Southern Ireland

Hello ... Are you well?

Fancy a little jaunt to Southern Ireland? Cobh and Cork to be exact ...

Ireland was our last cruise stop - then it was a short hop across the Irish sea back to Liverpool

I have never been to Ireland and the few hours we spent there was certainly not long enough to take in everything that this beautiful Island has to offer ...

Cobh was the last port of call for the Titanic before making her fateful voyage ... then it was known as Queenstown 

There is a fabulous museum and heritage centre just on the quayside 

Here is a link should any of you wish to check it out ... 

Around 6 million people emigrated from Ireland between 1848 and 1950 ... the majority settled in the USA and this statue commemorates the first ever emigrants to be processed at the newly opened Ellis Island ... Annie Moore and her two little brothers ...She was just 15 years old.

and right next door is the train station to Cork ...  We opted to spend the few hours we had both in Cork and looking around the heritage centre

By coincidence ... my sweet friend Kirsty sent me this postcard from San Francisco

Beautiful pretty coloured houses ... never did I expect to see a similar thing in Ireland ... but just take a look

Looks more like Italy!

... And never did I expect to see the steep roads like San Francisco ... but I saw this in Cork

Wouldn't like to walk up and down there too often!

Cork is alive with shops and bars ... 

I would like to go back and spend a weekend here just looking around

Of course Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle ... and it is easy to see why ... the land is so green and lush ... this last photo was taken on a moving train and I had to zoom right in to get this ... but it is probably my favourite because it is so ethereal ... and so Ireland!

I hope you enjoyed your trip with me today... 

Till soon be safe

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star and Happy Birthday!!!

Good morning!
(This is my second post today ... if you would like to ... please scroll down to the first post for Stella's Birthday)

Today it's a new challenge at Papercraft Star and this week the prompt is 

Water!

Well we've had plenty of rain here in the UK ... But I much prefer the ocean and seaside fun

This week I used digital images from each of these sheets courtesy of our sponsor THATB 

along with a sweet image from my print shop program

I  machine stitched in a matching colour thread to the pretty frame ... added a piece of a crochet doily from my 'bits' box ... some beachy yellow grass from an old bag of pot pourri ... ribbon from my supplies and a K&Co epoxy sticker ... the forever friends sentiment is a rubon ... again from my supplies.

My talented colleagues at Papercraft Star have really created some wonderful samples for you to enjoy ... please hop over and take a look and for your chance to win some digitals from THATB ... just link up your "Water" creations on the blog link

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday To You

 Happy Birthday to my sweet and dear blog "Sister" Stella

I'm sure lots of you know Stella ... and will be popping over to her blog with your well wishes 

Stella you are a very Special lady ... I can hardly wait until we meet up later in the year

Wishing you a wonderful day filled with love and happiness

~ Ros ~

♥♥♥♥

Note ... My post for Papercraft Star follows this post

Bon Voyage ....

So it's my turn again to host a challenge at City Crafter Challenge blog and this challenge is about Holidays ... (or Vacation as my sweet American friends would say)...

Here in the UK the school summer holidays have just begun and my challenge to you this week is to 

Create a Bon Voyage card or project ... 

Simple huh? 

Here is your inspirational photo

Those were the days ... when you could take as much luggage as you wanted on on airplane ... and people got dressed up ... don't get me started ...

We have the lovely Lauren with us again as Guest Designer ... just loving her projects ... and the DT have been hard at work so hop over and take a look

I made an album to store or those cruise photos in ... I know it will take me ages to scrap them ... but hey it's a start

I sandwiched thick corrugated card between 2 pieces of cardstock before covering them so the album is very sturdy

Couldn't resist sticking those photos in

... some beach bits and bobs from my stash with fisherman net and rope from Calico Crafts

... little stickers by Jolie's Boutique

I'm not sure where I got the blue water effect paper ... but the other paper is by Prima and the 'Bon voyage' was cut on my silhouette ...

My team mates and I at CCCB would really love to see what you create ... so come and join us and don't forget to link up

Thanks so much for stopping by ... have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Thinking of you ...

Hello ... I hope you are all well ... 

I am just popping in to mention a couple of things ...

First of all ... Thank You to the lovely ladies at CR84FN for picking This set as one of the Terrific Top 3 last week ... I am truly honoured!

Secondly I want to tell you about a fantastic giveaway at Ingvild Bolme's blog Here

Just look at all the gorgeous Prima supplies 

I confess I had never visited Ingvild's blog before ... I followed a link from my blog buddy Tracy

Ingvid is from Norway ... Stavanger in fact ... A place I visited for the first time this year and loved ... Norway had a memorial just this weekend for the terrible loss of life both from a terrorist bomb and from the horrendous massacre of beautiful young people by a deranged gunman ... If you wish to you can follow this on Ingvild's blog

This month here in the UK we remembered the people who were killed and maimed in the London bombings ...  

And just this weekend ... many will be stunned and devastated by the senseless loss of life in Denver  USA  ... 

My thoughts are with you all ... people I have never met but I have shed many tears for ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Make it Green ...

...Or Red ... But not both

That's the challenge at Jingle Belles this week ... picked by the lovely June Houck

I had no idea what I was going to come up with ... only that I wanted green

So here we are ...

The sentiment stamp I won a while ago from Suzanne ... and this is the first time I've used it ... the little snowman stamp was in my big box of barely used stamps ... again never used ... 

And my meagre colouring is not marvellous ... 

... But it is green ... with no red 

Till soon

~ Ros ~