City Crafter 253

Hi there!
Happy St Patricks Day to all of you who celebrate the occasion

It's Kirsty's turn to set the challenge over at City Crafter today and Kirsty has given us a 

Photo Inspiration challenge

Source

Don't you just love those colours!! I think this has to be one of my favourite combinations ever! 

Here's my card

I used VersaMagic ink in Pink Grapefruit to sponge the bottom of my card ... It's such a pretty ink and especially when paired with the pale kraft colour in the paper leaves

That little piece of silver mesh was just waiting to be found in my scraps ... I noticed some mesh in one of the squares in the photo and thought this would be perfect... The 3D shell stamp is a sticker

This has to be my favourite make to date so "Thanks Kirsty!!"

Once again we have the lovely Darnell Guesting with us and I'm really looking forward to seeing what our team have come up with this week ...

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with too ... If you'd like the chance of a Guest Spot with us at CCCB just link up your creation based on the Inspiration Photo and the winner will be joining us on the team...

Have a beautiful day and thanks so much for your visit and your lovely comments

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Splatters and New Baby

Hello and Good morning!!

At 4:50am my husband became a Grandfather for the first time to a little boy called Luke Harrison...

He kinda missed Mother's Day here but he's good to go for St Patrick's Lol!

I have a little card that I made for the JUGS challenge ... How could I pass up this week's challenge when it's Splatters!!

I love splattering ... Heck I even added splatters to my newly painted mirror!

Here's my card

I splattered the vellum using TH Pewter Distress paint along with the butterfly

All these bits were in my scraps 

I sealed some sequins behind the vellum just for a little more colour ....

I'm off to lunch with my GF's today, celebrating a 70th Birthday, so I wish you all a lovely day and I'll be back tomorrow

Till then - be safe

~ Ros ~

Go Ahead...Make My Day

Hello 

It's Mothering Sunday here in the UK so Happy Mother's day to you all!

It's also time for a new prompt over at Our Beautiful World

Robyn has chosen this week's prompt 

"Go Ahead... Make My Day"

Robyn is looking for photos of what make's your day ...

You may wonder about this photo ... Well that hat and fleece is a sign that my DH is off to play golf which means I get to play in peace Lol!

Friday is one of his golfing days and usually my friend Pat comes over for the afternoon to play in my craft room ... a great way to end the week

Other things that make my day.....
Summer days when I can relax in the garden ... They seem few and far between

The pitter patter of rain on fresh green leaves and the scent that lingers after a summer rainfall

Young birds who come to feed and occasionally stop to look in on me

Relaxing on a warm beach with the gentle sound of waves lapping and the glisten of the crystal water 

What makes your day?
Care to share with us at Our Beautiful World?

Have a beautiful day my friends

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Easter Shaker

Hello ...

Just a quick post from me ... I'm joining in the challenge over at

CAS(E) This Sketch

This is the sketch

And here's my card

It's my first Easter card this year ... I used a stamp by Hero Arts which was a gift from a blog friend some years ago...

I used Gelatos to colour the roses and stamped my sentiment (by Clearly Besotted) onto Vellum

I hope you're having a good start to the weekend ... It's Mother's Day here tomorrow

Thanks for stopping by ... Take care

~ Ros ~

Embossed Glue

Hi there!

How are you? Good I hope...

The other day I saw a tutorial Here for heat embossing hot glue which I thought was so clever and I had to give it a go, so I pulled out a scrap piece of paper and here's the result

I just made random shapes with the glue gun, I think I'll need some more practice but it was fun trying it out

I think it has an oriental look ... what do you think?

I had a great day in Lincoln yesterday with my sweet Aunt and my brother ... My Aunt looked so well and nowhere near her 88 years! 

My brother did the driving and coming home was hard going as the motorways were so busy ... I really hate that 3 hour journey but it would take me 4 trains to get there and then a bus from the train station. You'd think there would be a direct route given that Lincoln is a huge university city ... Maybe one day ...

I'm preparing for my special needs group tonight ... I've 24 exploding boxes ready for them to assemble for their Mother's Day projects ... It's going to be a hectic night!

Have a lovely day and I'll be back soon

~ Ros ~

Smooshing with Betsy

Hello ...

This is a scheduled post as I'm off to Lincoln today for my Aunt's 88th birthday...

I'm joining in the Make It Monday with Papertrey Ink

Betsy Veldman is hosting with a technique known as smooshing and it's one I am very fond of since I am not an artist with a paint brush or copics ... 

I made 2 cards using ink pads and water and smooshing

I love this colour combination - I've used a pearlescent card and the ink works really well on it ... The embossed sentiment (PTI) doesn't works so well though

The next card uses the Life stamp set (PTI) and the Time stamp set (PTI)

...along with a PTI butterfly die

I hope you're having a great day

Till next time

~ Ros ~