Another Christmas Card and A Rant

Hello there ...

I'm feeling pretty rough today, like I'm coming down with something... sigh

I did manage to make a couple more cards using my sponged backgrounds - here's one

Is it just me or does anyone else get exasperated with all the new releases? I mean much as I love them I would prefer that companies didn't release so much every month ... Maybe just a couple of stamps sets, dies etc.,

You'd have to be pretty well off to buy everything so if you finally decided on the ones you want and can afford, by time you get them and find time to create something, the next release is only weeks away... And just how do you pick just a couple of things???

Haven't we all got stamps and dies that have either never been used or hardly used?

So I'm still using stuff from way back when ... mixing and matching and changing up the designs... Like this Memory Box Deer Trio die but only using one of them ... He looks like he's blending into the background but IRL the card is quite dimensional.

Ok, rant over... I need a lie down Lol!

Thanks for stopping by ...

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Because I love these colours

Hello...

Just popping in with another card sponged in my (at the moment) favourite colours

I stamped and embossed the flowers from Doodle Buds by Wplus9

And added sentiments by MFT... Quite simple really but fun to do

I also wanted to say thank you to the lovely Jinny at Colour Me for giving This card an honourable mention... I'm thrilled!

I hope you are having a good day ... the sun is still shining here

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 283

Hello...

This week I'm hosting the challenge over at

City Crafter Challenge Blog

The challenge theme is "Paste It" and we are asking that you use either 

Texture (embossing) Paste, Crackle Paste or Crackle Paint

somewhere on your project

Photo Credit

There are lots of recipes around on how to make your own paste but I've included This link for those of you who wish to use it

I stencilled some embossing paste onto a piece of DP and added some glitter

It's easy to dress up papers that are perhaps a little plain

Our Guest Designer this week is winner of week 277 Karren a very talented lady from New Zealand... click the link to go visit her blog and hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what my friends are sharing ... There's a GD spot on offer to this week's winner so I hope you'll be inspired to play along with us...

Thanks so much for stopping by ... enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Christmas card and Sponging Tip

Hello there...

This is probably my first Christmas card this year ... When I don't have any inspiration I tend to paint or sponge with ink pads onto scrap pieces of card and then I have them to use at a later date

Here's what I came up with

I find that different CS takes the ink in different ways and sometimes it's not very neat ... I'm no Laura Bassen when it comes to sponging!  I've found a solution for this... After I've sponged I spray the card with a little water and gently go over it with a baby wipe... It evens up the inks and leaves nice little water marks... I tend then to use white/ gold or silver paint to create little splatters... Works for me anyway....

The little deer is a die from Stampendous (Pop Up Forest) I have the stamps as well but I love the dramatic effect with a silhouette and if you're not confident colouring your images it's foolproof

To be honest this card was going to be a snow globe but I changed my mind... I like it just as it is, not too fussy... I glued down the deers feet and body but I used a foam pad to pop up his head, it just adds a little dimension, like he's looking at that star.

The sentiment was computer generated in case you wanted to know

Have a beautiful day and take care

~ Ros ~

Weather

Good morning lovely friends

I've chosen the word "Weather" as this week's prompt over at 

Our Beautiful World 

Talking about the weather is a British pastime... Honestly, we strike up conversations with complete strangers at bus stops, train station, shops etc., with talk of the weather. We complain endlessly about it... It's so cold, it's too hot... It's too wet ... 

Actually we are very fortunate, we don't have tornados, earthquakes or hurricanes... We have 4 seasons that perhaps are totally unbalanced but in my part of the country rain is probably more frequent than anything else

I remember when my son was only 2 ... I'd saved desperately for a little holiday with my Mum in a caravan near the sea ... there we were on the beach, the sky was black and we were in raincoats carrying umbrellas but having such fun haha!

It's nice to have a downpour when it's followed by sunshine

Then again we could have sunshine one day and wake to this the next day

I guess that's why our weather is such a talking point ... It's completely unpredictable!

Share your weather photos with us at 

Our Beautiful World

And hop over to the blog to see what others are sharing this week

Have a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

CASing cards

Hi there

Yesterday my friend Pat came round to do some crafting... Sometimes we come up with a new card, other times Pat likes to CASe one of my cards and occasionally we trawl Pinterest to find some we can CASe together... The latter is what we did yesterday

First we were inspired by this card 

from an amazing designer at MFT - Donna Mikasa

Here's our version ... 

This is the only skyline die I had so we cut it a few times and layered it after first applying various ink pads and water to a piece of CS to create a colourful look

The second card we CASed is this card 

by a super talented lady ... Maureen Merritt (WPlus9)

Fortunately I had the same stamp set by WPlus9 and here's our take

If you have never visited Donna or Maureen's blogs please click on the links and check out their lovely designs... I just know you'll love them as much as I do.

Thanks so much for your visit... Have a great day!

~ Ros ~