My First Cheery Lynn Rose

When I went to the Cardiff Show I bought the Cheery Lynn Rose Dies. Only thing is I have forgotten how to make the Rose. I did a google search and came up with this site that used two sizes of the Die (Large ad Medium) to make a Rose.
http://www.limetart.com/zestblog/index.php/2012/02/perfect-roses-with-the-cheery-lyn-dies/

It works. Here is my first effort.

There is a Brad in the centre and you glue the petals of one of the medium flowers around the brad to form the centre. I am really pleased with my first effort. I am sure this could be done with punched flowers as well.

Second Challenege

I entered a second challenge on facebook. We had to make a piece of jewellery using Crystals and two different sizes of seed beads. This is my effort.



I didn't design them but made them from a pattern bought from "Around the Beading Table" Her patterns are so easy to follow even the more complicated ones. The patterns are downloaded PDF files.

The beading thread I used is called Fireline and is a refined fishing wire. It is fairly expensive to buy but is virtually unbreakable. I went to the pound shop one day to see they were selling fishing wire on 2 very large reels for the usual pound. Instead of getting just one to try (cos they might not be there next time) I bought 5 x 2 reels. Guess what. It was of no use what so ever, too thick and rigid. Any fishermen out there?