Polka Dots

Remembering with you

Hi there ... 

Sorry I haven't been around much lately ... 

Today I am here with my project for this weeks challenge at City Crafter ... brought to us by our newest team member Charlene ... 

Charlene is asking that we use polka dots on our projects and has given us this lovely inspiration photo

I delved into my papers and came out with one I have had for the longest time ... can't even remember who makes it anymore ...

But it went perfectly with the little piece of lace I had 

And the Ocean Tides paper and ink from PTI

The stamp is from WaltzingMouse ... my go to for sentiments

Our Guest Designer this week is a very creative lady ... the talented Michelle (Wood and Fabric)... has A past winner here at City Crafter  ... welcome Michelle!

You too could be a guest designer here but you've got to be in it to win it ... so here's hoping you'll don your polka dots and join us this week

Last week we were enthralled with your entries ... so many creative people out there ... makes picking each week so very difficult ... Thanks so much to you all

I will be back tomorrow ... till then I wish you a wonderful day

Keep safe

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday

Hello sweet friends ...

The sun is still shining here and the flowers are holding on

I don't have anything to share with you today ... I have been trying to get ahead with my DT work ...

My lovely Aunt will be having a hip replacement in the near future and I am planning to travel to Lincoln and stay with her until she is able to care for herself.

It will be good for me ... I need some thinking time

So today I am really popping in to wish my lovely blog friend Ira .. 

 Happy Birthday!

Ira is such a lovely, kind and caring lady ... who also has an amazing talent for creating beautiful things ... she has a penchant for Marie Antoinette and for shoes! I'm sure she would appreciate you stopping by today

Ira ... I wish you a wonderful Birthday and thank you for your friendship 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

~ Ros ~

Something Girly

Hello sweet friends 

I can't believe it's Wednesday already! My how the time flies ....

Wednesday means a new challenge at Papercraft Star and this week our challenge to you is

"Something Girly"

Here's your inspiration photo

How beautiful is that? I would have loved a room like that when I was little .. heck I'd love a room like that now!

Here is my card

I made this for a sweet blog friend who celebrates her birthday this week (wink wink)

I just know she loves girly ... I really hope this arrives in time ... 

Remember my card and gift set Here (for my sweet sister) ... well they never arrived ... So fingers crossed that my card and gifts get to my blog friend

I apologise for the photos ... I work in advance so these were taken when we were experiencing torrential rain

A mix of papers here from Astrids Artistic Efforts, Grace Taylor and a gorgeous notelet and lace from Jan ... the sticker is by K&Co and the flower is handmade 

 I hope you can join us this week ... and if you are looking for more inspiration ... hop over to the Papercraft Star blog and check out the rest of the team's creations ...

Thanks for stopping by

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

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 ~