Markets

Hi there!

It's time for a new prompt at Our Beautiful World and this week Robyn has chosen the prompt

"Markets"

I love markets ... We don't have as many as we used to where I live and they are not the same as they used to be when I was young

Whenever I'm abroad I love to go and browse if there is a market and here's a photo taken years ago in Spain

You kind of buy things then you're back home the following week and you never get to wear what you bought!

But it's fun to see what they have and just how cheap things are

Then there are the Christmas markets that seem to be springing up just about everywhere ... They are so expensive and I wonder if they ever sell anything

The food is so tempting though...

We'd love it if you'd share your Market photo with us at 

Our Beautiful World

Hop over to the Blog and see what my friends are sharing this week 

Have a beautiful Sunday

~ Ros ~

A Little More Christmas

Hello!

Man it's turned cold here ... It was a frosty December morning first thing

I'm still making Christmas cards ... Thought I'd share another with you today

I know ... A black snowflake ... who'd have thought Lol!

The dramatic black just appealed to me against the soft aqua ... I can only hope it appeals to the recipient too ...

Actually I was just trying out some new dies from Simon Says Stamp

This was my first order with them and I'm delighted with my goodies ... Great service and the postage was very reasonable compared to some US stores

I'm linking up with the challenge at Simon Says and I will definitely buy from them again ... Oh just wait till my DH sees my wish list!

I hope you're not fed up with my shakers cards ... I have more of them to share in the next few days too

Have a brilliant day! 

Thanks for looking in on me

~ Ros ~

Shades of Grey

Hello!

Where is the time going?  Christmas is almost here and so much to do ... I managed to post a lot of things overseas the other day and my DH said I could have paid off the 3rd world debt with that postage!

We have a relatively new (to some) postage rate for cards ... Most of the time they have to have a Large letter stamp which of course costs more than a normal stamp ... Unfortunately not everyone realises this and we've had to pay for cards sent to us without the correct stamp ... Kind of takes the spirit of Christmas away doesn't it? 
Take note Post Office people!

So... I have cards to share ... One piece of CS, One piece of DP and 2 snowflakes makes for 2 cards

To be honest those snowflakes were redundant Christmas tree ornaments that I've had for a long time

I just love the the grey colours...

.... and those curves and though you really can't see it the word Sparkle does have a sparkle to it

As I write I have just received a package of new dies from Simon Says Stamp Yay!!

Got to find more time to play!!

I'm linking up to Just Us Girls

Have a lovely Day!

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Week 240

Good Morning ...

This week at City Crafter we have the lovely Stella hosting the challenge and the them is 

A Wreath For This Season

Source

Stella is asking that we create a card or project that includes a wreath and a touch of silver. The silver can be in in the form of sequins, tinsel, embossing ... anything as long as there is silver on your project 

I don't have a wreath stamp so I improvised using a normal straight stamp and a circle cut from CS ... I lay the circle down with temporary adhesive and I just kept aligning my stamp to the outer edge of the circle to make a wreath 

As you can see I used Liquid Pearls as my "Silver" and also some silver stars

The BG for my wreath was done by inking up a large holly BG stamp in a few different inks then spritzing with water

Our GD this week is Kama ... winner of week 235 ... Please hop over to her Blog and be inspired by  her beautiful creations!

Don't forget to hop over to the City Crafter Blog too and see what Kama and our team have come up with this week to inspire you 

I hope you'll play along with our challenge 

For the first time since City Crafter Challenge started - almost 5 years ago, we will be taking a 2 week break for Christmas so there are only 2 more challenges after this one

Have a lovely day ... Be safe

~ Ros ~

Shine

Hello!

Did you have a good weekend?

I've another Christmas card to share today which I am linking up to the Monday Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp

This one features a background made using TextureZ embossing paste in Patina and a Memory Box stencil 

The stencil made me think of a starburst and in my head I was thinking of the bright star over the little town of Bethlehem

I die cut a stitched star (Lil'Inkers) and used the Memory Box Country Landscape die for the town - You can see after die cutting the landscape I then cut it into 2 pieces and layered one over the other to give some dimension to the little town

Of course being me I had to add a dusting of glitter to the die cuts 

Wishing you all a lovely day and many thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Inside

Good morning!

At Our Beautiful World the new prompt for the week has been chosen for us by the lovely Wendy

The word is 

"Inside"

What could she mean I thought ... Inside whilst another is outside?

Or perhaps it just means Inside like in your own basket

... Or your own box

Maybe it's Inside my home

Or perhaps Inside the Palm House in Liverpool?

How about Inside a shop full to the brim of knick knacks in Spain?

Oooh! it could be Inside the Rock of Gibraltar

Or the Liverpool Eye...

... even a flower!

What do you think? 

Why not share your

"Inside"

Photos with us at Our Beautiful World this week

We'd love to see them

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Wendy