Laura Rumble - Crafter

I'm moving on from circles (the "one-sided shape") to hearts (a "two-sided shape").  Still yet to conquer the card concept thnigy but I'm moving on anyway.  I'll come back to it when the inspiration strikes. I pretty much think of hearts as a neutral, as in they go with virtually everything and any design.  In scrapbooking I'm scrapping photos of someone I love, or a place or view I want to remember - and therefore have love for.  In card making I only send cards to people I love - so hearts are always a good fit.  Perhaps I've set myself to fail though, choosing this shape in February?  I'm SO over the whole Valentine's whatnot already and the day itself hasn't even arrived!  As long as I keep separating love and romantic love I should be OK. I'm also seeing this as a stash-busting opportunity as I have approximately eleventy billion heart stickers.  Let's get them used up!! I have one new sketch for the month which further e...

Today I have three more circle makes to share.  Two are based on the sketches I started with back in early January, the other is freestyle. I've used the same Honeybee Stamps 6x6 patterned paper pad for both the layout and the card.  I was really enjoying the fresh zingy colours. Here's a quick reminder of the sketch... And I did plump for the circular photographs in the end.  My main struggle was with which photos would cut down to a circle.  A lot of the prints I had weren't the right ratio or didn't have enough background to crop down.  Perhaps thinking ahead when I'm printing is the way forward if I want to use shaped photos (or buying a home printer, which I've always discounted before because I'm sure I'll break it frequently and I don't have a tech support in house!) The alpha dies are from Concord and 9th and were perfect because they cut both an inner and an outer.  Without the black outline the letters just don't show up.  And #BeMoreJe...