DoCrafts Scrap Book Set Review

As you know I recently did a blogpost reviewing and sharing the DoCraft Mini Card & Stamp Set (here), overall I wasn't mega impressed by it. Today I have the Scrap Book set to share, and I just want to say.. TEN times better, I'm totally in love with it!

So I did mention briefly in the main blogpost I did on these items, that my boyfriend actually surprised me with this. We are currently going long distance and I asked if The Range local to him had this collection in stock, and in particularly this scrapbook set. He said no they didn't so I believed him and he picked me up some other little bits and pieces instead whilst he was there. 

The next day I received this in the post! Sneaky bugger!

The set comes with a Scrap Book (duh), and then a load of little embellishment bits! Including, pockets, paperclips, stickers and caption tabs! This is obviously the Geometric Neon set, but it does come in the Geometric Mono style too.

The pages are very similar to a Smash Book, each one is a different pattern, and the patterns are completely gorgeous! If you don't want to pay around £15 for a Smash Book, then this is a good alternative for £14.95 you get the embellishments with it too!

The pages are card, so they are a really nice quality and they definitely feel like you'd be able to add a decent amount to them without it ripping or pulling away from the spiral.

At the back of the Scrap Book there is this envelope pocket which is such a nice touch. I think it'll be handy to pop little extras in that I want to add to the Scrap Book right away. I am also tempted to turn it into a separate feature in itself, making a little mini layout to go inside it.

Either way it gives me ideas on how I can use envelopes in my journaling, they definitely add a bit of interest to the page!

Whilst we are on the pocket topic, this pack also came with few little mini pockets to stick in and use! These are so adorable, and perfect to pop on a page to store something you don't necessarily want to be stuck down permanently.

There were are three different designs, and you get two of each. These definitely inspired me to want to make my own out of all the pretty card stock I have accumulated, they look pretty simple to make.

Other than the beautiful colour co-ordinating paperclips that were included in the pack, there is also this little tab/caption pad thingy. Not really sure if this has an 'official' name but yeh! I've seen them about before, they basically have perforations along the edges so you can just rip off the one you need and stick/staple/glue it down. I love that this little pad has a couple aimed towards captioning pages or photos, and also a couple that can be used for decoration.

So my overall thoughts on this Scrap Book set? I love it to bits. It's right up my street with the colours, I love all the patterns that have been used, and it's genuinely a really good quality Scrap Book.

The price is very reasonable and I really hope they bring out more like this in the future!

The only thing I'd say that may be considered a negative, would be that I don't think it's the type of Scrap Book to take bulk very well. Though very similar to a Smash Book, I plan to only put flat things in here. So I won't go over the top with embellishing pages etc. The spiral is the same size, but I feel like the Smash Book's cover is made to hold bulk, where as this Scrap Book's cover is not.

I am very tempted to get the Geometric Mono one, but I can't really spend money on another one right now. Maybe if they are still available once I've filled this one, I'll grab it. But we shall see!

You can purchase this Scrap Book Set online here:

Hobby Craft

Or you can of course take a look at your local craft store to see if they stock them.

- Daisy X

First Look At The DoCrafts Geometric Collections!

When I saw this collection (thanks to Geraldine!!!), I immediately fell in love! The Geometric pattern is clearly 'in' right now and I am definitely a fan. I actually didn't think I'd be able to get my hands on anything from the collections at first. I know they were stocking them at the Range, but with me and my boyfriend going long distance at the moment, I had not way to get there.

I then found that my local stationery store was stocking some of the collection and nipped in when I was in town the other day. They didn't have a ton of stuff but I picked up a few bits.

I decided to ask my boyfriend if he was going into town, whether he would pop into the Range to see if they had anything from the collection. Turns out they did! I asked if they had the scrapbook set (this was one of the items I'd had my eye on from when I first saw the collection), and he said they didn't. So I asked what else they had and he sent me a few photos. He picked me up some bits, and asked if I wanted him to send them down to me. I said no because I had a lot of new stuff to go through already (a few things brands had sent me and also a cheeky little Hey Little Magpie order).

Then Friday a package arrives for me .... From my boyfriend.... Turns out they DID have the scrapbook set, he had decided to surprise me instead!! One happy girlfriend and a handful of boyfriend points to Jack!

The Scrapbook itself looks kind of Smash Book style, with patterned pages etc. So I'm very interested to see what the quality will be like. Inside there's also a load of little bits and pieces to use for decoration. The Geometric collection comes in two styles there's the 'Neon' which is obviously this Scrapbook, and then there's the 'Mono' which is more golds, greys, black & white. The Neons are definitely more me, and with Spring coming up I'm pretty sure they will be perfect to use!

From my local stationery store I picked up two of the Mini Card & Stamp sets, one in each of the geometric colour schemes. These come with 12 little cards 12 envelopes and then two stamps and a little ink pad. It says '15pk' as they count a card and an envelope as one thing.

When buying things like this, I always work out if it's 'worth the money' but dividing the price by how many items are in the pack. If I would buy them individually at that price, then I think it's worth it. If I think it's a little steep, then I'm a little reluctant.

For these though I think they are definitely worth the price, the cards and envelopes are very versatile, I can think of lots of uses for them. 

The only thing I was a little unsure about was the stamps. They are obviously ones you need an acrylic block for, but they are stuck to some cardboard backing. Because they have been covered in some sort of greasy substance to stop them from drying out, they've made the cardboard kind of soggy. I dunno, it looks gross, but fingers crossed they'll be fine once I've got them on a acrylic block!

The last thing I picked up was this adhesive stencil from my local stationery store! I've never used stencils before, so it will be interesting to see what I can do with this one. I loved the patterns and I did have a few ideas for it when I picked it up in the shop, so I'm excited to see what I can do!

I do need to get some sort of sponge dabber & some inks from somewhere though, because at the moment any ink/paint supplies I've got would be really messy to use.

I am going to be two more blogposts on this collection very soon. One will be purely about the scrapbook set, and the other will be on the card and stamp sets!

If you have any questions on any of those products, then let me know below and I'll try to answer them those blogposts for you.

The stencil I will probably do a blogpost on after I've got the right supplies to test it out.

Here is where you can find these products online:

The Range 

Hobbycraft 

eBay

I'd love to know what you think of this new collection, and also if you have purchased anything from it!

- Daisy X