It's a Shaker (City Crafter 257)

Hello everyone

Today is the second week of Birthday celebrations at City Crafter 

This week Kirsty has created a card for us to CASE or to use as inspiration

(You can pick any element of Kirsty's card ... the sketch, the colours etc., and create your version to enter the challenge and be eligible to win her prize)

This is Kirsty's card

...and here is the prize she is offering to the winner

I used the same frame die to make a 3D shaker card

I used paints and sprays to cover my CS first and encased the butterfly and word inside the shaker

It's pretty hard to show that in photos

Our GD this week is the very talented Goga - Winner of week 248 - here's a link to her blog

Be sure to visit City Crafter and check out all the creations by the team

I would also like to enter my card at the JUGS challenge this week where the trend is 

Shaker Cards and the DT have some terrific examples

Wishing you all a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Shaken Not Stirred

Hi there!

No, I'm not really a James Bond fan ... The title of my post is this week's prompt chosen for us by Robyn for 

Our Beautiful World

What photos can you think of to suit the prompt? 

Sometimes the things around us help ... 

Did you ever have one of these?

It's a lamp and when you Shake it the light comes on and the glitter changes to different colours as it swirls

Of course there is always the wind chimes 'a shaking' in the breeze

But then again ... I could just revert to the obvious

(Ahem... who knew that was hiding in my cupboard) 

Go visit the blog and see what the rest of the team have come up with and maybe challenge yourself to find something that we haven't thought of ... We'd love you to share

Have a beautiful Sunday

~ Ros ~

The Card Concept Challenge

Good morning

My lovely blog friend Stella together with her husband are spending some time with their son today taking a look around the city.... I can hardly believe that after all these years blogging we have finally met!

So I'm taking the opportunity to join in the challenge at

The Card Concept

I love the colours they have this week

And here is my offering for the CAS section

I stencilled the dots using Aqua and Coral ink pads ... I love those colours together

The butterfly was cut from CS that I had smooched with green iridescent paint and then sprayed with a touch of white and some drops of gold

The sentiment is from the Unforgettable set by Wplus9

We have a full weekend planned with our Dutch friends and though this photo is quite blurry I know some of you would like to see us meeting at the airport

Have a lovely day!

~ Ros ~

Hello

Hi there!

Just popping in with a little card I made a few weeks ago ...

The image is a free colouring book image 

I took advantage of the Hello on the paper ... I'm often find that in paper packs I tend to leave some of the papers ... a little unsure how to use them

He's kinda cute don't you think

I hope you're having a good day ... It's seems that we will be losing our Spring weather in the next few days ... sigh ... back to the cold

Till soon - be safe

~ Ros ~

Nesting

Hello

I don't have anything crafty to share today but I would like to say a big "Thank You" to the voters at Muse Card Club where my card was featured in the Top Three!

We've had glorious sunshine these past few days ... Spring has arrived

Recently we had a new insulated roof put onto the conservatory ... It was always far too hot to use in the summer and far to cold in the winter ... Now it's pleasant and I've been spending a lot of time in there because there are windows on 3 sides and it's perfect for watching the birds and squirrels.

Just to one side is an old ivy growing over a divider fence... 

It's here that robins have decided to nest and I've been able to watch them coming and going with food for their brood

I don't have a fancy zoom lens camera ... Just a Nikon CoolPix digital and my photos were taken from inside, behind glass, so I'm thrilled that they came out.

But it seems the robins are not the only ones nesting here right now

And this little one was only to happy to pose for photos

As a nature lover I am really enjoying this time of year and just being able to take the time to watch

Tomorrow my blog friend Stella and her husband Marcel will be arriving from The Netherlands and it will be so exciting to finally meet

It's going to be a good week ... I hope your will be too

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday City Crafter!!

Hello and good morning!!

City Crafter Challenge is celebrating this month ... We have just turned 5 years old!!

We have a month long party planned so for the next 4 weeks each of the Designers will create a card 

The challenge is to CASe the card

You can pick up on the colours, the sketch or any element and make a version that is entirely yours

The designers have each sponsored a prize for the winner of each of the 4 challenges

Today we are kicking off with a card designed by Samra

...and this is fabulous the prize Samra is offering to the winner

I love Samra's shabby chic card and wanted to see if I could put a modern twist on the design - Here's what I came up with

I kept the sketch the same but used a host of butterflies instead of flowers ... They were cut from a piece of CS that I had sprayed first with various inks and paints

You can't really see from the photos but I used an iridescent paint for the butterfly bodies and together with the touches of gold in the wings they are quite shiny

We also have an amazing Guest Designer joining us this week ... Lula ... click on the link to go visit her blog and say "Hi" You will be enthralled with her lovely creations!

Don't forget to hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to check out all this week's creations and come join the party!!

Have a wonderful day!

~ Ros ~