Heads up for the Playground

I had a great find the other day over at MaddyLisa Crafts. I just bet lots of you crafters know about the rumpus caused when Couture Creations discontinued their gorgeous and very elegant 'Tied Together' embossing folder? I did manage to get one on eBay but they've been going for absolutely crazy prices and some folk actually stockpiled them and are 'drip feeding' them on eBay and making HUGE profits. Maybe it's me, but I think that's a bit of a low trick - but then I guess I'd never make a retailer anyhow - would just give stuff away if it made folk happy :(

So, this find - well, it's an alternative to 'Tied Together'!! It's the same size (7" x 5") although the pattern is smaller and also squarer, as well as being an exact repeat -  whereas 'Tied Together' does have some variation in the centres of the pattern.....................but it's brilliant! It's made by Crafts-Too and called 'Lattice' - take a look:

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Betcha know what's coming - yup, I bought five. Had to explain to Anne, the owner of MaddyLisa, what I was up to and she has now said you can only buy two as folk are desperate for them (see my **edit below) but I was allowed to buy what I wanted :) So, make sure you check the Playground out tomorrow as (similar to the Water Droplets stamps) I'm setting you a little challenge for the chance to win one of the three folders I have on offer. One is winging its way to a lovely lady in Sunny Spain (our Kate), one is for meeeeeeeeeeeeeee and the other three will be on offer :) So you'll need to get using your snippets - or hop over to MaddyLisa's if you can't wait. At £3.75 each they really are a snip, normally selling for £4.99 - grin, I bet you'll be tempted by lots of other very reasonably priced goodies too.

** Edit: Ike just left a comment, thinking that MaddyLisa only sells to wholesalers. Don't worry, that isn't the case. Her mention of wholesalers on the shop website refers to the fact that she normally only sells a maximum of two of the same items at a time to shoppers. Apparently some wholesalers are concerned about people buying up vast quantities, draining the stocks and then making a killing on eBay later on when items are unavailable - a bit like I said at the beginning of this post. As a crafter herself, Anne likes to think that we play fair and aren't in it to make ourselves huge profits - plus, some wholesalers will 'blacklist' retailers who allow this to happen :)

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