Scrapbooking | FTLOPP

Happy New Year! What better way to start than by kicking depression in the butt and scrapbooking?

I've been joining in with the FTLOPP Birthday Party challenges. This one is 'use lots of a single embellishment' - I plumped for paper stars.

This layout uses some of what I think is my oldest paper. It's from Studio Calico circa 2012. Just a tiny bit left now which will go in my scraps box.

The feature of the layout is these origami stars. I was inspired by Morag who recently used some on a layout. The tutorial she followed is here. When I try a new origami pattern I see how small I can make it. I got to a finished size of 16mm... I attempted one that was 15mm but it really didn't have the definition or crispness. Paper folding is also the theme of the month at UKSA so it ties in nicely with that too.

Supplies are pretty minimal besides the patterned paper. Less but chosen well, I hope. Gold Shimmerz paint in the background, thread nests in yolk-y yellow, sequins aplenty...

and a sentiment sticker. To be honest the whole layout for me is about the sentiment sticker. It is from Pretty Little Studio as are the alpha tile stickers which spell out 'just the way you are'.

No video for this but I hope to get backing to making them soon.

Thanks for stopping by.

Comments

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 up in the corresponding g

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. At each stop on the hop there'll be a word to collect and a candy draw. I've got these

WOYWW & Card Deck Swap

First up is my desk ... Hmm. Perhaps the less said the better! I really should have a sort out but I fancy desking instead! Next I want to share my card deck swaps (deskers don't have to stay for this bit but I reckon you'd enjoy joining in with us, which is why I'm including it in this post) You can read about the swap here on Jessica's blog and sign up here . Basically, we take a deck of cards, add paint and/or paper, then add a positive sentiment to each card. Post them to Jessica who shuffles them and sends back 52 different cards from different artists (yes, you are an artist!) from all over the world. These few are ones I have picked out to display first. I'll swap them round after a few weeks. Do you like my domino pegs? :) Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll at least consider joining us for the card swap - it's like a super sized ATC swap, and all WOYWW er's know they are fun! See you at your desk x

Laura Rumble - Crafter

Search This Blog