Trees

Hello!

How are you all? Good I hope

Thank you to everyone who sent me gifts and emails for my birthday and left comments wishing me a lovely day ... I'm so lucky to have such sweet and kind friends

My day was indeed lovely and my home is so full of flowers!

I'll share a little more later in the week but today is challenge day at

City Crafter

Char has set the challenge for us this week which is
Artsy Trees
Create a project that includes a tree or trees

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Our Guest Designer is the winner of challenge 189 ... Mala Mi 
Please click on her name to be taken to her blog where you will discover some amazing creations

This week's winner will also have a GD spot with us so I hope you will come and join in the challenge.

Here's my card

The tree is a Memory Box die as are the little birdies

The patterned paper is by American Crafts

I'm loving the greys around at the moment and used some grey paper 

by DCWV La Creme Matstack  (a find at TK Maxx ) for my background

Don't forget to hop over to the CCCB Blog to check out the rest of the projects from our team - I'm sure they will inspire you

Thanks so much for popping in 

Have a beautiful January day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Shadows

Hello and good morning!

The word prompt this week at

Our Beautiful World

 chosen for us by the lovely Milagros is 

Shadows

A fabulous prompt but one that really had me thinking! I had to delve into my archives for some of these ...

The beautiful Bellver Castle in Majorca ... a 14th Century fortress that overlooks the City of Palma provides stunning Shadows throughout the day as the sun moves around

It is so perfectly preserved and the architecture is amazing with a circle of arches in the main courtyard

Of course it is an Island of sunshine even in the winter months ... The streets are so narrow that one side is always in the Shadow ... which is where I head when it is too hot ...

This was taken some years ago in the month of November

So I was happy to step out of the Shadows

One of the funniest photos I took was the Shadow created by a bird on a sun canopy ... It looks headless ...

... because he was peeking over the top

Then there is a strange one ... someone hiding in the Shadows?

Did you ever play the game of making Shadows on the wall with your hands when you were a child? My brothers and I use to do it all the time so the other day in a brief moment of sunshine I tried to recreate this with my hand against the fence ...

Do you see something eerie in the Shadow? No?

Look closer...

Who is that guy in the Shadow??

Link up with us at 

Our Beautiful World 

this week and share your stories of Shadows

It's my birthday today so I'm off out to lunch with my family

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Calendar

Hello everyone

It's been a very busy week and I've had no time to spend in my creative space at all this week ...
Have you ever had one of those weeks when everyone needs a piece of you? I don't think my feet have touched the ground this week ... I am hoping to try and catch up on some things today

Last week I did manage to make a new calendar for this year ... I did all the pages in Print shop using digital files ... each one is slightly different 

If I can figure how to add them to my free stuff you are most welcome to use them...

After printing all the pages I found an old photo frame which I distressed with some paint and attached the pages using a clip which was prettied up with both fabric and Washi tape

A few flowers and some braid and that's it ... 

I hope you are all staying warm and safe ... In the news it says that we may get a chance to see the Northern lights here tonight ... All courtesy of the Polar Vortex that's affected the USA ... I would love to see those dancing lights so fingers crossed ... Then again I'll probably fall asleep!

Have a wonderful friday and a great weekend 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Snow bird

Hello there...

It the first challenge of 2014 with City Crafter this morning and I am hosting this week with this lovely photo

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The theme is Snow Bird 

Create a card or project that features snow and a bird or birds

I know many of you are experiencing snow right now so I hope you are keeping warm and safe

As it was my Wedding Anniversary last Saturday ... I made this card for my husband

I started with a piece of grey card stock and sprayed it with Mister Huey's Calico white then added dimensional 'snow' with Snow Writer ... 

The bench and tree are dies by Memory Box and the birds are left overs that I cut on my Cameo 

The sentiment and music notes were done on my computer

My DH loved his card and it looks much better IRL ... more dimensional

Our Guest Designer this week is Ana who won the challenge in week 187 with This gorgeous entry!

Please click the link and take a look ...She's a very talented lady

We will also be offering a GD spot to this weeks' winner so if you are snowed in or just itching to get creative ... please come and join us this week ... We love seeing your talent

Don't forget to visit the CCCB blog and check out the creations from the rest of the team

Thanks so much for your visit, stay warm and keep safe

~ Ros ~

January

Hello,

It's time for a new word prompt at

Our Beautiful World

The word is 

January

January can appear a bleak month ... 

An anti climax to Christmas and the New Year celebrations...

In the UK it's still dark at 8am and the lights go back on at 4pm ...

But it's the first month of a whole new year ... The month I was born, the month I married ...

A month of new beginnings everywhere

The trees maybe bare and the ground wet and dull ... but taking a walk around my garden yesterday I noticed that there are some beautiful things if you look closely ...

The Viburnum brightens an otherwise dull corner with her tiny and oh so pretty clusters of pink 

 Even the remains of last years blooms have such a delicate beauty

With one or two flowers still clinging

and amongst them signs of new beginnings

Of course there are always some who get a little confused and flower at the wrong time

That just makes them all the more special ... And when it comes to safety in numbers ... well, huddling together has kept these going

January in my garden ...

Every month has a beauty of it's own ... it's just a matter of taking the time to notice

We'd love it if you shared your January photo with us this week at 

Our Beautiful World 

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

First Birthday of 2014

Hello!

How's your year going so far? 

It's very wet and cold here in the UK ... lots of flooding and severe weather warnings have been issued in many areas ... 

So today is the 4th January 2014 ... or written the American way 1/4/14 

It happens to be my wedding anniversary ... 14 years today ... If you want to see the card I made my DH you'll have to wait till Tuesday as it's also my DT project for City Crafters ...

 Today is also my blog friend Keren's birthday ... 
Happy Birthday Keren!

If you visit Keren's blog you will know that she always comes up with the most unique of CAS cards so I admit that making one for her style was a bit of a challenge ... 
I hope I managed it ...

At first glance it looks like a glassine bag covered in Liquid Pearls and filled with letters ...

...which it is ........ but pull the string attached to the star on the left and

Voila!

Out pops the word Birthday

... A bit difficult to photograph but I cut out the letters to read BIRTHDAY (twice) and glued silver thread between them - took me ages

A little bit quirky but hopefully she will like it 

... And Keren ... if you're reading this and your card hasn't arrived, well, I just spoilt the surprise...Ooops!

Ok I have some of my GF's coming today ... DH is going to the match (say no more) and we are dining out this evening ... so I'll say goodbye for now

I'm back tomorrow with another photo post for Our Beautiful World

Till then 

Have a lovely day and keep safe

~ Ros ~