Anniversary Wishes ... and cat!

I am worn out this morning ... this cat is taking over my life and keeping me from my sleep ... 

I thought it had found it's way back home on Monday evening ... but we had a big thunderstorm ... and it seems the cat was out in the rain crying ... my son came down at 2am to let her in and stayed with her till I appeared at 8am ... Now she won't go anywhere without us ... and can she cry ... 

I have had countless cats and kittens ... ask any stray and it knows my address ... but this one cries so loud and constantly if she isn't being amused ... I think she is only young ...  I need to check out the neighbours ... she must belong to someone ... but I suspect they have probably gone away being it is the school half term here ... and left 'kitty' for someone else to see too ... it wouldn't be the first time this has happened and I think this time I shall have words ... it is cruel (to me and the cat) and irresponsible ... and I'm getting too old to be up at 4am to soothe a crying 'baby' who just wants to play ...  

I do however have a card to share ... made for one of my friends who is celebrating her wedding anniversary

This is for Karen ... we met on our first day at high school and have remained friends ever since ...  A long time!  Made with papers from Prima's Botanical collection and a little scrap of Parisian Anthology from Pink Paislee (one of my most favourites) ...

Happy Anniversary Karen and Roy ...

And would you LOOK .......

It's 11:53 am and the cat has FINALLY gone to sleep!! 

(Note to self ... do not talk to any passing cats ... EVER again!!)

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Back to Basics

Good morning to you all ...

We seemed to have adopted a new member to the household here ...

Seems my side bar cat came alive ... and it's making itself quite comfortable .. thank you ... 

I have no idea who it belongs to but I suspect someone has gone on holiday and left it here ... happens to me every year ... they know a soft touch and whilst I have tried to not encourage it too much ... my son just lets it in .. but the cat is hyper active ... quite mad actually ... what am I to do?

Anyway onto the new challenge over at City Crafter Challenge Blog  where I am hosting this week ... and I am taking you 'Back to Basics' and asking you to get out your paints and cardboard  ... you can make a card or project of your choice as long as you use these two items ...  Recycling cardboard is very popular at the moment so I am really looking forward to seeing your creations ... 

Me ... well I'm still hooked on frames ... as you can see ... and this is made from two different types of cardboard ... both of which were originally packaging ... The larger rectangle is just covered in some pretty paper from my box of scrapbook papers ... sorry I can't remember the make ...

I then cut a rectangle out of a piece of corrugated cardboard ... big enough to fit my photo of Sophia ... and used two different paints on it ... I gave it a 'wash' first with an olive coloured acrylic paint and then dry brushed over it with white acrylic ... I also edged it with some TH tape ...

... I think the dry brushing gives a great effect ...

... you can see I added 4 pearl brads to secure it and just a simple rose completes the project ... 

I like the earthy tones to this as it fits in with the photo which was taken in the park ... Sophia is wearing a little green backpack too ...

So are you up for the challenge? ... Why not pop over to CCCB and take a look at the rest of the DT work ... 

Thanks for visiting me ... have yourselves a lovely day 

~ Ros ~

Jingle Belles and CR84FN ...

Hi! 

Have you had a good weekend? It's bank holiday here and once again we have rain .. it's not warm either

But we Brits are used to that ... it gives us something to complain about Lol!

It was my brothers' birthday yesterday and we spent the day together ... with my hubby my SIL and my great niece Sophia ... who is living with her grandparents at the moment ...

She is such a joy ... and nothing is nicer than to hear her chuckles ... she had me playing peek a boo and chuckled so much I though she would choke ... I don't mind telling you that I needed a lie down afterwards  (not that I had one) ... but I am just not used to entertaining 2year olds anymore and keeping up with them!  


So once I had recovered ... I got the chance to make card number 22 for the Jingle Belles Rock challenge ... I really look forward to this challenge every week ... and this week the theme is "We Three Kings" ... to use three different papers on your card ... 
I somehow managed to combine this challenge with the one over at CR84FN ... I missed last weeks' ... and this week we have another beautiful colour palette courtesy of Martha Stewart 

I know these colours would not normally speak "Christmas" to me ... but it all started with a scrap I had of 3 negative snowflakes ... and I placed a piece of pale yellow paper (Websters Pages) behind and added blue rhinestones to the centres ...

I made some scalloped edging with my SB dies ... using snowflake paper from Papermania and added some matching trim which has sparkles in it ... 

... and used some MME glitter paper for the base ... this has kraft, blue and yellow in it ... so I think I covered all bases ...

... and added a little Jingle bell for good measure ...

So there we are ... what do you think? 

Have a great day whatever you have planned ... and keep safe 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIRSTY!!!

Hi there!

Today is a Special Day for my sweet blog buddy Kirsty 

"Happy Birthday" my friend ... (betcha thought I'd forgotten) 

Kirsty you are one of the nicest people I know ... I hope you have a wonderful Birthday and enjoy visiting all the people who wanted to celebrate with you

much love sweet friend

~ Ros ~

Pixie Dust Paperie May sketch Challenge

Hi there ...

I hope you are well ... 

I haven't been ignoring you ... I've been having a little trouble with my computer today for some reason ... plus I've been busy trying to get things done for Thursday club tonight ...  

However, I have a LO which I did following Kirsty's sketch at Pixie Dust Paperie

This is a photo of my son when he was about 7 years old ... seems like only yesterday to me ... where does the time go?

How I adore that boy of mine ... just looking at this photo takes me back and my heart still swells with love ...

Of course as I always make a point of saying ... scrapbooking is still an ongoing learning process to me ... so it's wonderful to have a sketch to follow 

And a little peek at something we will be putting together tonight ...

A cork board hanger for a pad of sticky notes and a coaster 

I have punched over 200 butterflies ... cut out 25 circles from sticky back cork ... 25 paper circles

25 square cork boards .. 25 pieces of cardboard to stick the cork too .. and sorted an array of bits and pieces for them to decorate with ... not to mention gathering 25 CD' for them to make the coasters with ... now I need to find some animals for Andrew ... Ribbon for Nicki's hair, crackly acetate for Michelle ... and so on ... 

Have a lovely evening ...

~ Ros ~

A frame ... on a frame ... on a frame

Hi there ... 

I hope you all had a good weekend ... 

I was so sorry to hear of the tornado in Kansas and my thoughts and prayers are with those of you who may have been affected or have friends and families there ...

Today of course is a new challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog ... and we have Cheryl hosting for us ... she has come up with a brilliant challenge ... to alter or use a Frame ...

I've been playing a bit with frames lately ... but this week I decided to alter a frame I have had for so long ... nothing too fussy ... the frame is ornate as it is ... 

I gave the frame a wash of white acrylic first ... and behind the glass I inserted some pretty dottie paper from Prima's Botanical Collection ...

The canvas frame is then layered over the glass and on top of that a gorgeous butterfly frame ( a gift from Stella) ... was painted and glittered and adhered.

In the centre is a flower of delicate roses with one of my earring centres hot glued on ...

a few embellishments including ribbons, rubon, buttons, pearl and a diamante and my frame is done ...

So now it's over to you ... if you are in need of inspiration pop over to the blog and check out the DT work and that of our talented GD Colleen Dietrich ... and we have sweet June Lanum as our sponsor this week ... followers will know that June was on our DT and regrettably had to step back ... so we are thrilled to have her sponsor us again this week

Thank you so much for your continued support and your comments ... 

Keep safe

~ Ros ~