june confessions

[craftycat]

anyone willing to own up to the wicked shopping basket sin yet?:giggle::giggle:

[budgie]

Nothing to own up to (yet!)

[kitten_with_claws]

I'm in the clear I reckon (just!), as I bought <s>a load of stuff</s> a few bits & bobs on the 29th/30th May, so not technically June purchases..........(unless you count date of delivery!).......? :sweat:

[JanTheNan]

I'm owning up.

I've just Pre Ordered the Cuttlebug extended plates from Rich, slippery slope.

[Millburn]

If I'm denying my new promakers as a May purchase I have to admit them as a June one, so

£32 on promarkers

[LoobyLou]

I made all my confessions last month, err yesterday. Although of course none of them will arrive until June, but they were definitely paid for in May.

Good job my Craft Stamper only arrived this am or I might have been tempted with even more things in the No pnp bank holiday weekend frenzy.

[kitten_with_claws]

If I'm denying my new promakers as a May purchase I have to admit them as a June one, so

£32 on promarkers

OK, I feel guilty now Millburn's 'fessed up - OK, I got:

x10 Promarkers
A (small!) inkpad
Several papers
x3 lots Prima Pearls & Crystals
A rubber stamp
A set of Inkadinkado stamps
Anna Griffin scrapbook kit

That's it......I think.....! :whew:

[budgie]

We are half a day into June, and still not spent anything! I am proud of myself! I have resisted the temptation to buy new lov stamps too, even though I like quite a few of them!

[sheilaj]

two packs of blossomwood diecuts...because I have started using the pack i have :)
also my waitlisted kanban lady stamps from qvc will come I hope

[Millburn]

We are half a day into June, and still not spent anything! I am proud of myself!

just another 59 1/2 days to go Budgie I love it :giggle::giggle:


Sorry Kitten :(

It's just I feel an expensive month coming on, and the ME is playing up so all will power over food and cards dissappears, I've eaten that sandwich before the brain says stop, and hit the buy key before I look around and see how much stuff I have; well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it

[blarf]

Ouch Millburn don't scare us with a double length month!

[angela]

nowt yet, went a bit bonkers in may, I'm awaiting some hunky dory window to the heart stuff, ordered for cards for mums neighbour, and an inkpad, but that's paid for, also I've made £5 from some cards I've sold.

[Mistyblue]

I have to own up to 4 LOTV stamps. Still a long way to go though................

[Victoria]

6 x silicone glues from QVC.

[Rentochops]

It is the end of the 1st day of June and I nearly got there, but ebay had the JSheen RHS cd at a vvvv good price so fell ar first hurdle, let the spending commence!

[budgie]

Nearly managed the whole day, but saw a spellbinder that I fancied on the potd. Didn't want the whole lot so paid CraftyRich a little visit instead!

[Jeanette]

Some magnetic sheets from ebay!!

[craftycat]

one of the shapeabilites pendant gizmos and a couple of magnetic mats. One of the other pendant sets is out of stock everywhere just now so I will have to wait for that one. Brain isn't working so I can't remember what I have ordered or which one I want to order!

Oh and, no strictly crafting but I spent oodles of lovely dosh over the holiday weekend in the garden centre. Including 6 new fish for my pond. Ghost carp, very tiny ones!

[CraftyRich]

I had ghost carp in my pond at our old house. I loved them but Susan always thought they looked like thay needed a wash!

[craftycat]

I had ghost carp in my pond at our old house. I loved them but Susan always thought they looked like thay needed a wash!

I must admit I hadn't come across them before. Lovely markings on them, I think they look as though a card crafter has gone a bit mad with mica powders!

[craftycat]

Not too wicked today. Visited my local branch of Range for some gardening bits and found some nice pearlised card in darkish colours, ready folded with envelopes to match. 50 for a fiver so hardly breaking the bank.

[blarf]

still nothing yet :)

[Rentochops]

Nearly managed the whole day, but saw a spellbinder that I fancied on the potd. Didn't want the whole lot so paid CraftyRich a little visit instead!

I did too Budgie, can't wait for them to come! These will be my first Spellbinders so I am quite excited! I also got a Kanan kit this week that I had on waitlist, the Couture one, so I suppose that is now a June purchase!

