Where did Spring go??

It's suddenly gone cold and rainy here today - with colder weather to come we are told...  just when I thought Spring was here with the promise of Summer to come. 
Still the garden is flourishing and the trees are laden with fresh green leaves and blossom everywhere... The birds are busily nest building and I think that my little robin has now laid her eggs - she is in and out of the ivy constantly, but I can't hear any babies chirping yet.....


I have everything ready for tonights craft class - all the albums and embellishments are ready and packed ... so I thought you might like to see one of the projects we did a while ago ... my group loved this and we have done them in various sizes ..... Envelope Wallets

These started life as ordinary brown office envelopes ... they were being thrown out but I rescued them and with some papers, embellishments, stamping etc., they became these beautiful wallets with a side pocket to store your secrets or in this case a tag.


I also had some larger envelopes and they became this...

....Wallets that hold cards and envelopes - all tied up with a satin ribbon

 I printed straight on to the envelopes and made the little cards you can see inside ... added some small envelopes and my group decorated the cards and the wallets for Valentines Day ... the side pocket was used to put their own Valentine cards in.

A great use of old envelopes don't you think? I absolutely love things like this and Yes, I am thrifty, but I adore altering things....

Enjoy your day,

Till soon

Ros

Just Cruising By.....

... To Say Hi!!

A cute little card to share with you today .....

I made this for Betsy Veldman's challenge here.... That girl sure is talented!

The set I used is a digital set called "It's A Bugs Life" and you can find it here.... The images are just beautiful and so colourful - I have made a few cards for young children from this. 

Not got much to say today ... been busy with the ironing and general chores ... (how I dislike ironing) ... and I managed to do some more work for tomorrow nights club - 

But I do want to say a very BIG Thank you for all your lovely comments .......

Till soon...

Ros

Easel Card

 Hi there...

There is a new challenge over at City Crafters here.....

I've never done an easel card before so I just had to try it out ......  the cards from the girls all look so good.....

Ooops! blue and green again...

Some K&Co beautiful papers here and embellishments with some bits from my scraps... 

.....Sweet little pearls and a blue ribbon ....... 

Yep, quite pleased with my first one...... I hope you give it a go.

Till soon,

Ros

Blue and green should ne're be seen??

Hello all you lovely people in Blog land..


A couple of things to share today...

This is a wedding card complete with box, that I made for a friend .... love the pale colours of this together with pure white card stock, ribbon and lace.


And just to show that I do stamp occasionally.....

My Mind's Eye stamps used on the card stock and that gorgeous little bee is from Basic Grey .. I adore both of these brands ... I made this for my dear friend Jeanie.

Neither of these projects are recent but I thought they were worth showing...

Lastly just wanted to say that the lady who ordered the Baby card was over the moon with it... (English expression - meaning very pleased, ha! ha!)

I am always asked to write a special verse according to their requirements and this can take me so much longer than making the card and box. Seems I am responsible for causing tears of joy again... Ah well...

Have a lovely day my friends

Keep safe

Ros

Sunday crafting..

Hi there...


Well my son is settled in and working away in his room - I'm still ploughing through the laundry he brought back... 6 washes and still going!
It has been a busy day... 
Whilst hubby was at the football match, I baked some bread and put a joint of ham in the oven for tonight's dinner, then settled down to do some crafting.
Thought I'd make a start on another project for Thursday club... They loved the Raccoons by the way...
This is what I have come up with for this week...

It's a matchbook photo album with journalling envelopes.

The CS was all printed digitally - various colours (they all like different colours!) and I used clear plastic

CD/DVD sleeves (picked up a pack of 100 for £2.50). Just cut the tops off and they can insert their pictures. I pre-printed envelopes - sealed them first then turned them sideways and cut the tops off too... the envelopes are filed in between each photo sleeve.

A scrunched flower and a wood chip embellishment and they're good to go...

Did 20 of these this afternoon -  ready for assembly AND punched 150 flowers! (phew!!)

Still got some fancy borders to cut with my Sizzix but the bulk is all done and gives me some free time in the week.

My next course of Practical Philosophy starts next week and I can't wait... I've been going for a few years now and I really LOVE it ....

Hope your weekend was good ....

Thanks for stopping by

Ros

Be still my heart...

 Hello ....


I'm so excited... I heard from my son (via MSN) that he is here on English soil ( London to be exact) and I will get to see him in 3 more hours! I know he's only been gone 2 months but hey .. he's my baby .. all 6' 2'' of him!! 


Remember my birthday card in this  post? Well I thought that you may like to see the box I made for it..

Cute huh? Love that little horse - I sort of had a picture from a colouring page but I didn't like the head - so I rubbed it out and re drew it using the brush in the paintbrush program -  Did some painting and then changed the file so I could print it on patterned card stock.

I had some time left to play so thought I would join my buddies out there who are entering the Shabby Tea Room challenge here

This is my card

I wanted this pretty lady to look like she was looking out of the window of the tea room.....

Going to leave you for now - off to cook some dinner then go to collect my son from the bus station....sigh.

Enjoy your day

Ros