Laura Rumble - Crafter

I haven't joined in at In the pink for ages  :(  but managed to get this done and submitted in time. The challenge is pink and pearly so I grabbed my fluoro pink paint and pearl medium and experimented. I just mixed the colours on the brush.  I added some liquid pearl for the centre of the flowers, green ink stems and a ribbon.  I wonder why I don't grab a spare bit of card and a couple of tubes of paint more often. I had so much fun!     Thanks for stopping by!!

Yeah, it's been a while since I blogged!  I had the cold/virus 'thing' that is going around and it completely flattened me.  Extra illnesses on top of M.E don't mix well.  I only got through December with prescheduled posts...  But I am feeling a little better and I am itching to Art and share. On my desk today are a few thank you cards.  I just had a happy half hour playing with washi  :)   I think this one is my favourite. I've also been working on a canvas but as it is a DT piece I can't show it until Thursday. There really hasn't been much else going on herre - hopefully that will have changed by next week.  I intend to take up the Craft Barn's yearly challenge.  I have my dictionary ready! Pop by Queen of Desks, Julia's for loads of desk hopping.

This fortnights challenge at Crafty Ribbons is Blue and Green as set by the lovely Gina.     Now I haven't exactly done much here... it wasn't exactly hard work!  I emptied a few boxes of buttons in to a glass jar.  Then I tied a ribbon around the top.     The thing is, I quite like it.  And most of us have tonnes of craft stuff so putting a selection of anything in to a nice shaped glass container to pretty up a room is easily done.  This jar has candle hooks too and the buttons look great with the candle glow above them.  Last year I had red and gold baubles for Christmas, before that I had sand and shells.          What can you make with green and blue?  Join us over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge...    

     Do you think he will see it?!  Maybe I could have made it brighter..?  :)       This is my project for Day 24 of Ali's Advent event .  Boy did I have fun!       First I gathered all my neon bits, then I smiled, the I started painting and getting messy!!       I stuck a Father Christmas peel off down and spread some texture gel over the top and peeled the sticker off.  Mixed some texture gel and paint and used a squeezy bottle and underlined the words       The foam letters looked really black so I rubbed a bit of white paint in to them.       I added a few tatty offcuts off ribbon along the bottom and to one side.   Again, I always say this when I photograph neon things, it is brighter in real life.  Very bright!   And I will be popping this in my window tonight and hoping he does i...

Welcome to day 22 of Crafty Ribbons Advent party !   For today I have altered a small organza gift bag.  It came with plain silver ribbon for the handles.  I took it out and replaced it with some of this .     Then I used a running stitch and matching threads to attach a small piece of the Christmas tree ribbon from the vintage collection .       Perfect for one of my Nan's little gifts!       Thanks for stopping by!      

  Welcome along to my project for day 20 of Crafty Ribbons Advent event .     I bought these wire shapes years back because I knew I would use them one day!      I have suspended pearly seed beads in the angels with beading wire.       I used white and dove seam binding to make the bows and hanging loops.  This stuff is great because it takes paint and mica and ink and pretty much anything else you throw at it.  I mixed up a couple of mists, one pearly white and one silver, and randomly spritzed the seam binding.  I dried it off with a heat gun and then spritzed another layer on.  

     Here is my desk for this weeks WOYWW...         Lots of stuff but not much of anything in particular.  Under the ink pad is a half done project.  I was thinking when I started it would be a DT piece in which case you wouldn't be able to see it but now I think I've changed my mind and I'm just not sure it's good enough to be seen!  Ever have things turn out not like you planned?!   I might leave it for today and make a Christmas ATC for Miss 10 instead.       I hope Julia doesn't mind me tagging this in to my WOYWW post...   Please pop over to Damask Love to read about a great campaign to help those effected by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary.  They are raising art kits for the kids who were caught up in the awful situation - accepting US $ donations, new supplies and handmade cards to accompany the kits.