[Millburn]

I followed BUdgie to RuCraft, to the pain of £16 welll ............. :D

[blarf]

STILL nothing ... but I did order the B Makowsky TSV last week:mysmilie_845:

[budgie]

I have had a little wobble. I just happened to be looking on Thats Crafty website, and 3 sets of stamps fell into my basket (like they do!) So thought I had better buy them, cos it would be rude not to!

[papercraftbycarole]

:angel: I'm feeling sooooo virtuous!! 7th June - and not a thing!!! Well, except cello bags. Do they count? I suppose they do. :doh: Oh well, have sold a few cards in the past few days, so have a bit of cash burning a hole in the pocket. But..... am really going to try to resist. Cxx

[Mistyblue]

I paid another visit to Wild Orchid Crafts, was just going to put "some" flowers but have just checked my order and I have 16 packs on their way to me.:mysmilie_466: My only excuse is that is was late when I did my order. :mysmilie_845:

[budgie]

I paid another visit to Wild Orchid Crafts, was just going to put "some" flowers but have just checked my order and I have 16 packs on their way to me.:mysmilie_466: My only excuse is that is was late when I did my order. :mysmilie_845:


You like flowers then I take it!

[LoobyLou]

You like flowers then I take it!

You should go to Wild Orchid Budgie, even if you hated flowers you would find them all committing hari kiri to get into your basket and before you know it you would have 16 packs too. It happened to me months back I daren't go there now or I would be bankrupt.

[englishminx]

:mysmilie_50:Ive been told I don't need to go to confession this month, as i screamed enough craft marys last year to save me a life time .........

[Mistyblue]

You should go to Wild Orchid Budgie, even if you hated flowers you would find them all committing hari kiri to get into your basket and before you know it you would have 16 packs too. It happened to me months back I daren't go there now or I would be bankrupt.

:mysmilie_497: :mysmilie_471: See, it happened to someone else, just knew it wasn't all my fault :mysmilie_50:

[Mistyblue]

:mysmilie_50:Ive been told I don't need to go to confession this month, as i screamed enough craft marys last year to save me a life time .........

Sooooo............who told you that englishminx 'cos the way things are going I might need their absolution as well :whew: :giggle:

[Rentochops]

Some magnetic sheets from ebay!!

Temptress Jeanette has snuck in, hello again, I thought you might like this thread, it's one of my faves! : )

[craftycat]

an essential purchase over the weekend. Ez mount for the rubber stamps that are no longer on wood. Also decided to go for some of her storage files as I have some already so it made sense to keep the same system.

Need a bit of cheering up today though so will be ordering a Smiley Bears CDrom from Cherry Picking Well I have got to face the horrors of having my boiler replaced. Workman will be here three days, due to arrive any time now. OMG!!!!!!!

[budgie]

I had to have my boiler replaced a few years ago. It wasn't as bad as I expected, and didn't take as long as they had said originally. Relieved when it was over though as hate having workmen in my house. Hope it goes quickly for you craftycat.

[craftycat]

Thanks Budgie. At least this man seems sensible, covered my pale cream carpet with dust sheets before he started doing anything.

[Millburn]

I went and bought the Seraphina Pick of The Week yesterday, and my promarkers arrived :D

[sheilaj]

okay...hands up EVERYONE who bought a Cinch (raises hand)
I texted my DH who is a way atm, told him it was okay because of the 3pay and he laughed.

[morgana123]

Well I did say I wasnt buying anything from them again apart from to spend my £10 credit after jukeboxgate but Ive had an email today from create and craft with new tv schedule and I noticed at top that gypsy was £255 for members so I succumbed and ordered it cos its on flexipay as well. But did I use my £10 credit towards it - No buddy brain freeze or blonde moment, not sure which. That means I still have it to spend.

Didnt get a cinch as I have a Bind It All which doesnt get the use it should but I was tempted with my easy pay code lol.

[blarf]

lord forgive me for i have sinned - today i ordered the cup cake martha punches (and it was a good job the xmas set isn't in stock yet as I'd be doubly tempted) thus ending my virtuous behaviour for the month! Amen! I missed out on the butterfly set as the tsv so I don't feel too guilty

[LoobyLou]

Lord forgive me too. I must have caught blarfitus, cos I ordered the self same punches.

