Thank you The Graphics Fairy

I'm just popping in to say a Big Thank You to Karen over at The Graphics Fairy for bragging about my little notebooks ... I am thrilled ... and totally surprised ... I love to look at all the entries ... there are so many talent people out there in Blog Land and some wonderful tips and tutorials ... not to mention the amazing freebies ... 

Grateful thanks to you all and I highly recommend that you visit this wonderful site ... Karen sure works hard to bring all those fabulous images to us ...


Have a wonderful evening


~ Ros ~

Magical

Hi there ...

It's been a few days since I was able to blog and I missed chatting to you ... Thursday was a busy day as I prepared for my sweet group ... it was the first week back since the summer break and it was so nice to see everyone ... but I was so exhausted at the end of the evening ... strictly speaking we are only supposed to allow a couple of wheelchairs ... but I had at least 3 people in my room on Thursday who were in wheelchairs ... and trying to get around .. well someone really needs to redesign them ... when you get one of those handles in your side .. man you know about it! 

After club my husband and I went into the city ... the QE2 was docked and due to sail at 10pm after what promised to be a spectacular firework display ...

The sight of this magnificent liner both enthralled  me and gave the Heebie - jeebies! I often have a feeling about the Titanic ... like maybe I was around in another life ... and for a split second ... seeing the thousands of people that had turned out to wave off the liner ... and seeing the waving passengers ... well it was spooky ... I could actually see the old costumes and clothes ... like I was transported back somewhere ... it didn't help when a complete stranger next to me turned and said in my ear ... "the inside of this liner is just like the Titanic..." But it turned out to be a beautiful evening ... the only down side was the fireworks ... a technical fault meant they went off after we had all left the docks ... 

 Yesterday ... I had a visit from Ross and Sophia ... it was bedlam here ... my brother was working on the house and the children (gorgeous that they are) wanted me to play and keep them amused ... doing crazy antics I might add ... I don't know how my SIL does it ... I was worn out ...

Finally today I got some time in my room and made my 37th card for Jingle Belles ... This week Sue Culotti  has set the challenge ... Deck the Halls ... There are actually 4 options this week which involve either playing cards (deck) or ATC's ... hop over to the blog to get the details if you want to play along ... it's never too late to join in and make a start on your Christmas cards ... Anyway this week my card is a Magical card (as in card trick ... ok ... bad joke) 

I made an ATC by up-cycling a piece of an old shop bought card ... added some glitter and edging and a chipboard piece from the Snowman set together with a sticker which of course says "Magical" ... The main paper is from the vintage collection by the Paper Cellar backed onto some Websters and the glittery piece at the bottom is also a bit of recycling

Ok ... so that's it for now ... we have a storm heading our way over the next few days ... it's been very windy but warm here ... quite unusual for this time of year ... 

Enjoy your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

CR84FN challenge

Oh my goodness the weather is getting cold here in the UK ... a howling wind too and some heavy showers ... I really don't want to say goodbye to summer ... such as it was

... and soon the nights will be drawing in and the days will seem shorter ... 

Thursday club starts this week too and I need to come up with a project ... though we have a lot of paper and embellishments so maybe we can just do cards this week ...

I have a fair few birthdays to prepare for this month ... and using the fabulous colour palette from CR84FN this week, I made a card for one of my lovely friends

This is the lovely inspiration picture and quote 

I found it a little hard to combine the light blue with the turquoise ... then realised that I was as usual over thinking it ... and eventually this is what I came up with

I found that pretty ribbon in my stash ... must have come from some gift wrapping ... (I keep everything) ... but it was perfect for this card ... and the heart I cut from some lovely pale burlap I got this week

I also had the lovely creamy material in my sewing stash and tore a strip off it and did a running stitch to gather it as a base for the prima flower and just peeking out is a sentiment from the WaltzingMouse stamp set Fancy Phrases ....

I don't often get time to support the wonderful challenges available so I'm glad I got to do this one ... 

Have a lovely day 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Challenge week 73

Hi there!

This weeks' wonderful challenge at City Crafter is brought to us by sweet Linda Robinson  who has chosen a recipe for us "Easy as 123" ... 1 Ribbon ... 2 or more words ... 3 or more Butterflies
and we have the talented Lynnda Hosni as our Guest Designer ... pop by her blog ... she makes the most wonderful pages as well as cards and altered art ... you won't be disappointed


So on to my card ... 

I loved this challenge ... love ribbon and butterflies ...

and I also got to use one of my new doilies ... I actually cut it ... I know ... I held my breath too ... but it worked!

And that piece of paper from Prima was just perfect with the wording on it "Butterfly Chase"

I used one ribbon but tied it into 2 bows ... cut 3 butterflies and stamped the words 'follow your heart' and there we are ... Easy as 123!

This week we have Pixie Dust Paperie sponsoring us again ... have you taken a look at the new kit? It's beautiful ... I might just have to order that!

I hope you are going to join us this week ... you know we love to see your creations ... take a look at the beautiful creations from the rest of the DT too ... here are the links

Kirsty 

Linda

Cheryl

Have yourselves a wonderful day and keep safe

~ Ros ~

Jingle Belles Card 36

Hello ...

I hope you all had a good weekend 

The time goes so fast ... already we are up to card 36 at Jingle Belles challenge and this week we are asked to CASE any card we wish from any of the challenge entries over the last 36 weeks ... 
Well, I was trawling through some of the entries and would you believe that my card for week 31 Blue Christmas Here... hosted by the lovely June Houck ... was not there ... oh me, oh my ... it was a cross over week and whilst I linked it up to one blog ... either I forgot to link it to Jingle Belles or I was sabotaged by Mr Inlinkz! Oh silly me ... it's an age thing I guess
So ... I definitely needed to use that little reindeer again ... and as I missed week 29 Reindeer Games due to me being on holiday ... this week is the perfect opportunity ... I decided to CASE (sort of) this card by Lauren 

I say CASE... but I didn't have any of those leaves ... nor the pretty bling ... and my reindeer is no way as  elegant as Lauren's ... but here we go 

See I improvised with some of that fibre stuff which is stuck to my fingers and just about everywhere ... stuck a few little leaves on ... and added some bling too ... well I said it was 'sort of' 

See mine's the more fun version ... whereas Lauren did the very elegant version ... 

and I will link this one ... going to do it now before I forget ... 

Have a wonderful evening 

Thanks for stopping by 

~ Ros ~

Baby goods

Hello ...

It's a wet and windy day here in Liverpool and I am hoping to get some craft time in today ... Yesterday evening we booked another trip to Majorca for the end of the month .. this time we will be taking my Brother and SIL ... they really need to get away and have some rest ... it has been a very hard year for them and there is no light at the end of the tunnel just yet ... I worry about them ... how can I not ... Life's troubles  have a way of forging deeper bonds between family ... so we hold hands as we ride the storms ... but one thing remains constant .. no matter how rough the waves are ... just below the surface there is always stillness and the trick is remembering to keep returning to the stillness ...

I have another frame to share and some cards ... 

When I made This frame ... I made a couple of CAS cards using the same papers 

Both images are digital from Meljen and the paper is from a digital kit that I've had for the longest time from The Shabby Princess (a freebie) 

Love the little bear with his blanket

 ... and this cute little donkey ...

And this is my other baby frame ...

This time I used papers from Websters Pages ... I apologise that the lighting is not so good 

This one is a little more vintage than the first one 

So what do you think?

Oh... and there's a little village growing in my home ...

Have a wonderful weekend and to my friends in the USA ... Happy your Labor Day weekend!

Thanks so much for stopping by 

~ Ros ~