Family

It's been a wonderful week so far ... Spending time with my Aunt ... laughing the hours away like two schoolgirls ... How I shall miss her when she goes home.

On Sunday we celebrated her 85th Birthday ... this is the card I made for her

I took a photo of the inside but it isn't too clear ... I stencilled some butterflies using the negative from a die cut and some chalks

Here are a couple of photos too

Both my Aunt and I on our walking sticks ... my brother carrying Sophia and my son behind

My two beautiful boys ... my adored son Mikey and my great nephew Ross ... It was so lovely to see Ross again ... my heart just swells with love for him

A couple of days later Aunt and I went for an English 'high tea' 

we bumped into a friend who presents a program on BBC Radio Merseyside .... needless to say the following day my Aunt got a mention and a happy birthday on "Air"

I haven't done any crafting at all this week but we spent a fair amount of time in the hobby shop and bought some goodies ... so nice to spend time with someone who loves creating as much as me ... And yesterday ... we visited the Apple shop ... Aunt got an iPad and is now having a wonderful time playing around! Sheesh! I really hope I've inherited her genes!

Thank you for letting me share with you ... have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Blog Pillow ... City Crafter Challenge

Hi there ...

It's time for another challenge at City Crafter ... And can you believe this week it is our 100th challenge? 

My how the weeks fly by ...

This week our lovely Kirsty creator of City Crafter is hosting for us and the challenge she has set us is 

"Things in My Heart"

In other words ... create a project that pertains to things in your heart right now ... this can be anything from perhaps your loved ones to a form of art that you love right now ... there are no boundaries so just let your creativity flow ...

For me right now I am loving printing on fabric and making things from it ... you've seen some of my pin cushions and hearts ... I also love blogging ... being part of this wonderful group of creativity all over the world ...

So it was a simple choice for me to make ... a pillow with my blog header on it 

This sits on my bed so I can always be reminded of the wonderful friends I have out there and the things I have learned 

The blog header was made and designed by me using graphics from the fabulous Graphics Fairy ... which I shall be linking this up to for Brag Monday ...

 I printed it onto white cotton fabric which I then stitched to a calico fabric ...

... added some lace, ribbons and buttons and attached the whole thing to a pillow case cut from the same white fabric... edged with more lace ... Then I just sewed it all together and made a filling for it 

This week we are offering a Guest Designer spot to the winner of the challenge ... so I do hope you will join us and show us what is in your heart right now.

Thanks so much for stopping by ... I know the rest of the DT will be thrilled if you hop over and check out their creations ... and also that of our Guest Designer this week ... Sabrina Radeck ... her beautiful creations can also be found Here

I'm enjoying spending time with my sweet Aunt ... so I'll bid you all a wonderful day and catch you soon

~ Ros ~

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 ~