Thursday, October 09, 2014

Love you to the moon and back

Hi there ... How's it going?
I hope you've had a good week so far ...

I said I'd made a couple more cards featuring the moon stars and clouds that I used in This post
and here they are




These are for my lovely great niece and great nephew


  Cousins who adore each other


I don't get to see them very often but when I do we always end our visit with these words...

All being well (fingers and toes crossed) they will be going together on a family holiday shortly -  whether this can happen is part of the issues my family are facing at the moment ... I can't go into details but your prayers would be most welcome ... 

Have yourselves a lovely day

~ Ros ~









Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Club Projects

Good morning ...

It's continuing to rain here and it's turned cold  - my cat and I are not happy that we can't enjoy some quiet time on the garden swing like we have done all summer long

I thought you may like to see what my group will be putting together this week but before I get on to that I would like to say a big Thank You to Jan at 
The Mixed Media Card Challenge
For highlighting this card last week


I'm delighted!

Ok ... this week we will be putting together 2 cards
This first one was not my idea ... I saw it whilst browsing Pinterest ... Here and I just knew my special needs group would love it


It is kind cute isn't it?
The second one will be a camera card


I spent hours on the cameo cutting these out 

It's funny but my group always have to have an envelope and if the card has some sort of embellishment that makes it a tight squeeze they are not happy at all!
If they make a minimum of 2 cards each that's 40 envelopes! 

I'm kind of running short on envelopes for them so I killed two birds with one stone today ... You know all those papers that you hoard ... you just know you're not going to use them, some are dog eared and some are from a pad you bought - you liked half the papers but not the other half ... Yeh, we've all got them ...
So I sat and made a stack of envelopes with them ... 


I put labels on the fronts so the address can still be added...


... and my group only have to glue down the sides ready to use - it should keep them occupied a little longer and the main thing is the cards fit in perfectly...

Well that's me for today ... I hope it's warmer where you are

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~




Tuesday, October 07, 2014

City Crafter 232

Hello!

Well autumn has descended with wet and windy weather here in the UK... DH is miserable because he can't go golfing

Today at City Crafter the theme is 
Leaves


Chosen for us by the lovely Anna ... Sadly this will be Anna's last week with us here at CCCB ... Unfortunately life has just become too busy for her to continue with us ... We will be very sorry to see her go ... 
"Anna I wish you all the very best and I'm still looking forward to seeing your beautiful unique creations ... be happy"

I've loved making my own leaves recently, sponging them and coating them with glossy accents ...
However, the large leaf on my card was fussy cut from paper and then sponged and glossed


I stamped my background and used TH pewter distress paint to add some splats and drips


The little leaf is handmade and the canvas 'Fall' sticker is from my stash


This week and for the rest of the month we have a Star Guest Designer 
Greta of GG Creations
Hop over to her blog and check out her lovely work

Our winner this week will also win a GD spot with us here at City Crafter so link up your creations and go visit the Blog to see the inspiration projects from the rest of our team

Thanks so much for your visit ... Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~





Sunday, October 05, 2014

Celebrate - World Card Making Day

Hi there ...

This is my second post for today ... If you're looking for my post for 
Our Beautiful World 
Please scroll down

I did a special card for WCMD but I couldn't post it before because I didn't want my friend to see it on my blog before I gave it to her ...

The Just Us Girls Challenge this week is a word week
The word is Celebrate


Well my dear friend Pat celebrates a special birthday and this is for her


I had to come up with something I know she hasn't seen me do before so I opted for a "bendy card"
She loves Aqua and pink!



I am so please at how this turned out and I love the balloons ... I cut them in vellum, each one is cut twice and I sandwiched the 'strings' between them then added some glitter ... They float like real balloons


my cat always hangs around us when we are together so I had to put cats in there 


To say she was thrilled is an understatement ... It makes me smile to see her face light up

Now I'm making projects for my thursday group so I'll sign off

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~




Under the sea

Good morning!
Are you having a good weekend?
It was a very wet day yesterday ... cold and windy too - It's the most rain we've had for a while ...



We have Kirsty hosting for us and she has picked the prompt
Under The Sea

Tough one unless you go scuba diving or something like that! I mean was I really going to photograph a fish?
It had me stumped for a time - then it hit me ... Of course!


The yellow submarine ... Are you singing the song? Ha! Bet you are...
So, this is part of Liverpool's Albert Dock ... Reclaimed buildings from a past era which now house quite a few attractions including the Beatles Exhibition, the Slave Museum, various galleries as well as bars and restaurants... and of course watersport areas

The sculpture or statue? of the Yellow Submarine here


is situated at our local airport... The John Lennon Airport

But taking you back to the Docks in the city centre ... Here is another yellow Submarine that is now for hire as apartments


If you'd like to see inside this or the Joker Barge and read about them you can click This link


Unfortunately the Liverpool Duck ... An amphibious tour vehicle that first took people around the city and then plunged into the dock has been retired after it sunk! 


It had sunk before and to think that the Queen took a trip on this only a few weeks before Yikes!

I'm dying to see what the rest of the team have come up and what you come up with so join us at


Have a lovely Sunday

~ Ros ~





Friday, October 03, 2014

Catching up

Hello!

I'm finally finding some time to spend in my creative space ... With all that's going on I've neither had the time or the inclination to do anything creative
My friend Pat came around today and that gave me the kick start I needed.

I've a few birthday's coming up ... so I've made a start with this one



Then Pat needed a baby card ... so I came up with this



In fact I've used those clouds and moon to make a couple more cards which I'll share with you another time ... Now Pat's gone and I really need to make a card for her ... It's her birthday on Monday!

I hope you are enjoying your day ... 
Till soon

~ Ros~