Craft Shopping

 Look at my beautiful new collection of cardmaking stuff!!!! <3 <3 <3

So. Popular's Bookfest was on again, and how could I not go?? What I certainly didn't expect was the huge crafts section Popular's own brand, Pop Basic, had set up in the exhibition hall... with everything dirt-cheap. 

 The embellishments on the left - felt flowers, an array of green sequins and a set of four ribbons - were three for RM 8. Like seriously. The original prices were about 6 bucks each. There was a lot to choose from, but most of the combination packs had stuff I didn't like so I decided not to buy them even though several bits of them were amazing.

The stickers on the right, a baby set and an animal set were RM 4.90 each with 30% rebate. Awesomeness. I can't wait for someone to have a baby now just so I have an excuse to use them. :D

STAMPS. RM 20 for both sets - an absolute bargain. I also bought the three pigment ink stacks for less than RM 10. The brand is Pretty Colour - sounds pretty dubious so I'm not sure how good the quality is... but they'll do for now. I'll tell you guys how they work out once I get around to using them.

The stamp set on the left is beautiful though, a family/home themed self-cling rubber stamp set. I regret buying the one on the right cause I don't really like it after all - it's all solid blocks and definitely don't stamp as pretty as the images on their blocks suggest. Oh well... I'll figure out some way to use it.

There were a load of stickers at the sale, but most of them weren't big enough to be useful for cardmaking so I skipped them altogether and went straight for the alphabet stickers - 3 for RM 10 if I remember correctly~

They're foam. I haven't tested their adhesive strength yet, but they look pretty good quality and I hope they'll be perfect to use. There were a range of glittery ones, too, but the flaking glitter bits in their packaging put me off them - I make enough messes while crafting without having glitter coating my fingers and work table.

Anyway, the black foam alphabets will be really versatile. I chose two different font types, in case you can't see clearly from the picture - you can draw on them with colour pens (I will definitely try my Gelly Roll and Signo pens on them!) and they'll work on almost any background.

I thought the bright green ones were a good contrast colour if I ever want to mix and match the stickers so I picked them. :D

I haven't bought corrugated card in some time... I've really exhausted my last pack which consisted of deeper, richer colours.

The colours in this pack are lighter and brighter. I'm not really sure how that'll work out with my cards, but I guess we'll see!! Really can't wait to start using this stash!

And, before I forget, look at my new stash of books!!! :D So excited to be reading again~ I've finished Graceling and Girl in Translation already - READ THEM. Graceling had a rather unsatisfying ending, but the concept of the story is highly interesting. It had a lot more potential though, that was left unexplored. 

Girl in Translation... you've just got to read it. 

Well, that's it for now! I will be putting up more card posts very soon!!! <3