I See Stars ...

Can you believe we are on week 19 of City Crafter Challenge already? 
I cannot believe how many of you lovely people in Blogland joined in our challenge last week! We had so many gorgeous entries ... cards, altered items, projects ... fun stuff, pretty stuff and some simply amazing creations ... There is so much talent out there it makes our choosing a winner really hard but our challenge very worthwhile and fun ... Thank you all so much!


This week our lovely June is hosting and has set the challenge "I See Stars" .... We have Emeline Seet as our GD this week ... please visit her blog and check out her beautiful creations ... you won't be disappointed! There is also another lovely prize up for grabs ... heaps of goodies from our very own Linda Robinson! So come along and showcase your creativity with us ... Just be sure to follow the rules to be eligible to win.


My card this week is dedicated to our very own Kirsty  who sent me these lovely images .. (so I had to use one as soon as I could) ...

How cute is he?? A mixture of digital papers and some MME paper too ... 

A little star banner for the challenge and a touch of lace to give it a little femininity (as it's for Kirsty) ...

I had fun doing this ... a little different for me but I guess I can't get away from my trade mark stitching and lace ... and I didn't think I had a particular style! Ah well...

I hope you too have fun creating with us this week ... look forward to seeing your entries and visiting your blogs ....

Till soon

Ros

Saying goodbye ....

Yesterday my Brother came with my SIL and brought their grandson ... my beautiful great nephew Ross ... a million delights all wrapped up in one bundle of energy ... It never ceases to amaze me ... his intelligence, his curiosity and the amount of love that he conjures up inside me ... 
I can't begin to imagine how very hard it has been for his Mum ... losing the love of her life .... her soul mate ... so suddenly just when their future as a family had begun ... Having to face life alone with a little boy who needed so much ... not having that special someone to lean on each time her little boy faced an operation ... not having that special someone to hug, with pride, the day Ross finally walked ... 
But I do know one thing ... His daddy would be so proud ... proud of his little boy ... proud of his beautiful wife ... of her dedication, of her strength ...
And now it is time for them to move on ... a new life beckons which means that they will be leaving soon for another part of the country ... and as a family we will be together for our farewells next week with mixed emotions ... 
I made another one of my little house albums for them ... a little piece of me, made with love ... I stuck to the same colours as a previous one I did and made a card too ...

I'll just show you one of the album as you are probably getting fed up of them by now ...

On a lighter note I want to thank two sweet blog friends ..Kirsty  and Stella ... both of them nominated me for this lovely blog award ...

"Thank you" girls ... I think that I am supposed to pass the honour on to 10 more blog friends but there are so many of you who deserve this ... so many who have taken the time and trouble to stop by and leave me a comment or just to wish me well and bless me with your prayers when things were tough, that I cannot just pick 10 ... so please feel free to take this award ... with grateful thanks ....

Till soon

Ros

All sorts of everything...

Hi there ...
I've been beavering away lately (we still have rain here) ... and I have a few things to show you ... a few things still to finish ... and a whole heap of things going around in my head! 
Yesterday I showed you the card I made for Joanne's birthday ... well I made a box to match and filled it with bath cream, hand lotion, body mousse and shower cream ... I should have photographed it before I sealed it but anyway I thought you'd like to see ...

So that's me ready for her party tomorrow ... she's invited a lot of her special needs friends and her tutors so I just hope they all come ...

I 've also got a little card I did for another friend ... told you I had a lot of birthdays and anniversaries this month ... lost count myself at how many now ...

This is an opening card but I made it into a tag shape ... printed some papers and stitched them on ...

I also adhered a butterfly charm to a felt butterfly for added effect.

And lastly ... I saw a brilliant tutorial for a 'suitcase' posted by the very clever Clare Buswell which you can find Here ..

Well, I just had to try this (I don't have any foam board so I used thick card from some packaging I had) now ... I did this late last night so maybe it isn't that perfect ... I keep telling myself not to craft when I am tired but hey ho ... 

I made mine with the handle on the top ... digital papers used again...

I really can't believe how much I can fit in this ... which has given me so many ideas ... so I'm off to create some more .... 

Till soon

Ros

For Joanne ...

