Laura Rumble - Crafter

I joined in with some challenges run in the For The Love Of Pretty Paper facebook group reccently.  There was a crop themed around chocolate... I'm a big fan of chocolate!  This layout was for the Green and Black challenge. I've used some bunting pennants I had left over from a previous Pretty My Page project.  Pretty much everything else is from my Quirky Kits, I think. I used some black embossing powder over an Amy Tangerine die cut.  I must do this more often as it looks amazing! Whizzed up some bunting on my sewing machine and added doodling... and finished off with thread tangles and enamel dots. I do love a limited colour palette layout! Linking up at Inspire Me Mondays

I loved the scraplift that the ladies over at Scrap Squad chose last week (and I managed to lift it and post it in the week it was set!  Woohoo!) My take is much more bold than the original, using up two packets of red and black foam stickers. I hid my title and little one's iniatials in amongst the jumble of letters.  I imagine the chaos of the letters is similar to the chaos of ten three year old at football training!  I added in some footballs too, because the layout was screaming out for football embellishments.  These are homemade/printed as I've never found this sort of thing in any of my scrap shop hangouts! I thought this would be a good clear out of my alpha stickers but it's only two from the bulging box.  I'll need to do another three or four like this to make a proper dent in them.  I'm low on e's and a's so title options are few! Thanks for stopping by!

I have two super cool things to share with you today.  One is my hat - it's a panda!  Big thanks to my pet crocheter aka Mum.  Second is these tiny polymer clay pandas... (oh my goodness, I went to get the link and discovered there are penguins too!!) Anyway, the two pair together perfectly on this layout. I added a bit of the packaging technique to a 9x12 white background and followed up with a 7x10 piece of silver foiled polka dot vellum. A created a + shaped cluster with black and white snippets and added that on top of the vellum. I added sewing in black and white thread, the black stitches on the white card and vice versa.  In the photo I am wearing a pale blue hoodie.  To tie that olour in to the layout I added a blue thread nest behind my photo which was popped up on foam. I finished off with a lavish sprinkling of pandas!  There were hundreds in the pack so I can afford to be generous with them! Thanks for stopping by!

I'll be honest with you, I'm not entirely sure the difference between matting, layering and clustering.  I think this is all of them! I grabbed a handful of large scraps from my white off cuts box.  This box is where all my squared off white, black, grey and vellum scraps live and multiply.  I've learnt to square them off before squirreling them away in the box as there is nothing more frustrating than trying to pull out one piece and having it bring all of its friends as their sticky out bits are intertwined! I layered up the pieces forming a large cluster to mat my photo.  (I'm sticking with all three terms!) I use foam squares behind the corners of some layers to give dimension.  There are also a few circles and a nest of gold thread tucked in amongst the layered goodness. I finished off with sequins because sequins make everything better! Thanks for looking!

I met an alpaca called Cola.  He lived with George and Elvis (who will be featuring in other layouts soon!) and they were great fluffy woolly chaps.  Then they were shorn... hehe!  They were not impressed, especially Cola, with their new hair-dos! When I arrived home from meeting Cola there was a parcel from Skull and Cross Buns.  I opened it gleefully and had to chuckle at the aptness of the supplies. One Acrylic Cola Bottle , one Retro Sweeties stamp set, one Quirky Sentiments stamp set featuring the word Smile! I used my MISTI to create the background stamping.  I can't stamp well without the MISTI and it doesn't take much effort to use it. The only issue is I can't film while using it as my desk isn't big enough - I have the big ol' 12x12 MISTI.   I placed the stamp and rotated the paper so I got 4 impressions before needing to reposition the stamp. How perfect is that cola bottle?!  And I love that the glossy accents...

I've recovered mostly from labyrinthitis now (but hurt my back!  D'oh!) so it really is time to catch up with blogging... Here is my take on Stick It Down 's May sketch. The sketch was made very much with mixed media in mind and that is the route I took.  It also looks fab made up with sections of patterned papers - I reckon this sketch will work with most styles.  I've used black and white and supplies from Freckled Fawn and Feed My Craft.  I hope you can find time to squeeze in this sketch and share it over at Stick It Down .  There is a Freckled Fawn prize up for grabs! Oh, I almost forgot... here's the process video!

