Blossom

Hi there ...

It's been very wet these past few days ... But it makes the fresh new blooms even more vivid ...

I can't get enough of the blossom outside my window this year

Yesterday I played around with some inks ... stamping and sponging with nothing really in mind - I stamped a scrap of card with a bubble wrap stamp using a light spray of Goosebumps and then sponged it with lots of different inks but the piece was a little small to use on a card ... That's when I decided to make a plaque to remind me of the blossoms

I started with this wooden plaque

...and removed the letter and pins holding it ... then set about decorating it

This is how it ended up

You can see the piece of stamped and sponged card stock mounted onto a piece of dottie paper and overlaid with a small piece of acetate that I'd printed text onto

Now I know my blossoms are lilac coloured ... they started life as a piece of white Christmas snowflake vellum ... I punched out flowers and decided I'd sponge them too in purple ink ... the silver embossed snowflake design made for a great centre for my blossom

I shaped each flower and glued them to a small twig along with some ribbon leaves

Funny thing I found out about this vellum ... if it came into contact with any liquid i.e. baby wipe or wet glue ... it just curled right up ... took me quite a while to complete my blossom branch

Of course I had to add a sweet vellum butterfly and dressed it up with some wire antennae and bling beaded body with a slight curve

I'm going to enter this in the Eclectic Paperie challenge

It's about wood ... though I'm not sure if dressing it up like this counts but it looks lovely on my wall

I hope you're having a good start to the week ... I'm happy to say that I got a Terrific Top 3 over at the Shabby Tea Room for this card... Thank You ladies!

I'll be back tomorrow with a very special post for CCCB ... see you then

Take care

~ Ros ~

Our Beautiful World

Hello ... 

Eggs ... is the prompt word this week for your photos at

Our Beautiful World 

Chosen for us by Kirsty...

Well it's nearly Easter and there are lots of the chocolate variety in the shops right now ...

more packaging than chocolate really ...

This week I just photographed what is in my home and played about a little with the editing ...

Fresh eggs (my favourite)

My easter bunny Yvette with her little egg

Eggs in sepia (Photoshop)

Eggs in black and white with a postal brush overlay (Photoshop)

The last 2 photos are of little plastic eggs in nests ... from the craft shop ... they kind of look real when

digitally enhanced don't they?

We're looking forward to seeing your interpretation of our prompt this week

Come and mingle with us at

Our Beautiful World

Have a beautiful Sunday

~ Ros ~

Giving me Goosebumps

Happy Friday!!

Another week gone by ...

In between the usual household chores and some bread making yesterday I got a chance to play with some inks

I had a couple of butterflies left over from the project I showed you in my previous post and I discovered a bottle of Goosebumps in my cupboard ... I must have bought that over a year ago and never tried it ... well now I'm hooked!

It gives a lovely definition to stamped images ... I made a card for the challenge over at 

Sugar Creek Hollow

This is my first time playing here ... and the challenge is to make your own background

Here's my card

The BGstamp I used is one my friend Keren gave to me ... from Indigo Blu I think... I sprayed it with Goosebumps, dabbed it a little and took a few Memento ink pads and started sponging

I then did the same with the butterflies which were originally just cut from the same plain white card stock ... This time I used a small flower and leaf stamp that was also hiding away ... unfortunately I don't know where it's from and to be honest it didn't look very interesting until I applied this technique

I'm really loving the bright colours lately ... it must be Spring lol!

I didn't think this card needed much more so all I added was a silvery branch and stamped a little text on the bottom right corner

I do hope you all have a great weekend ... 

Thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Butterfly

Hi there ...

It's cold today and wouldn't you just know it ... it's the day I am having my front porch and door replaced so I'm sitting here all wrapped up!

A couple of days ago I saw a beautiful double easel butterfly card on Pinterest ... It was done by

Lowri Mc Nabb.. Here's the Link to her blog where you can find a tutorial and a free download ... Thanks Lowri!

Well I had to give it a go and I pulled out my Cameo ... not that I could download the SVG file ... but I did have a butterfly in the cut files that I could use.

Here's the result

Isn't it pretty?

Being as I used the Cameo I made this a bit bigger than Lowri's as a trial run

it's given me an idea to perhaps do a pop up card using this

Well it's the last club night until after Easter tonight ... And this evening I'm handing the class over to my friend Pat ... she has taken to it like a duck to water and tonight we are making Easter projects created by Pat ... I just know it will be fun

Have yourselves a lovely day ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Pastel Soft

It's been a while since I did anything shabby...

I still have a love of soft pastels and frills... creamy lace with papers tucked behind 

The Shabby Tea Room has a beautiful inspiration photo this week

That ribbon and lace speaks to my heart and has a delicate calming effect

For the first time in a long time ... I am joining in their challenge

layers of lace that fall in a natural curve...

pinks, creams and pale greens that sit so well together

... and express the soft romantic side of me

It felt good to get lost in my shabby side again

If you like Shabby ...hop over to the Shabby Tea Room and check out the lovely creations there

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Springtime

Good morning and Happy April!

I'm back to share my DT project for this week's challenge at

City Crafter

Our host this week is Anna and she has given us this beautiful inspiration photo

Source

The Theme ... Easter

The challenge ... Make an Easter or Spring project

I went a little whimsical with this ... 

I made a little baby stroller

... and before I knew it the birds had moved in

Mama bird is keeping an eye on her babies ... she doesn't mind the occasional visitor taking a peek though

I love how mama bird decorated that stroller ... so Springlike

My fellow DT have some sweet projects for you on the blog and this week our 

Guest Designer is Dina

Dina is one talented lady ... I adore her work and I know you will too ... take a look at her blog and be amazed!

I hope you can join us this week

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

I'm also entering this in the challenge at Crafty Boots