Laura Rumble - Crafter

 I am loving the *really* clean and simple look right now... This is made for the new challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches which you can find out more about here.   It's based on this sketch... Obviously I switched the heart out for the greeting which is die cut (Create A Smile), stamped and die cut (Heffy Doodle), stacked, popped up and glittered.  CAS is all about those tiny details! Father Christmas Mum got me a fancy set of glittery threads for Christmas and I used three colours to mimic the triangular split of the card base indicated on the sketch. I dotted in a few iridescent circle confetti pieces.  They are tiny but very shiny.  They flash pink, blue and aqua in different light and are almost invisible from some angles. I hope you are inspired to play along with us at CAS C&S !

I'm excited to have joined the team at CAS Colours and Sketches .  This is my first make for them and it is a colour challenge. I struggled to find an exact match for the berry burst shade but Pinkfresh's Regal Kiss was a good enough match.  I also went with Hydrangea, Spruce Tips and Lush Forest, all from Pinkfresh's ink line.  If green is in a colour swatch I immediately go to leaves and I fancied pulling out my Alex Syberia florals so that was an easy decision.   Keeping it CAS I stamped off the edge of the card base and embossed in white for a subtle look.  I then used the coordinating stencils to ink blend.  As I was blending rather than stamping my colours are a touch on the softer side.   Then I decided my greeting would go smack bang across the middle of my image.  Perhaps controversial?  Why place it over the prettiness?  I don't know really, I just like the closeness of everything design-wise. Come over and join us at CAS Colours and Sketches !

 Lots of chickens!  What could be better?! These are from a set by Time For Tea Designs called Ewe are Moovelous.  I'm yet to use the sheep or the cow but I just adore the chicken.  (And the chick, and the little daisy!) I cut the chicken shape out of a panel of teal card in as even a grid as I could manage.  I then used that as a template to stamp the chickens on to a white panel.  When the teal panel is popped up over the white panel it gives a really fun sunken chicken look. I reversed this on a second card for popped up chickens.  This time I stamped the chickens in different shades of blue, aqua and green ink. The background is a heart die cut layered (Time For Tea Designs) on a stitched panel (Heffy Doodle) and the greeting is a die cut birthday (Create A Smile) and stamped happy. Which do you prefer - Sunken Chicken or Popped Chicken?!

 Here's my first card of 2024, based on the January sketch from Stick It Down. I feel I've stuck pretty faithfully to the sketch for this one. The die set is an oldy from Pinkfresh Studio and the sentiment stamps are from Alex Syberia.  All the patterned papers are old scraps from the box of doom. I started out thinking just three or five confetti sequins but I got well and truly carried away!  They add a subtle iridescent shine.  In the photos they lean towards pink but in the flesh they mostly flash green and blue matching the leaves and stamping perfectly. Stick It Down runs as a Facebook group now.   Do pop over and join if you'd like to be kept in the loop.