Laura Rumble - Crafter

Scrap Squad have been running a free cyber crop this weekend.  This layout is a scraplift of Emilie Chamel... I have used plain cardstock, inks and stamps... that is all.  I've been telling myself I need to incorporate more stamping into my layouts and this one takes it to the extreme! I've used some Concord & 9th, Crafty Jen Schow and Cocoa Vanilla Studio sets along with Altenew warm grey ink pads.  I'm awaiting the Pink Fresh ink cubes arrival in the UK - they are my Christmas present but have been out of stock for sooooo long!  When they arrive I'll be able to add more colour. Having said that I do love a monochromatic layout!  There are four shades of grey, black and the white of the card. Hey Little Magpie are running a challenge this month to use more than 5 stamps on a layout.  I've done that and some... I think there are 18 individual stamps used. Thanks for stopping by!

I pulled out the remnants of Jen Hadfield paper from my Lottie Loves Paper Think Happy kit.  It's perfect for a new home card...  I added a little touch inside... and whipped up a matching envelope liner... I used some circle dies to cut two feature pieces and backed them with red foam to give them dimension.  I love the little pop of colour this adds, you only see it from certain angles. A single fussy cut house layered on a thread nest tops it off. Thanks for stopping by!

I love this penguin stamp !  I had no idea where I was going with this creation - I just started stamping penguins... I've used Versafine in black and the Altenew Cool Grey ink collection to do my stamping.  I also embossed a few white penguins on different shades of grey cardstock and fussy cut them out.  Where images overlapped I used post-it note masks. I snugged in a photo huddled amongst the penguins.  The title is added with foam alphas. I've added a few snowdrifts and clouds in a palest blue chalk pencil.  They show much better in real life than they do in the photos. There'll be no SACB post tomorrow as I have a StickerKitten projec scheduled but the stamping goodness will continue on Tuesday...

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...