Laura Rumble - Crafter

I have another box frame to share... This one is 90% Cocoa Vanilla supplies... The wood star confetti and tiny star stickers are not CVS. I'm not the biggest fan of wood veneer shapes but the CVS collections always catch my eye... this hello banner is gorgeous! And I was pleased to use the vellum and acetate stars from the Totally Rad and Made of Awesome collections as a feature. No sequins in this one - he's not a fan - so I restrained myself.  I think I'd like it better with a few sequins in!! ;) Thanks for looking!

Well, I started a bit of a thing!  I made a box frame and then 'needed' to make one for all of the little uns in my life!  I won't share them all at once, today here is Jesse's... This was focused on using some dinosaur buttons from StickerKitten.  All the papers are Wild Whisper as the colours were a good match. The dinosaur confetti is made with rubber stamps, again from StickerKitten and shrink plastic. I love the fact I have fooled myself in to thinking this is for my nephew... it's totally for me really!  I just wanted to make dinosaur confetti!! I added a few sequins too because I'm a firm believer that sequins are not just for girls! I've been asked a few times if I will make these on commission - I will.  Drop me an email and we'll chat.  Postage is stupid and unfortunately, that cost will fall to you, but the box frame itself is very reasonable! Thanks for stopping by!

I was so pleased with how this turned out... so pleased in fact that I sourced more frames and have 8 waiting to be made up! I played around with the writing and fonts in Silhouette Studio until I was happy with the layout. I cut it on plain white card and dug through my Cocoa Vanilla stash for papers that were just right, which isn't hard because most Cocoa Vanilla papers are perfection. I added a few wood veneer and fussy cut some paper butterflies. Then I filled the frame with a selection of matching sequins. You can watch the process too... The only thing I need to work out is how to photograph work inside a frame! Linking up at Inspire Me Mondays Thanks for stopping by!

I don't often share cards on my blog.  I don't often make them any more.  Just for those special times, really... like this one.  A good friend from my childhood becoming a mummy for the first time.  A very special moment, and a very special baby boy named Samuel.   I sliced up some blue papers and arranged them in ombre order.  I lined up some chipboard letters on the same papers, trying as best as possible to line up the patterns.  Then I added a length of ribbon and used glue gel to add the letters on top.  Et voila! Having made this card (and another since - to be shared soon!) I have come to realise that I do like making cards.  My cards are my cards though, not influenced by or to be compared to the delicately promarker/copic coloured image my Crafty Ribbons team mates do so well.  They are me, and I think I ought to carry on making them - no one else will - not comparing my cards to theirs and thinking I am doing min...

A few feathered smiles for today! I love this little chicks tatty tail.  I can imagine it was packed in the nest and the long tail feathers got in the way a bit!! And our handsome robin... Two smiles for your Friday - Linking up at Friday Smiles :)