Jar Swap

Good morning!
It's a dull windy Sunday morning here and I have a bit of time to dedicate to my blog so I am thrilled to be able to share with you the beautiful things I received from my Jar Swap held by City Crafter Challenge -  the Party blog can be found Here and you can view all the blogs that participated as they post.


I was paired up with the lovely Lynnda Hosni and we both thought that her parcel had gone astray ... it took so long ... but when it did finally arrive I was completely speechless! That clever friend of mine had made the most beautiful bag to hold everything and a lovely little card to accompany it ...

Just look at all that stuff! Chock full ... Bags of flowers and alphabets ... ribbon, buttons, tags, chipboard shapes ...

 ... little metal flowers too!

I am so very grateful and so fortunate ... "THANK YOU" Lynnda ... 

As some of you may know, I hold a crafting class for mentally and physically challenged adults and as it is voluntary ... I supply lots of the goods myself ... so I am sure that Lynnda with her big heart will not mind if I share some of these things with my group ... they will be so very grateful ....

Have a wonderful day my friends ...

Till soon

Ros

On A Mission ...

... a Mission To Create  that is ... 

It seems so long since I did any challenges and sometimes given a recipe (of sorts) can kick start my creativity ... give me inspiration when I'm lacking ...
So today having seen the lovely creations done by the DT, I took up the challenge at Mission To Create which is to make a card using 3 - 5 of the following concepts ...
1. Gingham patterned Paper
2. Use the colour purple
3. Make a banner
4. Pop dot your photos
5. Stitching


I kind of went with all 5 ...

Used my little fairy stickers again ... pop dot were used both on the banner and the leaves - stitching is something I'm not sure I can live without ... love how much impact it makes ... Of course there is a purple banner and gingham and just a couple of little extras ....

Thank you to all of you who left sweet comments yesterday ... I did get a good nights rest ... and I did debate whether I should have shared the events with you ... but you know, this is me - my life - my  journey - so yes, I have no hang ups about sharing real life ...

Till soon

Ros

How's your day?

I hope that you are all having a good day ... the sun is still shining here in Liverpool but alas I am so tired ... I have had two sleepless night in a row .. courtesy of some things that have happened in my neighbourhood. We live in a nice house ... nice neighbours and fairly quiet ... That was up until a couple of years ago when new people moved in and changed things. Over the last few years there has been a fair bit of "disruption" between these neighbours and outsiders, which culminated in another clash the night before last and then the big one last night when their house was fire bombed ... We are tired, shocked and at a loss at to what has happened ... How do people live their lives like this??
So I have not had time today to make anything though I do have a card to share which I made from my scraps yesterday ...

I also used a lovely tag from Bluebird Lane and their seam binding too ...

Love those little felt butterflies all glittered up ... It makes me feel better to see something pretty ...

At least I should have peaceful nights from now on ... guess that's the upside!

Till soon

Ros

Family Time...

We had a family gathering on Monday ... attended a farewell barbecue for Ross (my great nephew) and his Mum and the annual Lifeboat show on the beach just across the road from their house, made for a lovely day ... even the sun shone and for the first time it felt like summer! True to form I suppose ... the children all return to school and now the sun shines! It goes very cold at night though but I can live with that ...
It was good to be with my small family group ... though the house and garden were full to bursting with people ... Like many families, we have known a lot of tragedies ... lost too many young and beautiful people far too soon ... but we have survived ... a little frayed around the edges (well maybe a lot) ... but we are stronger and closer for it.
Inspired by my family I made this card today ...

A mixture of Websters Pages with some Papermania and the little birds are from Vinnie Pearce again - There is only 1 bird in the digital kit so I altered the colour and voila! 2 birds ...

I picked up the little scalloped lace at a flea market  ... thought it looked so pretty.

More to share tomorrow ...

Till then - keep safe

Ros

Let Your Light Shine ...

Hello and Good Morning to you all ... 


Here we are on week 20 of City Crafter Challenge and our very own Cheryl has set this weeks' challenge  "Let your Light Shine " ... make a card or project using the word 'light' or use an image relating to light ...

So this is my take on the challenge ... a lighthouse and anchor (everyone needs these in life right? and maybe even a rope ... but definitely a heart!) ...

I used the Tim Holtz embossing folder for my background ... it sort of made me think that we often hit a brick wall in life and need a little guidance ... the aqua and red I think are a lovely combination too ...

Please pop over to the City Crafter Challenge Blog to see all the DT work ... our Guest designer is the very talented Amy Tsuruta and our sponsor is non other than Lawn fawn who make the most beautiful stamps and there is a lovely set to be won. Your entries last week once again were incredible ... and we are so grateful for your support ...

I look forward to stopping by your blog this week and seeing your beautiful, inspirational entries ...

Have a lovely day 

Ros

Old Meets New ...

Good morning everyone ...
Today I am Guest Designer over at The Shabby Tea Room ... how neat is that?? I am so thrilled to have been invited and the theme of course is "Old Meets New" ... in other words .. create a card or project using something old and something new ... Simple yes? Well, being a hoarder of all things I think may be useful ... I delved into this and that ... (humm) ... finally I decided to go down the 'project' line .... this is what I came up with ...

... Ok ... so I'll take you through it ... See, I had this new but rather plain little plant pot ... a couple of crumpled serviettes (stuck at the back of a drawer) some old dress pattern paper ... and an old little metal watch face I bought at a flea market.... that's where it started ...

 

... you can also see some brand new goodies from Emma's Paperie (arrived just that day) and I thought that the circle would be ideal to mount the watch face on ...

So I grabbed some paper, lace, flowers, ribbon and a brand new brad (also from Emma's) and away I went. I used the serviettes to make one large flower and cut circles out to back the flowers I made with the dress pattern paper .... covered the pot .. (that was the hardest)! See, I have no training in art or craft and never attended any colleges ... in fact with the exception of attending a Stampin Up party ... I've never even had a crafting class at all! Everything is self taught, trial and error or watching tutorials on the computer - so I guess that there must be an easy way or a scientific way to do somethings that somehow has me perplexed. Anyway I figured it out and just went from there ...

So there's the "new' little pot all prettied up ... 

There's the old little watch face ... mounted on that new disc and then onto a paper rosette and that gorgeous 'blingy' brad in the centre ... So "old Meets New" ...

I hope you like it and maybe it will give you some inspiration along with the creations done by the DT girls at The Shabby Tea Room .. hop on over and join in the fun ... 

I'm off to spend some family time ... Enjoy your day

Ros