Monochromatic

Good morning

I hope you are well ...

Today we have a brand new challenge at City Crafter ... brought to us by Linda ...

Linda is asking that we create a monochromatic card or project 

Our Guest Designer once again is the uber talented Rebecca Deeprose (Paper Primrose.com) ... A winner and spotlight artist of CCCB  

If you have time this week ... and would like a chance to guest design here at City Crafter please come along and join us ...

I played with the soft neutral tones this week

All my papers digital  ... even those little bees ... or perhaps they're wasps ... paper ones are the only kinda wasps I like!

I started with a digital paper by Pink Petticoat ... Here

Then added a free paper from Astrids Artistic Efforts ... Here 

which I overlayed with the chicken wire overlay from Here

The bees are from my all time favourite The Graphics Fairy  ... I printed and cut various sizes and glittered their little wings

 The flower was made using lace, faux leather and a ceramic earring

You can just notice a little TH tissue tape there too and black stitching ... my machine hates black thread ... hence the uneven stitching ... Finally a computer generated sentiment to finish my card ... swiped with Antique Linen distress ink ...

I loved this challenge and can't wait to see your creations ... right now I'm off to the blog to see what the rest of the team have created ...

Thanks so much for stopping by and thank you for your lovely comments ... I really appreciated each and every one ...

Keep Safe

~ Ros ~

Bingo Christmas

It looks like summer here today .. it's sunny and warm and here I am with a Christmas card!

This week at Jingle Belles Rock ... the girls have come up with a bingo card prompt 

Once again I am sort of last minute with this ... the challenge runs until Wednesday ... I went with the first line down

Santa ✔ Lace ✔ Embossing✔ 

Plus I added a couple of glittery flowers ... just because

The embossing folder is byTim Holtz ... I printed white CS with digital kraft paper from Pink Petticoat embossed it and then lightly sanded it ... The image is also digital from MadebyJanet ... I've used this a lot ... Flowers and lace from my supplies

I'll be back tomorrow with my DT project for a fun new challenge at City Crafter ... see you then

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Mini Album

Hi there ...

We are still having a fair bit of sunshine here even though the rain is prevalent ... 

I've a fair bit of work to catch up in my little creative room ... But for now I have a little album to show you that I made using my cameo and some paper scraps 

There's something about fat little books that I adore and I love that this one is made of little pocket envelopes

Of course I couldn't embellish the inside too much because it wouldn't shut ... but just the look of the envelopes I think is pretty enough

I just used scraps of dottie papers on each envelope ... not easy to show unless I take them out 

I'm not sure what photos to put in here yet ... that is always the hardest part I think ... picking what to use

and what to tuck into those little pockets

... maybe some family photos? 

Ok ... I'd better get on ... 

Thanks so much for stopping by ... I hope you have a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Oooh La La!

Hello ...

I hope you are all well ... My sweet friends in New Orleans ... I hope you are all safe my thoughts are with you ...

Just a couple of things to share ... Wednesday I had a whole day to just please myself ... DH went on a golfing break and I made some home decor ... 

My Aunt gave me some lovely boxes a while ago and having recently decorated the conservatory (in a sort of french theme)  I covered the boxes to tie in ... the photo is not very good due to the weather conditions ... but this is the result 

The other thing I did was a little wall art ... 

When I am out and about ... If I see things that "just may come in handy" I get them.  Sometime last year whilst in Ikea ... I saw what I think are frosted glass and metal doors ... they were all boxed and about 50p each ... Yep, I thought ... somehow these will come in handy so I bought a few and this is what I turned one of them into

Being glass it is the hardest thing to photograph without getting myself in the shot!

So the shadows you see are me ...

I was going to use the image transfer method ... and not having a laser printer I went to my local Library to ask if their copier was a laser ... after much debate it turned out not to be ... So it had to be plan B ... I printed my image onto Acetate and using scor- tape attached it to the glass ... then cut borders to cover the tape ... It looks quite effective IRL.

I had a great day ... my son and I stayed up till the early hours chatting ... something we don't get to do often enough ... mind you I was so tired yesterday ...

So that's it for today ...

Thanks for stopping by ...

Have a lovely day 

~ Ros ~

Back to School

Hello there ...

Can you believe it's mid week already and very nearly the end of August!

Soon the new school term starts here in the UK and it just so happens that challenge this week at Papercraft Star is

Back to School

We are looking for any type of project that reflects school

This week I am the featured designer using digitals from our sponsor The House Across The Bay and I chose to make a little notebook for the sweet little girl who lives next door to me 

Mummy bunny just looks like she is sending her babies right off to school don't you think? 

These are the sheets I used from THATB

The tape paper is from Cosmo cricket and the sweet little buttons ... (yep the ruler, scissors and pencil are buttons) are from my friend Lynnda ... she sent these to me a long time ago and I have held on to them waiting for the right project ... 

... which I think this is

I've seen lots of lovely projects on your blogs recently for teacher gifts and such ... so I'm hoping that you'll join us this week at Papercraft Star and share your wonderful creativity ... If you have a moment take a hop over to the blog and see what the rest of the team have come up with too ... 

Wishing you a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Bake Sale and Bad Weather

Good morning to you ... I hope you are well ...

This weeks challenge at City Crafter is 
"Bake Sale"
brought to us by sweet Kirsty ... with this gorgeous inspiration photo

Use something on your projects relating to baking ... images, recipes, cupcake ... or even a decorated home baked gift will suffice

A while ago I saw this lovely little case in the sales for £2.75

I thought it would make a nice gift for someone who like to make jam 

So this challenge gave me the opportunity to make a card to go with my gift

I tried to keep within the colours of the case as best I could and the style

I used plain white CS and printed the polka dot pattern straight onto it ... The background paper is My Minds Eye ... tape is Cosmo Cricket ... and the red is Core'dinations ...

The image I cut from a piece of Webster Pages (Cherry Pie) 

I've also used stickers from Melissa Frances, October Afternoon and some little chipboard pieces from Jennifer Ellory

This week our Guest Designer is Rebecca Deeprose ... a very talented lady who has been both a winner and spotlight Artist here at City Crafter ... her blog is very inspiring ... go take a look

 Our generous sponsor this week is Pixie Dust Paperie ... who are awarding the challenge winner a total of 10 yards of beautiful crinkle ribbon in 3 different colours! 

So come along and join us for your chance to win

On another note ... 

It's been another wet and wild August bank holiday here ...

There are two major events every August bank holiday in this part of the UK ... 

The Matthew Street Festival ... A musical extravaganza where Liverpool welcomes the world to celebrate in our musical history ... upcoming bands, groups and stars of the musical world put on free concerts ... the city is alive with sounds

Then there is the famous Cream Fields event ... literally held in the fields of Warrington not far from Liverpool ... Another 3 day event of live music ... again people flock from all over to be part of this event

Unfortunately on the first evening the rain came too ... Heavily ...  The Cream fields quickly became awash ... people in tents had a disasterous time as the rain continued until even the major roads flooded ... By Sunday morning it was all over for the annual event ... 

(Cream Fields photo credit)

Monday morning heralded another wet and windy day ... the forecast was not good and it was decided to then close the Matthew Street festival too ...

Typical Bank Holiday in the UK!

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~