Botanical Butterfly, designer series papers ....

Finally had some time to work with these papers over the weekend, here is my first offering, a scrapbook layout with a hidden photo under the flap, some embellishments are from my stash, and I have used some old school Stampin Up punches, I absolutely love the gorgeous blue sheet of paper in this collection, but haven't actually used it yet!

Stacking Rings Class ....

Had a great evening at Hello Crafter in Saltaire last night. We had a three hour class to make silver stacking rings. Firstly we started by making a copper practice ring, and then we made three silver rings from silver wire. we curved it into a ring shape (although mine looked like a kidney bean) soldered it, put it on a ring mandrel and hammered it into a proper ring shape, and used the anvil to hammer it flat. Next we pickled all the bits off in a light acid, then we decorated them with a pattern and finally they were polished (and oxidized if you wanted to), such a brilliant class with fantastic results.

Free Butterflies ....

Beautiful papers and beautiful freebies ..... check out the sale a bration offer.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (again) ....

yes it's Sale-a-Bration, Stampin Up's best promotion and equivalent of the January sales (to me) for every £45 you spend you can choose a free item from the Sale-A-Bration brochure, follow the links to the right to view the products available. Sale-a-Bration also coincides with the launch og the new Spring / Summer seasonal so there are also new products available to take your fancy :)