Jingle Belles Card 25

Hello again ... my 2nd post today ... 

I got a chance to do my 25th Card for Jingle Belles challenge ... nearly half way there already!

This week the guest star is Candy Blake and she has asked us to get "All Bundled Up" ... this means using layers ... 3 or more layers on our card ... 

Mission accomplished!

I used 4 layers of paper ... glittered a doily ... added a circle of paper to that, then a 3D sticker ... some lace, twine, a chipboard sentiment ... a Christmas stamp, a cardboard star and lastly I stamped a postage mark ... phew! ... Oh ... and some sewing ...

Have you done yours yet? ... why not pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at the inspiration on offer ... lovely cards from Stef, Lauren and Candy

Thanks for stopping by ... see you soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday Sweet Sophia ....

This sweet little girl is 2 today! 

... and this is a little clip of her laughter as my brother and I play with her ... (I hope this works .. never tried this before and got no one to ask) ...

Anyway here is the card I made for her using my lovely MF papers ... 5th Avenue ... just love these

I confess that this was made in rather a hurry ...

Today is also my friends birthday and I have one more little gift to finish before I go to visit later ... But before I go I would like to thank sweet blog buddy Linda ... for this award ... 

I know that there are some rules to follow ... before passing this on ... and I promise I will be back ... I am just a little rushed right now 

Have a wonderful day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

What a day ....

Hi there ...

I have so much to do today ... I need to get things sorted for club night tonight ... usually I have something done by now but have been so busy with birthday gifts ... I have 10 birthday's one after the other this month! ... My hubby took me out for a coffee to give me a break and on our way back someone ran right into us! ... We are all ok thank God ... but my hubby is so very upset ... He loves his car ... it's his pride and joy ... but I keep have to reminding him that we are ok and it could have been worse. 

I hope that you are not getting tired of seeing my little gift sets as I have one more to share with you ... done with beautiful Melissa Frances papers sent to me by sweet Stella  ...

There are quite a few pictures here ... the card ...

Lets be honest ... MF papers are so pretty and detailed that they need little in the way of embellishments  to make something special ... and the rubons I have been hoarding forever!

even the leaves are punched from MF paper

The notebook .... I punched 3 butterflies to make it a 3D effect ...

... and the book mark ... 

... using up the scraps ...

I hope you like them ... now I need to get on and sort out some things so my sweet group can make some Father's Day cards ... 

Have a lovely day ...  thanks for stopping by and Keep safe!

~ Ros ~

More gifts ...

Hello and Good Morning to you ...

This month many of my friends have birthdays ... and I have another notebook and a bookmark to share that I made to go with This card  ... you all know I love to make these ...

I used Prima Botanicals paper for the background and kept the theme pretty much like my card 

... the punched butterflies are left overs from one of my Thursday classes ... That's the best part about making notebooks and bookmarks (and tags)... scraps always come in useful and look so good mixed together ...

... and of course using digital images (mushroom from Etsy Madebyjanet) means I can make them any size to fit my project ...

I have a couple more to do now and a card for Sophia who will be 2 in a few days ...

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by ...

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Challenge ... ATC's

Good Morning to you!

It's Tuesday again and that means another challenge at City Crafter Challenge blog and this week Linda is our host and she has challenged us to make an ATC ... and I have to admit ... I have never made one before ... I think of them as tags but slightly bigger except where a tag maybe created to compliment the gift ... or in the style favourable to the recipient ... an ATC is a trading card so should reflect something of who you are as an artist ... I ended up making 3 ... each with a little something that reflects 'me' ...

First up is this one ...

...  I love text and post marks, stamping and trying new techniques ... with this I used the tissue paper technique ... actually I used vintage dress pattern tissue and just so you can see the effect ... the paper the ATC is on (Pink Paislee) is how the ATC looked before adding the tissue ... (there is a tutorial Here ... by Betsy Veldman if you would like to try it) ... then I just stamped on top of the tissue covered paper ...

This one reflects my love of vintage and all things French and romantic ... I love to use lace, buttons, ribbon and glitter ....

and finally one that shows how I love to sew on my projects ... I love the effect it gives and I have a penchant for birds and butterflies ...

As an extra bonus this week ... you can even 'Trade' your card ... the deets are on the City Crafter blog ...

I hope that you will visit the rest of the DT ... and our incredibly talented Guest Designer Suzanne Czosek to see their wonderful projects and be inspired to join our challenge this week ... here are the rest of the links

Linda Robinson 

My Happy Place

Kirsty Vittetoe

Handmade Little Things 

Cheryl Nelson

Cheryl June Girl

Thanks for stopping by ...

~ Ros ~

Notebook ...

Hello ...

How has your day been so far? 

Yesterday it was so wet and cold and this morning had little improvement ... but now the sun is shining and it is indeed a welcome sight!

I've been to my Pilates class this morning and it was soooo hard ... then after some housework I got into my craft room and made a notebook ... as a gift for my friend who celebrates her birthday this week ... You may remember This card for which I was lucky enough to win a Top Mouse award at WaltzingMouse  .. well my notebook is to go with that card so I used some of the same papers from Bo Bunny and some from Prima Botanicals 

as you can tell I changed the colour of the beads and flower ... mostly because I cannot for the life of me find where I have put my turquoise ones!

... and I also used a different stamp from the Victorian Frippery set ... and just so you can see that I always cover the back of my notebooks too ...

ooops! ... Left a little piece of cotton on there ... 

I'll be back with you tomorrow for another City Crafter Challenge ...  there is still time to enter the current challenge if you haven't already done so ... hope to see you soon 

Enjoy the rest of your day and keep safe

~ Ros ~