getting Christmas a time for giving and a time for getting Christmas is a time for forgetting and forgiving a clause for celebration the happiest season of all I think that's all of them there so you have so many to choose from and it shows you there they've got the main one on the front of the card and then inside you know you can obviously do whatever you want but they're a load so I think this was how they were you can I think you can buy them individually but I purchased this bundle here and like I said 17 pound whatever it was but I think it was yeah it would have been 15 or 16 something if you are a creating craft member but I don't buy a lot from them I think actually this is maybe the second thing I've brought this year so I haven't bothered buying the membership I might consider it I'm not sure but um yeah I thought they were really good and then I popped into my favorite charity shop which still seems to be receiving a lot of craft products so first of all I picked up the stampendis embossing powders and this is the gemstone collection so the colors are tanzanite rubalite carnillion jade and sapphire they've not been opened before and you can just see here and they're really fine powders the colors are gorgeous really really lovely and no I haven't any of these colors so you have to watch some embossing powders because they can actually go off but these ones are all still fine so yeah look at those aren't they gorgeous colors so I'm going to add them to my stash because yeah I've got a lot of like silver gold white I've got the tacky I've got yeah all I don't know I guess like just ones that you use all the time they're more I guess specific I wouldn't use a blue like everyday kind of thing so it's nice to have them and yeah I'll be giving them a go so that was the stampendis and these are still being sold or they're similar sorry not these exact ones because this is old but for five the £9 49 crafters companion had the stampendis vintage embossing powders so I did check them out so yeah not bad price there I've got them for £1 50 and they're around £10 then my mum's got this one here this was 50p and this is the tonic studios and this one is I think £9 or something it's still on their website so again that was an absolute bargain it's a just this really nice kind of like garden or Nate Vars or something like that it's got Rococo actually sorry there by Rococo so it's part of that collection but she's going to have all flowers coming out of this it's a nice size so yeah that one and then she also got this this was 50p and I believe it's the catatouche crafters companion again we looked all online at all of this this is for no £3.99 this one she's got that one for 50p so that's my mum's and then I picked up this so they had the stamps by Chloe this is Beth Day wishes I think this is online or was online for £4.99 and I got it for 50p things like this and never go out of fashion as I always say but it's just got a really nice you can see the font there so just thought that was yeah really pretty then I picked up these so these were a pound each they're about £2.99 online but this here so it's creative expressions and this is creative expressions but the packaging they obviously these are older and then this is their newer branding but it's the these are the 18 mil flatback bronze settings for the 18 mil dazzlers so these here I don't know whether I'd use it like that this is 2012 whereas this is 2014 but these I will maybe put some patterned paper in there and then put some glossy accents to give it that look of like a cabochon or something but these are on some foam adhesive which comes off I think that's dried out because they are old but look it sits inside so how nice will they look it's like a buckle or something on the bottom of like a gift bag on the handles so yeah you'll see them get used and then those ones there are the 25 mil they're really they've got a lovely sparkle to them it's almost like a bit platinum so yeah I thought they were good and then this is the winner for me so those of you that know I love poppies this I done a little squeal look at this it is the giant poppy by indigo blue it's on their website for £17.99 and I paid £1 I could not believe this let me just show you it's brand new I opened it to see but it is literally when I peeled that off I think you could tell I was the first one to peel it off so this is the giant poppy it's a five size it will fit perfectly in my stamp positioner it's red rubber cling mount look at that look at the detail but it's not detailed too much so that when I add my color to it but that is so easy to cut out as well and then you have it's funny actually because I said this to my mum I said these here if you added some little kind of like bristles it would look like a witch's broom so I'm definitely going to use that in some kind of Halloween project but they're obviously all the parts to the poppy you've got the lovely leaves so you've got the smaller poppy I just oh my god I cannot believe I've got that huge poppy image this is going to be used on a gift bag and some other projects that I've got my eye on already so yeah designer is Kay Halliwell Sutton so I do have some indigo blue stamps I've got some older ones and they are beautiful so there's that one and then with that there was this one here which is on their website for £9 I think it was £8.99 this is the square peg round hole but it's just the background but I thought that would look nice just in kind of like a light color just to sit on the backgrounds of some of my cards and you can see there and this one was a pound it was packed by Mandy apparently again if I pull this one off you can see oh no there's no that's just general inspiration but yeah really nice again red rubber stamp and then look a butterfly again it's like they knew I was coming in the shop this is their dinky stamps this is the Flutter by 50p again brand new this is the first time I've even opened this one but you can well you can see the detail so nice to cut out I know I've got lots of dyes but I don't have a lot of butterfly maybe I do actually no not that size this is probably the largest butterfly stamp I have I think I think I need to have just like a butterfly kind of stamp and dye section because at the moment all my butterflies are like categorized under animals so maybe now I need to do or flying animals I should do because I can put my dragonflies in with that how oh that just couldn't like I said little squeal was coming out when I was looking through this like box of all these craft things then I picked up these and these are being sold for 349 each and these are the imagination crafts mixed media sprays this is the does it say the color I thought I read it somewhere before sure it said oh yeah there it is it's the light blue and then I've got the red and I've got dark brown these are the kind of things that I use when I'm doing maybe like my scrapbooking but also if I'm doing like more like something like the shed the little she shed that I made or the bird box sometimes I'll just dress them with inks like this but I do have a nice tutorial coming up with this being used so yeah but they were a pound each so considering a 350 I think you can buy a pack of five for 14.99 or otherwise they're 349 each something like that anyway I saw briefly online so that was a steel and then this one here so this is the gift box punch board these are great the we are memory keepers punch boards you've got the envelope you've got the gift bag you've got the flower you've got the gift box such as this one you've got there's a few and they've updated them a lot it didn't have the little thing but I have about four of these now the little start you know scoring tool but you've got the extendable arm there and you can make huge gift boxes with this one and yeah three pound and this is 17.99 roughly 16.99 online some places I think the range they sometimes have it on offer for about 12.99 but again three pound that was a bargain and very very light usage and you've also got the punch there the reverse punch which does like an interlocking kind of closure so that'd be handy to use just for other things as well so although I make a lot of my gift boxes and gift bags from scratch every now and then we all need just something quick this is always handy so just gives you all the instructions there and there's heaps of youtube tutorials showing you how to make this but yeah my charity shop it's just a little hidden gem I love it and at the moment like I said I think we're going through a bit of a phase I think either someone's having a big clear out because they slowly keep adding to it and we did ask the lady there she was ever so kind and we just said you haven't got any more out the back that you haven't put out yet and um she went and had a little look but she said no that's it for the minute so we pop back we go in there about once a week so um and we've we've yeah we've kind of hit the jackpot lately so okay so that's everything this week I'll share all the links that I can find in the description box below pop in the comments if you've got any of this if you too purchase these as well because I know they're new and yeah until next time thanks for watching give me a thumbs up if you enjoyed today and subscribe to my channel so you get to see 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