Colours of Nature

Hello again ...

This is my second post today ... Feel free to scroll down

My DH has been occupied with the football on TV so after doing a bit of baking I settled down to make a card for this weeks cue at

CAS-ology

Here's my card

I'm using the same stamps as in my previous post but the idea for this came from that little sprig that was on my desk

You can see that a lot of the tiny berries are missing and rather than throw it away ... I had an idea to make my it look as though the berries had crushed and produced the purple stain

... which sort of fits in with the sentiment ...

I'm also linking this up with Word Art Wednesday

Have a lovely day / evening

~ Ros ~

A Little Thing Called Love

Well the day to day sagas continue in my household...

I think my son has been feeling a little low lately ... Nothing he's said ... just something a Mother feels

So I made this little Valentine card for him ... to let him know how very much I love him

It's easier when they are little ... As they grow older you have to respect their privacy and all you can do is be there ... though no one is ever too old for a hug are they...

... And it's not just my son 

My DH had a scare the other day ... I'd made us both a sandwich for lunch and suddenly he started to choke ... 

Thankfully I'm not the panicky sort ... And though I've never actually learned the "How To" I performed the Heimlich Maneuver together with a few back slaps and finally I released the blockage

Guess you could say I saved his life ... Maybe its a little thing called Love

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday!

Today is my sweet blog friend and fellow DT member

Wendy Sylvestre's Birthday 

Happy Birthday To You!!

City Crafter has a special post for Wendy so please hop over and leave her some love

Dear Wendy,

 I hope you have a beautiful birthday and a wonderful year filled with smiles

This is for you

I know you are a fan of the romantic, shabby lace style ... which my card is not

But this card is you

Bright and cheerful ...

... A little shining star

... And a fun mixture of all things good

Oh and before I forget ... again ... I know I sent your gift but I left something out ... So another package will be arriving soon ...

Enjoy your Special Day

Hugs and love

~ Ros ~

Gifts and the Naughty Cat

A few weeks ago my SIL saw a little padded note board she liked ... 

It was quite expensive at £15 and it was only small .... so I volunteered to make her one ... She has a birthday coming up soon so this will be part of her present

I used a canvas frame for the base ... larger than the one she saw in the shop ... added some batting and a pretty fabric I bought on Ebay

Actually it was quite easy once I got going ... the staple gun came in handy and the hardest part was arranging the ribbon strips and stitching down the buttons

There was a little fabric over and a small piece of ribbon left so I made her a Post It note holder

That took longer to make than the board!

I just hope she likes it ...

Whilst I was sitting here this morning writing comments ... my cat Gispy had sneaked in - she thought I didn't know she was behind the curtains ... she loves netting and chews great holes in it 

Every picture tells a story ......

Have yourselves a lovely day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

True Love Story

Hello!

I hope you had a great weekend and a good start to your week ...

Things are settling down here .. DH is doing well though still unable to do anything (or see anything) but the consultant is pleased with how the operation went ...

I was unable to join in with Our Beautiful World last Sunday and I really missed it ... 

But I'm not going to miss out on the City Crafter Challenge where our hostess this week is the lovely Kirsty

The theme is Love Story

The challenge ... Make a Valentines project or use the word Story 

Source

This is a Valentine's card for my DH 

I really love grey card stock - it blends so well with any colour - I paired this with some aqua paper from American Crafts ...  the words are cut from the paper

The side piece with the words "i love you" is another piece of the canvas from my redundant picture - told you I would be using this a lot

I had the wooden word "Love" but the little wooden heart is from a pack my friend Stella sent me ... it's so cute! And the gems from Freckled Fawn couldn't have blended better

Our Guest Designer this week is Tenia Nelson who won our challenge in week 192 ... She has a wonderful style ... please hop over to her blog and take a look

This week's winner will also have a GD spot with us so come and join us and don't forget to go visit CCCB and check out the beautiful creations from the rest of our DT 

Thanks so much for stopping by and for your support to my DH and myself 

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Busy Times

Hello sweet friends

It's been a busy stressful week and more to come ... 

But first I have a card to share that I made a couple of days ago for this week's 

CAS-Ology challenge 

This is virtually all digital ... I have been trying to learn some techniques in Print Shop and that fragmented and bubble edge effect of the digital paper is one of them 

The butterfly is a PTI die and I used distress inks to colour it ...

As for Contrast, well, I have different fonts in the sentiment, Colour contrasts, and then the straight lines against the fragmented and bubble effects ...

In case you are interested, this is how the digital paper looked prior to using various techniques

The sentiment is quite apt for me at the moment so I am entering it at 

Word Art Wednesday too

Yesterday my DH had surgery to remove scar tissue from the back of his eye ... his vision was really bad and being very deaf does not help! 

Oh the joys of getting old ...

Anyway he was extremely nervous ... more so than when he had his cataracts done ... As it turned out it was a blessing in disguise as they discovered a hole in the retina ... They repaired it but it means that he has to stay sitting in an upright position with his head still for a while ... Maybe 2 weeks - He's allowed up for 10 minutes in every hour to prevent blood clots ...

Needless to say I am running around and administering Meds so if I don't get to visit your blogs for a while ... please bear with me.

I am thrilled at all the lovely comments I received on my Candle Jar - Thanks so much!! It really means a lot ...

Lastly a Big Thank You to my sweet friend Kirsty who sent me this lovely gift and stunning card

A gorgeous tin filled with beautiful postcards and envelopes

I'm one lucky girl

Thanks for looking in on me today ...

Till soon take care

~ Ros ~