Laura Rumble - Crafter

This month's Saturday Sketch is one that I've been thinking about for a while... I love the concept of journalling around shapes... I went one step further and used my Silhouette Cameo and sketch pens to do the writing for me. I then pulled all the sunshine coloured pieces from my Cocoa Vanilla stash and grabbed my yellow embellishment box. I threw in a few rub ons, some enamel dots, puffy hearts... There is a great video by Ashley Horton if you want to have a go at adding text to shapes. Here's my process...

This layout was based on a challenge to use your favourite colour and it's complimentary colour. My favourite colour is green and I had quite a few limey shades.  The opposite is a violet-magenta colour which featured in April's Glittery Hands Box sequin mix. Sadly I am not allowed to play scrabble any more... H-Bird is such a hooligan! Just a few more from my NSD marathon to share now...

All of the 'patterned paper' you see on this layout is actually a mail shot from Boden Clothing!  It was far too pretty to end up in the recycling bin so I popped it on my desk. I took a little strategic cutting and flipping of parts to cover the writing and expose the peach on the reverse of the mailshot. I added some stencilling with white pastes from Shimmerz in the background.  The stencil is from Pretty My Page .  The sequins were picked from recent SpiegelMom mixes to match the colours.  That's the great thing about mixes - if you buy three mixes you not only have those three mixes but the option for a huge range of other mixes too. I now I am biased but doesn't Henley look adorable here mid chatter?! Thanks for looking!

I openly admit I don’t like pink.  I often get sequin mixes with pink in nonetheless, and usually struggle to use them to their best.  I fell in love with the greens in Strawberry Bubblegum and was determined to use the whole mix rather than just picking out the greens! Here is how it went... Pop over to the SpiegelMom Scraps blog for more and the process video

I'm up on the like for ever blog with another woodland layout today. I knew I had the perfect photo to match the pencil icons in the kit - my budgie perching on top of my collection of pencils.  He had only been here a few days and when he decided he liked pencils I knew we were going to be friends!! I loved the photo frames and overlays that came in the kit and tasked myself to use them on every layout.  Having used the gold frames on my first two layouts I opted for an overlay for this one.  I was a bit stuck for ideas for attaching it to the photo.  Sewing would certainly have been an option but I went with a gold paper clip from the like for ever shop. I popped up the hello die cut and the fussy cut pencil pot on foam to give a little more emphasis and dimension. And I finished off the layout with some hand stitching in gold thread.  Gold thread is not the easiest to work with; it is much stiffer than regular thread.  I do think t...

Ah, bless him!  Poor little Herbie!  This layout tells of the journey home from the breeder and use the first photos I have of Herbie. I've used Pretty Little Studio Summer Vibes collection. Look at his little beak!!  Luckily he won't have to travel in a box again. I added my title on the colourful PLS labels.  I could use these on every layout. The stitching was inspired by my friend Tammy Chernobieff-Goodwin .  She has so much white stitching on her layouts - what made me try it in black I don't know!

Stick It Down have a card sketch, a single page scrapbook sketch and a double page scrapbook sketch each month.  I have designed the sketches for the cards and some of the single page sketches but always shied away from double pages.  However the team is a member or two down and I've given it a whirl to make up the numbers.  Here is the sketch for October... I am using supplies from my Counterfeit Kit ... And here is what I came up with. I trimmed down two pockets so I could use the layout of the sketch as is.  I switched the stars to hearts and played fast and loose with the title placement! H is for Herbert!  Everything painted has been done with Daniel Smith watercolours, everything else was pulled to match. These hearts are the main feature for me.  A little bit of wisdom - cutting thick watercolour paper with a craft knife is not fun!  But I do like how it all turned out.  You can watch the process here (I edited ou...

This little Herbert took a post-bath nap with his toys yesterday... he is so cute!! Linking up at Friday Smiles with Annie

Apologies for last week - I hadn't meant to be quiet so cryptic!  I was very tired and was sure I had written he was a budgie!! Here he is - I am still to get a very crisp photo... he's a mover!  He is settling in well. Linking up at Friday Smiles !

Happy Friday...  I brought this little chap home on Tuesday.  He travelled in a little box, and let's be honest... he wasn't too impressed about it! He has been named Herbie and I will introduce him properly once he is settled.  He is 11 weeks old, still not fully grown and a little shy.  Lots of work to put in over the next couple of months, but I am happy to have him with me. Linking up at Friday Smiles

This little layout is a guest designer project for like for ever .  In fact it is my last official project share, but I'm hoping to squeeze another post in before the next kit is released. All supplies are from the kit or are add ons available from like for ever .  I pulled some ribbon from my Crafty Ribbons stash that matched the photos. I made a shaker pocket with the gorgeous Cocoa Vanilla sequins. Everything was backed with a few layers of white tissue, and for dimension embellishments were stuck down with foam adhesive. I made good use of the cut apart sheet.  And aren't the enamel dots the most perfect colours?! Although this ribbon range is from 2012 it is still available to buy . How I miss my Cheeky Beak's antics! I sometimes struggle with wood veneers but these ones were easy to work on to my pages. As a little something new from me, you can watch me creating this layout here ! Thanks for stopping by

Here we are with the third completely different colour palette from my October kit from Like For Ever.  This time we've matched the slightly bonkers yellow with an old photo of a slightly bonkers bird!! This was the first day I got Billy, she was so young.  Of course at this point we thought she was a boy... Again I made a big effort with the sticker sheet, and added enamel dots, and this time sequins too, from my stash I added a vellum pocket with yellow stitching in the layering behind the photo... and added a tag with some hidden journalling.  I'm going through a phase of really missing having a pet here with me, so I got it all out on the tag. Turns out I rather like the look of these gold stickers... maybe it's the start of using stickers more easily on my layouts. Linking my feathered friend up at Quirky Crafts. Thanks for stopping by!

I saw a lovely sketch, one that I couldn't ignore.  I pretty much copied it exactly - there was not much interpretation on my part, just direct lifting.  That is how much I liked the sketch!  I had saved some printed cellophane that a bunch of flowers came in.  I knew I could use on a layout.  I have a little fascination with ruffles at the moment.  Not really pretty girly ruffles but ruffles with a bit of edge.  I cut a strip of the cellophane and used my sewing machine to sew down the middle.  Then I pulled one of the threads to create the ruffle.  It wasn't completely successful as the cellophane started to perforate along the line of stitches, but it held together enough to use.  I stuck it down with super sticky red back tape so it is not going anywhere now!! The sketch is by Ashley Horton ... Let me know what you think!

Billy Budgie is moulting... Friday Smiles over at Annie 's is a place to share anything that has made us smile this week...

It's my final contribution to the Crafty Ribbon Advent Celebration today.  (The girls will have more for you tomorrow...) You have another three days to add your name to all the linkys so even if you have only just found us you can still be in with a chance of winning the prize from day 1 - if you get in quick! Today I have a handmade button garland.  I've seen similar around in shops and garden centres.  Waaay too expensive to buy though and super simple to make.  I just used some garden string (liberated from the shed a few years back, now happily living in my craft room!) and tied buttons on at roughly regular intervals.  To make it a little extra special I covered a few white star buttons in gold leaf.  I have used a combination of these buttons... vintage ,  stars ,  autumn ,  green flash ,  right royal . Budgie is rather fond of this reel of string too.  You can see in the background of this photo to the l...

My sweet Budge left me a present on my keyboard.  Luckily I saw it in time.  And yes... it is the shiFt key! She is lovely really - here she is looking after me as I sleep off my physio, just waiting for me to wake up and play! Linking up to Annie's Friday Smiles :)