Signage

Hello and good morning!

Today at  Our Beautiful World   Milagros has chosen our prompt and this week it's

Signage

I dug ot a few photos from my archives for this...

Looking at the signs here you would probably thin that this is a bar in France when in fact it's a bar in the centre of Cork in Ireland...

... and this is just like any high street shopping centre in the UK with those signs when in fact this was taken in Gibraltar

This sign I found in a beer garden in Cornwall, and here are some more signage from Cornwall...

In case you are wondering a Quoit is an ancient burial ground 

A vintage van ... I used to eat those sweets when I was a child!

And this one I've shared before but it's worth sharing again

My fellow DT have some more photos for you on the Blog ... We'd love it if you shared yours ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy days and ducks

Hello there!

I've just returned from spending a week with my Aunt and I've had a wonderful time... 

It was so relaxing and peaceful and always a joy to be with this wonderful lady who spoils me and makes me laugh constantly ...

The only things I made whilst I was away were two felt phone covers

... one for me and one for my friend Pat

I've tried to keep up with your blogs and of course with my daily dose of Pinterest but for the most part I've just done very little.

Yesterday I heard a noise and went outside to investigate and to my delight one of the mother ducks had walked her babies around to the house! Excuse the poor photos but I had to be quick

Part of me is glad to be home with my family and my sweet cats and part of me wishes I was back in Lincolnshire ... 

I do hope your week has been a good one and that your weekend will be too-

I'll be back tomorrow with our new word prompt at 

Our Beautiful World

Till then take care

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 224

Hello ... 

I'm away from home right now ... staying with my sweet Aunt in Lincoln but today of course is a new challenge at City Crafter and this week we have the talented Anna hosting for us with the theme

Roses

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Anna is asking that we create a card or project with at least 1 Rose on it ... You are free to use stamps or patterned paper if you wish

I made a card for some friends who celebrated their anniversary recently

Not a typical anniversary card maybe but I'm just loving these colour lately

I used 3 roses here ... the larger of which I coloured with an ink pad, same as I did with the heart and fern just to blend in with my colour scheme

We have a generous sponsor this week who is offering a prize to our winner

All Colour Envelopes is a UK based company who supply various coloured envelopes ... aren't they fun?

Hop on over to the Blog to see full details of the prize together with all the DT projects including that of our lovely Guest Designer this week, Dawn - All things Pretty Craftee Who won our challenge in week 214.

I hope you can join us this week

Ok... I've a lot of catching up to do with my Aunt ... a real girlie week for me! 

So have fun yourselves and take care

Thanks for looking in

~ Ros ~

Our Beautiful World

Hello ... Happy Sunday to you

It's my turn to come up with a prompt at

Our Beautiful World

This week and I have chosen Aromatic

This is one of my pretty geraniums ...  It has a beautiful aroma.

There are so many things that are Aromatic, some just can't be captured... like the heady scent after a rainfall ... or new cut grass... bread baking and coffee brewing

Some aromas can transport you back to another time and place ... or remind you of someone who is no longer around...

Some things only have to be touched to discover their Aromatic secret like the lavenders in my garden

They may appear delicate but their aroma is strong and lingering

The same goes for some of the herbs I have

Thyme

Oregano

...and Rosemary ... one of my favourite herbs

Do you have a favourite aroma? We'd love you to share your photos for the prompt at 

Our Beautiful World

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Thank you kindly

Hi there ...

I hope you are well ...

I'm off to Lincoln this weekend to stay with my Aunt for a while ... I've been debating whether to take anything with me to 'play' with ... or maybe I should just take a break?

Not a lot to share today ... just a gift for a sweet blog friend who 'enables' me to get things I couldn't easily get myself... like some PTI dies one of which was the phone cover die

I had some fabric in my drawer that was just her colour but despite using an iron - on backing and lining it ... it still frayed (sigh) Thus I am calling it a Shabby Chic phone cover Lol!

Now, you may think that I could have just cut out two rectangles to make this ... and true I could have done and machine stitched it ... done in no time (with no fraying) The thing is I was hoping that I could use this as a project for my special needs group - cut out 20+ in double quick time ... and with the holes already in for them to sew it would be terrific...

Unfortunately I have discovered that the holes don't 'punch' that well even with my felt and pricking out for one is not too bad ... but for over 20 sheesh! But I'm sure I can still use this die to make gifts

I also used the Luggage Tag die to make a "Thank You" note to insert into the pouch

So Miss Sue ... this is for you ... With love

Till soon

~ Ros ~ 

City Crafter 223

Helloooo!

It's Tuesday already and time for another challenge at City Crafter where we have the lovely Charlene hosting for us with 

Home is where your Heart is

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Char is asking that we create a project with a house on which gave me an opportunity to use up some of my scraps 

The little house is Die cut from a Nina Brackett design 

I misted some CS and did a little stencilling on a scrap of white CS for the background

... I had a little aqua vellum left over from another project ... enough to cut out a sprig of leaves and the sentiment is computer generated so all in all a quick little card

Our GD this week is Lula ... Winner of week 217 and this week's winner will also have a GD spot with us so I hope you can play along ...

Don't forget to hop over to CCCB and take a look at all the projects from our team this week

Thanks so much for your visit ... Have a great day!

~ Ros ~