Parisian Clock

I've not been able to go to my Thursday group due to my fractured foot ... and my friend and co worker has also been unwell ... The class had to close ... much to the upset of the group ... 

Well I am so much better now and as long as I am not on my feet I can still work ... So last Thursday I came up with a very simple but effective project for them and the class re-opened

I had missed them so much and it was lovely to be back creating again ... This is what we made ... a "Parisian clock"

Ok, so it doesn't actually work ... It's a canvas wall art

I did take in a variety of coloured ribbons and flowers and when they were all made ... They looked fabulous!

Simple supplies ... this is all you need

A canvas, a Paris printout ... (Free from Very Merry Vintage Style Blog) ... Printout of a clock face also Free from Friendly Scrap ... a CD ... 5 punched flowers, ribbon and a rhinestone

Simple huh? 

Grateful thanks to those sweet bloggers who provide such an array of fabulous freebies

Have a wonderful day ... and thanks so much for visiting me today

~ Ros ~

Pixie Dust Paperie Challenge

Hello and Good morning to you all...

This morning I am here to share my DT project for this month's challenge at Pixie Dust Paperie - 

For the March challenge Kirsty has given us a sketch to work with

You can interpret this anyway you choose ... make a card ... a scrapbook page ... a project ... flip it even!  As long as you follow the sketch you could win a $15 voucher to spend on the gorgeous Pixie Dust Paperie goods ... take a visit to the shop and be amazed at all the beautiful goodness there

For my project I chose to make a wall hanging 

I started with a piece of cardboard and covered it with Prima papers from Pixie Dust, some lace from my supplies and that lovely leaf ribbon from Lauren ...

Then I took 4 little canvases - painted them and then used crackle paint on them

After adhering the canvases on to the board ... all that needed was for me to decorate

Most of the things I have used are 3D stickers from my supplies ... some handmade flowers and a few trinkets

... Epoxy stickers and Glittered heart ... and even some stitching on here

I'm quite pleased with this and I am going to hang it in the bedroom I have ready for my aunt's visit ... I know she will appreciate it

I hope you will join us this month at Pixie Dust Paperie ... many congratulations to last month's winner Artis ... And don't forget ... everyday this week you will be able to see projects from all the challenge DT at Pixie ... So please stop by

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter ..... Seeing Double

Can you believe it's Tuesday again ... Where does the time go?

Today I am hosting the new challenge over at the City Crafter Challenge blog and this weeks challenge is called "Seeing Double" ... because this week on your projects I want to see both the positive and the negative of a die or punch ... You can make that work yes? Of course you can!

I'll show you my card and then give a little explanation to how and what I used ...

Eline's Huis papers again

This was just done with a heart only cut

I cut the 4 hearts out of white card stock first 

and then cut 4 more out of the DP

Then I just assembled them 

Like so ... curling them a little to get the flower shape

The white card was adhered using pop dots to give some dimension and a button keeps the heart petals together ... 

Oh yeh, and this is the extent of my colouring with markers ... the stem! Ha!

Please hop over to see the rest of the DT creations together with that of our Guest Designer this week ... Linda Eterno her blog is well worth a visit too ... And ... YOU could be our next Guest designer ... because that is the prize on offer this week

Ok ...  now it's over to you ... I am so looking forward to seeing your creations ... 

Have a beautiful day whatever you are doing ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

A Little Bit French

I read about the tornados that have hit America once again ... I hope you are all ok ... my thoughts and prayers are with you all ... 

We are fortunate where we are ... I cannot imagine how it must be for those of you to lose your homes ... your loved ones ... just know I am thinking of you

Next week I have my sweet Aunt coming to stay ... she will be celebrating her 85th Birthday with us and I won't get to visit your blogs as often ... So I have been keeping ahead of DT assignments ready to post in the next few weeks ... But sometimes it is just lovely to make something "just because" ... and it keeps me happy ... so I have a couple of bookmarks to share with you that I made quite late last night 

 Digital papers and digital elements from various kits I have .... I enjoy doing digital from time to time ... playing around with things till I like the look ...

This is the reverse

Just the same as the front ... I print the papers and adhere them to 2 thickness of card stock

again ... the reverse is the same 

The other thing I wanted to show you is a place we discovered a couple of days ago ... maybe 30 mins away yet I never knew it existed ... Take a look inside 

This is just a small part of the whole store ... Heaven yes?

And remember this lovely piece of furniture I got a few weeks ago 

Well now I have 2 and their big sister 

And yes I know there is no photograph in that frame yet ... still deciding what to put in it ...

Have a lovely day ... see you all tomorrow for the City Crafter challenge

~ Ros ~

Playdate Cafe Challenge

It's not that often I get to make something for a challenge ... The Play Date Cafe was one of the first places I ever entered a challenge so I always pop over to see the weekly challenges and the inspiration on offer there ... This week they have another stunning photo

These colours are just so beautiful ... so last night I worked on a card trying to capture the beauty of this photo ....

The adorable chest of drawers ... I tried to replicate by painting a key and distressing it 

The backgound paper I used for "mojito' is from Bo Bunny ... and the "sand" coloured paper is K & Co from a pad my sweet friend Linda sent me ... It also has a hint of 'peony' in it and I stamped a butterfly postcard image onto  it several times ... you can probably just make that out

The heart is cut from calico backed onto card stock first ... and lightly stamped and inked on the edges too ... then I added the lovely flower and button with some tulle

So there we are ... my version of this weeks' challenge at The Play Date Cafe

Have yourselves a wonderful weekend ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Mission Jingle Belles

Good morning from a very sunny Liverpool

I hope you are well ...


I have some Christmas cards done for this weeks challenge at Jingle Belles Rock who have teamed up with EAD Designs this week ...

As you know ... Jingle Belles is on a mission ... to help us complete the bulk of our Christmas cards before the end of December ... Me ... I'm on a mission to use up all the Christmas bits and bobs, papers stickers etc., whilst trying to keep my cards pretty simple .. I thought I would out fox the Royal Mail who charge extortionate postage for cards ... seems they got wind of this and just increased the postage charges further ......
Anyway, I did get 4 cards done for this weeks challenge ... which is to use stickers ... all the details can be found on the blog if you are going to join us ... These are just pretty simple cards using various stickers

This one is a Melissa Frances sticker stuck and stitched onto the card and the sentiment is from my sticker box too

The "JOY" is a 3D sticker from my friend Stella 

Not sure where this 3D star sticker is from ...

... and this has a MF sticker again stitched around and another little tree sticker from my supplies

So I am getting my collection together ... even though I am definitely not in the Christmas mood ... 

On a different note ... I read today that Davy Jones from the Monkees has died suddenly ... Wow! that's a bit of my youth gone ... I was a big fan ... especially of Davy ... it seems another lifetime ago and I still hold the picture of the young Davy in my mind ... quite a sad day ... my thoughts are with his family.

Have yourselves a wonderful day whatever you are doing ... I've just been asked by Thursday club to put some paint a sign for them ... I hope to be able to get around to visiting you all soon

Keep safe

~ Ros ~