NBUS and Simon Says Stamp Challenge

Hello ...

Life is finally getting back to normal after Christmas and New Year ...

My inspiration took some time out and getting it back has been a struggle

I did however get around to making a card for the NBUS challenge run by the lovely Darnell at djkardkreations

So, I have quite a lot of paper pads one or two (or more) have never been used ... Especially those pages where there are little symbols or words ... Not doing much scrapping I generally use them for albums ... 

I also had a new word die "You" from Simon Says Stamp that I hadn't even opened ... 

So this is where my NBUS card came in

The dottie paper, the Hello and the red embellishments are all papers from a Teresa Collins pad "You are my happy"

I smothered the little heart and the circle fabulous with dimensional Mod Podge - cut the word die out a few times and stuck them together for more dimension and just added a few sequins

The Monday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is all about pairing old with new so I think my card also qualifies ... Old paper pack - New Die

At least it got me creating once again

I hope you're having a good start to your week ... I'll be back tomorrow for the first challenge of the year at City Crafter

Thanks for stopping by - Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Prickly

Hello and Happy New Year to you all!

Having taken a short break Our Beautiful World resumes this week

I've picked the word prompt for you and it's

Prickly

Little did I know that when I picked this word sometime ago that prickly is just how my skin was going to be for the next month or two

Chestnuts are something I love to eat ... hot or cold but collecting them is dangerous work ... they are so sharp and prickly

My husband collected some for me last autumn ... they were plentiful on the golf course lol!

I have very sensitive skin and much as I love my garden, just brushing up against some of the shrubs gives me hives

Prickly rain soaked holly - I have 2 kinds ... the darker and the lighter

But it was none of these that affected me ... Nor was it pruning back the prickly rose bushes

Perhaps it was the prickly Christmas tree?

Who knows? Suffice to say something gave me an itchy unsightly rash which became infected and took 2 trips to the doctor before they could find something to help me.  

 Finally I am seeing results ... Teach me for picking this word huh?

Why don't you challenge yourself this year to photograph something that fits our prompt and link up to 

Our Beautiful World

We'd love you to share with us 

It's my wedding anniversary today ... 15 years so I'm being taken out for breakfast

Enjoy your day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

New Year's Eve

Hello....

 New Year's Eve 2014

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I just want to say 

"Thank You" 

To all you wonderful bloggers

For your creative inspiration, for sharing your ideas and advice and your talent... And most of all

For your friendship, for your encouragement, your lovely comments and the prayers and wishes you've offered up for me throughout this year ...

There have been good times and bad times to reflect upon and we have survived it all, this wonderful creative community of ours that reaches out across the world 

I look forward to spending another year in your company, sharing your loves, lives and friendship

May you have a wonderful New Year and be blessed with happiness

~ Ros ~

Cats Birthdays and Bargains

Hello!

How are you all? good I hope ...

Yesterday we ventured out for a coffee and visited Dunhelm which is a store that sells kitchen ware, bedding and home goods ... though I wasn't looking for anything other than a warm bed for the stray cat that is still here, despite every effort to find her owners ... Anyway, I ended up with a couple of bargains ... I got a beautiful Dorma bed throw reduced from £90 to £26!! PLUS I got the matching curtains reduced from £60 to £13! Now that's my kind of bargain ... I did get a bed for the cat too by the way...

Here's a photo I took a few days ago ... Isn't she lovely? 

Today is a very special birthday .. It's Mikey's 32nd birthday 

My goodness, where do the years go?? One minute I was struggling as a single parent to my child, running a home and holding down a job and then suddenly here I am ... My little boy is a man and every treasured memory is etched so deep in my heart that it feels like only yesterday

Here's the card I made for him

Yep, sequins and silver Lol!

I like them with the grunge stamps

A little tip for you ... You know that foam stuff that you find in packaging... It's about 5mm thick and similar to a sponge (Not the polystyrene kind) - It looks like this

Well, it's fabulous for using in shaker cards and to pop up dies cuts ... It goes through the Big Shot so easily and just springs back up ... I used it  as a backing for the "Birthday" word die

I would recommend using a wet adhesive though like an all purpose glue

I do hope you have a lovely week 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

White Christmas

Hi there!

I hope your Christmas was a good one...

I had a card ready for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop but then forgot to post it yesterday ... I didn't realise it was a one day hop and our time difference kinda threw me - never mind 

This was the card

I've loved playing with the subtle gold and silver this christmas and this card would have been perfect for the blog hop with the PTI Sparkle die

 and yesterday we had some snowflakes of our own

It's pretty cold here right now 

I hope you are all cosy and warm where you are ...

Be safe

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Merry Christmas

To all my dear blog friends

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Wishing you Peace Joy and Love

Hugs

~ Ros ~