Today's The Day!!

Hello!!

I'm really excited because today is the day that 

Our Beautiful World  

opens and I'm lucky enough to be part of the team

This is NOT a challenge blog ... but a place to share photos 

I just LOVE seeing photos on your blogs ... seeing the world through your eyes...

Each one of our team comes from a different part of the world .. we live different lives in different climates 

 Our creator, my sweet friend Kirsty realised that it would be such fun to share not only our lives but our thoughts in a way ...

Every week there will be a word prompt chosen by one of the team and we all submit a photograph of what that word means to us and we are asking that you join us too!

Please hop over to the Blog for all the details and to see what our team have come up with ...

I would like to point out that I am no expert when it comes to photography and I don't own a fancy camera either ... just an Olympus digital so please don't think that you have to be any sort of expert to join in with us ok?

Our first weeks' prompt was chosen by Wendy ... Her prompt is

"Waking Up"

... And my photo ...

Ha! you know I'm British ... I have to have my cup of tea in the morning!

 I love solitude in the morning and time to wake up ... my DH is the opposite ... full of questions and chat ... until I've had my quiet time and tea you approach me at your own risk Lol!

I'm so looking forward to seeing photos from the rest of the team and we would love to see what "waking up" means to you

So grab your camera and have a beautiful day!

~ Ros ~

Something New

Hi there!

I have club night tonight and yesterday I spent virtually the whole day working on a project for them

They will each make a card and decorate a votive

... and make a little basket to carry the votive

I prepare for just over 20 people so that's a lot of cutting and because of their limited abilities everything has to be easy for them to put together

But the reason I am popping in is to tell you some exciting news ... 

There's a new blog on the block! 

If you like photography ... even just looking at photos ... this will interest you ... Take a look HERE

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star # 151

Hi there!

I'm feeling much brighter today ... The sun is shining and I'm in a positive mood 

Maybe it's this weeks' inspiration photo for the Papercraft Star challenge that brightens me

Just look at those delicious colours ... now if that doesn't say 'summer' I don't know what does

Of course you could go with the theme rather than the colours ... it's all up to you ...

This is my interpretation

I made this for my neighbour who celebrated her birthday last week

After Anitra's tutorial Here ... I just had to try one of those pretty ric rac flowers ...

I think I'm going to need some practice ... whilst my hands are small my fingers are not delicate and I struggled a little Lol!

I printed one of the Ombre digital papers from Pink Petticoat straight onto my cardstock to start ... the papers are all MME and the pink dot corner piece is a transparency ... 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week ... please come and join us at Papercraft Star and if you need more inspiration ... just hop over to the blog to check out the rest of the cards from our designers ...

Thanks so much for visiting me today ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Quilt Card for You

Good morning!

I hope your week started well ... Can't say mine did ... 

My husband's elderly cousin broke her hip in April and though that has been replaced and she is mobile again -  she is still in hospital and has been shunted from one hospital to another whilst someone decides her future... I can't begin to tell you how many wards she has been in and each one tell us something different... Every ward has a different social worker and no one links up! It's a severe case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing and my monday morning began with another phone call from the 'latest social' worker who once again did not have the full history ... We really don't know where to turn at the moment ...  It's so frustrating ... enough of my problems ... 

Today is City Crafter Challenge day and this week the lovely Char hosting for us with the theme
"Cottage Quilt" 

Make a card or project with a Quilt Pattern using the colours in the Photo

We have the very talented Rudlis Guest designing with us following her win in week 161 ... Please pop over and visit her blog ... Her creations are amazing!

I cut squares from various papers to make my 'quilt' - I always make my projects in advance and originally we were going to do an American theme hence the stars and stripes 

I made this card especially for all my beautiful blog friends in the USA who will shortly be celebrating Independence Day

Life is definitely so much better with you in it!

I do hope you'll come and join us this week ... Don't forget to stop by the City Crafter Blog to check out the projects from the rest of our designers

Have yourselves a beautiful day and keep safe

~ Ros ~

Busy Bees

Hello ...

I promised a few photos and as I have nothing creative to share today ... here are a few garden photos for you

Bees on the climbing Hydrangea

... In the Fox and cubs

I don't remember the name of this flower ... but I do remember that it once bloomed pink! I think there must be something in the soil that changes the colour of things ... it happens a lot in this garden

can you can see a bee in side the wild rose? 

... take a closer look

... and a few more flowers 

I had to include this little weed ... it just looked so sweet hiding in the shrubs

I hope your day is just as beautiful

~ Ros ~

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 ~