City Crafter Cooling Down

Good morning!

I hope you are well ...

I'm so sorry to read about the terrible fires in Arizona ... and the tragic loss of life of the Firefighters ... My thoughts are with all of you out that way - I do hope you are safe

Today our sweet Wendy is hosting for us at City Crafter ... and has given us a lovely photo for her 

"Cooling Down" Colour Challenge

I just had to use the lovely ombre digitals again and my favourite Indigo Blu poppy stamp

I printed the Pink Petticoat Ombre digital "Ocean Breeze" directly onto my cardstock 

and stamped the poppy twice ... once in Frayed Burlap distress ink for the stem and leaves and once in Momento Bahama Blue ink for the petals ... to which I added liquid pearls and a large sparkly stone

Both were then layered, hand cut and adhere to my card ... a strip of washi tape a verse stamp by Inkylicious and some more sparkly stones just finish it off 

I do hope you'll play along with us this week ... we'd love to see what you create with these lovely colours ... Don't forget to visit the blog to see what the other designers have in store for you

Thanks for stopping by 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

A little bit of Wales

Hello there ... Can you believe it's the 1st July? You wouldn't think so by the weather here ...

How was your weekend?

DH and I went to Wales on Saturday ... it's only about an hours drive and it was really enjoyable ...  This time of year the views are just stunning ... 

Green as far as the eye can see, and if you like castles ... Wales has lots of them!

We took in the street market at Mold and stopped for a light lunch ... then drove on to Ruthin ... A place full of history with it's castle and beautiful old buildings ... it's hardly changed since medieval times

Don't you think it's funny seeing the tarmac road and the yellow 'no parking' lines alongside those buildings ... 

This large rock is known as King Arthur's Stone

The plaque says that King Arthur beheaded his rival (both in love and war) on this rock - take a look at the building

This is now a bank!

And look at this roof full of windows ...

This is Myddleton Arms built in the 17th Century and known as the eyes of Ruthin

From there we went on to the lovely Betws-y - Coed ... 

then Abergele and home ... stopping off to visit my brother along the way ... 

Yep, it was a nice weekend 

I'll be back tomorrow for the new challenge at City Crafter 

Have a lovely day!

~ Ros ~

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 ~