Laura Rumble - Crafter

Good Morning!  Nice and early for Crafty Ribbons Advent Celebrations... Day four's make is an altered cardboard box bag... I used my gelli plate and a Ronda Palazzari stencil.  The bag came free with a Christmas craft magazine.  As a gelli plate newbie my initial thought was gather as many different surfaces as possible and see what you can actually print on... turns out pretty much everything including flat gift boxes  :) I jazzed the box up with some snowman ribbon,   I didn't think it needn't much else as it so textured and yummy! I'd like to share this at avenue 613 Thanks so much for stopping by and being part of Crafty Ribbons Advent

I have a few Mini Albums to share so I've decided to I'll share one at a time for a month of Mondays, so welcome to Mini Madness Monday III... Check out previous Mini Madness Mondays  here and here . I was lucky enough to win a kit from Ronda Palazzari .  The kit made this fab album... As you can see there are loads of pages so I'm only sharing some...   I can't take any credit - I just followed the instructions and put it together.  This was a brilliant way to start with mini albums - it really took the scary out of it. It's put together from card pouch-pockets with tag inserts alternating with plain pages.  It came titled 'I am' so I went with that and came up with a list of what I am... starting with creative... ... a Christian ...a big cousin ...a nature lover ...a daughter and granddaughter ... a chocoholic ... sports fan ... an arctophi...

Here are some pictures of a stationery folder I made a friend for her birthday.     I used the method Ronda Palazzari taught me     and went to the whole hog and made matching stationery too and     covered all the raw edges in butterfly washi.     The good news is she loved it :)       Thanks for stopping by!      

     I'm sharing with you a recipe folder I have made for the Inspirations site .     I got the template for the idea from the Art of Pen Pals course Ronda Palazzari is running.  We are using them as letter holders but this one I have repurposed for a recipe folder. I've used regular 12x12 sheets of card and some freebie stamps and Banana Frog stamps for the decoration...   And the yummy cake ribbon from Crafty Ribbons . I've used one pocket for some of my Granma's recipes and one pocket for a couple of recipes from my Mum.       Did any one else have a favourite birthday cake as a child?  Mine was a Harriet Hedgehog cake...  Yum!     I've also added a loop of ribbon to make a pen holder so any adjustments for ovens or half quantities can be jotted down easily.     I reckon Birthday ribbon for a card holder, macaron ribbon for a bisc...

    I'm taking Ronda Palazzari's Art of Pen Pal course and one of the first things she taught us to make was this really cute letter carrier.         It's such a cute idea that I have already made one more and have papers ready to make another!  I think they will make perfect gifts or RAK's, especially for those who send letters or cards regularly.  I've also repurposed my second one for a recipe folder...   Ronda gives us heaps of options and keep saying 'make it you' so I did...  It's green - very me.  It has paisley - very me.  It has washi - very me.  It has a little glitter - very me.  The one thing it is missing is ribbon but I fixed that with make number two which I will share in a separate post tomorrow.     Inside has two pockets - I'm keeping sheets of paper in one pocket and envelopes in the other pocket at the moment.  During the course I will ...