Vintage wedding gift....

Craft wise the last few days have been quite busy... I do Pilates on Monday mornings and always catch up for coffee with my friend after class......So it surprised even me when I suddenly had a surge of creative juices flowing when I came home.... Good though because I had to sort my project for Thursday evening and it is not so much that I don't have the ideas - it's more of what they are capable of and would like.


So first up is this weeks project with a Father's day theme.... Notebooks and cards.....

I have prepared 20 of these for them to assemble and will do some more as I know they are always popular with my group.... what starts out as maybe a dozen people soon becomes over 20 when they see what we are making and more and more of the men now join in.

I covered each one of the buttons and then pierced the holes ready for them to attach with twine - velcro dots will act as a fastener for the notebook.

The snakeskin card is by Kaban and is really a lovely quality - looks and feels like leather. I printed the card with a vintage colour on my computer.

Next up is for the City Crafters Challenge this week... "Here Comes The bride"... A great challenge hosted by Cheryl Nelson and as the sponsor is none other than Kraft Kirsty ... the prize is some more of her lovely goods.

I chose to make a gift rather than a card this time ... a little vintage horseshoe......

Once again I have made my little flowers but this time with vintage music sheets. I won't pretend that this was not the fiddliest of things to make, because believe me it was! But I am pleased with the outcome.... And just in case you are interested.... No..... there is no tutorial for this as I make it up as I go. I started by covering stiff card with self adhesive glitter paper - I cut the shape using 2 circular nestabilities and it just grows from there... As you can see I added Tulle, ribbon, flowers, lace and glitter with some little hearts and pearls. Yep, fiddly!

And last but by no means least, I have another vintage card to share... this one was made for the Shabby Tea Room challenge - "Just For Dad".... Debbie always comes up with a great challenge and the DT have done some lovely cards... The prize is fabulous! Not telling you what it is - you will just go and take a look!

I lost my Dad nearly 40 years ago and still miss him everyday.....

Lots of little vintage ephemera ... with some distressed book paper for my butterfly.....

I dread to think how old that lil' button is..... my Mum and my Nana always kept sewing bits and bobs and heaps of buttons... nothing was ever thrown out without the buttons being removed first! Now I find myself soooo grateful for those habits - not sure why my Mum kept things as she had no interest or skill in anything to do with craft.... 

Well that's it for now my friends......

I hope you are all having a great day,

Till soon

Keep safe

Ros

Caardvarks Challenge...

The new challenge has started over on the Caarvarks blog Here....  And their sponsor this month is DRS Designs.
This challenge is to use Dry/Wet embossing and/or stamps ..... So, pretty versatile I would say. The DT have come up with some lovely creations... pop over and take a look .....


I decide to have a play with the lovely Core'dination Cardstock I received from a previous challenge...This is what I came up with...

I think this vintage CS has a real denim look to it, but I paired it with the softness of Melissa Frances paper, and stamped some butterflies with a pale pigment ink. The lovely tag is from Bluebirdlane Etsy shop Here.....

The CS is of course dry embossed and I added some lace - (seam binding came with the tag) and one of my favourite flowers from Iralamija.

Thursday club starts again for me this week and I really need to come up with something for my group so I'll say goodbye for now...

Till soon...

hugs

Ros

Digital Couture....

A couple of little things to share with you today....

It's been really hot here and I have been out all afternoon shopping. So I needed to just sit and create for a while - I was playing about with my digi stuff ..... and this is what I came up with ... kind of a mish mash hey?

That is actually a black rose on my seam binding but it doesn't show up very well. The lace is from KraftyKirsty's Etsy shop... isn't it lovely... It was a gift for the CCCB challenge win.

Some rubons - 7 Gypsies - and pearls from my own supplies. 

The other thing I wanted to share is this....

This is a little market stall shop I found at the weekend........

I just about wanted one of everything!! Gorgeous isn't it?

Have a great weekend everyone.. I have a package to post tomorrow and until it arrives I can't show you - it would spoil the surprise but I guess you could have a sneaky peek...

Till soon......

Ros

Peaches and Cream....

Thank you so much for your well wishes and your lovely comments ... I am feeling so much better and grateful to you all.


My dear Sister in law came today with her Granddaughter, my beautiful, adorable and cute as pie Great niece... Sophia... how could that not make my day?
Just take a peek at this cutie....

She is just such a sweet and happy little girl, approaching her 1st birthday and finding her feet...

Sophie was my inspiration today for the new Play Date Cafe Challenge ......And... I got a 'Cream in our coffee" award for my last entry Here.... I am absolutely thrilled. Congratulations to all the winners and Thank you Play Date Cafe!

The inspiration for this weeks challenge is this scrumptious photo.......

See? Peaches and cream?... (well almost)......

This is my Sophia inspired card.............

A cute vintage image with some digital papers, dry embossing with my Sizzix....sparkley lace, a gorgeous bubble embellishment from my stash, a rubon and a glittered 'peaches and cream' rose......

Funnily enough these are not colours that I use much, but they go well together so I am grateful to Play Date Cafe for challenging me... Take a look at the lovely work from their DT.

And just because my card has buttons and an a slightly unusual bow... and I love the CCCB girls - I think I'll also make this a second entry in their fabulous challenge here

Till soon..... keep safe and love to you all

Ros

Picture Perfect ....

I came across a colour challenge at Picture Perfect Creations.........

and I had just done a card with the same colours for a friend...

This is lovely Websters Pages (digital) ... and so versitile to fall back on when a quick card needs making. The colours are inspirational in themselves. I did some stamping, added some lace, pearls and buttons and made a dimentional butterfly from the same Websters papers.

So I guess I should enter it...

Till soon

Ros

Buttons Bows and Hearts......

 Yesterday was the start of the new challenge over at City Crafters Challenge ... Bows and Buttons ... and I always look forward to their challenges...... 
But I have been sooo sick.... I have no idea what it was that made me so ill but I took to my bed ( not like me at all) ... and paid frequent visits to the bathroom ( too much information I know!).
I am feeling a little better today and have even managed to keep some toast down... so I got to at least make my entry for this challenge and for another of my favourite blogs The Shabby Tea Room "Dear to my heart" challenge ... hearts all the way.

Hearts, buttons and bows.... some Melissa Frances paper, some Amore digital from the fabulous Shabby Princess ....

I feel better now that I have done this.......

A little something else........

A bunch of little notecards with matching envelopes that I made using up some of my scraps...

I used both the positive and negative of the butterfly.... some pretty lace and some flowers and buttons

Finally...

Thank you Kirsty for sending me this award

Hum... I think... 

I can do the lies, truth thingy... and I can certainly say a big thank you to Kirsty for thinking of me...

but as for sending it on ... well .....

The rules are:- 

Tell 6 lies and one truth about yourself - or visa versa

Thank the person who sent it to you

Send it on to 7 Creative Writer blog friends

Send links to each of them

Here are my lies/truths.....( you figure out which is the one truth or the one lie) 

1. I always wear lipstick

2. I love marmite

3. I sing like and angel

4. I have a degree in psychology

5. I'm a natural blonde

6. I have never been to Scotland

7. I have 3 cats.

You know what? I don't know 7 bloggers well enough to send this on to.... 

Till soon

Ros