Tea and Sympathy

Hello sweet friends ...

I've been closely following the news on hurricane Sandy ... and I confess to shedding tears as I took in the devastation. My heart goes out to all of you that have been affected. I have many blog friends out that way and one of my dearest friends ... someone I grew up with here in the UK ... lives in New Jersey 

... I hope and pray you are all ok...

Wednesday as always is a new challenge at Papercraft Star and this week the challenge is 

A Warm Beverage

This is your inspiration photo

I made a little card and gift for one of the ladies at church who is not feeling too well - 

Why not grab a cup of your favourite beverage and relax for a moment whilst I show you ...

The beautiful tea cup and saucer image came from a notelet ... I just scanned it in 

I used some of the Aida fabric which I frayed and stitched the image straight on to it with some sparkly lace either side ... The sentiment was computer generated

The butterflies are my favourite digital ones and you can see some Perfect Pearls both on the butterflies and the tea cup

The little bag was made much the same ... using the Aida fabric and a doily under the image

As you can see I added a little glassine bag with some speciality tea bags tucked inside

I know my team mates have made some lovely cards to inspire you ... So I hope you will take a minute to visit the Blog and join us this week

 For those of you who celebrate Halloween ... I hope you have a wonderful time ... 

Thank you so much for visiting today ...

Keeping you in my thoughts and my prayers

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Challenge

Hello and Good Morning to you

I really hope you are all safe and well ... 

I know the east coast of the USA has severe weather conditions and my thoughts and prayers are with you all ...

Today at City Crafter we have the lovely Linda hosting for us and the challenge she has picked is

3+1=Cute

You must use 3 patterned papers and 1 solid colour on your project

Photo Credit 

This challenge was another great way to use up scraps ... I am loving anything with fish tail banners lately and can't stop using them ...

These were made with 2 different papers from Melissa Frances

My 3rd patterned paper is the dottie background ... (no idea where this is from)

... and the solid colour is a digital paper by Jen Allyson

We have a special month long Guest Designer starting this week at City Crafter... A lady many of you will already be familiar with ... the talented Lynnda Hosni ... so I hope you will pop over to see her project along with the rest of our DT.

Thanks to all of you who support our challenge ... every week we are thrilled to see your creations.

I hope you have a lovely day ... Thank you for your lovely comments and for stopping by today ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Word Art Wednesday

Happy Sunday to you!

It's wet and wild here and today is the Derby match between the two Liverpool football teams ...  A big day for football supporters. 

My husband supports the Blues (Everton) and has already left for the match ... whilst I support the Reds (Liverpool) and will be listening to the commentary on the radio in the warmth ...

I've been using up scraps lately ... though I think if I created everyday for the next year just using my scraps ... I would still have some left! I made this card for Word art Wednesday ... The verse they gave this week is very thought provoking ... I know so many people who base their treasures on material things ... then they wonder why they are never satisfied ... never happy...

The weather here is making it hard for me to get decent photos so I hope you can make out the scraps of paper from Melissa Frances which I stitched together in a random sort of way

I cut some little leaves from burlap to go with the pretty flower from Wild Orchid Crafts

... And tucked a little hand cut silver heart in there too ...

I would also like to enter this card for the Moxie Fab World Stitch and Sewing Challenge  ...

I hear that a hurricane is making it's way along to the East Coast of America ... My friends out there I am thinking of you and praying you will all be safe ... Take care

Till soon

~ Ros ~

More gifts

Hi there!

Thanks so much for your sweet comments and advise on how to treat this cold / flu ... I am feeling much better ... just need to get rid of this cough ...

I've been kept busy with some DT work and all I have to share today is a couple of gifts I made for a friend ... to go with This birthday card

It can be quite therapeutic making these bracelets ... This one doesn't have any handmade beads ... I have a big jar where I keep beads ... some are from old or broken jewellery ... some are new pieces that I buy now and then ... 

The necklace looks much nicer in real life ... it has glitter in which is hard to capture

I made a couple of boxes to put these in using the same digital paper that I used on the card ... I printed it directly onto card stock

I'm afraid my photos are not very good on these due to the weather we were having ...

Today it is a lovely bright and crisp Autumn day ... though we are expecting freezing temperatures in the next few days ...

Have a beautiful weekend my friends and thanks so much for visiting me

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Halloween Witches

Halloween  is almost upon us ... 

Here in the UK the stores are full of squealing witches and ghoulish delights

I'm thinking of conjuring up a spell to get rid of this awful cold ... anyone know of one?

At Papercraft Star today our challenge to you is Halloween Witches ... they can be spooky or sweet ... your choice ...

I made a treat box - ready for when those little witches come knocking on my door ...

Those cat food boxes are really sturdy and come in so handy ... As you can see ... I went for a cute witch

Both my images are freebies from the web and I gave my little witch a coating of glitter on her dress ...

I covered the box first with some pumpkin covered DP and black shiny card stock ... but my glittery frame and stars kind of hide the paper ...

... And mt favourite little witch ... The cat! 

I'm sure that's my cat!

I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with this week ... Then it will be another year before those witches come out to play ...

Please take a moment to visit the blog to see all the witchy creations our DT have in store for you ...

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter ... Make Over

Hello ...

It's Tuesday again and it's time for another new challenge at City Crafter ... where were you all last week? Maybe like me you were sick ... or just busy with life ... 

I hope you will be able to play along with us this week ... Kirsty is our lovely Hostess today and she is asking that we take a project we previously created ... and give it a Make Over

You need to show your original as well as the New creation on your blog post too 

The DT have some lovely samples to inspire you and our Guest Designer this week is the lovely Barbara Daines - Glitterati who hails from the UK like me! Barbara won our challenge on week 125 with her beautiful monochromatic card ...

I chose a card I made way back when for one of CCCB challenges ... This is the original

It was a sketch challenge

This is the New version

Less fussy and more up to date

Using my Favourite stamp again

We are looking forward to seeing your make overs ... You are all so very creative

Thanks for stopping by ... I hope you have a lovely day

~ Ros ~