I hope they work better than the set I bought from Oyster stamps though. I ordered the layered arches and when they came whipped them straight round a 12" scrapbook page, and they didn't punch cleanly, not raggedy you understand, just not making a proper square; certain of the repeats had long thin lines of paper where the repeats just don't match up. So I tried on smaller paper in case the 12" was out of true, same result. So I stapled two pieces of paper together and cut them to 5" square. I then carefully seperated the now identical sized pieces of paper and used my PAP punches from the MS TSV, which work perfectly, to punch one sheet. Result perfectly matched and the other sheet I used the layered arches.......... same annoying bit of paper appearing between each repeat. So I phoned them and at my own expense had to send them back.

Today I get a phone call admonishing me for using such thin paper..... despite the fact that I had mentioned in my covering letter than the paper was very thin and not what I would usually use but I had it to hand when I wanted to do this experiment, and telling me that they had 'an expert' in the shop today and she could see at a glance that the paper I sent them (the faulty one and the perfectly punched one) were not 5" square!!!!! So no wonder I had problems. They had gotten a non crafter to cut a piece to 5" square and he had no problems at all and punched a square out perfectly.

I told her she better parcel him up and send him off with the punches then cos clearly I was way too stupid to be a crafter and when I needed something too difficult for me to do like punching I could wheel out the non crafter who could make me look a bigger fool than I did already!

What really gets me, I didn't want a refund, just a set of punches that worked and does she really think I would spend the best part of £3 to send back perfectly working punches just for the hell of it? Not only that, but after I put the phone down it came to me, of course the bloody squares didn't look 5", they had been punched and had all their edges removed, thus shrinking them! This expert of theirs clearly has the ability of second sight and can see what it would have looked like and with a blink of her eye can see the EXACT size the paper would have been before I punched it and clearly it wasn't 5 inches.

Moral of the story ladies (long story sorry). DON'T BUY from Oyster Stamps if there is any danger you might need to return something because they won't be having it!

In the future I shall avoid MS punches unless I am getting them from QVC who I know will take them back and not talk to me like the dunce in the corner, if I get a problem.

[sheilaj]

I agree. DH and I have a policy of only spending money in places where its a pleasure...so nice clean shops, friendly staff, excellent websites, great CS including intelligent intelligible call centres, friendly cheerful contractors. We still look for (and find) bargain prices but that's not our priority....result is more happiness, less stress

[papercraftbycarole]

Ok, so have now made a purchase. Needed something for Father's Day, so popped over to see what Winspiration had. No problem finding something, but then just had to make it up to over £5, so ended up with the Gorjuss toppers. I'm also still pondering what to do with my 3 easy pays!! Cxx

[blarf]

my punches came today - can't wait to play with them!

[icebubble]

I really shouldn't venture in here as I'm just too naughty. I've bought quite a bit of stuff including the Cinch and various bits to go with that, a set of Martha Stewart PATP in pansies, 2 Flippin women stamps which were half-price, some Hanglar and Stanglar stamps and from QVC some bright stickles and a set of Anna Griffin background stamps which look interesting. Oh well beans are very nourishing!

[englishminx]

OOOO where were the flippin women stamps half price, there are a couple I havent got yet, and I quite like them???

[icebubble]

OOOO where were the flippin women stamps half price, there are a couple I havent got yet, and I quite like them???

Hi EM, :hi:

I bought them from www.classycrafts.co.uk and all their La Pashe goodies are half price as a World Cup promotion. I've purchased things from them a couple of times now and they generally deliver the next day and cs is very good. Now go get 'em girl. x

[englishminx]

OOO I should read my emails, I had an email in my inbox from them. yes I have brought from them in the past as well, excellent delivery. In fact i got my last stamps from them, with the 10% discount for new customers, might get mum to order them for me, then get an extra 10% off as well .... cheeky me .....

[icebubble]

Don't blame you. I'm not sure what kind of quantities they had of each stamp so may be worth you checking.

[Mistyblue]

Owning up to a ribbon punch and a couple of tape pens.

[Serena]

My June confessions so far are:-
Cricut Expressions (the champagne coloured one),
Cute companion duo stamps,
Walnut Hollow's metalcraft tool kit, and
Christine Coleman parchment fan/dvd project pack.

[blarf]

uhoh - it's all unravelling now - I bought three sets of stamps from Elzybells too.

