 Hi everybody it's Sam at Mixed Up Craft thank you for watching today so this week I have purchased a few bits and pieces so from Hobbycraft I've got the 102 gems these are the sparkles and then 384 gems this is the shaped gems. Now the reason I've got these ones is because they are heart shaped and you can see there they're all separate which I prefer than being on like a continued strip that you know is okay but you have to if I just want that one I have to cut it whereas with these each one has got its own little piece of adhesive so they're really good and these ones I already have in the smaller stones but I love the colors it's like a midnight going into this you know other kind of blue navy color and then you've got the mobs and the purples down there and again they are just really nice and they're all faceted as well you can just see there so really really nice so I got those two and they were only a pound each. Hobbycraft do have quite a large amount of product that's in sale at the moment so those were on offer. Then I went to the good old charity shops I go in them every week because I always find you know some good handy things I think anyway but this was really good so this is a roll now I've looked on eBay and there is a company selling these exactly the same for what I can kind of roughly see how long this is this is anything from 15 to 25 pound and I paid 1 pound 50 and basically they are just larger square foam adhesives but they're a bit thinner but I thought they're going to be great for when I'm doing my decoupage and just when I'm sticking down any of kind of my mats and my layers because you see me always using foam adhesive but for the amount I've got here there's absolutely tons on here although with the amount of things that I make it probably won't last me too long but yeah I picked those up so I will share a link to them but unfortunately I did get a bargain here because from what I've seen for these exact ones on eBay they're rather expensive so I'm hoping that they're going to be super sticky for that price because I haven't used them yet but you can see there's absolutely tons on there so that was a good find. Also in the charity shop I picked up these here now I know I have a stamping platform but sometimes when you just want to just stamp like a tiny little heart or just a really small sentiment or something I don't always want to get my stamp position around and I know that with certain stamps and with the black ink that I use I'll get a good impression first time so I actually found these in the same charity shop I thought I'm just going to buy both because the rockers I've never used now I know that the crafters companion do block rockers or rocker blocks or something like that and there's a the crafters companion purple color these are just clear I'll take them out the packaging in a minute they're by quick stamps I I'm guessing they're old I'll have a look inside there and then these ones here are from America by Apple Pie Memories so anybody any of my US followers says here made in the USA Apple Pie Memories they've never been used they're still in the packaging there's no date or anything on this but this size here is perfect for my actual brand branded stamp and I stamp on the back of all my cards so I prefer the ones where they don't have any lines through them so these being completely clear are great so again you can just see there just how nice those are really really nice really thick and yeah solid so yeah that one there will stay out because that will have my my stamp on it but £2 those work and these are the rockers so it works exactly the same way so you pop your stamp so I'll bring in this stamp here because this was another stamp set that I purchased from a charity shop this is a old it's by Trimcraft it's me to you collection and I used to have me to you bears when I was younger but these are just Mother's Day ones but there are a few on here if I pop it on that's a bit better so here you've got with love from me to you so that can be used for anybody best mom happy Mother's Day but I liked those fonts for my beautiful mother so those three are obviously you know they are occasion specific but this one here you've got thank you for all that you do so I thought that was a really nice one to use on just a normal thank you card so there's some stamps that I got but just to show you how the rockers work you just pop your stamp down there are lines on this one so it will help you to line up like so I've got a bit of scrap card here and let's ink this one up first time using this never done it before but you're to hold these pieces here and basically rock it like so yeah that's really nice gone a little bit squishy there on those ones so I think I need a bit more practice I have seen some people's comments with these is that you do have to watch your pressure especially if you're using these stamps of silicon so they're not photopolymer so photopolymer a little bit more robust and harder and they don't tend to squash whereas silicon will squash so you do put too much pressure on so if I ink that up on there let's try a little bit lighter it's better that is better it's just gonna take some practice but I thought I'd try them out I'm not too sure about them but it's handy for when I do any craft classes and things like that see that one's getting better I think it is just a matter of just rolling it the block kind of does everything for you see it is getting better all of them are stamping okay even that one where it is a bit thicker that's all it is it's thicker it hasn't kind of ruined the image in any way but I love the the font on that I think it's really nice whereas if I was to stamp this with let's use the clear block push it down with the ink pad there because I haven't cleaned it flip this one over with these you just apply the same pressure all over which is my kind of preferred way so there we go you've got an equal even even you've got a nice even kind of pressure over all of that there so yeah these are probably the ones I'm going to go to a bit more but I'd love to see what other people think about any you know rocker blocks or block of rockers or whatever they're called but they are handy to keep they will definitely come in handy for something no doubt then I picked up some buckles they were these were a pound and you know I like to use this kind of hardware when I make some of my gift bags so I just thought these would come in handy they're gonna look great to put some ribbon