City Crafter - Bitter sweet

Hello ... Thanks so much for stopping by ... 

This is a very Special week for City Crafter Challenge Blog and it is bitter sweet

Today we are celebrating City Crafter's 3rd Birthday!

We also have a new member on the design team ... Wendy! You all know she has been guest designing for us for a while now and we are thrilled that she is joining the team! Welcome Wendy!

Sadly it that means that we are losing our lovely Linda Robinson ... 

Linda is off to pursue a lifelong dream of that and her "honey" which is to hit the road and make her trailer her home at least for the next year ... We are really going to miss her ...

"My dear sweet friend I wish you all the happiness in the world ... stay safe ... much love..."

Now the challenge this week also includes a blog hop ... this is the order of the hop 

CCCB

Kirsty

Linda

Ros (me)

Charlene

Wendy

CCCB

It is very important that you follow the order ... Why? because this week we have 7 prizes to give away!

In each one of our challenge posts ... there will be a word highlighted - 5 words in total and put together in the correct order they will make a sentence ... email the sentence to CCCB and Kirsty will pick a winner who will receive a prize ...

Each designer will also be giving a prize away to someone picked from those who leave a comment on their blog

And finally there is a prize for the challenge winner! 

Ok ... onto the challenge ... which is to Make A Birthday Card 

Can you believe we are celebrating 3 years??

I am so lucky to be a part of this team and this is my card ...

It's going to a blog friend who also celebrates her birthday this week

I used Aida fabric to make a flower and also to set my washi tape butterfly on

I just love these colours

And here is my give away  ...

Just leave me a comment and I will pick a winner at the end of the challenge

Don't forget to follow the blog hop starting at CCCB 

Good Luck!!

See you tomorrow

~ Ros ~

Busy Weekend and More to Come

Hello there ...

I've had such a busy weekend so I've not been able to create anything in the last few days ...

On Saturday we drove off into the countryside for a light lunch overlooking the beautiful fields filled with sweet baby lambs ... 

It's been a hard time for for the farmers coping with the cold weather and snow ... but the sun was shining on Saturday even though snow still lay on the ground in parts ... 

We drove into Nantwich ... such a pretty little place ...where we browsed the shops for awhile...  the canals were lined with barges and the sun brought just about everyone out ... Then we headed for home but as we were driving along I spotted a beautiful horse with her new "baby' ... I had to stop ...

Aren't they just the sweetest!

I don't like having my photo taken but my DH took this ... me at 60! (no jokes about the old nag thank you!)

Yesterday we went to lunch with my brother and SIL and I got to see little Sophia ... who is not so little anymore ...

What a joy to see both Ross and Sophia in the same week

My other good news is that next Sunday DH and I will be taking a little break on the Island of Majorca again ... We're really looking forward to some warm weather ... 

I'll be back tomorrow for another challenge at City Crafter ... you don't want to miss this week - we  have something really Special lined up for you!

Have a beautiful day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Shadowed Hello

Gosh where did the week go?? 

I can hardly believe it's friday already ... 

I had a visit from my brother and SIl on Wednesday -  they brought my adorable great nephew Ross ... I have missed him so much ... 

He decided to have his lunch in the garden ... a sort of picnic ... The thing is the weather was so cold! He insisted his Granddad joined him ... Well, my brother didn't last long out there ... he was going blue! So I came up with a little outdoor game for Ross ... I gave him an old computer chair ... the sort with wheels on - and he spent hours pushing plant pots around ... Then of course I had to push him around - or should I say run him around ... like a fair ride! I can promise you I slept well that night ...

I have a card to share using the PTI "hello" die that I love

This time I shadowed it by cutting it twice ... once in black and once in green DP then layered them slightly offsetting the green one ... it just gives it a more 3D effect

The black dottie Washi tape you can see is actually from Ikea ... It's meant for packaging but it looks, feels and works just the same as Washi tape and comes in various colours and styles

Have you plans for the weekend? There is no football tomorrow for DH so we are probably going to go to Nantwich ... stopping in a country pub for lunch ... it will be indoors this time though ...