One of my ladies from Thursday Club is celebrating her birthday this weekend ... Now Joanne is not a girlie girl ... Flowers and lace would not suit her at all! So I needed to come up with a card that I thought would be acceptable and pondered on the colours to use ... Then I saw the new challenge over at the Play Date Cafe   with this lovely picture and adorable colours ....

(licking my lips here!...) So I thought I would go with these colours and hopefully she will like it ( I did all her invitations and she was so happy with them) ...

A mixture of digital papers have been used here Spontaneous Delights (courtesy of Shabby Princess) and the CS has been printed using the ledger paper from Shimelle's Spring basics ... 

It's the first time I've tried one of these rosettes and silly me adhered it the wrong way round ... the pinked edge should be showing! Lol

Congrats to Andrea Ewen on making a Private Blend Designer over at PDC ... her creations are lovely.

Till soon

Keep safe

Ros

Isn't she lovely ....

Hello and good morning to you all ...
How do you fancy winning a full pad of 6x6 Melissa Frances "Kitchy Kitchen"?... Well you can ...

... at  City Crafter Challenge Blog... hosted by our lovely Linda (soon to be a grandma! he! he!) and sponsored by our very own Kirsty ... (I REALLY would love to win the prize!!) ... our Guest Designer is the very talented Jessy Christopher  and she has done two beautiful examples for us this week ...  for which I am very grateful as my co DT's have all used beautiful pictures of family and friends .. and I  didn't ... neither did Jessy ... so I don't feel left out ... (LOL) 
On to my card ...

She is lovely though isn't she? (actually thinking about it I could have lied ... said it was a picture of me in my youth ... my Grandmother did have one of those telephones ... he he). This is a little bit of a different style for me ... I tend to worry about colours and though I do love vibrant colours - I am a little nervous using them ... It's ok for a challenge 'cos everyone else uses the same ... but I am glad I took the plunge on this ...

This pretty lady is an image from the Print Shop program again ... the sentiment is also computer generated ... 

Please hop on over to see the other DT's samples and come and play along with us this week ... SOMEONE will get that gorgeous pack of MF paper (sigh) ....

Before I sign off I just want to say 'Thank You' ... for all your lovely comments and in particular for my previous post ... You are so lovely and kind and I look forward each day to visiting with you ...

Keep safe

Ros

Going green ...

Yep, changed my blog again ... somehow that pretty pink was just not me ...
Anyway how are you all? ... Good weekend? 

First off I would like to thank The Shabby Tea Room for my Terrific Top Three award this week ... I was so pleasantly surprised  - given the lovely creations there were to pick from - So Thank You very much!  Today starts a new challenge at The Shabby Tea Room  - "The Delicate Cottage Rose" .... Isn't this just a pretty picture? 

And Squigglefly are sponsoring the challenge - I actually have some digital stamps from here so can recommend them ...

Now it just so happens that yesterday I made a little hanging 'thingy majig' for a sweet lady, to put in her sewing room ... she makes fabulous interior furnishings but more than that - she is a wonderful friend to my dear Aunt.

I think my creation qualifies for this challenge so grab yourselves a cup of tea ( from the STR of course), sit back and get ready for a few pictures ....

See it's all about sewing ...

Starting with a chipboard backing (which I painted first)  I then did a back sheet from an old sewing pattern (just peeking through on the left hand corner) ....

Can you see the pink material with lace stitched on? ... That material has sewing images all over it ...
The little sewing machine is from my digital collection "Sew Crafty" from hero arts .. with cotton on the reel and little buttons, a piece of tape measure, tiny pin cushion ... poppers ...

... Flowers made from old sewing patterns, with a pearl brad and of course glittered ... seam binding, strips of pearls, laid over a heart done with Sizzix and backed with more pattern paper ...

Little cotton reels, tiny scissors that I painted silver, a tied bundle of ribbon, tulle, a glittered butterfly and just peeking out from there are little tags saying (custom made & created for) ...

... roses mixed with white petals and ivy leaves (can't have too many flowers) ... I had so much fun doing this and I know she will appreciate it ... thing is ... maybe I should have done two so that my Aunt could have one in her sewing room ... Yep, think I'll have to do another ...

I thought I could also enter this in two other challenges ... new ones to me.. Frosted Designs (a recipe challenge) and Kaboodle Doodle (use metal) ..

Well that's me done for today ... don't forget to pop over to City Crafter tomorrow for a brand new challenge ... 

Till soon, keep safe ...

Ros