Laura Rumble - Crafter

Every once in a while a stamp set comes along that just steals your heart.  For me, Pretty Pink Posh's Dinosaur Friends and Dinosaur Additions have done just that. They are sets I have used for design team work for My Perfect Stamp over and over again.  I have the matching dies too which has opened up the possibility of even more ways to use them. I have heat embossed... made cards... Stamped and coloured with copic markers... scrapped... and even made a wreath which has proudly hung on my door for months now... And the thing that gets me is every time I pull it out I am flooded with ideas - still now, months after its release and at least 15+ projects in  

Throwing it back to an unpublished draft from 2017 using Crafty Ribbons Gingerbread Man ribbon. I have to say this gold foiled ribbon is still one of my favourites!

I discovered a wonderful colouring book from Kirsty Rice called Summer Cutting Garden.  (I think there are/will be the other seasons too.)  It's on good thick paper, single sided and beautifully illustrated.  I had a play with my Daniel Smith watercolours with no aim in mind.  When the painting was finished (why didn't a take a photo?!) I thought I could turn it into a layout, so I started fussy cutting... After quite some time with my scissors and then a craft knife for the inner areas my wreath was ready. After adding a little watercolour to the background I popped the wreath up on foam pads for dimension. I added loads of sequins - I kept wondering if it was too many but I couldn't stop!! I added a few strips of journalling over one of the flowers. Highly recommend this book if you like playing with watercolours! Thanks for stopping by.

I was sent a note card from Chloe when I made a purchase from her Etsy shop .  As with all cards I am sent it went on to my magnet board to be admired.  As it was sat there on display an idea began to form...  I fussy cut all the florals from the card - a good job to do whilst the telly is on!  My idea was to put them on top of a wreath, so I got to work with my mixed media supplies... I used a combination of Inktense pencils (to draw the circle to work around) and Shimmerz (Aqua Huez, Creameez, Vibez and Inklingz for all the other goodness!) I can't tell you how much I loved the end result!  And I had so much fun doing it, which is the best part.  I tried to colour match the mixed media to the fussy cut embellishments as best I could. I added a few enamel dots in turquoise to pick out the turquoise in the photograph.  I also added a healthy dose of sequins - Autumn Joy Fall Sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps to be precise. I then de...

Guest Designer post number 2 went live at like for ever yesterday, and I'm sharing it here today... The scrapping fashion is to make a December Daily style album, making a page each day in December capturing your festive celebrations.  I don't do enough to warrant a whole album so I will use this page to mark the start of my Christmas 2015 layouts in my general album. I've used the Shimelle, Pink Paislee and one of the Cocoa Vanilla papers from the Wish List kit and cut a whole bunch of stars.  You can grab the cut files here . I've added a few stars and a bow - add ons from Cocoa Vanilla.  And some jingle bells from Crafty Ribbons.  Bells may be appearing on most of my projects at the moment!! Created as much texture and dimension as possible! So much fun! I am loving this kit, and the opportunity to guest design.  You can see my GD posts here ! Thanks for stopping by!

Hello and welcome to my stop on the Crafty Ribbons Easter blog hop !  You should have arrived here from the lovely Cebelica's blog... My creation is an Easter tag.  I've used lace and bunny silhouette ribbon in baby maize and lime juice from Crafty Ribbons .  My Pet Crocheter whipped up a little bunny from some cotton yarn too.  Your next stop on the hop is Carole ... oh, and I believe you'll be needing this I to help you solve the anagram! Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!

I find Easter a hard occasion to craft for.  To me Easter is a religious time, not a commercialised chocolate and bunny festival.  I've tried hard to top my Easter Garden project but time and energy got in my way this year.  (Still I have a few ideas tucked away for next year!!)  I have managed an Easter wreath.  Yes, it is bunnies and most things that I don't like about commercialised Easter but as a cute decoration I do like it... maybe I should drop the Easter connection and just call it a decorative wreath?! I started off with a polystyrene blank, ribbons, flowers, butterflies and gems. As I wound the ribbon round the polystyrene I secure it with small pins.  I made a hanging loop and used a few pins to secure it to the covered wreath.  It is not at all heavy so it doesn't need glue or extra fastenings. I've used the rabbit animal silhouette ribbons in Baby Maize and Lime Juice and some sheer dot organza in Apple  - all of w...

Here is a sweet little wreath I made using some 3mm ribbon and the butterfly nature ribbon. I picked up a plain metal wreath from a market in Henley.  I gave it a rough and light coat of gesso and then spritzed it with some mists. I generously applied matte medium to the back of the butterfly ribbon and allowed it to dry.  This stiffens the ribbon and stops the edges from fraying enabling you to cut out shapes from ribbon.   I attached my butterfly with glue gel. Having the colour of the butterfly on one side and nothing on the other didn't look quite right so I added a few tufts of red to the other side of the wreath to balance it out. I have used; nature ribbon - butterflies 3mm satin in off white and lilac mist 3mm grosgrain Thanks for stopping by

Hello!  Welcome to my first Easter Inspiration post for Crafty Ribbons .  It is all going on for the next few days.  Crafty Ribbons Inspiration has all the details if you are not yet up to speed.  It's all building up to a Bunny Hop on Monday  :) Today I have a Spring Wreath to share. I've painted the twig wreath with gesso and added some pale pink flowers.  I added a snippet of French Stamp Ribbon with the words 'je t'aime.' I prettied up the flowers with some sheer dots ribbon, and added a hanging loop too. To be in with a chance of winning this Easter Candy from me; Be a follower. Leave a comment on this post answering this question... What is your favourite occasion to create for?  Easter, Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary, etc... You can gain extra entries by also commenting on tomorrows Easter post and Mondays Bunny Hop post. One comment per post, so three chances to get your name in the hat in total. Clos...

The difference being that it is made of pencils! These four colouring pencils were a freebie and as soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to do something out of the ordinary with them.  I pulled out matching 3mm satin ribbon and set to work trying to tie them together.  After lots of frustration I pulled out the glue gel and stuck them together!  When the gel had dried I added my ribbon and tied them in to bows. Then this square of pencils sat on my desk for a week or more.  I just wasn't sure how to make it in to something...  I couldn't add it to scrapbook page as it is too dimensional.  I couldn't incorporate it in to a mini album as it wouldn't withstand much bashing around.  There were two options left; a wreath - just a bit of quirky colour for the sake of it or a picture frame - finding a way to put a back on and getting it to stand by itself and adding a photo.  As of yet I've not managed to find a way of making it stand,...

Day 16 brings a wreath for the door... using  satin ,  hearts,  and  Merry Christmas ribbon from Crafty Ribbons Pop over to the inspirations blog to see what the rest of the team have been up to Merry Christmas!  :)

It's day two of our Advent countdown at Crafty Ribbons Inspirations .  Today I have a wreath to share... I started off with some wire from my jewellery making box... and manipulated it in to a heart shape.  I've used all the off cuts that I have kept through out the year.  (My off cuts pile is still huge... never mind!)  And a few bits from a scrap bag. I simply tied the scraps around the wire.  I kept squidging them together, adding more on until there was absolutely no free space left on the wire.  At this stage I decided that the heart shape was not showing through well enough so I manipulated the wire in to a circle instead. I added a length of my beloved 3mm for hanging et voila! Sharing at Tokbobok Thanks for stopping by :)