Saturday, January 21, 2012

Just my imagination.....


It's cold and windy here and the last few days we've been having our radiators replaced ... So what's a girl to do to keep warm but turn her thoughts to Spring time and let her imagination run wild ... If you have time to spare, come with me ... into my imagination and see what transpired


A Spring time clock ... made from an old book 
Guess it fits the Anything Goes challenge ...


.. And Crop Stop  challenge is looking for something vintage, distressed or Shabby Chic ...




I used my Spell Binders to cut those frames and distressed one with Antique linen stain
So it also fits the challenge at Papercrafts Star 


But it just started out as a folded book to take along to my forthcoming talk at the WI ... and took a slight diversion ... I did half the book and adhered it to cardboard ... sprinkled it with glitter and for some reason a clock popped into my head ... So using a broken chain and some redundant Christmas ornaments as pendulums ...


It just developed from there ... adding flowers and leaves


and a gorgeous butterfly from Ira ... the clock face I found on the web and added a brad to the centre ... 
I know there are lots of photos ... I thought I would have trouble taking them because this is quite big ... but I found this beautiful over the door hanger yesterday which really helped ... see how pretty it is 


I hope you are having a warm and lovely weekend ... 
Thanks for joining me today ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~



41 comments:

Suzanne C said...

so terribly clever and beautiful! Love that you made a clock with pendulum! Fab!

Jeanneke said...

As always: lovely, lovely!

cnelson said...

Wowzers!!! Unbelievably GORGEOUS and CREATIVE!!! LOVE!!!

Angi Barrs said...

What a clever idea. It's sooo gorgeous!

Jacqueline said...

Your creativity is just boundless, this is exquisite Ros!!

Sylvia said...

Absolutely brilliant, Ros! That is the prettiest version of your book houses you have done yet! I love it, and wanted to pin it to Pinterest, but thought I would ask first. May I pin your project to my board? Have a wonderful day!

Unknown said...

I'm utterly speechless at your remarkable clockhouse Ros! I so love all the wonderful embellies that you've added, such a pretty, romantic piece of work. I'm in awe! Hugs, Ira x

Chriss Blagrave said...

Lovely Ros. So Spring-like, it brought a smile to my face :))
Love all of the details you put into this! Hope your talk goes well.

Linda Breedlove said...

Wow... what a work of art, Ros. This is terrific... love all those pretty flowers and the clock!!!
Stay warm... we have about 5-6 inches of snow today but it's going into the 40s tomorrow. Crazy weather!!!!

Cindy Adkins said...

This is beyond amazing, Ros!!! WOW!!!! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend of creativity!
XO
Cindy

Irene said...

Gorgeous!

Rebekah said...

SO beautiful Ros!

Unknown said...

WOW!! What a Gorgeous creation. I looks amazing my friend..

Hugs, Linda

Tracy said...

Oh Ros! This is amazing! You absolutely stylized that little book tree with those beautiful embellishments. This is just stunning! Thanks so much for sharing it with us this week at Papercraft Star!

♥Jan♥ said...

Isn't it so wonderful how suddenly you can actually SEE something in your own work that inspires you even more !! You really did it with this baby - wow. One of my favorites from you EVER. Thanks for playing along with us this week at Papercraft Star !

Deb Hickman said...

Wow, this is jaw dropping !!!! You are one talented lady. Thank you for the inspiration. Thank you for the email.xxxx

FerrellGraph-x said...

Ros this is so spectacular! What a fabulous project!!! So happy you shared it with us this week at Papercraft Star!
Kindest regards,
Jennifer

Ulina / Apricot Bubbles said...

Ros, I´m speechless! This is so amazing! I love, love, love this idea!

Vicki said...

Beautiful, unique project! Thanks for playing along with our CropStop Vintage, Shabby Chic Challenge.

Sasha said...

This is just sooooo gorgeous, Ros. I thought it was fabulous when left plain as a little house, but your clock creation is AMAZING!! If you show those ladies how to make one of these beauties they will be over the moon:) xx

Joanne Leddy said...

Oh my gosh, this is beyond wonderful! How do you ever come up with these ideas?! I'm amazed and absolutely smitten. Off to browse through the other gorgeous posts I've missed on your blog recently ...

Stella said...

My oh my dear your imagination is priceless. You create maigc with old books and this clock made me sigh and stare...BREATHTAKING!!!
XXXXXXX
Stella

Kathleen (Kath) B. Hernandez said...

Lovely creation! Thanks for joining CropStop's “Distressing-Vintage-Shabby Chic” Challenge!

Kathleen
Blog: Creo by Lady Katutz at http://creobyladykatutz.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

Ros this is just beautiful

jacirascrap said...

Incrivelmente linda criação!!!! Maravilha de olhar, olhar e olhar!! Abraços, amiga!

Mona Pendleton said...

Oh dear Ros! What a darling project! So creative and "out of the box" ~ Love it!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

That is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Sleepy Stamper said...

Wow this is amazing! What an imagination! Thank you so much for sharing this with us over at the Papercraft Star!

Anitra

CropStop said...

What a unique and lovely project! Thank you for joining in the fun at www.CropStop.com

Gisèle said...

pretty ? its absolutely brilliant!!!
so creative and gorgeous...wow...

Anonymous said...

Nicely done!

Gail said...

Congrats on your win this is so beautiful. I would love to know how it's made ,sadly I live in Australia so no chance of being at your WI meeting.Any chance you might do a tutorial on you blog.

hugs

Lisa Watson said...

This is soooo gorgeous!!!! Thanks for sharing it at Crop Stop!

Michelle said...

holy cow!!! I am totally blown away by your creativity!!! this is gorgeous, Ros!

Barbara said...

Amazing... is all I can say!

Heather Rogers said...

This is absolutely beautiful Ros. I love your old book pages creations. The clock turned out amazing and the flowers and butterfly are perfect. :)

Hugs~

Cindy Adkins said...

Hi Ros,
You know how much I adore this project!!! It's amazing! Thank you so much for linking it up to the party, my friend!
XO
Cindy

Gayle Page-Robak said...

This is so beautiful!! Love it.

Your Craft Book said...

A beautiful creation and a great idea, thanks for sharing, Maureen

Pretty Ragged Threads said...

I just hopped over from Cindy Adkins blog, love this Spring clock.
Hugs Jackie

Primitive Seasons said...

Diane Hover sent me here to have a peek and it was well worth it. What a beautiful project and it looks do-able for us too. Just gorgeous.

Mary