Jake

Hi there!

Thanks so much for your kind wishes ... my Aunt is doing really well and bustling about fussing over me as usual. It was a long wait at the hospital - a stupid system that gives everyone the same appointment time and then we just sit and wait till they call us ... we were there for over 4 hours.

Still as long as it's successful it was worth it, and so far so good.

I told you some time ago that my Aunt is a talented lady and very much so when it comes to embroidery ... She takes a photo from somewhere and copies it with silk embroidery thread ... Mostly animals. Her friend has a gorgeous black labrador called Jake ... I'd like you to meet him

This is my Aunts embroidery of Jake ... Black is so hard to do but she totally pulled it off here

I'm just tooting her flute (a lovely expression I learned from a friend) because I think at 87 she deserves it! 

Sending you all love and hugs from Lincolnshire

Enjoy your weekend

~ Ros ~

Hey Girlfriend

Hello

How are you all doing?

It's a cold day here in Lincolnshire and in a few hours we will be off to the hospital for my Aunts appointment. She's having injections in her spine to try and relieve her of some of the pain she suffers ... I can but pray that it is successful.

I have a card to share that I made before I left home ... for a dear friends birthday ...

It all started with a small odd scrap of card stock that I stamped and embossed in silver ink and then sponged with various Memento inks ... then I die cut it into that butterfly

With the exception of the lovely burlap ribbon ... everything else came from my scraps

I stamped some white ink blotches onto the piece of grey card and pulled it all together with those scraps of paper

whilst I love being here I am missing my little craft room and my sweet little cat who watches me all day ... either from sitting outside my window on a good day or in his little basket behind me on a cold or wet day...

I hope you are having a good week ...

Till soon ... stay safe

~ Ros ~

Speech Bubble

Hello and good morning!

This week at City Crafter we have our lovely Kirsty hosting for us with a great challenge

Kirsty wants us to use a speech bubble on our project

Source

I actually downloaded a speech bubble from the internet to make my card and printed it straight onto my paper to make this card

I think it's the stripes in the paper that make it look dimensional

Being that I digitally added the speech bubble I also did the sentiment digitally too 

We have the talented Lisette (Mrs Beez)Guesting with us this week ... Lisette won our challenge in week 202 with her wonderful creation and the winner of this challenge will also be offered a Guest spot with us so link up your projects ... If you're looking for inspiration hop over to the CCCB and check out all the projects from our team of designers.

I'm on my way to Lincoln today but I'll do my best to keep up with visiting you all whilst I'm away

Thanks so much for looking in on me and I hope you all have a great week

Keep safe

~ Ros ~

Oranges and Lemons....

Good morning!

How's your weekend going?

It's time for another word prompt over at

Our Beautiful World

... And today Milagros has picked the prompt...

Fruit

I confess that I don't eat as much as I should ... and yet it always looks so colourful and inviting

Most of the fruit we buy is of course imported to the UK ... It's not till mid summer that home grown is ready ... We used to have fields here where you could pick your own strawberries and it was a favourite pastime ... especially for my son who ate as much as he picked

Now many of these fields have been redeveloped ...

But being a good girl - this has been part of my breakfast lately ... I love strawberries but I have to be careful ... some years ago I suffered kidney stones and it seems those tiny little seeds on the strawberries can be a contributory factor

My all time favourite has to be these

Raspberries ... delicious but very expensive here ... that tiny handful cost £2 so I usually make a rustic raspberry and lemon cheese cake with them ... you can find the recipe Here and though I don't have a photo of mine ... I can promise you that it looks exactly like the one on Susie's blog

I actually cook a lot ... and I often use fruit in my recipes ... even in my salads ... so these can always be found in my kitchen

They remind me of a game we played as little children whilst singing this nursery rhyme

"Oranges and lemons" say the bells of St. Clement's   "You owe me five farthings" say the bells of St. Martin's "When will you pay me?" say the bells of Old Bailey "When I grow rich" say the bells of Shoreditch "When will that be?" say the bells of Stepney "I do not know" say the great bells of Bow "Here comes a candle to light you to bed Here comes a chopper to chop off your head Chip chop chip chop - the last man's dead."                  You can read the origins of it Here ... It's about the bells in London and the executions that took place ... Not really what you'd expect for a nursery rhyme I hope you'll link up with us this week at Our Beautiful World      We love seeing what you share with us Have a beautiful Sunday ... ~ Ros ~

Unique

Hello

My it's so very windy here today... It's been holding off the rain - We had rain yesterday and through the night and now it looks as though we are about to get another downpour...

I had a few of those feathers I made still sitting on my desk so I made a fairly quick and simple card using a sketch from 

Colours and Sketch Challenge Blog 

which I recently came across

This is the sketch

... And this is my card

I'm not a good fussy cutter so please don't look too closely at the word Unique ... But in order not to hide that smaller feather I had to fussy cut

I know I've posted a lot lately but I'm away next week so I'll be much quieter ... It'll just be a squeak

Before I want to give a BIG shout out to

Make the Day Special Store

Not only are they a UK based company stocking stamps and dies from the USA (Yay!) and at a decent price ... and decent shipping costs ... But their service is next to none!

I ordered yesterday (after seeing my friend Keren's creations) and my order arrived this morning!!

Well done to Tara ... I'll definitely be ordering again

Ok ... gotta go 

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Butterfly Kisses

Hello!

I'm cramming in as much crafting time as I can before I head off to Lincoln next week so I'll keep this short and sweet ... 
I have a card to share that I made for this week's challenge at 

CAS.ology

Here's the cue card

I used stamps I've had for a long time but somehow never inked them up

I never felt confident using stamps at one time ... I'd buy them after seeing your lovely creations ... then just forget about them ... like these stamps from a set by Marion Emberson Designs

I used just 2 inks, black Versa fine ink and Memento Pear Tart and I love how pretty that dandelion looks ... So I'm going to have to use this set more!

Why not hop over to CAS.ology and take a look at the lovely creations from the team

Have a beautiful day everyone

~ Ros ~