Inspire

Hello there ...

Sometimes I think we all need to be inspired in our lives ... not just for creativity ... for our well being, for the future and for the earth we live on ...

As I am the host this week at City Crafter the challenge I have set for you to is to "Be Inspired"

Create a card or project that has an inspiring quote or verse 

This can be a Bible verse, an uplifting quote or even a thought provoking verse to inspire us

I love this quote ... it is a stamp that my lovely friend Keren gave me ...

That lovely paper with the roses on is a beautiful free digital from Lilac and Lavender ... in fact all the papers are digital ... even the butterflies

This week we have the talented Violet Cloudlet  guest designing for us ... Violet won our challenge week 126 ... and her blog is well worth a visit.

I hope you will take a moment to visit the City Crafter blog and be inspired by the work from the rest of the team ... Our winner this week will also have a Guest Design spot with us ...

I'm keeping this post short as I have a lunch date ... I hope you have a beautiful day whatever you have planned

Keep safe and thanks so much for your visit

~ Ros ~

Relaxing? No chance

Hello there!

I should have known when I wrote on my last post that I was looking foward to a relaxing weekend ... that things would change ...

We had to go into Manchester on Saturday ... and yesterday I had visitors all day and in the evening ...  I even missed WCMD! 

This morning I got together with my lovely talented blog friend Keren ... It was so lovely to catch up and especially to hear how her new job went ... She's demonstrating her creative talent at Abakhan here in Liverpool!

Time goes so fast when you are enjoying company ... and the time flew by as we chatted ... so now I have a lot of catching up to do ... But I managed to make a card for my friend Ella who has her birthday this week ... The 'girls' are catching up for lunch tomorrow to celebrate

I used some lovely paper from Astrid ... You all know I love them!
and I don't think she will mind ... but this particular paper had Happy Valentine's on ... so I altered it slightly to take that out 

Of course I used my 'go to' stamps from WaltzingMouse and a border edge cut on my Cameo

A little lace from the Ribbon Girl ...

Some scrap papers from Prima ... and a few embellies from my supplies ... probably the quickest card I ever made! (shows what a visit from a friend can do)

I need to make a gift box now ... I'll share with you later in the week ... 

Have a lovely day and thank you for stopping by ... 

I'll be back tomorrow for the new challenge at City Crafter

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Just a Box

Hello sweet friends 

I hope you've had a good week ... Can't believe it's friday already!

I had a busy night at Thursday club last night and I'm looking forward to having a relaxing weekend ...

I've been working away on DT projects so all I have to share today is a box I made for This wedding card which a friend of mine has bought 

It's quite hard to get a good photo of this ... I used the lovely digital paper from Astrid and slightly change the opacity just so it was a soft pattern ... then printed it directly onto my card stock

Though I made this box by hand (easy enough) I did cut the 'congrats' on the Cameo and backed it with silver holographic paper 

... added some rhinestones and a satin silver grey bow

Ok ... I'm just going to pay my daily visit to your blogs then I'm off to deliver this box and card.

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for visiting me and leaving me such encouraging comments I really do appreciate it

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star Challenge

Hi there! 

Gosh we are having really awful weather here in the UK ... the best place to be is in my craft room!

Today is the start of another challenge at Papercraft Star where the theme is

"Anything Goes"

I'm the featured designer this week using digitals from our sponsor THATB ...

These are the sheets I used

... and this is my card

I love that stamp (can't you tell) and with those images it just seems right!

I printed one of the frames and then I printed those balloon images which I mat and layered onto black cardstock ... 

I deliberately stamped over the images as I wanted this to look like a postcard ...

I reckon I could do a few of these and make up a set of notelets ...

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week  ... be sure to visit the blog and check out the projects from the rest of the DT wont you ...

Wishing you a lovely day 

~ Ros ~

Colour Challenge

Hello ...

I hope you week is going good ...

At City Crafter we have Linda hosting for us this week and she has set us a colour challenge based on this lovely photo

I found it kinda tough this week ... don't know why ... I suppose these aren't my "go to" colours ... but I'm sure you lovely people will all do a fantastic job! I can't wait to see what you come up with and what the rest of the DT have lined up today ...

Our Guest Designer is Michelle from Wood and Fabric who was our winner for week 121 ... Welcome Michelle!

And this week's winner will also be given a design spot here at City Crafter ... so why not try your creative hand and join us?

ok so on to my project ... a pocket card

I used some really old supplies here ... borders from Tim Coffey - K&Co ... probably one of the first kits I bought!

The pretty flower was cut on my Cameo and that's a fabric brad in the centre

You can tell I got my inspiration from the lovely photo huh? 

So now it's over to you ... Don't forget to stop by the blog and check out all the projects there ...

Have a beautiful day and I'll be back tomorrow 

Thanks for visiting me today

~ Ros ~

Happy Saturday

Hello ... Happy Saturday to you!

I just heard that I won Chic of The Week at the Just Us Girls challenge and I am thrilled!

I can honestly say that I really did not expect that ... not only were the entries all so good ... but I very nearly didn't bother to post my card ... Being as it was something so different from my usual style ... I was a bit unsure about it ... Just goes to show!

Thanks ever so much to the ladies at JUGS and to all of you lovely people who took the trouble to leave me comments and to congratulate me ... It's so very kind of you and you made my day!

I have nothing crafty to post but I do have some funny photos which I thought all my American buddies would appreciate given your long hot summer ... These were sent to me by my sweet aunt ... 

Enjoy!

You know it's been a long hot summer when you see these

Have a beautiful weekend ...

~ Ros ~