through or even some cardstock and have that hanging down these two are the same so that's quite handy to have those two but these lovely big ones I mean that would look lovely on a Christmas project as like Father Christmas is trousers or even a Father's Day gift you could have it as the belt buckle or something which it obviously is but you know what I mean so yeah if you ever see anything like this you know look in the haberdashery sections go into any of those kind of shops as well if you don't have any charity shops but they these kind of things are usually pretty cheap anyway so yeah I got those what one two three four five for a pound so I thought that was okay and then these were in these one in a charity shop these were in a shop I put on my Facebook page last week that me and my mom went to Totnes Totnes is just a really nice old kind of historic town really it's just got a lot of independent shops it's on a you know it's got a nice little high street lots of good food places but there was a lady there who's got a really lovely shop all with like kind of home interiors and things like that but she had this kind of bowl and it had loads of vintage images and I saw these and I thought I'm pretty sure these are Tim Holtz his ideology I think it is range and I've always admired them and I do like using these kind of things and maybe some more of my mixed media or even scrapbook layouts and things like that and some of them are really really fun like look at this one here look at his face really really good I love this one here of the two sisters that would be quite nice you know like I said on a scrapbook layout or even a card a sister card but there's also smaller versions of the same ones there but I went into hobby craft yesterday or the day before and they've got these in a pack in there for $6.99 and it is Tim Holtz so yeah that was a good bargain like that one there as well and it's a nice idea with any of your old with your own family photos you know if you scan them through on your brother scan and cut and cut them out you can have these so it's a you know it is a nice thing to have and I'm probably going to do that as well but some of them are good and there's the one with him sat down here you can actually sit him on something anyway they were a pound for all of those so I got myself a bargain and then I picked up these now these are I think from IKEA but maybe older styles because the ones that I've seen online I looked up the other day are taller than this slightly taller but the same width and they are basically for holding like your spices in the kitchen because all of these were brand new and they had a white kind of shaker plastic inside but these were from a charity shop and I got all of them for £2 and I know at the moment in on IKEA they've got two for $1.75 so again I've got myself a bargain but I am going to get more because these sit perfectly on the trays that I have on my pegboard so in here are lots of my sequins and I do have a few other sequin colors to pop in these jars when I get them because I know I've shared before these here which I love but the problem I have sometimes is when I make a shaker card and I want to use all of that color you have to try and cover all of these bits with your hands to make sure none of the other colors kind of fall out so I'm now decanting all of this into these things and I just think it looks really nice as well because you can really see what you've got I mean for example I forgot I had them and they're really nice like discs these are all beads tons and tons of beads they're gonna look great in a shaker card and things like this I purchased and then they kind of got pushed to the back a bit so it's nice now that I can actually see them in front of me all lined up and they look really pretty too so yeah that was another good bargain and then finally I received this really lovely package from Louise at Thompson's Craft Supplies now Louise has a really lovely online store and she specializes in many of her products are from out of you know the UK so there's a lot of European companies a lot of American you name it really they're just she's got all she's got a really nice mix of people on there and that's where I purchased the Minté papers which were from Poland so that's an example there and what she has is she has a thing where she does a monthly kit anyway so that's something I'll share her YouTube sorry I'll share her website and you can have a look at all the other things she has but one of the things she does do along with the shop is she has a craft kit but also she does a lucky dip now the lucky dip is something that you can basically email her say that you would like to receive a lucky dip and you can list your likes and your dislikes so if there's a certain color you don't like if there's maybe a certain even like a brand that maybe you don't like or certain embellishments like you might not like washi tapes for example you might only like to use pre-made die cuts or you might not like polka dots or you may not like gold hearts you can basically just kind of list the things that you do and you don't like and Louise will work really hard to put together a pick and mix for you of you know a variety of things and then send that to you now she does offer international shipping and what she will do is she will take it to the post office see what the final price is email email you to tell you what it is and then you can decide whether you want to proceed or whether you'd just like to have a refund so I spoke with Louise gave her an idea of the kind of things I like she already knows what I kind of enjoy anyway and this is what she sent me so I've got this washi tape here this is a doodle bug designs and it's just this pretty floral print here then I've got these here so these are shaped sprinkles heart of gold you at 33 again by doodle bug designs ink but they are like a kind of like a soft plastic I don't know what that material is I know I've mentioned it before because I've had other things similar but these are really pretty I like those a lot then I've received this here now I do love stickers and things like this and these will get used in scrapbook layouts but I love the colors love the alarm there love that yay and it's got like a glitter around it so it's framed for cake you've got the little hat there that's just moved a bit you've got yeah the alarm of that make a big wish happy birthday so great for my card you'll see these feature and I'm gonna be making