JUGS Colour Challenge

Hey there ...

Almost the end of the week and weather wise we've had quite a good one though it's overcast and cloudy right now

My lovely blog friend Keren and I got together for coffee yesterday and I took her to our new coffee shop which is part of a farm nearby ... It also has a shop selling the local produce and some sweet vintage goods as well. It was so lovely to catch up though we never have enough hours to talk!

This weeks challenge at Just Us Girls is a colour challenge and I just love the palette

... and I'm lovig the ombre digital papers by Pink Petticoat which I used for my card - I printed the cool aqua straight onto white cardstock

The chevron paper is by My Minds Eye and the words die cut paper is a digital by Sara Schmutz from Design House Digital

Flowers, lace, tulle and burlap etc., are all from my supplies and I added a strip of Washi Tape to the top of the card ...

I think these colours are so very soothing don't you?

Hop over to their blog ... the DT have made some lovely cards

On another note I've been watching the bees in my garden ... they are so busy right now ... I'll share some photos with you soon ...

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star and A New Member

Hi there! 

I hope you're having a good start to your week ...

Today sees a new photo inspiration challenge at Papercraft Star 

Here's the photo

So many interesting things in here ... I always love to see the different interpretations ... Will you choose the colours? maybe the dress form... the boots or the style

Here's my interpretation

The shabby brick background caught my eye and the chicken wire on the dress form ...

I stamped some chicken wire but I improvised with tulle on my dress form which I painted first to capture the green dress in the photo ... you maybe able to just pick out some crackle on there too

I picked out some colours by using this piece of Basic Grey paper and added some long forgotten rose rubons to the corners of my distressed paper then of course a little rose to the 'dress' 

The tiny necklace on the dress form is also a rubon

(you can tell from the photos that we had a fair bit of sunshine when I took them)

And I got to use one of the stamps I won at Flourishes ... 

"Glamour never goes out of style" 

I can't wait to see what you come up with ... Don't forget to visit the Blog to check out the rest of the creations from the DT ... Speaking of which ...

We have a new member on our team ... The lovely and talented Sue Lelli  (Card Therapy blog) Please pop over and leave her some love ... 

Have a beautiful day and keep safe

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Clean & Neutral

Good morning!

I'm hosting the challenge at City Crafter this week and I've chosen simply

"Clean and Neutral"

Create a CAS card in neutral colours and here's your inspiration photo

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I love the subtle colours in this photo ... and I love not having to pay the Royal Mail a fortune every time I send a card ... hence I am trying to do more CAS cards lately

I used the lovely Going to Seed stamp by Woodware and stamped it in London Fog ink by Memento

... added lots of liquid pearls in two colours ...

I over stamped with a PTI stamp from the Hand of Time set ... then added some ribbon twine and mother of pearl buttons which reflect the colour in those terracotta pots

I'm happy to tell you that our Guest Designer this week is Lisette ... aka Mrs Beez ... Lisette won challenge week 159 with her lovely creation ... Please hop over to the blog and say hello and take a look at the cards from the rest of the DT. 

If you'd like a chance to Guest Design with us ... just join in our challenge ... 

We were overwhelmed by the entries last week ... There were so many beautiful cards it makes it really hard for us to pick winners ...

Have a beautiful day and I'll be back tomorrow 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Hello!

How are you?

I'm back from beautiful Lincoln where I had a lovely relaxing time with my Aunt who is doing so well ... I did miss my supplies though ... especially as I had some new papers arrive just before I left ...

 Today we were out celebrating a special someone's upcoming 4th Birthday 

Yes my great niece Sophia is growing up ... and it just wouldn't have been the same without her cousin Ross ... These two adore each other

... And yes I had to join them in their little circus tent! All I can say is thank goodness I did Pilates for years ... 

I managed to get a DT project done yesterday and using the scraps I am just about scrapping in with a card for the challenge at CASology ... which is simply "Yellow"

Pink Petticoat have a new range of (digital) ombre papers as seen on my card ... I really love them

So a very quick and simple CAS card using Pink Petticoat papers and PTI dies

... together with a Kaisercraft stamp ...

I hope you are having a lovely Sunday and a Happy Father's Day!

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Photo Inspiration - Papercraft Star

Beautiful pink tulips ... 

This is the inspiration photo for this week's challenge at Papercraft Star

Remember you can go with your own interpretation or any suggested on the Papercraft Star blog

T'was the pink that got me ... that and a whole bunch of scraps left over from Thursday club projects ...

This is a little matchbook card 

The papers are all digital scraps and the image is too

... "with love" fabric tape by Papermania 

What does the photo say to you? I'm looking forward to seeing your interpretation ... The DT have some more inspiration for you on the blog ... stop by and take a look ...

Till soon

Keep safe and have a lovely day!

~ Ros ~

City Crafter "All About Him"

Hello ...
My posts this week are scheduled as I am away and according to my Aunt with whom I will be staying ... We have a full week!

At City Crafter today Our lovely Kirsty is hosting for us and the challenge she has set this week is 

"All About Him"

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The challenge is to create a Father's Day card or a Masculine card

Our Guest Designer this week is the Uber talented Jinny Newlin  who also happens to be one of the sweetest bloggers too ... Please take a moment to go visit her blog and be awed by her talent and her cute children

I came up with a bright beach themed card this week 

Some MME paper with an image I had in my stash to which I added some eyelets and rope for a little interest ... the silhouette stamp is from a freebie set that came with a magazine

The banners were made by stamping with my blenders onto white CS in different inks and then I sponged around the card too

I looking forward to seeing what you all come up with ... Masculine cards can be a challenge at the best of times! 

Don't forget to take a look at the rest of the DT projects too ...

Have a beautiful Day

~ Ros ~