I indulged in a little Cocoa Vanilla playtime... Colour Me Happy is so hoardable that I haven't used much so far! Fussy cutting was the order of the day, plus the usual - Shimmerz sprays, SpiegelMom sequins, enamel dots.  I also threw in some teal lace. I added some subtle glitter with Shimmerz Paste-eez in Puttin On The Glitz . The sequins are from the Black Tie Event mix.

The theme at SpiegelMom Scraps this week is sewing.  I started sewing a background in April last year and this was the push I needed to finish it! I used some Shimmerz mists and Paste-eez to paint in some of the Swiss crosses.  Puttin' On The Glitz , Snow Storm Vibez and Before Dawn Vibez did the trick nicely. The title was pieced together from left over letters.  The N was a trimmed down W, the R was a B cleverly cut, the F was a T with it's arm moved and the U was a zero and X mashed together!  I can get one more word from the alphas (C0C0A) and a few J's to use as initials on Jesse's pages. I stamped up some patterned paper with Distress Oxide and a turnabout stamp from Concord and 9th, then layered it in behind my photo and title.  I finished off with Black Tie Event and Moonshine Delight sequins and called it finished. ( By the way, these turnabout stamps are amazing... and I don't really 'do' stamping!! ) So 15 months for a lay...

 Hello Chaps! Today I am sharing a pin cushion using the ' Stitches ' ribbon from Crafty Ribbons... I cut two triangles of white felt as my base.  To one triangle I added a band of sewing machine ribbon and tucked the ends behind.  To the other triangle, I attached a length of lace around the edge.  Before joining both triangles together I added a loop of 'handmade with love' ribbon. I hand stitched the two triangles together leaving a small gap to allow me to add stuffing.  I pack in some soft toy filling and closed the gap. Thanks for looking!

Back with my third DT piece using like for ever's March kit Keepsake... This time I went through and pulled out all the black and white papers and ephemera. I do love a monochrome layout.  I had a few gold accents and used some teal hidden away in a journaling pocket. I'm not a confident journaler so hiding away my words is one of my go-to techniques.  The envelopes in this month's kit are perfect for that!  As I was nearing completing the layout I thought it needed something extra so I added three tangles of thread... You can watch the layout come together:

Hi Chaps, I'm here today with a SpiegelMom Scraps layout using one of our free cut files.  You can find all our cut files here , and tag your Instagram photos with #smscutfile when you use our files - we love to see your work.  I especially want to see this cut file in use as it is one I designed. I have just got my hands on the latest sequin releases.  My favourite (I love them all, but you know!) are the little stars ' Stargazer ' but I was also really taken with the yellow mix ' What's Up Buttercup '.  Using them as my cue I pulled out some yellow papers and an assortment of black cardstock with different finishes. I spent some time cutting out pieces and backing the cut file.  I tried to spread the colours and patterns out as evenly as I could.  Once the hexagons were backed I added some black ink splatters and a sprinkling of sequins.  Very clean and simple, but also bold with a big impact. All that was needed to finish it off were t...

Hey there!  It is single page reveal day at Stick It Down and I had fun interpreting the sketch by Angelika... Let's see... I flipped it, switched the photo with the title - that's the great thing about sketches, they are so versatile.  I've interpreted the grid  as apertures and used some of the gorgeous Christmas ribbon from Crafty Ribbons to back them.  I kept the layout fairly flat using washi tape and pen work as my embellishments.  I resisted the urge to splatter with ink as if a stray ink droplet reached the ribbon it would ruin the page. Thanks for stopping by, and see you over at Stick It Down with your take on the sketch!

I recently discovered a new British business called Proper Post .  They have a sub box each months with cards and stationery.  Alongside the lovely cards this month was a packet of confetti and a roll of copper washi tape... well I had to scrapbook with them, didn't I?! Black, white and copper was the box colour scheme - classy and fun. The confetti arrived in a glassine bag with a copper paperclip - they both got used too. I snuck in a piece of ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.  I added a few alphas from my stash to the first layout, and a little bit of ink too. The second layout focusses on the confetti... I added a flair from Feed Your Craft nestled on a thread nest, and some pearly paint splatters. I was surprised how much fun I had lining up the confetti pieces... it appealed to the inner neat freak! And I finished it off with a large chipboard j covered in the wonderful copper washi. You can find out about Proper Post here and here...