Jingle Belles ... All Buttoned-Up

I'm so glad that Jingle Belles have extended their challenges to fortnightly ... I would have missed the deadline otherwise ... 

This challenge is to use buttons or brads ... and if you are like me you probably have lots of them around ... I am still struggling to get into "Christmas" mode ... I just want the Spring to arrive and hopefully a decent Summer ... I've had enough of the cold... the bare trees, the dull skies ... but yesterday I heard a hopeful sound ... a Woodpecker ... each Spring they arrive and it warms my heart to hear their sound

Right I'm waffling ... on to my card

I made a sort of 'mock' wreath by punching a hole through my DP and putting the sentiment behind and then just gluing buttons on 

I also used a button on my ribbon ...

The papers I've had for such a long time .. they're called Smirk.

Lauren and Stef over at Jingle Belles have created some lovely cards if you're looking for inspiration and you still have plenty of time to get your card done.

I've got some assignments to see to now so I hope you all have a lovely weekend ..

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Pretty Things

Did you have a lovely Valentine's? I hope so

I certainly did ... I got a card and flowers and was whisked away for a drive out ... stopped for coffee and cake and then found a fabulous shop where DH bought me some lovely things ... I'm not one for jewels and such ... but a sweet little piece for my home always delights me ... 

A few weeks ago I came across this beautiful french cabinet and it was love at first sight

And it was in the sale .. hubby bought it for me and I checked online and found it selling for 3 times what we paid so I was one happy girlie!

And gracing the top is one of yesterday's buys (not a good photo ... sorry)

she is too heavy for me to lift and put in my light tent! She looks lovely on my cabinet

 Then I saw this ...

which now sits beautifully in my kitchen ... and you know I loooove my plaques so this came home with me too

 and how could I leave behind these book boxes ... beautifully made of wood

I adore them ... and finally this called to me too

Not everyone's cup of tea but I love it!

Did I have a good day? You betcha! Because this also arrived from my sweet kind friend Jacira

Such a pretty and delicate piece of work ... and take a peek inside

Beautiful embellished and filled with such lovely trims ... 

"Thank You Jacira"

And thank You ... for stopping by and allowing me to share with you ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter "Perfect Pair"

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with love ......

And as it's Tuesday and that means another challenge at City Crafter hosted this week by our lovely creator Kirsty ...

Kirsty has given us this lovely photo and 2 colours to work with for this challenge 

The challenge is to create 2 cards ... of the same design ... the main colour has to be as shown in the circles ... but you can use accent colours from the photo ...

Great challenge don't you think? ... Here's what I came up with

I'm struggling with photos lately so I apologise if they are a bit blurred

Seeing the inspiration photo ... I just had to go with dresses

These were cut on the Silhouette as were the cards ... the papers are from my huge box of scraps and forlorn papers ... some that I've had forever and always keep "just in case" ... in this instance the colours were just perfect! And I'm not sure if you can see ... but I even painted the tulle with matching distress stains.

Our Guest Designer this week is Lilia   a very talented lady who would love you to visit and say "Hi"

and our generous sponsor this week is Crop Stop ... somewhere else you need to visit ... so many fabulous goods for creating just about anything! 

Full details of the challenge and the prize can be found on the City Crafter blog ... along with the creations from our DT and our GD to give you inspiration should you need it ...

Every week we are blown away by your talents and inspired by you! Thanks so much to all of you who support us each week and new visitors are always welcome ... so don't be shy ... come and join us

Enjoy your day 

~ Ros ~

Sweet scented pillow ... and Thank you!

Hello...

I have a few people to thank this morning ...

Firstly to my sweet friend Cheryl  for this lovely card and birthday gift that arrived last week 

A gorgeous card and lots of beautiful things for me to play with... Thank You Cheryl!

Next is to the lovely Cindy for featuring me on her blog this week! Every week Cindy has a link up ... open to anyone for anything that they would like to share ... it's so lovely to see the talent and beautiful creations ... please hop over and take a look and why not link something up yourself?

Thank You Cindy!

And finally I would like to say Thank  You to LESSology for awarding me a Top 3 for my frame ...

What a lovely week for me.....

Today I have a little scented pillow to share ... 

I used an image from one of my favourite places to visit ...The Graphics Fairy 

I printed it straight on to the fabric ... I sprayed a piece of cardstock with re-positional spray and adhered the fabric to it first so it would run through my printer and I was so pleased at the result ... I use a Canon printer and found that the best setting for this was to use "plain paper" ... that way the ink doesn't run or smudge ... Here's a closer look 

The beautiful vintage button is from the box Lauren sent me 

And just in case you are wondering ... the pillow is filled with wadding and dried lavender ... and I sprayed the wadding with scent first as well ...

I wish you all a lovely day and I'll be back tomorrow with my DT project for CCCB ... 

Thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Playing with Prima

Hi there ...

I hope you are well and keeping warm ... My hubby is off to the football match today - rather him than me sitting in the cold! 

The sweet girls over at Papercraft Star have a challenge for "Hearts"this week ... ... this is their beautiful inspiration photo

My sweet Aunt is coming to stay in March ... just for a week ... and I want everything to be nice and pretty for her ... so we have decorated a her bedroom and added some new furniture etc., and I made something for one of the walls ... I didn't realise just how difficult it was going to be to photograph so I apologise for the poor quality photos ...

I used some pretty Prima papers for the background and cut out different sized butterflies and a heart using pretty MF paper and just layered them 

Really simple I know ... but pretty effective doncha think?

So I'll be linking this up to the challenge ... 

And whilst I had these papers to hand I made a little pocket to tuck in some gift vouchers for my SIL who has a birthday next week 

So that's it for today ... I hope you have a lovely Sunday ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Handmade vintage ...

Well I'm pleased to be able to report that I finally got the results on my foot ... seems I have stress fractures in two of my toes ... hence the pain and swelling ... and I have been walking with this for 4 months whilst awaiting the correct diagnosis ... worse still I had the foot manipulated by my Chiropractor ... Yes, it was agony! ... So now I have a special shoe and crutches and all I can do is rest ... Think I can cope with that ... I know it will take up to 12 weeks but by hook or by 'crutch' I will go on my planned cruise in April ...

One of the receptionists at the hospital has been so helpful and I wanted to give her a little something ... I had This set still ... and thought it would be perfect together with a handmade pin cushion

I had this lovely material with sewing details on ... 

and I just cut the heart shape free hand 

The pretty pin is from sweet June ... and I stamped 'handmade vintage style' straight on to a scrap of the material with stamps from PTI  

This is the reverse ... I really enjoy making these so you may see some more in the future

I wish you a wonderful day

~ Ros ~