Green

Hello...

It's time for a new word prompt at

Our Beautiful World

And this week I picked the word which is simply ...

Green

It's St Patricks Day tomorrow ... not that we celebrate it, but I love shades of green and I'm longing for the trees to be covered once again in fresh green leaves ... for now I have to be content with what is around me...

The bright beautiful moss green that cover the old twigs of last years lavender shrub

and the richer shade that appear on the tree branches making them look like a view of the planet from space

The 'oh so tiny' shoots that sprout up after a rainfall

The dark all year round green of the pine contrasting with the all year round glossy leaves of the Laurel

Some of which are also sprouting

I love the many shades of green nature has to offer ... and none more so than those dew kissed greens that burst into yellow

... A promise of Spring to come

Have a lovely Sunday and link up your "Green"photos with us at

Our Beautiful World 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Birthday Girl

Hello...

Spring just cannot make up it's mind about visiting this part of the UK ... It looks like Spring but it feels cold

Still I'm playing about with some Spring colours... A friend celebrates her birthday tomorrow and that means the girls meet for lunch ...

Here's the card I made for her

I used up some scraps and also added some paint splats

which qualifies for the challenge at Dutch Card Lovers this week - (Thanks to Sue for the heads up)  I've never entered a challenge there before, but some of my best blog buddies are Dutch and the DT cards are amazing

... and I found a whole box of sequins tucked away in a drawer so finally I'm getting into the sequin 'thing' Lol!

I hope you're having a good day ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Rainbows

Happy Tuesday!

And Happy Birthday to my dear Aunt!

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter ... Doesn't the time go quickly

This week Charlene has picked the challenge for us 

Make a card or project with a rainbow

My card is quite simple ... I just painted the rainbow with distress stains

... there's supposed to be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow ... but mine has a tree of gold

The little gem stones are also rainbow coloured 

The talented Sylwia is with us again this week as our month long Guest Designer and the winner of our challenge will also have a Guest spot with us

So let's see your creations ... It can be a rainbow of any sort ...

Hop over to the blog to see what the team have come up with this week 

Have a beautiful day and take care

~ Ros ~

Still a Kitten

Hello ...

It's a beautiful Spring morning here in Liverpool ... The sun is shining, the birds are singing and Gipsy cat didn't wake till 6:30am ...  Yay!

 Talking of cats... Well, I just had to make another cat card with that cute image I used Here for the City Crafter Challenge

My dear Aunt celebrates her 87th Birthday tomorrow and being a cat lover too ... It just seemed appropriate, plus I love this cat's expression

Just think of all the sentiments that can go with that look

The inside reads ... 

"You're still a kitten to me

Cute, Cuddly and So adorable.."

By the way, there's still time to enter our challenge at CCCB ... Use a Black & White photo

Just sayin'

I hope you have a lovely day wherever you are ...

I'll be back tomorrow, thanks for popping in

~ Ros ~

Roads

Hello ...

I got mixed up this week ... with the prompt word for 

Our Beautiful World

Sorry, call it a senior moment ... or general lack of sleep ... so I'm late in posting

The prompt word this week is Road ... Chosen for us by Wendy

So very quickly I have put together some photos from my archives ... take a trip with me

From a mountain  road on Anglesey ... An island off the North Coast of Wales where Prince William was based

To a winding mountain road of Andalucia in Spain 

Take in an open road on a trip to Yorkshire ... Rain up ahead

To arriving at our destination the lovely Griffon Forest (Yorks) ... The forest road so beautiful with the sunlight filtering through

From the old narrow cobbled roads of Spain ... 

To the more modern roads in the pretty village of Mijas

Roads ... where would we be without them?

Please share yours at Our Beautiful World this week

Have a lovely Sunday

~ Ros ~

Candle Jar

Hello!

I hope you are well

I have another candle jar to show you which I made for a friend ... These are rather addictive and cost nothing really as I recycle my jars and just use scraps of things I have lying around

once again I used a piece of recycled canvas 

To decorate on both front and back

A little charm and a Rubon, some lace and a flower

It's not necessary to have a lid but I always add one so that the jar can be used for other purposes or just to make it look pretty - plus the lid isn't wasted then

I've been busy the last few days preparing notebooks and cards for my Special Needs group to make tonight ... Fortunately I have a new friend Pat, who has been coming to help me at the club and has discovered a love of both creating and working with the group ... It's not for everyone I know but so worthwhile ...

Have a wonderful day and I'll be back soon

~ Ros ~