Chirpy Chipboard

Hello ...

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter and this week our challenge has been set by the very talented Anna
The challenge is to use at least one piece of Chipboard on your project ... 

Photo Credit ... Anna

I wonder if like me you have tons of it squirrelled away ... Well it was time to dig it out and make a little something with it 

I used 3 chipboard pieces, a bird, a branch and a border cut in half

For the bird and branch I used distress stains to colours them and for the scalloped borders I just smooched them with a pearlescent Brilliance ink 

There are so many ways to use your chipboard and to colour them ... We're hoping that you will join us at CCCB this week and share your beautiful creations ... Our guest Designer this week is the lovely Robyn ... be sure to check out her project along with those of my fellow DT.

Kirsty is also sponsoring a prize  to our winner this week ... a Maya Road chipboard alphabet package

So get out your chipboard and get creative!

Have a beautiful Day!

~ Ros ~

Woodland

Hello and welcome to another photo prompt at

Our Beautiful World

I have chosen our word this week ... and it's simply

Woodland

You know I love the beach ... but I have a passion for woodland, forests and trees ... I simply couldn't live without trees around me ...

As a young girl, whenever I was troubled I headed for the woods ... Not something I could probably do today. I am fortunate that where I am we have lots of green land and I am right next woodland known as The Triangle which is part of the Pennine Trail where my "Eagle" tree has been standing guard for many years ...

Would you not agree that it looks like an eagle?

Every morning for years I would pass him and say hello...

Having owned a couple of German Shepherds ... exploring woodland was a joy and explore we did from Scotland to Cornwall

This was taken some years ago in Derbyshire and this one...

... In Wales

Everyday I would walk come hail rain or shine ... 

Winter ...

Through to summer...

 Some mornings it was hard to motivate myself ... but the beauty was always worth it.

Both my dogs detested the rain ... but still wanted to be in the woods and those times were probably the best when I think about it ... Sometimes we would shelter under a tree for half an hour - being at one with nature, listening to the pitter pattering of rain drops on the trees ... Meeting friends along the way...

On this path at a certain time of year it would be completely covered by tiny frogs no bigger than a finger nail ... To me woodland is just magical, calming and gentle ... nothing heals like nature

I and my friends at 

Our Beautiful World 

Would love to explore woodland with you ... link up your photos and tell us about them

I will be revealing the winner of my gift following the  birthday celebrations at 

Our Beautiful World shortly.

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Smile

Hi there ...

I'm feeling a little burnt out right now ... In need of some rest and 'me' time

Last night was our last craft class at Thursday club until September and I'm looking forward to re-charching my batteries and hopefully coming up with some new projects for them.

It seems all I've been doing lately is keeping up with DT work, comments, my group of special needs and a little teaching here and there and I miss being able to "just create"

My little Ginger waits patiently for me to join him on the swing

We've had some nice sunshine and he spends all day here

But today I have a card to share that is for a friend's birthday ... I used to take her out in her pram ... spent many many years with her and her sisters ... babysitting, taking them to the park etc., I can hardly believe she is celebrating her 50th! 

She now lives in Norway so I haven't seen her in a long time ... If I'm up to it we will be meeting again tonight as she's come home to celebrate

There is a challenge at Mod Squad this week 

It calls for some texture on your card...

Well there's lots of different texture here don't you think?

Linen card stock, dry embossing, liquid pearls and glitter paper

... a felt star, silver thread and rainbow gems

I had fun putting this one together ... That's what it's all about 

Ok, I'm off visit you all then join my kitty for a little while...

Have a lovely day 

~ Ros ~

Sunshine and Lavender

Hello ...

How was your weekend? Mine was busy catching up with family and helping my SIl to make some cards ... I showed her a few techniques with embossing, chalking and stamping and she went home a happy girl with a few cards and lots of die cuts.

Today of course is time for a new challenge at City Crafter  - I have to say that every week I am blown away with your entries to our challenges ... you lovely people are so very talented ... I literally drooled over each and every entry last week! You've no idea how hard it is for us to pick winners ...

 This week we have the lovely Char hosting for us with a

Sunshine and Lavender theme make a card or project using Lavender and Yellow
 I can hardly wait to see what you come up with

Here's the beautiful inspiration photo Char has given us

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I decided to try my hand at a shaker card for my sister's birthday using these colours in my stamping

It's really hard to photograph things with acetate don't you think?

The balloon stamps and word die I used are by Lil' Inker though the sentiment is computer generated

I love that word die ... I cut it twice ... once out cardstock I first stamped using my favourite Precious Remembrance stamp from New Day ... then again out of grey card and slightly offset them to give the dimensional look ...

Our GD this week is Karasiowa ... who won week 211 with her beautiful creation and once again we are offering a GD spot to our winner this week.

I hope you can join us 

Have a great week and thanks so much for your visit and your kind comments

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Our Beautiful World is ONE!

Hello and welcome to our second week of celebration at 

Our Beautiful World

Last week we celebrated Our Beautiful World's first birthday by posting photos of ourselves at or around the age of One ... This week we are featuring on the number or word ONE 

(Edited in Picmonkey)

I looked around my home for something appropriate and saw this on one of my favourite cushions...Couldn't be better!

There's another number One on the address

Some of my DH's dvd collection ...

(Edited in Picmonkey)

One of my clocks

A thermometer ... which, I hasten to add, I put in the sunshine we had yesterday  

I bet that's cool to many of you but to us it's summer!

Finally, whilst driving through Chester on friday with my husband (in the pouring rain) I got a photo of this house on my phone

It's not a great shot but the house is dated 1880 ... Now a guest house and one of many in the area

So, you have 7 days to either post a photo of yourself or maybe your child at the age of around One 

or a photo with the number or word One 

Be sure to link back to Our Beautiful World Blog

There is also a Blog hop ... here's the order and the links for you

Our Beautiful World

Kirsty

Ros

Milagros

Manuela

Robyn

Our Beautiful World

And there are 6 prizes to be won...

Have a Beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Independence Day

Hello and ...

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Happy 4th July to all my American friends!!

I've been super busy this past week ... a couple of days were taken up arranging the project for my Thursday group to assemble ... Lots of cutting and printing ... This is what we made last night

I know ... I'm becoming obsessed with beach huts and all things nautical lol!

This is the back view

Given that I prepare for just over 20 persons ... you can see how much cutting this takes ... even with Pat to help me it takes a long time... I kind of make it up as I go ... there's never really a plan 

I'm off to Chester with DH shortly so I'll wish you all a lovely day 

Till soon ... be safe

~ Ros ~