Masking Day 5

Hello...

I've enjoyed learning the tips and tricks with the online class Mask-erade

Day 5 was a lesson using heat embossing to mask your images and once again there were some lovely samples from the tutors...

I'm loving water colouring lately and I used a poppy stencil to create this card

You can make your own stencil by using the negative part of a die cut ... tape it down onto your card and smoosh away with your Versamark then heat emboss with clear EP or you could just use your stamps

The embossing resists the paint ... I used TH distress stains for my card ... I love them

You can also see that I added a few old Rubons ...I love how that little butterfly looks against the water colour... To be honest I wasn't sure they would work but they did

I'll share a little tip with you that Debbie Hughes gave and that was if you iron over the embossing (using a piece of paper) the shine comes off... I didn't try that - I thought I may just ruin the whole thing.

Thanks so much for popping by ... Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Fun

Good morning!

I'm back with photos for the prompt over at 

Our Beautiful World

Manuela has chosen the prompt for us ... This week it's 

Fun

I saw this on a patio near to the hotel we recently stayed at in Majorca ... It made me laugh!

And at the hotel pool it was fun to see this little guy enjoying himself

But the weather broke and the cold winds came and it even put off the little duck from dipping his toes

We don't have brilliant summers here but we try to enjoy ourselves and make the most of things ... Recently at a local shopping centre I spotted some attractions for the children to have fun

Share your Fun photos with us this week at

Our Beautiful World

And go visit the blog to see what my fellow photographers have to share

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Friends and freezer paper

Hello...

A weird title? Well I'll explain as I go ...

Yesterday was Day 4 of Mask-erade

The lesson was about using freezer paper ... readily available to my American friends so I see, but not here in the UK ... I could order it online ... the lowest price I found would have been about £10 with postage... having already ordered some masking paper and masking fluid (not cheap either) I decided I would try and improvise...

Freezer paper allows you to mask your image and be able to watercolour over it - that's the beauty of the product

So I tried ordinary transparent contact paper and I then tried a thicker patterned contact paper ... the sort you use to cover furniture etc.,

This is the result of the thicker contact paper ... It really worked the best and maybe the image is not as pronounced as the samples shown with freezer paper but it still gives a good result using the Chloe Stem by Memory Box

Now although the thin contact didn't work so well, for some reason I actually love the result I got using my 'hello' die ... It's not so clear but it has a lovely look to me

You can make out the "hello" but it's imperfection is what appeals to me

So to all my British friends out there ... If you have contact paper - give it a go or buy some as it is soooo much cheaper than freezer paper and no ironing either

A quick update about my sick friend ... I managed to get to the hospital to see her yesterday evening and though she is still in a very bad way there was a slight improvement which was brilliant news!
She can't talk but old friends don't need to talk - they just hold hands...
I held her hand for a long while and then massaged her aching back till it was time to leave.
Thank you for your well wishes and your prayers

Have a lovely weekend

~ Ros ~

Keeping busy

Hello...

I've been keeping busy which is a good thing right now ... I had some bad news regarding 2 of my friends ... Mother and daughter

The daughter is a year younger than me and we've been friend since children - right now she is in a critical condition with a lung problem and her mother who is now in her 80's has been by her side but she too has to have 2 operations on monday including a mastectomy...

All I can do is pray that they will both come through...

The 2nd day of the online class Mask-erade gave some ideas about masking off part of your card for sentiments ... I managed to create a little card using a stencil and some paste 

I mixed the paste using a Hero Arts Ombre ink pad which gives it this pretty blend

... And you can see I used a coating of glitter too

I really should have stamped my sentiment a little further over to balance it properly but hey ho.. I'll remember next time.

I didn't do a card from today's class - day 3 as I don't yet have any masking fluid but I'll definitely give it a go when I receive mine

However, I did see a card up on the Simonsaysstamp blog by Laura Bassen and it gave me an idea using an old PTI die ... The clock face

I know my blending is far from perfect but it was one of those moments when a light bulb comes on and you just grab any old scrap piece of CS to see if your idea works - 

I like how it turned out despite the blending and I love it when a die can be used for something totally different

Ok enough from me for now ...

Have yourselves a lovely day and be safe

Thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday

Hello!

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Today I'm popping in to wish my dear friend 

Kirsty

A very 

Happy Birthday!!!

Kirsty is one of the sweetest, kindest and most caring people I know in Blogland as well as being a talented lady and a dear friend

Have a beautiful day my lovely... This is your card and it's winging it's way over to you 

Bright and happy just like you

With lots of love and hugs ...

... For a beautiful day

If you'd like to leave some love for Kirsty - hop on over to the City Crafter Blog - we're celebrating there too!

~ Ros ~

Smile

Good morning

I joined the Mask-erade online card class 

I had so much fun following the last class I did, so why not?

Yesterday was the first class and there are lovely samples by some of my favourite designers it was hard to decide which one to go with. My supplies decided for me and I went with sponging "a la Laura Bassen" style

I chose to use Cashmere Mist CS instead of white and I liked the result. I cut some scrap CS to use as a mask for my inks and just sponged away using Versamark and Memento inks

Why the silver leaves? I have no idea only that they looked good to me

I've been quite busy with card making lately ... Some things I can't share just yet but I hope I'll find time to keep up with the class ... 

Have a lovely day and smile.....

Till soon

~ Ros ~