Laura Rumble - Crafter

Here are the last batch of samples made for the HOCHANDA shows StickerKitten did... Lots of fun bunting...  and another waterfall movement, this time on a birthday card rather than used as a mini album. As you can probably tell by the quantity of posts and samples I love working with these collections!  That's all for now but there will be new releases coming soon...

Sarah from StickerKitten is on HOCHANDA today with a whole bunch of beautful products.  Here are a few of the samples I made: A mini canvas and notebook with Bee Garden  and a treasure bag using Mermaid Treasures ...

Hi Crafty Friends, I'm here today with a bracelet tutorial for Crafty Ribbons . First off I gathered my ingredients - Heart ribbon and 2 contrasting colours of 3mm organza ribbons (you'll need a little more than twice the length of your wrist of each ribbon).  A few seed beads.  Fixings for a bracelet and 2 ribbon clasps.  Needle and thread, jewellery pliers, matte medium. Of course you can choose any colours and any ribbons. Cut your main ribbon (in this case the heart ribbon) in half.  Add the organza ribbons to one end with a couple of small stitches.  Ensure it is close enough to the end of the ribbon to be covered by the ribbon clasps. Seal the edges of the ribbon and the stitches with a little matte medium or P.V.A. glue.  This will prevent fraynigfraying and make sure your knot stays tight. Measure 9 equal distances and make tiny marks with a pencil.  This is where we will add our beads. Cross the organza ribbons over each p...

It's Christmas so we need an angel or two...  we always had one on top of our tree when we were kids and it was usually handmade.  You know the ones, toothpick in a polystyrene ball, doily body, dodgy glitter glue work and some tinsel stuck on top?  Well, this is my handmade tree topper this year aged 32 and a half! It is made from one doily cut in a special way - pretty much along the lines of this , but I took a template from a shopbought Christmas card from 2 years ago. I added a few bits of ribbon from Crafty Ribbons; the one woven through the doily is 3mm copper lame.   I also used some Nativity Words Ribbon to add a hanging loop.  This was an 8" doily and is too big for my little tree!

Fancy wrapping is my thing so I love this time of year! I've used Crafty Ribbons Gingerbread ribbon on this parcel... If you need me I'll be sitting on the floor surrounded by wrapping supplies!!

I grabbed the numbers ribbon from the Nisse range from Crafty Ribbons and wondered how it could be used in a sewing-free way... I pasted the back of the ribbon with matte medium (PVA glue will do too!) and allowed to dry before cutting into individual numbers.  This stops the ribbon from fraying.  Then I gathered up 24 little envelopes to hold my advent treats - nothing huge just a chocolate or two. I used matching colours of 3mm to tie each number to an envelope and then attach it to a string of Christmas tree beads.  Quick and easy, and very effective!

This creation is courtesy of my Mum - I had too many ideas to make so she stepped in, her hand sewing is much better than mine!! This advent countdown stocking started life as a pillowcase.  Crafty Ribbons Gingerbread number ribbon is hand sewn to the front and a glass candy cane marker can be moved along each date as you countdown to Christmas. As it is a pillowcase you can pop 24 small wrapped gifts inside, one to be pulled at random each day.  I love this idea as you are not constrained by the size of the pocket - it's hard to find 24 goodies that are so small! It can also be used as a stocking on Christmas Eve.  As it is personalised, Father Christmas will know whose it is and filled with the appropriate goodies or lumps of coal!! If you fancy whipping one up you can grab the ribbons from here and a pillowcase from either the airing cupboard or your local cheapy shop!  Have fun!

It's probably sitll too early for some of you but I'm blogging about Christmas... I made this cute Christmas gift box using ribbon from the Advent range from Crafty Ribbons. I added a tag and lid topper cut on my Silhouette Cameo to match the featured star design.  Really simple - i.e. wrapping double sided tape around a premade box and sticking ribbon on.  It's a great way to recycle boxes as the ribbon covers up and design or branding. Thanks for stopping by.

Have you seen the new collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio?  Of course you have, it was all over the scrappy world in minutes of being debuted!  I *want* all of it.  But I have so much stuff, especially CVS stuff, that I need to make a good dent in what I have before I am allowed to buy more! So this will be the first of a run of CVS layouts!  I can't tell you what bit came from what collection but it all CVS other than the white alphas, doily and ribbon. I struggle with using arrows, they never seem to make it on to the final page for me.  I got three on this layout... which of course means I can buy the new CVS ephemera pack as I am now low on arrows! I love a bit of bunting.  This string is tied on to and held up by a skewer. And I used a proper long title too.  I'm torn in two.  I love the very minimal style but I need to get some stash used up.  This still has white space but uses more materials than I usually use....

Hi there, I'm here today to share a layout for Crafty Ribbons today... I've incorporated two sizes and colours of ric rac, some of my beloved 3mm satin ribbon (I use it on most projects!) and also some lace. You can find the ric rac here .  I've used candy pink and cerise.  The satin is Jade and the pretty thin lace is Chloe . The rest of the supplies are from an old like for ever kit, apart from the doily which is from SpiegelMom Scraps. Thanks for stopping by! p.s. not sure if I have mentioned on my blog yet.  Herbie had an accident and injured his leg beyond repair.  It's terribly lonely and quiet without him.  He had such a big character for a little bird.

 Have you ever had a 'word of the year'?  I liked the idea but found it hard coming up with one word.  In the end, I settled on this little phrase... Joy is effervescent hope.  It came from a bible reading via UCB .  I wanted to go a little deeper so added the definitions and synonyms... Without getting too preachy - this is a craft blog after all - I like that having that hope in the Lord, knowing that he is always working for your best, can bring joy; joy that just spills over out of you that you cannot control.  I want that in my life! Back to the craft... I grabbed a 12" embroidery hoop and some paper and rub ons from like for ever 's Woodland kit. I added a few sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps to add some twinkle. To hang it I added some 3mm grosgrain and my favourite mint lace from Crafty Ribbons . I added the rub on butterflies to vellum and fussy cut around them.  This gave them lots of dimension and delicacy esp...