Laura Rumble - Crafter

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...

Every now and again I like to take part in swaps, especially hand made swaps.  I recently signed up to Mad About Bags Strawberry Swap .  Here are a few of the bits I sent to Lynn...  A beaded strawberry necklace made with organza ribbon. Watercolour strawberry bunting made with Morlaix lace. If you have a cutting machine and would like the cut file I used you can download it free here . Unsure of how to package it to stop it getting tangled I made a quick card to wrap it around.  I also had a go at painting tissue paper - it gets very soggy and delicate but if you allow it too dry without moving it it works well. On to the bought bits - Edible; strawberry bon bons and strawberry & champagne jam.  Practical; a stem gem and a cookery book.  I made a few bookmarks with a Suse Fish strawberry stamp and marked all the recipes the had strawberries as ingredients!  There was a lip balm too, strawberry flavoured of course, ...

Ah, mint chip sequins , don't tell the others... but you are my favourite! I'm up on the SpiegelMom 's blog with this little bracelet today.  Put together with two types of jump rings, two types of sequins and two pairs of pliers! Thanks to my model Mum for being so patient while I photographed it!

Hi Guys,   I’m back with another DT piece for Crafty Ribbons Challenges .   This week’s theme is LACE AND RIBBON picked by ME! I’ve made a sweet little bracelet... I have used: 3mm satin , 3mm organza and Etienne lace all from Crafty Ribbons. as well as: jewellery findings picked up from a bead fair a few years back! I hope you'll join us at Crafty Ribbons Challenges this week!

I've had my jewellery pliers out and have been playing... As you probably know I like to try my hand at every craft, and jewellery making is no exception.  This time I decided to incorporate my love of sequins, using beads and sequins from the SpiegelMom Scraps Shamrock Stars sequin mix. I'm really rather pleased with how they've turned out and want to try some more sequin based jewellery soon! Thanks for stopping by today!

It's my turn to share a project on the Crafty Ribbons Inspirations blog today. I started with these... which I pulled from a selection of Basics To Go - Novelty .  Seriously guys, get a bag of these!  Filled with all sorts of goodness!  And this is what I ended up with. It's three strands of buttons very loosely plaited. I used double threads and went through each button twice. (I was going to apologise for my hairy arms but they are the only arms I have... and they serve me pretty well... so what the hey if they are a little hairy!!  We should all be a less focused on how dissatisfied we are with our bodies, I'm starting now!)  All held together with a lobster claw clip and a few jump rings.  Perfect for wearing on the beach. Have a great day!

Big smiles here today!  Look at my new rings!! Let me take you through them one by one... A pink rose button glued to a gold ring blank. A white heart button tied with neon thread stuck to a silver blank A stack of blue buttons tied with neon thread and stuck to a gold blank A yummy green button tied with narrow blue satin ribbon stuck to a gold blank. A green flower button tied with daffodil yellow 3mm and stuck to a silver blank. Some green buttons sewn with thread and stuck to a silver blank And a micro lilac button tied with purple 3mm and stick to a silver blank I got my ring blanks from ebay and all the toppers from Crafty Ribbons , and really you are only limited by your imagination.  You can stick any thing to the top of any blank.  Plastic for the kids, real silver for the adults... I'm off to find more things I can use... I'm working on an idea with a small pencil - we'll see! Linking...

Now you know by now that I am easily excited... Look!!  Pencils as a bracelet!!  :)  :) Super simple but I love it.  I used 30 pencil buttons and a couple of lengths of beading elastic.  I get my elastic from the Brighton Bead Shop but I reckon you could just use shearing elastic from the haberdashers for this.     I simply threaded the buttons on to the elastic and tied a knot.  I love the outcome and I don't think I am capable of wearing it without smiling!       This is for Crafty Ribbons Challenge 39 - Button Up! - Come on over and join us!! Thanks for stopping by!

At Crafty Ribbons Challenge this fortnight it is Anything Goes WITH RIBBON.  In fact every other fortnight it will be this theme which I'm excited about because we should get a wider selection of crafts not just cards.  Although I do love seeing all the cards... So I decided I needed another bracelet... Of course it needed to be neon. So I took some satin ribbon (you could try using black satin 3mm, key lime 3mm, and neon orange 3mm  [The actual ribbons are not on the website as Ali hasn't come across anyone quite as mad as me when it comes to neon!!]) and a three strand slide clasp... I tied a few knots at regular intervals... et voila!     This is going to be my bracelet of the summer.  Just need to wait for summer to arrive now!     Don't forget anything you have made in the last week or will make in the next week that has ribbon on it can be entered HERE , go on, you know you want to ...