Jingle Belles Card 39

Hello sweet friends ...

Thank you all so much for your kind words, your thoughts and your prayers following the loss of my Uncle  ... it means a lot to know people care ...

I went to club night on Thursday and maybe it was my imagination but I seemed to get far more hugs than usual ... it was so lovely ... the class was extremely busy ... and though they may be mentally and physically challenge ... they have such compassion and love ... it lifted my spirits no end ...

I have my 39th card done for this weeks' challenge at Jingle Belles Rock the prompt this week being "Here Comes Suzy Snowflake" brought to us by Marie Bingaman based on the Rosemary Clooney song ... I confess that my creative mojo has been up in the air somewhere these past few days .. not good when trying to finish my DT projects before I go away ... sort out projects for the club and keep up with Jingle Belles ... But I did come up with something ...

I thought this Bo Bunny sticker was quite apt ... I like to adhere these to CS first ...

Some glitter card and a felt cut snowflake ... (glittered of course) ... backed onto some lovely satin ribbon

complete a simple card ... and just for a little more bling ... a crystal drop and a pretty star shaped jewel

(an odd earring actually!)

It's a dull wet day here so my photos are not too brilliant ... Never mind ... next week I will be soaking up some sunshine and relaxing (I hope) ... 

Have a wonderful weekend ... and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Some Sad News ...

Hello there ...

I want to thank all of you who sent well wishes and prayers for my sweet Uncle Terry ... sadly he passed away yesterday morning ...

He never left the hospital and my Aunt was by his side ... In her words .. she has lost her soul mate ... the love of her life ... my heart aches for her ... 

~ Ros ~           

Shabby Chic Girls Club

Hello ...

I just wanted to say a big Thank You to sweet Cindy Adkins  for featuring one of my early projects on her new blog The Shabby Chic Girls Club ... I am honoured to be amongst the creative talent featured here ...

Cindy has a link party for anyone to link up one or more of their shabby/vintage creations past or present ... I'm joining the party ... and having given it some thought ... there are three things I created that I love ... My Vintage Horseshoe 

The original post can be found Here

...  This sewing plaque ...

And this Bird's nest plaque that still hangs on my door

The original post can be found Here

So if you haven't visited her lovely new blog ... pop over and check it out ... it's pretty and fun too ...

The other shout out today is to the lovely Smilyn Stef who takes the time and trouble every week to seek out her Link Loves ... so many ideas... freebies ... and tutorials ... As you know I hold a class once a week for mentally and physically challenge adults and it can be so hard to come up with a project each week that they can cope with ... even using glue is a problem and many times my brain runs dry of ideas ... So I trawl the Links on Stef's side bar and usually something pops into my head ... ok .. maybe I need to readjust or alter ... maybe I need to make the bulk of it ... but the inspiration starts to flow ... 

I love to go through these links ... see the variety of talent and ideas from recipes to art ... 

Thank You Stef

Tomorrow my group will be making PocketMods ... With pretty covers ... Never heard of them?? Ok click Here for the link ... and why not pop over to Stef's blog to check out her Link Loves every Thursday  they're fabulous ...

Till soon my friends ... enjoy your day 

~ Ros ~

"Lets Face The Music"

Hello ... Good Morning!

I am hosting the challenge at City Crafter this week and this is your inspiration picture 

Because this week I am asking that you use anything Music related on your projects ... This can be a charm, sheet music, an image etc., Music is the universal language ... where would we be without it?  I have a penchant for anything with sheet music and I love listening to music ... So for my project, I wanted to revisit the piano box I made HERE and maybe tweak it a little ... Warning! there are a lot of pictures 

you may be able to see that the thing I 'tweaked' was the keyboard ... now it sits neatly ... I used a WaltzingMouse stamp for the keys and glossy accents to make them shine

I'm not sure if you can see it but I also glossed the top of the piano

A piece of doily sits on top and I made a little framed picture and a tiny letter which nestles behind a glittered rose also made from sheet music

Sheet music lines the inside of the box too

Then I remembered a black glass frame I bought ages ago in a sale for £1 ... It's not the easiest thing to photograph though

All I needed to add to this was some more sheet music roses, some pearl stems, a ribbon and a pretty butterfly

I love how these look on my glass table

... and I can't wait to see what YOU come up with ... 

For more inspiration just hop over to the blog to see the rest of the DT work and that of our wonderful guest designer this week Jill Sargison ... and we have Pixie Dust Paperie  kindly sponsoring once again

Till soon ... keep safe

~ Ros ~

Jingle Belles and Catch up news ...