Whatever your plans are have a great weekend ... stay safe and thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

En Francais Album

Good Morning!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments ... I'm so happy that you liked my creations for CCCB this week ...  I am back to share the pages of the album using the lovely En Francais paper by Prima and the goods supplied by Craftsite

The front cover is embellished with a cut out from the paper, a rose and a sparkly stone ... Beneath the cut out I secured some silver thread which wraps around the pearl brad on the right to hold the album closed

Inside cover and page 1

There are no photos as yet and the embellishments are kept simple using the papers and cut out bits of the papers so that the album closes easily

Pages 2 and 3 ... 

As you can see each page is made from card and covered with papers ... and I have cut them with a pocket so that maybe a tag or memorabilia can be slid inside

Pages 4 and 5

(Please click to see enlarged pictures)

Pages 6 and 7

Pages 7 and 8

Pages 9 and 10

 Page 11 and inside back

Back cover

I really hope you enjoyed seeing this as much as I did making it ... Don't forget that these papers can be bought at the online Craftsite (UK) store

Before I finish ... For those of you who may be like me ... computer technology challenged and without help ... 
When I wanted to add a supply list at the end of my post ... I though that I could do this through blogger ... Wrong!! After many hours of frustration I finally realised that to do this you need to register with Inlinkz ... Then follow the tutorial ... Simple!
I really wish I had known this and not wasted several hours 'Googling" Just thought you may like to know this and save you from the same frustration.

Thanks so much for your visit ... Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star

Hello!

Well it's still very cold here ... I guess we should just be grateful for the longer days now the clocks have gone forward ...

At least there are flowers around ... daffodils, primroses and crocus ... makes it look more cheerful and we have sunshine

This weeks challenge at Papercraft Star is all about seeds

For my project I used my Woodware stamp called "Going To seed" and a quote that I found on the internet

I stamped in Versamark and then embossed with black embossing powder and added a few little sparkly stones

You can just see a little dottie Washi Tape on the top and the green border and tassels are cut using a Spellbinders die

the quote I did on my computer using two different fonts and colours

The designers at Papercraft Star also have some lovely creations to share ... please hop over and take a look ... and why not join us this week ... We'd love to see what you come up with

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Special Challenge

Hello and good morning to you all ...

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter weekend ...

Are you ready for a Special challenge at City Crafter? 
This week we will be sharing projects using goods kindly supplied by Madeleine at

A friendly UK based online craft store for all your needs which you can visit by clicking Here

This week each of our 4 Designers have chosen a product they would like you to use on your project ... 

My product is Pearls

To qualify you need only choose One of the products but of course you can use 2,3 or all 4 if you wish

To see what the other designers have chosen and for full details ... you need to visit the CCCB blog ... And there is a mystery prize up for grabs this week too!

Ok, on to my projects 

Using the products supplied by Craftsite - which I will list at the end of my post ... I've made a handbag card, an album and a book box to hold the album ... all papers are En Francais by Prima

First up is my handbag card which I just cut free hand and used a Sizzix circle die for the handle and a PTI die for the butterfly

The only things added from my stash are the leaves cut from burlap ... the little metal handle holders (from an old handbag) and a mobile phone charm - I also did some stitching - you can click to enlarge the photo

Stickles and pearls on the butterfly and a strip of the pearl flourish on the bottom of the 'bag'

This is the book box to hold my album ... again just cut free hand and covered in the lovely Prima papers ... I also cut pieces from the papers like those little tickets to use as embellishments 

I added liquid pearls to the pretty Prima En Francais flower stamp 

The box is decorated inside and out 

and here is the front of the album

The card stock ribbon and lace are from my stash as is the pearl brad and diamante but everything else in and on this album come from Craftsite

There are lots of pages in the album ... far too many to show today

So if you would like to see more ... please come back on Thursday when I will share each individual page for you ...

Here's a link to the rest of the Designer's blogs so you can check out their lovely creations

Kirsty

Linda

Charlene

 And don't forget to go and visit the Craftsite store and browse the lovely goods...

With grateful thanks to Madeleine

Thanks for stopping by ... Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Supplies Used: