Thank You and Pushing it a Little

Hello ...

We're having some lovely weather here ... I'm not one for sitting in the sun much and my little craft space is cool with a view of the garden so I'm really enjoying it ...

I'm off to Lincoln again at the weekend ... going to have some time with my lovely Aunt ... But right now I'm up to my neck in making the project for my sweet group tonight. I've decided that we will be making flower pot cards ... you guys are the best for inspiration ... 

I have been so fortunate this week ... an honourable mention at both CASology and Shopping our Stash ... I'm over the moon!

So I took a break from cutting flowers, leaves and plant pots to make a card for the new challenge at CASology .... Now that's where I'm pushing it a little ... the theme is "Wheels" Do Pinwheels count?

Shopping Our Stash are challenging us to create without using any DP ... So my Pinwheel is all fabric - even the sentiment is on a piece of ribbon and I did do some dry embossing but I'm not sure it shows up too well ...

Lessology are asking for "Beads" ... There are little pearl beads on my flower and I did use a left over scrap of fabric ...

Ok, play time is over -  I have 25 bows to make now ... 

Have a beautiful day and keep safe

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star #148

Hi there! 

Are you ready for a new challenge at Papercraft Star? 

In case you didn't know know ... our challenges from here on will all be

Photo Inspiration Challenges...

and this is the photo Jan has chosen for us this week

If you go over to the Blog ... there will always be some suggestions to motivate you ... other than that it's up to you how you best interpret the photo

Please remember to follow the rules

                                              1. Link back to Papercraft Star

                                              2. Restrict your entry to 4 additional challenges

I used a lovely inspirational quote stamp from Inkylicious which I embossed in silver as my focal point for this for this card 

... together with a Sizzix embossing folder to get the the harlequin effect background similar to that in the photo

I added some silver embellishments and then remembered how difficult it is to photograph reflective surfaces!  The keen eyed amongst you will see I've captured myself in one of those silver dots!

The 'burlap' is in fact not burlap but paper straw ... it's really made from paper and I picked it up in the craft dept of  The Works ...

White on white is always a challenge for me ... but I've no doubt that to many of you it's 'easy peasy' ... so I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with ... Have fun!

And have a beautiful day

I'm linking this card up to the inspiring Word Art Wednesday Challenge 

~ Ros ~

Pride & Prejudice

Dare I say it but I read this novel way back in high school more than 4 decades ago ... 

And I know my fellow team mate Wendy at City Crafter is a huge fan of Jane Austen

The lovely Wendy is hosting for us this week and the challenge she originally set us was to create a project based on the novel Pride and Prejudice ... But the challenge has been extended to
Create a project based any Jane Austen novel

Source

I have to confess that at first my mind went blank! But of course you only have to think about some of the costumes and the array of vintage photos and silhouette images available to be inspired ... Naturally I didn't think to go down that route

What inspired me was the lovely chain in the photo and a wonderful and meaningful quote from the book
 Here's my project

A simple necklace

... dressed up with a few charms

Our Guest designer this week is Julie aka The Glitter Chick ... who I know will have no trouble with this challenge ...

I'm really looking forward to seeing her creation along with those of the other designers ... and we'd all love to see your take on the challenge ... are you an Austen fan?

The winner will be given a Guest Design spot here with us at City Crafter too ... so come and join us.

Till soon my friends

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Summer's Here!

Good morning! 

How was your weekend?

We had a beautiful weekend ... full of warm sunshine ... dare I say it but it looks like summer is here ...

I know there are hurricanes and tornados hitting certain parts of the US ... I can't even begin to image what you are going through but my prayers and thoughts are with you ...

Last week we celebrated my brother Ron's birthday ... we got together for lunch and my adorable great nephew Ross came too ... It was so lovely to catch up with him

This is the card I made for my brother

I've had fun using these MME papers ... adding washi tape 

... cutting stars in different sizes and layering them ... 

I keep all the little packets of spare buttons and things that come attached to clothes and that brown metal circle and bead are from one of the packets ... they just looked perfect for that star

Before I go ... I'd like to say Thank You to Flourishes for this lovely stamp set I won

... and a Thank You to the ladies at Play Date Cafe for a 'Cream in our coffee' award for challenge #180

I hope you have a beautiful start to your week ... I'll be back tomorrow for the new challenge at City Crafter ... Hope to 'see' you then ...

~ Ros ~

CASology Challenge

Hi there!

 I'm popping in to share a card I made for the CASology challenge ... I've not played here before but I hope to play again - I really love CAS cards, though sometimes I find them very challenging ... The temptation to add more is always there!

The DT have made some really cute cards ... why not hop over and take a look

So, the challenge is simply "Furry" and this is what I came up with

It's a long time since I used this little bear image - a digital from Meljen's designs and I just had to give him a furry blanket to hold

I love this little guy ... but of course I could have printed him onto pink paper and he'd be a she

I did use some foam dots to adhere him to the card but as you can see it's not too thick - Our postal charges here in the UK are making it harder and harder to send cards and there's nothing nicer than receiving something handmade is there?

Well it's a glorious day here - blue skies and sunshine ... we've had a fair bit of rain these past few days

and the garden and the trees are looking very lush 

I hope you all have a wonderful day and a great weekend ...

Thanks so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave such sweet comments - It's really appreciated

Till soon 

~ Ros ~

Ruby Wedding

In a few days time my high school friend will be celebrating her Ruby Wedding anniversary ...

It's a date I never forget because I lost my Dad on the same day -

Forty years ... Where does the time go? I can still remember the night my friend met her husband ... She'd recently split from her high school sweetheart and was "down in the dumps" as we say in the UK ... Naturally her friends and family were worried about her so I took her into the city one evening ... to a nightclub.

Whilst she was in the ladies (the restroom) a sweet guy sat next to me and we started chatting ... when my friend came back I introduced them and they immediately hit it off!

The rest as they say is history! They were married within a year and now have a beautiful family including grandchildren. I couldn't be happier for them!

Here's the card I made for them

I used a stamp from Inkylicious and added some liquid pearls ... then made a rolled rose from some really luscious red card stock to use as my centrepiece

I added some punched leaves and couldn't resist using a pair of die cut clock hands again ...

Because the flower stands quite proud of the card and I needed to put this in the post ... I came up with the idea of using some packaging like this to place over the front of my card

... then wrapped tissue paper around the whole card and popped it into a bubble envelope... It worked a treat!

I'm entering this into the challenge at Shopping Our Stash ... where as it happens the challenge for this week is Graduation or Celebration .. Perfect!

Wishing you a beautiful day

~ Ros ~