Merry Christmas

To all my dear blog friends

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Wishing you Peace Joy and Love

Hugs

~ Ros ~

One more Birthday

Hello there ...

I'm just popping in with another Male birthday card

Last week my nephew Alan - daddy to Sophia - celebrated his 40th Birthday ... We've always been close, often disagreed and if I think he's wrong I tell him he's wrong, but I love him dearly.
 It's been a tough year for him and I guess for the family ...  I hope that the New Year brings him and Sophia much joy

The camera never co operates with anything shiny and I've given up trying to reason with it

The majority of this card was made from left overs ... How I love it when I can pull them together

My goal for the new year is to have a big clear out of craft stuff that I have hoarded and will never use ... When I started out ... like most of you I guess ... I collected things I thought I'd use ... gave most things a try before I found my own little niche ... what suited me and what I was comfortable with. I have a ton of things I collected for the Thursday club too ...

Pat said she's first in the queue for throw out stuff Lol!! She's already taken a lots of my old cards

Wishing you a wonderful day my friends

~ Ros ~

Shadow Box Cards

Hello ...

My this week has flown by! I can't believe it's Christmas in 5 days!

I have 3 shadow box cards to show you which I made ... I used the Silhouette Cameo so they were very simple to do and came together very quickly

I apologise for the poor quality photos but you can see how they turned out...

They really look pretty 

This one was for my husband ... He loves planes so I had to put a die cut one in there 

And this last one I made for my friend Pat

Aren't they sweet?

They even fold flat for posting ...

Are you all ready for the big day? I think I'm almost done ... In any event I intend to have a relaxing day tomorrow ... maybe do some baking.

Have a lovely weekend

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Non Shaker

Hi there!

I have another card to share and you could be forgiven for thinking this is another shaker ... Actually it's a non shaker ... the sequins are all stuck down

I have completely lost count of all the Christmas cards I've made ... I've still some to show you but there have been some where I've actually made a dozen of the same design

I vowed I wouldn't do it this year ... make all my own cards ... The shop bought cards are pretty and inexpensive and the postage is a lot less than it is for my cards

Somehow I still ended up making tons

I'm bushed ... feeling very exhausted today and I still have the Thursday club disco to attend this evening ...

Ce la vie!

Have a lovely day/evening

~ Ros ~

Camouflage Die Cuts

Hi there!

I've another birthday this week ... No, not me ... a friend's hubby ...

Thankfully "Make It Monday" over at Papertrey Ink gave me the inspiration for this card

I just love everything that Laura Bassen creates

This week it's camouflage die cuts and here's my card

You will probably recognise the Birthday word die from PTI ...

The ink I used is called Tide Pool (HA)

I love this technique ... It's simple but so effective

I hope you're having a great day ... Pat will be popping over to see me this morning and I'm looking forward to catching up with her ...

Keep safe and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 242

Hello and good morning!

I'm hosting the challenge this week at City Crafter and this will be our last one before Christmas so I do hope you will join us

The challenge this week is a 

Christmas Colour Challenge

I'm asking that you make a Christmas Card, Tag or Project 

and that you use ALL the colours shown ... you can use neutrals too

I'm really thrilled to say that our Guest Designer this week is someone a lot of you know - the wonderful Darnell Knauss

Darnell is not only a very talented card maker but constantly makes me smile with her fun and witty posts - Click Here to be taken to her blog and you'll see exactly what I mean!

My card is a kind of nautical Christmas card using those cute penguins again

I was imagining being on a winter cruise when I created this ... Looking through the porthole and seeing these fun guys ... I know ... 

Just indulge me Lol!

I used all the colours and those keen eyed amongst you will see just a teeny bit of green too ... for the holly ... Oh well, it's Christmas

... And my penguins and I had fun!

I'm really looking forward to seeing your creations this week and we have a very generous sponsor 

Sweet Pea Stamps

... who will be awarding the winner 4 digital image stamps of their choice

Please click the link and go visit the store ... you will be enthralled with the beautiful stamps available!

Right ... I'm off to visit the City Crafter Blog to see what Darnell and the rest of my lovely team mates have come up with ...

Have a wonderful day!

~ Ros ~