Fading Summer ...

Looking out my window today it looks like autumn ... the wind is blowing, the skies are heavy with rain and the flowers and trees are on the turn ...

I haven't seen the usual influx of moths and butterflies this year ... probably due to the enormous amount of rain we've had all summer ... a few bees collecting the last of the pollen are still braving the winds ...

 And at least I can still create my paper butterflies ...

I made this card for friends who celebrated their wedding anniversary last week

Background paper from the lovely Astrid who creates these beauties for free ... along with a tag from Jen Allyson's Vintage Findings

I used some scraps from my ever growing stack to add layering ... and tiny beads for the butterfly bodies with some very fine craft wire for the antennae ... fiddly but worth it

... A little close up

If you click to enlarge you may just see the glitter on the doily and the liquid pearls on the paper

These have to be my favourite butterflies

Creatively, I have an idea in my head at the moment and have to follow it through ... is it like that for you?

I know I should be thinking about my card for the challenge at Jingle Belles before time runs out ... but hopefully that will come too ...

Thanks for stopping by ...

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Life's a Circus

Hi there 

I'm here to share my DT project for this weeks challenge at 

Papercraft Star ...

Jan has set the challenge of Fair or Carnival ... though I guess my project looks more circus Lol!

Here's your inspiration photo

... and this is my interpretation

I took inspiration from those little tents ... they always seem to have "step right up" alongside the stalls so I printed this ticket from Silhouette America and the little elephant too

The thing is my sweet friend Jan sent me a whole box of lovely things a while back and amongst them was the "Life's a Circus" stamp and I couldn't resist using it with this card ... It just seemed right ... plus it's kinda how I'm feeling right now ... 

Once again my lovely team mates have outdone themselves with their gorgeous creations ... I hope you will take a moment to stop by the blog and check them out ... Jan is our featured designer this week using digitals from our sponsor THATB

So do you like carnivals? ... I used to love the fairground when I was young ... the smells, the music, the squeals and the laughter  .... 

I hope you can find time to join us this week ... we'd love to see your creations

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Challenge

The days and weeks are flying by ... Here we are ... Tuesday already and time for another challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog ... hosted for us this week by Cheryl 

Cheryl has chosen ... "That's a Fabrication" ... to use Fabric as part of our project

I had a little 4 draw box that I bought ages ago ... and I really should have photographed it BEFORE I altered it ... so sorry ... I just got carried away

Anyway that's my project for this week ... an altered box

You may be able to see that originally it was a green and white spot on the outside and pink inside

That was before I covered it in self adhesive fabric from Papermania

The hard part was getting those little handles off ... I re-attached them using brads with buttons glued on

It was a happy coincidence that the paper was also fabric related ... and with a few little extras - 

The large reel and pins from my friend June ... 

The ribbon tape from sweet Jan 

Scissors and small reels I bought from Here

image from Crafty Secrets

and buttons from my stash

It all came together to make a sweet little sewing box

June even put a tiny sewing machine charm on her reel

Now our lovely Cheryl will be taking a blog break from City Crafter and we will REALLY miss her ... But this is a very busy time for her so we send our love and very best wishes for the upcoming family wedding... 

That means this week we will be introducing a brand new member to the team ... I'm sure lots of you will know her from her fabulous work ... Welcome to Charlene Cundy of Expressions of Me

Ok, so now it's over to you ... The team at CCCB have lots more inspiration for you and our Guest Designer this week is our winner from Week 117 Catherine

If you would like a chance to win a Guest Design spot ... just link up your entry before 11. 59 pm (EST)

20th August 

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

sunflowers

Hello there ...

I had a lovely Saturday with Miss Sophia ... She is and has always been such a happy little girl and full of conversation ...

Yesterday evening I had a play with some digital images ... Sometimes I just prefer to create with my computer ... trying out new things. 

I've never been one for colouring images ... I am in awe of those of you who do this with utter perfection ... Me? I like to play with graphics and these were the ones I selected from The Graphics Fairy

And with a little work (ok, a lot of work) in photoshop and print shop ... this is what I came up with

I just love how I can flip and turn those images ... took me months to learn how to make them transparencies though ... and I still have a lot to learn!

Can you spot that green butterfly again? 

... and the glittered centres of those beautiful sunflowers?

I printed the butterflies both on the card and separately to fussy cut and mount and I did the same with the lower sunflower

All that I added was a little lace and a tiny bit of my hand made tissue tape ... it looks a lot better IRL

I think I'll enter this into Brag Monday at the Graphics Fairy ... 

Thanks so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments ... I really appreciate your friendship

I'll be back tomorrow with my CCCB project and till then I wish you a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Digital delight

Good morning to you ...

Yesterday we had a lovely day weather wise ... I decided to get some work done in the garden ... With my foot on the mend I thought I would try and get back to the things I have sadly had to neglect ... Boy do I ache ... I ache in places I never knew existed! But the garden is looking so much better. 

It was a lovely balmy evening and we ate dinner outside ... I put candles in glass jars and it was really nice...

I tried to photo a couple of visitors ...

A cute little butterfly on the marguerites 

Further down the garden I have an array of these large yellow flowers ... Rudbeckia

And I watched as a bee visited each and every flower ... 

Not easy getting these shots ... each time I got him in view ... he flew to the next flower ... it became a game of anticipating which flower he would go to next ...

I love these yellow and green colours and made a CAS card inspired by these colours using digitals 

I used the lovely butterfly from The Graphics Fairy again ( Check out the challenge at CCCB) and also one of their bird images ...

The script is a digital file from Design House Digital ... by Agnes Biro

And Finally ... Thank You to the ladies at Just Us Girls for awarding me Chic Of The Week for This card ... I am delighted!!

Ok ... I am expecting a visitor ... little Sophia, a 3 year old bundle of fun with her Daddy ... so got to run ...

Enjoy your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by ...

~ Ros ~

Clean and Simple

It's my brother Bill's Birthday today ...

so just popping in to say "Happy Birthday"

and to share a very CAS card I made for him

Some Prima Printery papers and an image from Kaban 

The little cloud is from a PTI die and I computer generated the sentiment 

The sun is shining here and I've been invited for afternoon tea with a friend ...

Hope you enjoy your day whatever you are doing ...

Thanks so much for visiting me and leaving me such encouraging comments ... I so appreciate it ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~