More crafty bargains for a windy Sunday afternoon. Colemans are having a sale on just about everything but below are some highlights I picked from the paperpacks.

http://www.colemans-online.co.uk/

 

Hurry as this offer runs out today as its part of the Black Friday Weekend from Craft Clearance. Heartfelt Stamps are just £1 each (limited to 3 per person)

http://www.craftclearance.co.uk/

Found a real bargain on a huge set of basic dies, ideal for matting and layering on your cards. Feast your eyes on this deal, it saves you a whopping 60% off the normal price. Available from our friends at Craft Stash.

www.craftstash.co.uk

If your still in the throes of finishing of this years Christmas Cards and are in need of some extra paperkits, then Craft Stash have three lovely packs which are a sporting a very healthy 45% discount down to £11:99.

https://www.craftstash.co.uk

It's a dreary damp Saturday, after the damp squib that Black Friday was, shops empty and very shallow sales. None of that here at The Scrimpy Crafter, every day is Black Friday! The goes great guys over at Craft Clearance have loads of crafty bargains, below are their ten most popular deals, head on over and refill your crafty stash.

http://www.craftclearance.co.uk/

If you've got a thing for Stickles Glitter Glue get over too Craft Clearance and get your mitts on these bargains. At just £1:24 each they are a great price. I've seen them from £2 to £2:50 out on the high street. ( Is it called high because of the prices?)

http://www.craftclearance.co.uk/

Looking for some last minute embellishments for your Christmas crafts? Head over to Craft Clearance and slide this handy little box in to your basket. As you can see its choc full of stash goodies and at 75% off its a little bargain too. Postage and packing is £2.99 so it may be worth sticking a few more bits in the basket to off set it. Its a huge site with most items between 35% and 50%  off.

http://www.craftclearane.co.uk/

 Disney Frozen Papercraft Kit

The Disney Frozen Papercraft kit costs £9:99 so what do you get for your money. A reasonably detailed magazine starts things off , there are a number of good projects from beginners to more ambitious and are all laid out clearly and are a good source of inspiration. The paper pack is the big let down, you get 32 A4 double sided papers, with toppers on one side and papers on the reverse, so you have to lose half of the papers when making cards. they are also on very cheap flimsy paper, and there are no die cuts, so be prepared for lots of intricate cutting out. You also get a snowflake stencil, a snow flake strip embossing folder, 14 stamps that have the main characters on plus flowers, sentiments, and snowflakes. They also include 10 tiny glittery snowflakes and a metre of flimsy thin ribbon ( they shouldn't have bothered)

So is it worth the money, it depends on how much you like Frozen I suppose. If your kids are mad on it, then you will get a few rainy afternoons out of it. If you discard the very poor quality papers, its quite a good kit, but frankly I've had better quality given away free with craft magazines.

Hobby Craft have 20% of everything in store until the end of November. A great time to restock your stash after its annual Christmas depletion!

Review : Card Folding Top Score Multi Board.

The top score board is a good robust little board allowing you to score cards in A4, A5 and 5" sizes and also to construct gate fold, concertina and tri-fold cards. One the other side you can make square boxes of almost infinite sizes. It comes with a scoring blade that takes a little practice not to cut right through the card, but you soon get the hang of it. This board can only really cope with card upto A4 which is fine for most crafters needs. I've found it invaluable for box making and there are loads of videos on you tube that can show you how to produce triangles, hexagons etc.

Best price from  xtrabyte £5:99 +£2:90 P&P

http://www.xtrabyte.biz/

Hi again, just can't stop myself finding these bargains. Cutting Edge Crafts have a great deal on the Papermania 52 card all occasions set.


Contents included are:

• 52 A6 cards
• 52 A6 Envelopes
• 52 papers
• 64 message tags
• 176 stickers

All supplied in a handy little box, and the biggest bonus is it's reduced from £19.95 to a nice round £10 with FREE postage, which is always a nice bonus. Infact at Cutting Edge postage is FREE on everything. Postage should always be factored into your purchase costs so its very nice that here you don't have to think about it.


http://www.cuttingedgecrafts.co.uk/

More crafty bargains for you on a damp Tuesday morning Xtrabyte up in Peterborough have loads of packs of embellishments down to a rather nice price of just 85p each. Also found some very unusual four sided sentiment stamps. For just 99p their definitely one for the stash.

http://www.xtrabyte.biz/

Katies Kabin are offering all three of these Hunkydory kits for just £27:99, usual price £29:99 each. Or you can buy them each for £13:99 all with FREE post and packing on orders over £12:50
There's that word FREE again,it really is my favourite word!
There are also the famous little books for each collection, containing 144 images for just £9:15

http://www.katieskabin.co.uk/

Christmas Craft Bundle Bargains

Craft Superstore have this bumper set of Christmas loot reduced from £26 down to a very tasty £6:49

