Laura Rumble - Crafter

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 II...   check out Mini Madness Monday I here . This album is my Dad album.  It is created from tags from clothes he's bought (yes, he does like fatface clothes!!) and contains all the things that make my Dad who he is.  I tried not to Laura-fy it too much but I did add a bit of ribbon... On the packaging of some alpha stickers was a little 'tell your story'.  It wasn't meant to be used but was too perfect not to be used!    Some gentle doodling highlighting the words quality and vintage ;) and Dymo type... A ribbon 'page'...  A bus...  Some ( questionable?! ) nicknames...   My Dad reads about 5 newspapers a day...  Had to include some newsprint somewhere in the album :) I had gone for blue and brown as my colours but it needed a bit more colour so I added i...

Today I'm sharing a door sign I made for Ali 's handsome nephew Sam.  It's for Crafty Ribbons Challenge - One For The Boys . It's a piece of chipboard covered with gesso, star sequins and acrylic paint. I've stuck two lengths of ribbon along the bottom with red backed double sided sticky tape. The chipboard letters have had a coat of gesso, then a couple of coats of acrylic paint and to finish them off I've outlined them with a black felt tip.  I have attached them with glue gel to give extra dimension. I popped a couple of brads in and threaded another length of ribbon for the hanging tie. You can find the ribbons here ...  I wish I had a small man in  my life.  I picture these ribbons used as shoelaces on a pair of black trainers.  It would be so cool!! I hope to see you joining in over at the challenge... Thanks for stopping by