[Little Jan]

3 sissix dies of ebay bargain at £5.00 the lot including p&p
2 dies of CVC tomorrow when I get my funds
and some bits off qvc with easy pay LOL
I tend to budget £20 for my spends each month, so with my CVC vouchers and QVC easy pay I am well in budget this month.

[blarf]

and now the flower patch PAP from Joanna Sheen.

[craftycat]

Important stuff - honest!

A large pack of C6 envelopes from Rymans.
Lots of lovely card stock - from PDA. I was running low on some basic colours.

[blarf]

somebody stop me - being off ill is expensive - the Cinch fell into my shopping basket now. If I'd been at work I'd have never known about it because I'd avoided the thread thinking I had no need for one.

[Millburn]

I just had to take the best of the 20% C&C members discount, and bought J. Sheen's Ivory Cat's, along with some mica powders, some rainbow vellum, some silk art card and some more of Hunkydory's Tweets card, the birdcage stuff, and then I went shopping in Rymans, (all Lioness's fault :p :wink:) and bought some of the card she sent me for stamping, and some A5 storage for my stamps and some CD storage for my growing CD (craft ones) collection, I'll need my new craft room to be properly organised now :wink:

[LoobyLou]

Buggrit, gots to add the Cinch to my PAPs......... nawty Icebubble tempted me.

[sugarplum]

me too Looby but it wasnt my fault You lot talked me into it Thing is as it was on 3 EP's I still have my email easy pay code mmm I wonder?...

[Princess4Wiz]

and now the flower patch PAP from Joanna Sheen.


Buggrit, gots to add the Cinch to my PAPs......... nawty Icebubble tempted me.

Feeling very stoopid, but have to ask, what are PAPs? :confused2: :blush:

[morgana123]

Ok spending continues - I now have two more Cricut Cartridges to add to my collection and the list of June spends but as I got Mickey and Friends and Hello Kitty Greetings from e bay for £50 for the two and one of them is new (neither of them linked to a gypsy) they were too good a bargain to miss, especially as they are the two cartridges my daughter Naomi wanted me to get for her to use. I am going to resist QVC tonight, well I am going to try but as I still have my easy pay code to use the temptation is there lol.

[Joanne]

Feeling very stoopid, but have to ask, what are PAPs? :confused2: :blush:

Punch around page I think

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.589020.cm_scid.cswb/walk.html.%7Cukhtml%7CCor_uk_MyAcct,html

[LoobyLou]

Correct Joanne, they are indeed.

[Millburn]

well having resisted all day yesterday, I read Laura's thread about new stock at That's Crafty, and the link took me to a page with a Martha Stewart punch of fences, and well Farmer's and fences :wink: he spends a lot of time with his, and then the cut & dry nibs fell into my basket, and to make it up the the £20, after looking at stamps and more stamps I settled on a black peel-off

My excuse is I'm just so fed up with this house stuff, and my leaking floors and stuff ..............

[blarf]

I pre-ordered my iphone today - I'm sure it doesn't count but my purse is groaning (I refuse to be tied to a 2 year contract so I've paid for the handset up front).

[papercraftbycarole]

:angel: I'm feeling sooooo virtuous!! 7th June - and not a thing!!! Well, except cello bags. Do they count? I suppose they do. :doh: Oh well, have sold a few cards in the past few days, so have a bit of cash burning a hole in the pocket. But..... am really going to try to resist. Cxx

OK, so have now ordered the DCWV Luxury Stack from Crafty Rich!! Cxx

[craftycat]

the fleur de lis pendant dies. Rich (Country View) said he would email me when they were back in stock and it would have been rude not to buy, wouldn't it?

OK, so I wanted them. Cos they are yummy and cos the price was good.

[englishminx]

I dont have to confess do I ....... I am sure somewhere someone said i had done enough confessing the last couple of months that I was excused for the rest of the year ...

[Mistyblue]

I dont have to confess do I ....... I am sure somewhere someone said i had done enough confessing the last couple of months that I was excused for the rest of the year ...

Nope englishminx, you don't have to confess but....................... I'm sure the rest of us would love to hear what you have bought :happy:

[budgie]

I got the winter wonderland embossing folders from Rich and have ordered 2 of the new JNM stamps.

