Our Beautiful World

Hi there ... How's your Sunday?

 It's time for a new prompt at 

Our Beautiful World 

This week Mandy has chosen for us and the prompt is

Paint

How I wish I could paint ... Like this

 

 

It was actually done by my multi-talented Aunt some years ago...

She only started to paint when she was in her 70's so there's hope for me yet I guess...

I love my watercolours but that card is about the best it gets for me Lol! I'm far better at making a mess

 

No skill required haha!

 

There are of course many ways to paint and my Aunt doesn't just use watercolour or acrylics

 

 

 She paints with embroidery silks

 

 my dog Holly...

 

Go see what my friends are sharing up on the blog and link up with us at

 

Our Beautiful World

 

Have a great day

 

~ Ros ~

 

 

Been Painting

Hello...

My it's turned cold here... Autumn has definitely arrived

I've not had any inclination to make much lately, I spent 2 days doing the Thursday Club stuff and the evening was manic!  I've been itchy to try something different. I'm no artist by any means but today I was doodling, trying to draw a boat and it turned into this

It's not marvelous but just a little something different - it's just done on ordinary (inexpensive) cardstock so I only gave it a light wash of watercolour

I love boats and anything sea related ... What do you think? 

Maybe too bland huh?

Then whilst I was looking for something in one of the many cupboards in this house, would you believe I came across a pack of acrylic paints - unopened, never used! Well I had to do something...So after going through a few things on Pinterest I came across 'How to paint a beach' Here.... Well, I deliberated whether to share this 'cos it's my first attempt but what the heck ... here you go

Hee hee, I had fun though, and Hubby thought it was fine

I'll be back tomorrow with my post for Our Beautiful World which incidentally has the word prompt Paint, then I am off for a little holiday early Tuesday morning so I'll catch up with you in a week or so ...

Take care and thanks so much for your visit

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 330

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Only a week to go before I'm on for a holiday...Yay!

Today  Marina is hosting the challenge at City Crafter  

She comes up with some great challenges and this week it's 

Pencil me in

(Use pencils when making your project or on your project) 

 

Source

I did a fun arty card...

I didn't have any pencil dies so I cut some and coloured with them copics to look like pencils and added some paint brushes cut on the Cameo and also coloured

 

 This reminds me of the mess I often have on my table when I get out my paints

Our Guest designer this week is Gio (winner of week 323) Hop on over to her lovely blog to see her beautiful projects...

As always the team at City Crafter have more inspiration for you up on the Blog and we're looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week

Have a great day everyone

~ Ros ~

 

Our Beautiful World and A Special Pet

Good morning...

I got to choose the prompt at Our Beautiful World this week and I chose

"Pets"

As well as some photos I have a little story to share

This is the latest addition to our home... Missy

You all know I come from a family of animal lovers and for most of my life we've had pets and cared for many sick and stray animals... None get turned away here

I've always had at least one cat and each one has a place in my heart but some pets when they die, leave a void in your heart that's hard to fill, like my dogs

Kelly

and Holly

Unless you've been fortunate to have that special relationship, it's hard to explain.

I have a special relationship with my beautiful Ginger boy

 Ginger was a stray that visited us regularly for a few years until he turned up one day sick and injured so we were able to catch him, get him treated and neutered and from then on he's never left my side. We think he must be around 8 years old now.

Recently we acquired Missy ... 

She'd either been abandoned or lost and despite months of trying to find her owner, no one came forward, so she is now with us.

Surprisingly, far from being annoyed that a new cat has come to live with us, Ginger boy has turned out to be the best 'babysitter' ever.  Missy is young and full of mischief and has no idea of the dangers around

and wherever she roams, Ginger boy is watching

She managed to escape the boundaries at the rear of our house close to where there is a main road and sadly where our other cat Gipsy was killed earlier this year... We were frantic, but we watched in amazement as Ginger squeezed himself through a tiny gap to reach her and whatever he said to her, I don't know, but her ears went back and she hung her head as if in shame and she slowly turned and skulked back to the safety of our garden... She's never gone there again but a week later she vaulted over the front fence and ran off into the neighbourhood... Once again Ginger appeared and followed her calling out as he went... Within half an hour she was back with Ginger strolling behind her.

He's one very special pet and I love him to bits

Link up your pets at

Our Beautiful World

We'd love to see them!

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

With love from Paris

Hello...

I'm recovering from a very busy and noisy evening at Thursday Club Lol!

I've made another card with some scraps... Some left over pieces from yesterday's card...

 

...The leaf and the heart

  

And some die cut squares in my box, one of which I stamped on in a very subtle and shiny platinum ink... That sweet Eiffel Tower is a brad from a pack sent to me by my lovely blog friend Barbara

I've struggled to photograph this today ... some colours just work better than others but here's a close up of the heart so you can see that lovely shiny gold ink

 

 The sentiment stamp is an old one from a Waltzing Mouse set and embossed in Princess gold E/P

It's cooled down a lot today and I'm grateful for that ... I'm still sorely lacking in sleep.

By the way, before I go I wanted to share with you, especially my friends across the pond, that we here in Liverpool England remembered all those lost on 9/11... Here's a photo of our famous Liver Building taken last Sunday

Have a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Mixed watercolour

Hello... How are you all?

It's been very hot here, not easy to sleep at night and lately I've been feeling very jittery inside - Do you know what I mean? It's like I'm on a fast train and I want to get off. Luckily we have a holiday booked in a few weeks time and I'm really looking forward to it... Being by the sea always gives me a sense of inner calm

I haven't done much in the way of card making - It seems there is always something else I have to do, but when I do have a moment I get out my paints and play with colours. Today I finally made a card with some of the painted pieces

The leaves and the heart were die cut from a separate piece and the word was inlaid in white card

There are some lovely shimmery golds in there but it's hard to capture

I hope you're enjoying your day

Till soon

~ Ros ~