Laura Rumble - Crafter

Today I am using the Wonky Fair Isle cut file.  This is the third of three new cut files designed by me available at Pretty My Page as either pre-cuts or as a download. You can download the cut file here or purchase it pre-cut on white, cream or black card here . I have used Pinkfresh Studio’s Home For The Holidays collection for this layout.  (Stock up here!)   Rather than backing the main shapes (the trees and the stars) I opted to back the area around them.  I did back the reindeer though.  After much searching I found some cork to back them.  I’m short on brown papers that have a warm tone, my kraft was too grey-ish.  The cork adds an extra texture too. I created a little cluster and title using various pieces of ephemera, stickers and a word cut from a patterned paper, piecing together a title of “Christmas sweater magic”.   I embellished with some pale blue enamel dots and shiny gold sequins. Yo...

Here is my first DT piece using the fantastic new Alpaca Wishes from StickerKitten.  Sarah did a Facebook live launch last night and you can order from the website now. I started off with 100 ideas but settled on using the hot chocolate mugs first.  They are my favourite part of the kit and feature both as ephemera pieces and a clear stamp. Here's the video: Thanks for stopping by!

When I saw this ribbon I knew I wanted to recreate the little tomte in paper form.  Who could possible resist a nisse riding a pig?! I made a pattern and paper pieced him together in matching cardstock.  I tried to include all the details from Ali's design.  I made it slightly dimensional by layering - I guess that is decoupage? I attached the nisse to the card in such a way that he spins... now not only do we have a nisse riding a pig we have a flying pig!! I'd love to give you directions on how to create a spinner card but I worked from several tutorials that I found on you tube and still ended up wondering off on my own path.  I will share clear instructions when I have them, it's on my list of things to do in the new year. Supplies: Ribbon from the Nisse collection from Crafty Ribbons Sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps paper from my stash Thanks for looking!

It is challenge time over at Crafty Ribbons Challenges .  This time the theme is 'Shaped' so either the base of your project needs to be shaped (other than the regular square or rectangle) or you can add a shaped character. I've made another gift tag featuring a hand cut snowman... His scarf is scarlet snowflake ribbon , his eyes and coal are from the black basics2go buttons.   Slightly obsesed with layering my tags at the moment.  The back tag is stamped and embossed. The middle tag is a vellum pocket of snow - or chunky white glitter. And it is all held together with 3mm grosgrain . Come over ad join us, won't you?

I jazzed up this tin from last year... perfect for filling with chocolates or macaroons or something yummy... using satin ribbon As always pop over to the Inspirations site to see what the rest of the team have been up to x