some nice projects using this that she sent me but on the back there look what great inspiration with that tag and it's got the the kind of flags there and everything and the pom-pom trims this is very much my style so I really liked those so this is a vicky boot in sticker sheet you got 102 stickers here front and back again great for your scrapbook layouts because you've got your 12 inch trims here you've got the camera which I always like to use got little tabs here so these are great for your planners so they can really be mixed across the two and also used on cards that flower would look lovely stuck down or even you know stick it on to another card and then fussy cut around it love the bunting there that's really nice it's nice and big the old Polaroid camera there and just some really nice little sentiments and so really like them and then I've got all these papers so these are all individual papers that you can buy like I said she has tons of stuff over there so do go and have a look so this is a paper house productions this is Paradise Affound and you've got this kind of pineapple print on the front with the flowers and then this really kind of magnified leaf design which I like I think that's really cool then pop that one outside and you got this one here you know I love my floral prints so this one's really nice this is by Simple Stories it's called Love and Adore and then there's the other side there it's a really like them this one's beautiful as soon as I saw it I didn't need to look at the branding strip but it's Prima you can kind of spot Prima products when you see them look at that foiling absolutely beautiful so this is 2018 Prima this is called Flirty Fleur Collection something floral really really love that and then the other side there you've got the stripe so yeah that's definitely gonna feature on something cool then this is another Prima one look absolutely beautiful close-up they can see how lovely is that rose kind of spray there just love it and then on the other side you just got this really nice kind of romantic script which is pretty then I've got this one love it this is by Jean Hadfield this is called My Bright Life and I love that that is just so cool that is definitely going to be used in the scrapbook layout and then on the other side you just got the green there so again compliment each other really nicely then I've got the pink paisley I love page evans and this is the what's this one called pick me up so you've got the ice cream or milkshake sorry on that one and then just that really nice kind of see kind of blends there on the back really really nice this one this is another page evans this is by pick me ups this is part of the same collection as that one but here you've got the stalk I think that bird is looks like a stalk or it could be some kind of like heron or something anyway it's one of those birds that hunts for fish and then dives in the water let me know what one it is and then again it's got that really nice kind of pink blended wash kind of background there so it's those two this one here is one canoe to and this is Hazelwood and this is called flock again I love butterflies Louise you must have heard me say how much I love butterflies this one is probably going to get fussy cut I have an idea to just fussy cut every single butterfly on this page and then use it on a layout right and that's the back there so it's always nice when you have these really lovely prints on one side and then just a pattern or something a bit more subtle on the other because I don't you know don't feel bad cutting this paper knowing that it's just that on the other side although it's great it's a chevron print and that will be lovely but pretty much everybody's gonna want to use this side than the other so it makes it easy for you to decide so that's those so I got one two three four five six seven eight twelve by twelve sheets now the favorite part for me from this kit is this here now this is again from Pink Paisley this is Paige Evans is collection sorry with Paisley and this is pick me up again but this is a sheet of acetate and this is what it is oh my goodness this is absolutely stunning now the tutorial where I'm going to be doing something with this I think might have already gone up earlier today by the time this video goes up so you may well have already seen this but and I'll be raving about it in that video as well but isn't that gorgeous it is absolutely beautiful love the foiling I love that it's on the acetate love the designs and love the colors are just yeah I love it Louise thank you so much and if I pop it against the pink here so this is the nice thing about this so it's it's you know don't look at it as necessarily a kit look at it more as a lucky dip so it's just you know a selection of products sent to you but lots of this goes together I think because I love bold and bright colors there's lots of these things I can incorporate together but do go and check out her kits as well and although there is a lot of it kind of driven more towards the mixed media there are tons of paper packs tons of embellishments tons of washi tapes all those things that we as card makers enjoy so I think it's just nice to find these other smaller businesses and also the fact that Louise is bringing newer things to the UK for us to see because for us in the UK there is not a lot of online sellers that sell product from outside of the UK so that's why I love going over there and having a look and finding new things like I said those mint tape papers and a few of you have already said how much you love them and that you've got some so yeah so that I just wanted to show you an example really of what you can get and how it all works there you have it guys that's a few of the bits that I've got this week but yeah it was mainly really to talk to you about that really nice lucky dip which I'm yeah hopefully you liked the kind of home decor piece that I done with the the acetate sheet there today these I'm gonna get some more of I'll share links to these ones so I think they're really handy because I love when you can see what you've got I don't really put things away in boxes and things like that everything you can see in my room which is it much much easier for me and then that adhesive roll which was gray and obviously the embellishments and those stamping blocks and stuff so yeah hope you like it as always I'll share as many links as I can below and I will be back tomorrow with another tutorial thanks for watching bye