Laura Rumble - Crafter

It's the third Tuesday of the month which of course means there's a sketch up at CAS Colours and Sketches .  Take a look... I've gone for three shades (ombre-ish) of Concord and 9th cardstock to create my stripes.  They are layered up so there is a small amount of dimension too. The 'happy' is from Concord and 9th and the birthday is from Create A Smile.  I've layered them up too. Such a simple design but I kinda want to make it over and over in different colourways. This is for the CC&S challenge which runs until the 4th of March - we'd love you to join us!

 I am loving the *really* clean and simple look right now... This is made for the new challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches which you can find out more about here.   It's based on this sketch... Obviously I switched the heart out for the greeting which is die cut (Create A Smile), stamped and die cut (Heffy Doodle), stacked, popped up and glittered.  CAS is all about those tiny details! Father Christmas Mum got me a fancy set of glittery threads for Christmas and I used three colours to mimic the triangular split of the card base indicated on the sketch. I dotted in a few iridescent circle confetti pieces.  They are tiny but very shiny.  They flash pink, blue and aqua in different light and are almost invisible from some angles. I hope you are inspired to play along with us at CAS C&S !

  I've decided to have a monthly/6-weekly focus this year.  It is totally a no pressure, no deadlines kind of project.  I wondered about a colour focus but instead plumped for shapes.  So starting off January 2023 my shape of the month (or until I'm ready to move on) is CIRCLES.  I'll be going up by number of sides throughout the year, I think. It's all very loosey goosey.  I'll maybe have a couple of sketches, a couple of cards and a layout or two per shape.  It'll just give me a little focus, get me thinking about my stash (and keep me away from shopping!) and hopefully spark some creativity.  This month I have a few sketches and am yet to create anything.   The two scrap sketches are the same apart from the actual photos.  At first I was not keen on cutting circular photos but the more I played around the more I wondered if that is what would be needed.  You can judge for yoursleves but I think I will look out some photos that wi...