Skip to main content

A little thing called happiness


Following on from yesterdays layout using strips from the doodled borders paper in my July Like For Ever kit, this layout uses the little bits that didn't make it on to the first page!


I played around with Shimmerz on the background, and added quite a lot of black ink splats.


The offcuts were matted on to vellum or tissue paper, and some carried the title and date.


I thought, even though the black is integral to the design, I had over done it, and lost the balance.  I felt it needed more white so I added a few messy tangles of white thread, and I think I pulled it back!

The rub ons I used for the title were lovely to use.  It's always a worry when you pull out the rub ons - will they work?  Will the crack and be patchy and ruin my layout?  Luckily these one were good.  Now to use up the rest of the packet before they go off!!


Comments

  1. Laura, Loving this LO.

    Hope you have a good day. Sue

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lovely LO! I like the the stack design and the texture the threads give.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I think the black splatters work well. They pair up with the black in the patterned paper, but because there's so much white space, it's not unbalanced, I don't think. Pinning this -- really cool design. :)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thank you for taking the time to comment.
I love to read your messages...

Popular posts from this blog

WOYWW 159

Hello, Happy Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday !  As promised a picture of last Wednesdays 'work' finished off.  Post and more photos here . This week I'm showing off the beaded ATC I made... Tricky to photograph so your getting one with flash and one without... It was all parcelled up and sent off to Queen of Desks Julia .  Here is a basic of how it was made... (lots of waffle about wefts and warps!) I use a flexible beading needle.  It is mainly 'eye' so it is very easy to thread. And delica beads which are more regular and accurate than the better known seed bead.  They are slightly more rectangular than round so they line up better. Thread your needle with the weft thread.  (The cross ways thread that weaves back and forth.)  Pick up the beads... Pass the needlefull of beads underneath the warp (tight length ways) threads on the loom... ...and push each bead u...

Hoppity!

Hoppity hoppity!!  :) Hopeful you have arrived here from Fleur 's blog as part of the Crafty Ribbons Easter Hop .  If not and you've found yourself here wondering what on earth I'm on about (and let’s face it J you wouldn’t be the first!!) check out the Inspirations site for all the juicy details! My project for the hop is         Easter bunting!  I cut three templates first - a triangle pennant, a bird and a heart.        Then I cut the pennant shapes from fibre ribbon, threaded them on to some 3mm satin and evenly spaced them.  I embellished each flag with some beads...       I backed the birds and heart on some thin white card and glued them to the centre of the pennants.   My supplies list: yellow fibre , pink fibre , lime fibre , 3mm satin , button box , white card, glue, beads, needle and thread.   ...

Feathered Friends

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 :)