Friends and Birthdays

Hi there!

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend ... I have no idea where this week went to and how it's suddenly friday again...

Yesterday my lovely blog buddy Keren came round ... bearing gifts and her usual pretty smile ... And we had a fun few hours together chatting and laughing ...

Those these photos don't really do it justice ... this is a lovely Handmade tote bag she gave me ...

Beautiful fabric in such lush colours

and it's reversible ...

Thank you so much Keren ... I love it!

If you haven't visited my uber talented friend ... you really should ... she has such a unique style and is regularly featured in both Crafts Beautiful and Simply Cards & Papercrafts magazines ...

At the end of this month I have a few friends and family who are celebrating birthdays and anniversaries ... I am trying to get my cards done ready to post and this is one I did for one of my brothers ... he doesn't read my blog so it will be ok to show you ... he is very much into photography hence the theme of this card

This proved quite a difficult card to photograph for some reason ... the mirri card used on the camera and the acetate used on the film strip don't help

The camera, film strip and the saying was cut on the Cameo and I found a photo which I printed several times to slide under the strip ... papers are a mix of Basic grey (striped) and Docrafts Wellington range .... the little book sticker is also from the Wellington range 

Have you plans for the weekend? I'm off to Lincoln to see my Aunt ... she not been too well so I'm looking forward to catching up and making sure all is well ... 

Have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star Challenge

Hello ...

Today is the start of another challenge at Papercraft Star ... where the winner can choose two pages of digital downloads from The House Across The Bay and the runner up also gets to choose one page ... Each week one of our DT uses an image from THATB ... hop over to the blog to find out who our featured designer is this week ...

This weeks challenge is Checks ... Include either Gingham or Checks in your project ... here's the inspirational photo for you

Isn't that cosy?

Here's my take on the challenge

I didn't really have a plan when I made this ... but then I rarely do ... I just play about with things

The image I've had for a number of years ... stored in the digital files on my computer ... It's a watercolour by Gail Flores and I kinda liked it with the gingham

I bet you all have some gingham or checks lurking in your supplies so why not pull them out and join us this week?

If you're looking for more inspiration ... "check" out the rest of the projects from our DT.

Thanks so much for stopping by ... look forward to seeing your creations

Have a beautiful day!

~ Ros ~

Supplies Used

Digital image by Gail Flores "Jardin Des Fleurs"

DCWV Mat Stack Paper

Wooden house from Craft Superstore

Doily & Ribbon from my  supplies

Tag by MF

City Crafter #109

Good morning!

It's time for another challenge at City Crafter and this week we have the lovely Linda hosting for us with a fabulous sketch challenge ...

This week and for the next 3 weeks ... our generous sponsor is Digital Paper Shop

 The winner of this challenge  and the winners of the next 3 challenges will  receive ONE collage from Janet's shop ... I'm sure you have seen her beautiful images used all over blog land ...

Our DT will be using images from Janet's store too for this week and the next 3 weeks

Here is the sketch for you

And this is my take on it using an image from "Ballerina" 

Such a sweet image

Our GD this week is Shahrul ... hop on over to City Crafter to see all the lovely projects this week... maybe you will be inspired to join us

Keep safe ... Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

Here in the UK we have already celebrated our Mother's Day ... but for those of you who celebrate today ... even if you are a Mom to fur babies .. Have a wonderful day ... 

Celebrate the woman you are ...

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC168

I've made a few changes lately ... Sometimes Life calls for that 
I love creating, making projects for my Thursday club to assemble ... last week I made 20 exploding boxes with embellishments ... ready for them to put together ... how sweet they looked carrying them home ... and being on Design Teams is a dream come true ... 
But with everything else in life ... I was very much lacking in time ... Time to create "just because" ... and little time to enter challenges and support the wonderful blogs who take the trouble to set these challenges.


Having now enlisted help at Thursday club ... Hopefully I will now only have to come up with a project every 4 weeks ... and after 6 years I have stepped back from philosophy class too ... 
So with my DT projects up to date ... I was able to just create with no pressure

I'd had this little heart box for ages ... and there she sat ... naked ... just waiting to be adorned ... 

At Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ... Silke (who makes the most beautiful cards) has set a challenge to use Pink ... 

So pink it is

Papers from Melissa Frances ...

... Rose from Hobbycraft ... trinkets from my box of old and odd bit of jewellery ... Yep, that key and the heart came from earrings ...

Tiny little beads ... I hand stitched onto the lace which I overlaid on satin ribbon

Now she looks much better and I feel better too

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Pixie Dust Paperie Challenge

Hello everyone ... 

Can I just say a big Thank You! to all you sweet blog friends for leaving such lovely comments and well wishes ... I really do appreciate it ...

Today I have a project to share for the Pixie Dust Paperie May Challenge 

Kirsty has titled this months challenge 

"Happy Mother's Day"

This is the beautiful inspirational picture for you

I lost my Mum 10 years ago ... I miss her so much ... she grew up in London and to me she was a beauty with style

I created this layout using 2 photos taken when she was about 19 ... war time too!

How I love the forties fashion

I added a few little touches of London which is where these photos were taken 

Pale blue was her favourite colour ...

I would love it if you would hop over to the Pixie blog and take a look at the lovely projects from the rest of the DT ... there are more to come too ... and you have till the end of May to submit your challenge entries ... I'd love to see what you create ...

 Don't forget to pick up a bargain in the Pixie shop too ... Kirsty has a lot of Special Offers on at the moment so please don't miss out ...

Thank you so much for visiting

Till soon

~ Ros ~