Hello sweet friends ...

It's seems ages since I've posted and yet I don't seem to have stopped for breath these past few days ... First off I am posting my 38th card for Jingle Belles ... 

I can't believe how fast these 38 weeks have gone! 28 years ago I was expecting my first and only child ... I was beyond thrilled to find out I was expecting him after 7 years ... I was due for surgery 2 days later and had no idea ... it was only because of my sweet psychic friend ... who also happens to be a nurse ... that I found out ... she did a test and bingo! I was 2 weeks pregnant ... Thank God I found out before I had surgery! The next 38 weeks were the longest 38 weeks of my life!! Now if Jingle Belles were up and running then ... and I had even heard about blogging ... well I'm sure the time would have gone soooo quickly ...

So this week we are asked to use something Digital on our cards ... Their Sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps  and you can even get a free digital stamp! (of course I forgot this when I was doing my card ??!!) .. so hop over to the JB blog for all the details ...

I used a variety of digital papers and stamps to create my card ... and background paper from PaperMania

I layered a few things and glittered some parts too

... and the sentiment is also digital ...

I mentioned in my last post about the Queen Mary 2 coming to Liverpool ... So

after a busy evening at Thursday club my husband and I went into the city to see the magnificent Liner... I hardly recognise my own city now ... so many new buildings and hotels ... we stopped at a boutique hotel where Marco Pierre White has a restaurant ... sat out and had coffee and watched the people strolling down to the waterfront  ... it was a fabulous turnout ... thousands came ... and the crowd were cheering and waving ... as were the passengers ... funny when you think that no one knew each other ... Here are a couple of pictures which I have had to lighten a bit ... they aren't marvellous but you can see the enormity of this liner 

Can you see all the people on the top deck? 

... and the firework display was magnificent ...

And here I am ... tired and windswept ... but enjoying the moment 

Saturday I did my sale at the church and some of my lovely friends came along too ... I'm not sure if I would do it again ... I had no idea just how competitive some of the table holders could be ... there was another lady selling cards ... nothing at all like mine ... but she was actually trying to stop people coming to my table! No ... I'd rather stay home next time ...

Yesterday I travelled to Lincoln to see my dear Aunt ... my uncle Terry has been in hospital this past week seriously ill ... we were hoping that he may recover enough to be allowed back to the home he has been in for the past 6 months ... and spend his last days amongst friends and with my Aunt by his side ... they absolutely adore each other ... having lost my own father a long time ago, Terry has been like a father to me ... my Aunt and Uncle lost both their beautiful daughters tragically within 2 weeks of each other just after my son was born ... so you can imagine how close we are ... 

Well ... I will be back tomorrow with the CCCB challenge 

 Till then enjoy the rest of your day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Heart tags and some CAS

Good morning to you ...

I hope you are well?

It's a bright sunny morning here with a touch of crispness in the air ... I love a sunny autumn day ... when the leaves are turning to gold ... I'm hoping that it stays dry ... you may remember I went to see the QE2 last  Thursday evening ... well this evening after club ... weather permitting ... I will be off to see the Queen Mary 2 which is docking here in Liverpool today ... we have such a wonderful water front here and I'm told that the Americans in particular love it ... partly because you can walk right into the heart of the city as soon as the ship docks and the renovation to the area is spectacular ... If any of you care to try it I would love to meet you!
So ... I have a few tags and some CAS cards to share today ... my box of goodies for the church sale this Saturday is growing ... 

I know these would be perfect for the "I Heart You" challenge at CCCB this week and so simple to create ... They will be packaged in little glassine treat bags ... I did some with the hearts positive cut from book pages ...

... and then used the negatives ... with scraps of pretty papers behind

It's a great way to use up scraps and create something pretty 

And a few CAS cards using PTI dies and stamps for the Zebra and a leaves stamp I've had forever so not sure where it is from

I love my SB dies ... but often forget that they can be used in a variety of ways ... and I love the embossed look ... don't know why I don't do it more often ...

My only problem is knowing what prices to put on my goods ... I'm totally useless at that kind of thing ... 

It embarrasses me to ask for money ... So I've enlisted the help of my sweet SIL and hope that we'll get through it ...

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Oh! I've just heard a young American guy (from Boston) on the radio ... he is a singer on the Queen Mary 2 and he is marrying a dancer also working on the ship (she's from Liverpool) here today when the ship docks!!! How wonderful is that ... he just sent love to his Mom and Dad in the States ... Awwww!!

Till soon sweet friends ... be safe

~ Ros ~