Oh, and 4 tubes of the eco paint. Hard to choose just 4 colours, but want to try them before I get any more.

[englishminx]

Noooooooooooooooooo you don't. I have done so well at denial this month (Im blaming it on stress).

[craftycat]

oo eeeer! Uncle Rich has just posted to say he has the cut n dry nibs in stock now (some of us had asked if he would be stocking them) Next month's list is quite long already!!!

[englishminx]

OK .... here goes (so much for being good this month).

12x12 DCVW glitterpad
12x12 DCWV Shimmer pad
8x8 DCWV pastel stack
1 pack of promarkers (5 pack)
6 packs of googly eyes
1 box of angelina fibres

2 boxes of Papermill A4 cardstock
1 pack of envelopes

Some 12x12 bazill cardstock
Pinflair glue

Inkadinkado flourish stamps
Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge
Cricut Forever Young cartridge
Cricut Pooh font
Cricut Locker Talk
Cricut Sweethearts
Cricut Robots
Cricut Sesame Street
Cricut Hello Kitty
Cricut Pagodo

Have to go through bank statement, and see what other denials I have.

I know I still havent ordered my cuttlebug embossing folders and cut and dry nibs yet, plus I keep putting the cinch in my basket and not going through with it.

[LoobyLou]

EM I am delighted to see you are laden down under that pile of crafting lushness again! Now where is my camera?

[sheilaj]

okay....
Deep breath
cinch
a load of wires at sale price
24 dew drop ink pads
WRMK flocked and glittered paper ribbon
the floral clear stamps
MS Punch around the page monarch butterflies set
a lovely stamp from Crafty Individuals (Tea Under the Tree)
very pleased with everything that has arrived.


.....oh and I got the l'occitane tsv which is yummy

[Millburn]

well, I taped the early xmas show on QVC today, and I weakened glitter, well all those lazer bits in all those colours, and the 1lb of Xmas papers :blush:

[LoobyLou]

there was craft on QVC today? Huh lol

[Millburn]

there was craft on QVC today? Huh lol

I only noticed by accident; 2 hours of Xmas stuff, Dawn with Anthony, he was being a litter bug :D

[englishminx]

Yes I only came across it by accident. I love the banter between the two, Anthony was really antagonising Dawns need for tidyness, by chucking all the tape peelings on the floor.

[Millburn]

Yes I only came across it by accident. I love the banter between the two, Anthony was really antagonising Dawns need for tidyness, by chucking all the tape peelings on the floor.

Did you hear the bit where Dawn said she didn't like clutter, and Anthony's face, "what with all this?" it was the look on his face :grin:

[englishminx]

Oh yes, and it was an absolute picture. Its so nice to see the two working together, he is like the naughty child trying to annoy her

[blarf]

Nothing more to fess up - unless you count 3 (eek!) pairs of shoes.
I moved the study into my craft room and my craft room in to the much larger study today under the excuse that the craft room didn't get as much direct sun and so is cooled in Summer - LOL he fell for it ;)

[Millburn]

Nothing more to fess up - unless you count 3 (eek!) pairs of shoes.
I moved the study into my craft room and my craft room in to the much larger study today under the excuse that the craft room didn't get as much direct sun and so is cooled in Summer - LOL he fell for it ;)


well he is only a man :wink:

How are you after the crash?

[blarf]

I'm improving, I was back at work this week without any ill effect so now I'm steadily reducing my painkillers (I think I over did it today though).

I think my confession may have to be updated soon - I just found out that Elzybells is closing down and I have a £10 voucher to spend and lots in my wishlist still. I can't believe it, I've loved her stamps for so long.

[Millburn]

I've surcome to the House Mouse Decoupage, actually all 4 sets they do on C&C, it was the postage and the 10% from C&C and the 5% from quidco



Joanna Sheen House Mouse all 4 sets, including the hoppers and the bears
That Special Touch of Mica Mists (Winter set)
Hougie Board 1

total = £61.83 after £5 special discount and my 10% C&C members discount
take away another £2.50 from Quidco

[craftycat]

I ordered the mica mask set from C&C - yes folks I ordered from C&C! I wanted the two antique ones and couldn't find them elsewhere. Will wait until the middle of next week before ordering any of the mists. They were both new products for me and I loved the look of them.