Or if your into super stylish monochromatic cards they have this Capsule Bexley Bundle down from £19:99 to £9:99

For a more contemporary Christmas style why not grab this bundle for your stash. The First Noel bundle is down from £29.99 to a very tempting £8.99

http://www.craftsuperstore.co.uk/

Review : X Cut Die Cutting Machine

I've had the X Cut for a little over two months now, and thought I'd give you an update on how were getting on together.It feels and handles like a well made robust machine which it is. The ability to change the depth of the roller to accommodate the different dies is great, as it allows you to emboss without using different plates, and it can also deal with different thickness of card stock easily, allowing you to tweak it for a perfect cut.

Like most cutting machines of this type you often find a sweet spot where it cuts perfectly and dead zones where it doesn't. This is particularly apparent when you are cutting multiple dies on the same pass, but it's far from a deal breaker. 

One of its best features is its ability to fold up when not in use, into what is a very compact foot print. Something very handy if you don't have a permanent craft room.

Overall I rate this as a 9/10 - available widely at £79:99 this cutter is at the lower spectrum of similar machines, with a sturdy build and clever design

Buddly Crafts have a half price sale on ribbons at the moment at just 50p per roll its worth stocking up. If you are also into Digi Stamps they have a good range of FREE downloads available.
I've always loved that word, free. It's got a lovely ring to it, especially where crafting is involved.

Never one to sit on my laurels, found something for those last minute Christmas cards ( Yes Christmas is coming) Craft stash have a range of dies on sale that were £4:99 now down to £2. At that price their worth getting for next year!

https://www.craftstash.co.uk

It's Monday morning and its freezing out there. Winter has come, maybe for only a few days, but still had to play hunt the ice scraper this morning!
The quest for crafty bargains goes on unabashed. I stumbled on a great site this morning cheekily named Every Crafts A Pound. Everything on the site is not a pound, but there are a lot that are and some products are available for  even less.
Bargains that caught my eye were 72 sheet 6x6 paperpacks for a £1. Dove Craft Glitter Glue and 3D Pearl Effects for just a £1 each too. 23 rolls of assorted double sided tape for £10. 5x7 embossing
folders are you guessed it just a £1 too!
There is a £20 minimum spend and postage £4:95 per order, so one for a stash restock, but you can get a lot of stuff here for £20.
2 x 72 sheet paper packs     £2
3 glitter glues                      £3
2 pearl drops                       £2
3 spools of twine                 £1
32 sheets A4 xmas paper    £2
3 ink pads                            £3
Wooden buttons                  £1
3D foam tape                       £1
Christmas Washi tape         £1
Brambly Hedge CD rom     £1
50 paper flowers                  £1
alphabet stamps                   £1
6x6 embossing folder          £1

As you can see you can get a huge stash of stuff to restock your craft box, and you'll save pounds on the basic every day items like glue, glitter, ink pads, and paper stock.
It really is the Poundworld of the craft world, I'll be ordering a big stash soon and share the booty on the blog.

http://www.everycraftsapound.co.uk/

Handy Hippo are selling packs of two sizzix embossing folders for the amazing price of just £1:89! Hurry this is a time limited offer. They are also having a general sale with 15% off everything.

http://www.handyhippo.co.uk/

Bee Crafty have a large range of Banksy inspired stamps for just £3.99 each. Great for making urban cards for teenage boys.

http://www.beecrafty.net/

Abakhan are selling packs of 20 A6 and 10 A5 cards and envelopes down from £3:98 to just £1:20. Available in a large range of pearlised colours and aperture shapes

http://www.abakhan.co.uk/

The works are selling 6x6 30 sheet packs of paper for just £1. Choose from Lots of Roses, Vintage, Autumn Archives,Endless Love, or Bright Colours. Also available 12x12 24 packs of double sided paper for £4 or two packs for £7. They are papers, around 100 GSM so not for construction, but great for matting and layering. Well printed and some lovely designs that punch way above their price point.

http://www.theworks.co.uk/

Just picked up a pack of these Glitter Gel Pens from The Works for just £2. A good range of  colours and very smooth action and the finish has a lovely glittery sheen. You  can also pick up 3 packs for just £5, or ordinary Gel Pens are just £4 for 24, or two packs for £7. Great stocking fillers for Christmas.

Some great free snowmen from Pinterest, Easy to colour, will be using Glitter Gel pens from the Works , just £2 for 10 pens. Will post pictures of cards later.

Welcome to the Scrimpy Crafter, where I'll be sharing my tips and experiences on making the most of your crafty stash, seeking out sales and cut price deals, reviewing products, and posting my experiences selling stock for maximum profit.
If you want to know how to craft on a budget, then this is the blog for you!