Papercraft Star - France

I'm still playing with the colours of City Crafter's challenge this week ... 

Black, white or grey ... with a hint of pink ... 

But today's card is for the challenge over at Papercraft Star ... where the theme is France ... The wonderful DT have made some amazing projects ... please stop by and take a look ... I went right in to my new papers from PaperMania ... mixed with some paper scraps on my desk ... 

That little frame is from a set I picked up at the £1 store ... they are actually fridge magnets ... but I just took the back off ... some of them I have painted too and they work well

My sentiment stamp is from WaltzingMouse and the key is a sticker 

This also fits into the new challenge over at Pixie Dust Paperie ..."Fly Away With me" ... go check it out

Of course as I am on the DT for Pixie Dust and CCCB I can't enter this ... Shame ... it would have been probably the first time I made a project that fitted 3 challenges, Ah well, C'est La Vie!

I have lots of packing to do but I want to visit your blogs first so have a lovely day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

A hint of Pink

Sweet Linda Robinson is hosting this week at City Crafter and she has set a fabulous challenge for us ...

Create a project using Black, White or Grey with a Hint of Pink

I love this kind of challenge ... and isn't that photo inspiration just adorable?

So here's my card ...

I got my paints out for this one and splattered black paint onto white card stock for the backgound

then layered it onto black card stock

I stamped this image first and let it dry a little before using water colours to paint over it ... I liked that the water picked up some of the ink from the image and turned it a shade of grey along with the hint of pink

You probably can't see it in this photo ... but I covered the image in acetate before framing it and using some perfect pearls to adorn both the frame and the image ...

This is something different from me .. I don't use paints as much as I probably should ... but I did enjoy this and I quite like the result ...

Hopefully I have inspired you to join in the fun ... Check out the rest of the DT projects and that of our GD this week ... Sheila Burns ... then link up your creation up so we can be wowed by you!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting and leaving your lovely comments ... I really do appreciate it

~ Ros ~

Lighthouse Card

Only 5 more sleeps till I head off to Hull to pick up the cruise ship ... 

I have so much to do ..  not least of all getting my case out and sorting through things to take ...my least favourite job EVER! 

But one thing I will be taking is my new camera ... DH bought me a new one yesterday ... It's not an SLR ... didn't think I could cope with carrying that around ... or reading instructions ... so I got a lovely Olympus digital which I am really having fun with at the moment ... I can really see the huge difference to my old trusty Canon. I took these this morning in my garden and I haven't had to alter anything...

The lilac is really coming on ..

Pieris

You can see the sun is shining but believe me ... it's cold!

I have a card too ... using that lighthouse image once again ... my husband's friend is really experiencing a few storms of life ... not least of all hearing that his sister died suddenly whilst on holiday ... so the lighthouse seems appropriate

... Just to let him know that we are thinking of him ...

And yes, MY football team won on Saturday ... there were a few glum faces here ... good job I made them pizza!

As for the Grand National ... which I refuse to watch or bet on ... well, 2 more horses died and that always saddens me ...

Have yourselves a lovely day and I hope you'll join me tomorrow for the new challenge at CCCB

Thanks for taking the time to visit 

~ Ros ~

Melissa Frances and Papermania

Hello from a sunny Liverpool ...

I finally received my lovely new Melissa Frances C'est la Vie paper pack and the new Bookprint Pack from PapermMania ... they are totally different and yet I wanted to play with them both as soon as I could ... so I created a birthday card for a friend .. using papers from both packs ... 

That's the lovely thing about MF papers ... they blend in with virtually everything ...

The hard part was picking which one of the lovely papers to use ... 

I settled on the Hydrangeas ... which seemed to go perfectly with my card stock

and the print paper from PaperMania

... I also used some of the MF Green Honeycombe paper to cut some leaves for my resin flower and for the banner

Yep, I'm going to enjoy playing with these papers for a long while

It's a big day for the our city - our two Merseyside football teams ... Liverpool and Everton ... are meeting at Wembley for the FA cup semi final ... the things is ... my Hubby and my Son are Everton supporters (Blues) whilst I am a Liverpool supporter (Reds) ... It could be fun here today!

The world famous Grand National race is also on today ... as always it's a sell out ... As was yesterday's Ladies Day ... I enjoyed seeing photos of the girls in their finery and was delighted when a local lady won the 'Best Dressed' wearing a beautiful simple black 1950's vintage dress from her Grandmother! 

 I'm off to make a pizza for the boys and we can all settle down to watch the match ... 

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Candle Tin

Hi there ...

Well we've certainly been having the April showers ... mixed with hailstones, wind and bursts of sunshine ... today is lovely so far.
Kinda prompted me to change my blog colours to something a little brighter ... not sure I will stick with this ... it may be a little plain for me ...

Anyway ... All I have to share today is an altered tin which I did a while ago but never posted ... I made it into a candle tin ... here are a few photos 

Book pages pasted on the lid and the base is covered with TH papers

Some ribbon and tulle and a flower (which I didn't make ... it was salvaged from a hairband)

Some bits of lace and a co-ordinating candle inside

I got to go into the city yesterday (Liverpool) ... it's only 30 mins away but I don't go often and as the children are still on their Easter break ... the city was heaving! that's why I don't go much. 

It is fabulous though ... any tourist would just love the buildings, the restaurants, the shopping and the sights. There is a lot to see and do and if you're into Designer .. well we have that too!

Today is the start of the Grand National so this evening the city will be even more busy - I'm looking forward to Ladies Day tomorrow .. not that I go ... I just love to see the pictures of the ladies all dressed up 


Before I go I just want to thank the ladies at The Play Date Cafe for picking This card as one of their  Fab 4 ... I am thrilled! 

Wishing you a lovely day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Birthday Week

Can you believe that this week the City Crafter Challenge will be celebrating their 2nd birthday! 

It's only fitting that our creator Kirsty is hosting this week with another fabulous challenge ... 

 Case a card or project from one of our current DT (any week from 1 - 103) ... 

You need to show the card or project that you chose to case with your new creation

We are so lucky to have the fabulous Lauren Bergold of "All The Good Blog Names Were Taken" as our Guest Designer this week ... and Pixie Dust Paperie as our fabulous sponsor ... 

I took ages to decide which project to case ... in the end I kept going back to this card made by Kirsty in week 73 ... 

This is my take on Kirsty's beautiful card

... The original challenge was a recipe ... 1 ribbon, 2 or more words and 3 or more butterflies

Fabric butterflies mixed with butterfly stickers just bring this to life with those pretty Webster Pages papers

Please take a moment to check out the creations from both our DT and our GD this week ... I'm sure you'll be inspired to join us ... 

YOU make this challenge successful and exciting ... 

Many thanks to all of you who have supported us over these last 2 years 

Happy Birthday City Crafter!

Till soon

~ Ros ~