Laura Rumble - Crafter

Here's my final layout for the CSI design team.  I've interpreted the case file a little differently this time.  I've 'read' the stack of books as layers and turned them in to cut files.  Three cuts on different colour cardstock each with progressively larger cut outs that when stacked in a certain way give this fab effect. I'm calling them stackable cut files - and I say 'them' as there will be more as I adore how they look!  I've stick with the colour palette of Case File 331, teal, a touch of a muted-lime-crossed-with-sage-green and black and white.  (Good to see my colour explaining is improving!!) I had plans to put more on the page but it really didn't need anything further, it already felt complete! Here's the process video:

I put this together with the leftovers from yesterday's layout... The papers were offcuts from the 'skyscrapers' and I added in some thin washi for an extra detail. A puffy stick and stamped sentiment make the focal point (I grey ink rather than black, as there was no black elsewhere on the card) and I finished with a sprinkle of sequins.

Taking part in some stash busting fun in Scraptember . I don't use as much patterned paper as I'd like.  I'd like to use as much as I buy... but that might be wishful thinking!!  Anyway, that thought led me to draw up this sketch. I went through my yellow/green and mint/blue paper boxes and pulled out a stack of papers.  I arranged them in colour order and cropped them all to squares.  I thought I was going to be super accurate but that didn't happen.  They are roughly 12mm larger each time but after the third one I just started eyeballing it.  In the sketch the squares are rotated 22.5 degrees each time; on my layout I just turned it "a bit".  Once I'd got my twisted stack complete I pondered what else needed adding.  I really don't know... enamel dots?  A title?  Journalling?  In the end I went with a tiny tab with his initial on it.  I'm intrigued to see if anyone else plays along with this sketch and how ...

I have a LOT of stencils.  My friend has just opened a new website selling stencils.  I don't use a lot of stencils.  I want a lot of the stencils on my friend's new website.  These four things don't sit all that well together... I need to have a sort through my stencils.  I have a theory that I buy what I like the look of without thinking about how I will use it.  I did this with paper at the beginning of my crafting adventure too, and it led to a huge cull!  Any way, this layout uses one of my stencils... along with a whole bunch of blue goodies dug out from my stash.  I love these kinds of layouts - they are not made with a collection or big brand supplies.  Rather they are a collection of tags from clothes I've bought, packaging, off cuts and snippets, doilies and labels with a few ribbons thrown in for good measure. Thanks for stopping by!

Here is a bright fun layout I whipped up for a like for ever family challenge.  The criteria was bright colours with at least 10 layers. I went through it with the background.  This is take three!  I kept trying to add more (black ink splats?  What was I thinking?!) and ruining the effect.  Mark III is made up of at lest five layers of neon watercolour and two layers of texture paste through a star stencil. I've then pulled out all my neon stash (and had a gleeful 10 minutes playing with it all!) and added a few black and white bits to set the neon colours off. Minus the two ruined backgrounds, I really enjoyed making this layout.  Here's the video if you want to watch... Thanks for stopping by!