City Crafter 278

Hello!

Time for a new challenge at City Crafter where Kirsty is hosting for us with a theme titled

Feeling Flat

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He looks like I'm feeling right now having just prepared a project for my special needs group ... 60 notebooks to put together (3 each) plus a box to hold them in with all the embellishments phew!

On to the challenge ... Kirsty wants us to create a card that is flat and mail friendly

I made this for a friend who celebrated his birthday recently

This slotted into an envelope easily and only regular postage

After masking off, I stencilled right onto my card front with inks and added a little embossed stencilling too

Our Guest Designer this week is Buffy Burnside of Cherished Mementos - click on her name to go visit her blog

As always the team have more inspiration for you up on the City Crafter Blog 
I hope you can play along with us this week!

Have yourselves a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Jump

Hello and good morning!

It's been such a busy week, meetings for the new schedule at Thursday Club where I hold a craft class for physically and mentally challenged adults. Then a funeral to attend - We lost one of our lovely girls from Thursday Club... Louisa was a popular young lady and would have celebrated her 30th birthday next month... so very sad.

Now I'm busy coming up with projects for the group next week so I've had little time to myself and little time to visit you all.

Today's prompt at 

Our Beautiful World

Has been chosen for us by Kirsty and the prompt is "Jump"

I found this tough ... I only had this photo taken recently whilst I was out shopping with DH

Then I remembered I had some that fit the prompt taken when the Giants came to visit us in Liverpool

In order for those Giant puppets to move, the people dressed in red have to grab on to the ropes and jump

It's hard work and takes a lot of effort and they are all volunteers from the city

That's all I have today ... I'm sure the rest of the team have lots more to share and I hope you link up with us at

Our Beautiful World

I'd love to see what you come up with.

I hope to get around to your blogs soon - Have a great day!

~ Ros ~

September, Birthdays and Holidays

Early September...

The shops are bustling with parents and children buying uniforms and all the necessary supplies as the school term starts again.... Leaves are falling from the trees, flowers are dying out and the squirrel is rushing around my garden trying to gather anything he can before winter sets in. And we have rain... lots of it...Ginger cat is miserable and mooching around not knowing quite what to do with himself.

There are lots of birthdays this month in my circle of friends and family and DH is due to be a grandfather for the second time next week, so here's another birthday card I've made for a blog friend ... 

One way to dress up old papers is to stencil on them and add a good splash of paint Lol! This kind of looks like a galaxy now, that's not what I was aiming for but I'm ok with it

It's contrary to the white space cards I normally do and I've added a flower...I have lots of them because I always used them a lot but no so much now. I even squeezed in some watercolour on the leaves

Did I tell you we were hoping to get away this month? I so need some sunshine and rest. Well it seems that the whole world had the same idea and it's been a nightmare trying to get anything... It appears that lots of people are reluctant to travel to certain places now due to the unrest with wars, economies and other issues but yesterday I did find something and in a couple of weeks we are off to a luxury hotel in a quiet area of my favourite island Majorca. We've never stayed in this part before though we have visited it ...  People like Tom Cruise and Claudia Schiffer have properties in the area so it should be good.

Well, I'll let you get on ... Thanks so much for stopping by 
Have a great day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 277

Hello and Happy September!

Marina is our host this week at City Crafter Challenge

and the theme she has picked is "In a Jam"

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 Create a project that features Fruit and/or a Jam Jar (mason jar)

I made this card for some friends who recently celebrated their wedding anniversary

Truthfully I am not one for using fruit on cards  - I could have opted to use a jar but hey, it's a challenge... I cut the pears and leaves on my Cameo and then used distress paints to colour them

The paper I used - Basic Grey I think - is some that I've been hoarding... I love the colours

Our Guest Designer this week is winner of challenge 269 Katarzyna Rossa aka Moje Hobby Click on the link to go visit her blog

Once again CCCB are offering a GD spot to this week's winner so I hope you'll be inspired to join us -

Have a lovely day my friends

~ Ros ~

Beads

Hello!

The lovely Mandy has picked our prompt today at

Our Beautiful World

Here we go....

A spray of tiny pearl beads

A mix of beads 

Hand embroidery with beautiful bead work done by my sweet aunt

Do you have photos to fit the prompt? Share with us at 

Our Beautiful World

Enjoy your sunday

~ Ros ~

Watercolour

Good morning!

Well the weekend has started and here in the UK it's a bank holiday weekend which means the roads are going to be very busy! So far it's dry and sunny which is unusual for a UK bank holiday - fingers crossed it stays dry.

I have another birthday card made for a friend who celebrates her birthday in a weeks time - This one is a watercolour done with distress paint and stains

...in my happy colours

It's really sparkly when the light hits it too

I used a piece of the water coloured CS to cut out 'Sending' then cut more in ordinary CS and stacked them before adding glossy accents 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~