Paint Pouring ....

As an additional little project or "Make n Take" at Scrapstars we also did paint pouring. It was a very ambitious make and take as these are normally a little project that takes about 10/15 minutes. I had been to a class a few months ago at Hello Crafter in Saltaire, and a big part of that was learning to mix your paints and mediums correctly. As we needed the speed of a make n take, I had done all of the prep previous to the retreat, and the ladies just had the fun of selecting their paints, adding them to the cups, and doing a "Pour". If you haven't seen paint pouring before, take a look on YouTube it really is very therapeutic to watch !

as you can see each one is quite unique

Paper Pumpkin Kits ....

Stampin Up are launching some great little kits with everything you need (except an acrylic block) to make up 12 cards. Paper Pumpkin launched on 15th May and the first kits has been selected by the founder herself Shelli. It is called "Hugs from Shelli"

The Shelli kit from Paper Pumpkin includes the following:

• An exclusive stamp set not available anywhere else
• One Classic Stampin’ Spot® from our Classic ink collection
• Paper and crafting materials to create 12 cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs)
• 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes
• Adhesives and embellishments for all 12 cards

The kits will retail at £20

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Scrapstars Retreat ....

Well my feet are just coming back down to earth after another fabulous Scrapstars Retreat in Leeds. We had 30 ladies this year, fabulous projects and amazing teachers, and already am being asked when is the next one, and as always those ladies asking me why we can't have two a year :) its heartwarming to have such tremendous support and loyalty, and also always lovely to have a few new faces each year. It really is like spending a weekend with old friends, as we are all like minded, share our stories from our photographs and of course all love Scrapbooking. Here are just a few of the projects we created ....