Laura Rumble - Crafter

The batch of challenges that came out at the beginning of the month all struck a chord with me.  I've made a couple of cards to enter it to a few challenges... First up we have a mini slimline based on a sketch from There's A Stamp For That and the Colour Throwdown palette. The ephemera is from Cocoa Vanilla Studio.  The hearts and the heart strip are scraps fom die cutting experiments.  The stamping is from a couple of Alex Syberia stamp sets.  The background stamping is meant to be subtle and just to add some texture rather than be super readable. Here's the sketch and swatch: Of course, I've missed the link up for CTD, doh!  I have very little physical energy available at the moment but a lot of thinking and creative energy.  It's a really frustrating pairing! (But much better than having nothing of anything!)  Also fits Simon's slimline challenge which I may sneak into on time. Then I have this green and gold birthday card...   This one is f...

Another layout rescued from the drafts folder! The apple cut file can be found in my free cut files tab above. I think this is my very favourite shade of green.  Don't tell the other greens that though, I do love them all! Always add the little details, they add so much. Thanks for stopping by!

I joined in with some challenges run in the For The Love Of Pretty Paper facebook group reccently.  There was a crop themed around chocolate... I'm a big fan of chocolate!  This layout was for the Green and Black challenge. I've used some bunting pennants I had left over from a previous Pretty My Page project.  Pretty much everything else is from my Quirky Kits, I think. I used some black embossing powder over an Amy Tangerine die cut.  I must do this more often as it looks amazing! Whizzed up some bunting on my sewing machine and added doodling... and finished off with thread tangles and enamel dots. I do love a limited colour palette layout! Linking up at Inspire Me Mondays

I'm sharing my first CSI layout today... These are such cleverly thought out challenges.  There is an image to spark off your creativity.  I have used the colour scheme and included lace, polka dots, hearts, scallops and small patterns all of which are represented in the case file. I used the negatives from the Stained Glass cut file from Pretty My Page, well, half of them.  I used transfer tape to remove them from the cutting mat and add them to the top of the page.  I then coated everything with clear gesso and went to town with Brusho!  I gathered up some scraps and titbits of lace, felt, twine and paper.  I finished the remains of an old sheet of vellum stickers from Freckled Fawn to add some black pops. Next up are a couple of close ups of the mixed media because I love how it turned out... I used one shade of green for the majority of the colour.  The powder is made up of different pigments so it gives the look of ma...

Yesterday the lovely Lisa from Lollipop Box Club challenged us to spend 10 minutes creating.  As it happens I had a bit more than ten minutes to spare but I created whilst being aware of the time.  Two 10 minute sessions and a further 5 or 6 gave me this card... The first ten minutes was spent whizzing back and forth on my sewing machine.  The a couple of minutes stamping with two old W plus 9 sets followed by ten minutes fussy cutting.  Finally three or four minutes sticking it all together. This morning I added a few sequins and photographed it, which probably took longer than I spent in total yesterday!  I think the lessons learnt are create freely and mindfully, don't faff with sequin placement and the photography has to happen so just go with it! I love this kind of sewing.  It's pretty much the only kind of sewing that I can floor the pedal! I was using this weeks Colour Throwdown prompt which is fabulously springy greens with bl...

This layout was based on a challenge to use your favourite colour and it's complimentary colour. My favourite colour is green and I had quite a few limey shades.  The opposite is a violet-magenta colour which featured in April's Glittery Hands Box sequin mix. Sadly I am not allowed to play scrabble any more... H-Bird is such a hooligan! Just a few more from my NSD marathon to share now...

I love green! Just sayin'. This layout was made for WW1 Crispy Lettuce green colour scheme. I had fun with my watercolours. As I was just using regular cardstock I added a layer of clear gesso first. I complimented the watercolour with messy green thread and added a few acrylic hearts from Color Cast Designs. A snippet of patterned paper and vellum top and bottom and some sewing with my machine rounds out the layout nicely. There will be a process video to follow in a week or two. Sometimes editing needs to be put to one side and life needs to be lived!

Hi Guys,   I’m back with another DT piece for Crafty Ribbons Challenges .   This week’s theme is LACE AND RIBBON picked by ME! I’ve made a sweet little bracelet... I have used: 3mm satin , 3mm organza and Etienne lace all from Crafty Ribbons. as well as: jewellery findings picked up from a bead fair a few years back! I hope you'll join us at Crafty Ribbons Challenges this week!

Happy NSD!  (Expect a fair few posts starting with these words over this weekend!!)  I am here to share with you my regular Saturday post for SpiegelMom Scraps . I've been experimenting with the white felt feathers .  I wanted to know if they would take colour - they do!  I sprayed the feathers with water and sprinkled on some brusho powders.  I needed a lot of water to get the colour moving but I love the results.  Now I know I can alter any of the white felt shapes to any colour to match whichever project I am working on. I dyed these ones to match my budgie's feathers - yellows, greens and a little blue in the long tail feather.  The different sized yellow sequins in the Spring Blooms and Sunny Smiles mixes match in perfectly.  Other than that I kept it fairly simple layering each feather over a piece of cotton ribbon tape and stitching with my sewing machine to attach to the layout. I added my alphas directly to my photo ...

This fortnights challenge at Crafty Ribbons Challenges is 'Green' chosen by our lovely Kate.  I had a quick flick through my green stash and decided minty green was the way to go... For the background I pushed two colours of Dazzlerz texture paste through a stencil trying to create an ombre effect between the two colours.  Whilst that dried I layered up my photo with whites, greens and transparent vellums and glassine.  I added a small layer of the bright blue featured in the photograph to tie it all together.  I strung my chosen ribbons across a section of printed acetate and decided I needed lace too... This is my favourite lace - it doesn't last me long, as soon as I replenish my stock I use it all again!! I added some sequins and alphas all in my chosen minty green shade. Please pop over and join us over at Crafty Ribbons Challenges - anything hand made with green as the main colour... Thanks for stopping by! I have used: Mint Volca...

For Valentine's I have made a green heart.  You can read all about the campaign here . I just gathered a few bits'n'bobs, popped the telly on and played! I used these supplies; Pegs , Felt Hearts , Love Beats sequin mix from SpiegelMom Scraps .  3mm grosgrain in light silver and forest , bling edge satin 3mm from Crafty Ribbons .

Hello everyone and welcome to this month's blog hop, aka SpiegelMom's Scrapbook Skippings!   Today is extra special because SpiegelMom Scraps is not only revealing the new sequin mixes for this quarter, but she's also welcoming her new Design Team in their first team blog hop!  Go Sparklers!! Jody revealed the new sequins on the SpiegelMom Scraps b log which you can check out at the bottom of this post .   For today's blog hop you should have arrived here from Jody's ... wasn't her project fab?  For my project I am sharing a layout embellished with lots of goodies from the SpiegelMom Scraps shop. I've gone with a blue and green theme taking my cue from the blue felt-fetti hearts and the Bermuda Triangle sequin mix. I added a little mixed media to my background using Shimmerz Dazzlerz Texture Paste in Spun Sugar and Shimmerz Creameez in Luck O' the Irish . My tool of choice for this layout was my sewing machine.   I used...