Laura Rumble - Crafter

Man, I love these inks.  I think it's the colour range and the juicy-but-crisp ink formulation.  They are so easy to get perfect impressions with - and I'm not a naturally able stamper! I've paired the inks with a Pink Fresh stamp and die set and colourmatched threads. I swiped the ink pads across the page and added fancy stitching in a tone on tone fashion. I coloured up some Elle's Studio alpha stickers to match and looked through a million sequins to find the right colours! The central flower in the stamped clusters was clling out for a little extra colour so I pulled out my Polychromos pencils.  I also added in a few embellishments from Colour Cast Designs. Thanks for stopping by!

I have been stalking the Colour Throwdown blog this year but have yet managed to get something made and shared by the deadline...  I think I'm going to make it this week, fingers crossed! Here is the swatch that inspired the colours. I made three cards using the same stamp which is a few years old and from Concord & 9th.  I embossed with white powder on to three different types of kraft. The first card was colour with Polychromos pencils, mounted on to white and embellished with a few sequins. The second is roughly painted with a couple of mists mixed with mica powders.  The mica is making the colours show on the kraft, without it the sink into the kraft card and barely show up. I was very loose with the painting and added a few splatters too. I added a gold high five sticker.  I think I need a stamp that says high five - are there any out there you can let me know of?  And finally a piece painted with the mica/mist mix....

Hello!  Happy Monday! Here is my layout for Stick It Down.  When I drew up this sketch I had the layout in mind so I pretty much copied the sketch exactly... I used my Silhouette Cameo and sketch pens to create the love you patterned paper strip, the Y and U, and the top peek-a-boo section.  I then switched to a cutting blade and cut them out.  I also cut out an O to use as a template to trim my photo.  Whilst I had the Silhouette up and running I cut a stitchnig template for 'love' on a 12x12 background.  I make my stitching templates by switching the solid line of text to a dashed line.  Also, as I am a lazy impatient bad hand sewist I go through and delete every other dash.  This makes the stitches larger and takes a lot less time to complete the sewing! The hardest part of the layout was choosing which colour heart stickers to use... I opted for yellow, a deliberate swerve of my instinct to use green.  I'd use green o...

I've been having fun with the new stamp set from Skull and Cross Buns along with their Stocking Stencil ... I've accessorised some Christmas cards with lace from Crafty Ribbons. The bulk of the cards came about from my initial play with the stencil... I just grab some ink and card and played with no pressure.  I tried spraying ink through the stencil, stamping the stencil, filling the stencilled image with stamping... As seems to be my current 'thing' they all feature foam tape for added dimension. ...which also creates wonderful shadows. And there is a layout too... I added a bunch of machine stitching on this layout to pull it all together. Here are the process videos: Thanks for stopping by!

I caved and bought a set of Polychromos.  I used them for the first time on this card and I find myself wondering why I didn't buy them a few years ago!  I am in love.  I totally have no idea if I'm doing it right or using them to their full potential so I've signed up for Sandy Allnock's new class to see how good I can get! The flower stamp is from Concord and 9th and the sentiment is from Feed Your Craft.  I stamped it onto ribbon instead of cardstock.  It would be slightly crisper on cardstock but I like the extra texture it adds and that you can see faint polka dots showing through from the other side.  And, you know, I got to use ribbon!  That's always something that makes me happy! Linking up to Muse which inspired the kraft background.