Ahoy There!

Good morning!

It's time for a new photo inspiration challenge at Papercraft Star and this is the photo

All those blues and circles somehow made me think 'nautical' - yes that's how my mind works lol!

And anyway I'm trying to lose a few pounds so I dare not think "Cake"

I think I got the colours in there though ... 

I wonder what your interpretation will be?

Pink Petticoat was my life saver here ... Ombre Papers and Tiny Seashore sentiments with a little Beach Cottage thrown in ... plus my Sizzix circle dies

The Design Team at Papercraft Star have some more inspiration for you ... click on the link and take a look ...

I hope you'll come and join in the challenge this week 

Thanks so much for stopping by ... Have a lovely day!

~ Ros ~

Blue birds

Hello ...

How's your week going?

I'm just popping in with my DT project for this weeks challenge at  

City Crafter  

The challenge this week has been picked by our lovely Wendy ...  But you may have noticed her absence lately - unfortunately her computer is broken and we are really missing her... 

Fingers crossed she will be back online soon ... 

Wendy has asked that this week we 

create a project that includes birds or a bird and you must use the colour blue

How gorgeous is this little guy?

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I am thrilled to say that we have the Uber talented Tracy MacDonald guesting for us this week ... this lady's talent leaves me in awe! If you haven't already visited her blog ... you really need to! Her colouring skills and her eye for detail never cease to amaze me. Tracy was our Winner in week 163 with This amazing card

So here's my card for this week 

A lot of digital going on here this week ... I  printed my CS using Pink Petticoat Ombre range first ... then printed another digital paper which was overlaid with a lovely French image

If you are interested this lovely image came from Etsy Here  

I hope you will pull out your blues and birds this week and come and join us ...

Like Tracy the winner will receive a GuestDesign spot with us here at 

City Crafter

Don't forget to visit the blog to see the projects from the rest of the team ...

Wishing you a lovely day ...

 I'll be back tomorrow with another "blue" creation

Till then keep safe

~ Ros ~

September Garden

I can't believe we have reached September already ... And we still have sunshine!!

The prompt this week at Our Beautiful World is of course 

September ...

This is the photo I posted on the blog 

Do you know what those pretty pinwheels are? Well, they are the seeds left from my clematis after flowering ..

I just think they are so delicate and pretty

and look at the lavender now it is going to seed

How beautiful and fluffy are these lavender seeds?

Nature is so amazing ... a constant change from one glorious moment to another ...

Summer came late to my part of the UK ... But it came - and it's still lingering with us awhile ...

I still have fruit on my tree

and there are still flowers blooming

relishing the sunlight and warmth ... like this spider

Geraniums and chrysanthemums still put on a show 

... Whilst some border plants are preparing to don their ruby red winter coats 

Like this sedum

 Because Summer came late and lingered ... some plants have even been fooled into thinking it's Spring again and have decided to put in a second appearance

Including the Fox and Cubs

This is my September ... what's yours?

We'd love to see how it is in your part of the world ...Link up to 

Our Beautiful World

And go visit the blog ... We have a new member on the team - an awesome photographer 

Bonita Rose  from Florida ... Be inspired!

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Paddling ......

Hi there ...

Thanks so much for your well wishes ... my shoulder is still troubling me but creating helps to take my mind away from it.... until I try to reach for something Lol!
 I'm amazed at how many of you suffer the same thing ... getting older can be painful!

My brother is a wonderful photographer - he takes lots of shots of his grandchildren ... Sophia and Ross ... Cousins who adore each other even though they don't get to see each other that much ...

I loved this shot and made a wall hanging for this weeks 

A Mixed Media Colour Challenge

You know I never throw anything away ... and I keep boxes - lots of them!  I had a card box which was 20 x 27cms and I thought the lid would be great to use as the base for my wall hanging because it has a lip on so it could be hung easily ...  I sprayed it in silver and then reinforced the inside with another piece of card

I had fun making this piece ... playing with lots of different things - starting by printing a grey digital paper onto canvas paper

I tore pieces from left over piece of DP and adhered them with Gesso and used white acrylic paint randomly over the papers before mixing it with some red to get the right shade of bright pink ...

I found a stencil in one of my cupboards that I must have bought years ago for something? A rose ... so using Molding paste I stencilled it onto the paper and when dry I added some of the mixed acrylic paint ... I also used Molding paste on the left hand side and pressed my brick embossing folder into it ... Ok it isn't very clear but it did give some texture ...

I also used bubble wrap with the pink paint and dabbed white paint over that and sprayed glimmer mist randomly

The photo was mounted on a piece of cardstock that I stamped first with white ink and then used my fingers to rub some of the ink around the edge of the card and tucked some muslin behind after stamping a verse onto the paper

Tattered Rose glimmer mist was also sprayed over my large flower which I made using 2 different flowers and distress inks were used on the shells  - I sprayed the chipboard wings and the word 'Family' with silver spray paint before adhering them and finally added some rhinestones and 2 pearls for the 2 little angels in the photo

The whole page was then glued to a piece of silver CS and that was glued in turn to the box lid!

I'm really enjoying experimenting in mixed media ... and Mona and Sue's creations are always so inspiring ... hop over to the blog and take a look!

Till soon ... stay safe

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star Challenge

Hello!

It's wednesday already ... the weeks are flying by aren't they

Today is another photo inspiration challenge at 

Papercraft Star

Such an interesting photo ... woodgrain, velvet, bling, crown, colours, tassels

What will you go with?

Here's what I came I did

This is a card and notebook for a lady who is in the same local history class as my husband - she was kind enough to send me a lovely scarf that she made herself - It's beautiful! But quite big so I need to find a way of photographing it to show you sometime

I've used some pretty digital paper with the crown on - a freebie from the talented Astrid ... and some paper from a pad sent to me by Jan ... which has that deep pinky red colour from the photo

The cover for the notebook is printed onto canvas paper which gives it a totally different look ... Like fabric in a way but with a tougher wipe clean coating

Our team at Papercraft Star always try to give you different ways of interpreting the inspiration photos because like us - you all have very different styles ... Head on over to the blog and check out what my lovely team mates have created this week and hopefully you will be inspired to share your interpretation ...

Have a beautiful day 

~ Ros ~

Cottage Roses and Gingham

Good morning!

I hope you're having a good start to your week ... I'm struggling with what I think is a trapped nerve in my shoulder ... I've had it off and on for over a month - It's painful and difficult to sleep and I have restricted movement in my arm ... Unfortunately it's my right arm too and I'm right handed ... 

Still I'm sure it will ease ... 

Today at City Crafter we have a new challenge - set for us by the lovely Charlene ...

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Char is asking that we create a project using Roses and Gingham

If I'm being honest ... I really don't like my card this week  ... Maybe I should have gone with different colours ... 

I loved the inspiration photo too ... 

So I'm sure you guys can do a lot better than I did ... 

... And I made a mistake last week when I said it was sweet Sue Lelli's last week with us ... My lovely friend is still with us this week as Guest Designer ... 

"So sorry Sue" ... Put it all down to what we call a Senior Moment!

Please hop over to the blog and check out Sue's wonderful work this week along with the fabulous examples from the rest of the team - I hope you'll be inspired to join us

I'll be back tomorrow - Till than have a beautiful day 

and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~