Birthday Hugs

Good morning

Well, my Copics finally came and I've been playing around with them ... Actually I went for the B set Copic Ciao markers - I figured they were a little cheaper and neither are going to make me a brilliant artist but I can practice.

I have a card to share that I made for a friend's birthday... her wedding anniversary is on the same day and I'll share that card with you later in the week

I used the poppy stamp from Technique Tuesday

I stamped and embossed in black before colouring the poppies and I'm so pleased at how they turned out - My friend Pat is going to love playing with my new toys

I cut some leaves from vellum and coloured them too 

I'm thinking I may even make another card for my friend and keep this Lol!

I hope your having a good start to the week and it's a good day for you

Thanks for looking in, till soon

~ Ros ~

Favourite

Hello and Good morning!

Today at 

Our Beautiful World

I have chosen the prompt Favourite -Because we all have them don't we? 

Whether it's your favourite season like Spring

When everything bursts into life and birds are nesting, or your favourite bird for that matter...

It could be a favourite memory, photo or place

...Or your favourite people and pets to hang out with

Yeh, I know I've shown this photo before but it is my favourite

Perhaps you have a favourite mod of transport

Or how about a favourite colour

Funny thing about colour ... When someone asks what your favourite colour is, you may answer red, blue, green etc., Me? I like shades of blues, greens and aquas yet do I wear those colours? Not really... would I dye my hair those colours? Erm... NO! Would I paint all my walls in those colours ... probably not. So I guess it depends on the context.

Why not share some of your favourites with us at

Our Beautiful World

We'd love to see them

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Happy Ellie

Hello...

The sun has decided to put in an appearance today and for once it's not raining, but it's cold!

My heart goes out to everyone who has been flooded out here in the UK over the past few months ... So much rain it's crazy!

I have another birthday card to share using up some BG paper I created with distress inks ... sometimes I just like to sit and play with colour and put the pieces I've done to one side, for using at a later date.

The music die is new ... from Memory Box and I love it because I can use it for any celebration

Using a lot of bright colours is not in my comfort zone, I more of a 'muted look' person, and yet I just love seeing colourful cards on other peoples blogs

Little Ellie is coloured with Promarkers and I caved in and ordered some Copics ... Eeek! They haven't arrived as yet and they were actually a gift as I got money given to me at Christmas - DH never knows what to buy me... Copics are expensive right? I really hope I am going to be able to use them.

I hope you are having a lovely day ... Take care and thanks so much for popping in

Oh, and Thanks so much to Try It On Tuesday for giving me another Top 5 award!

~ Ros ~

Thanks

Hi there!

The very first challenge starts today at

Double D

This is a fortnightly challenge and there are 2 teams ... Team Diane (of which I am part of) and Team Darlene

Our first challenge is hosted by Team Diane 

Flowers & Blue

For my card I used a digital watercolour image of Forget-Me-Nots by Gail Flores 

which I printed onto linen card stock - I used the inlaid die technique for the 'Thanks"

The little bowl I hand cut and water coloured before adding Glossy Accents to give it a ceramic look but it's hard to capture that on my photos

Each team member has a different style so please hop on over to the blog to take a look at all the different creations ... We do hope that you will be inspired to join us 

It so happens that the first challenge of the year at Just Us Girls is word week 

So I'm entering this card there too...

Have a lovely day ... Be safe

Hugs 

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 293

Good morning!

It's the first challenge of 2016 over at City Crafter and Marina has chosen a wonderful challenge to start the New Year

"Say hello/Wave goodbye"

Photo Source

Whether it's "Welcome New Baby", "Good Luck in your New Home", "Bon Voyage" or "Sorry You're leaving"

Marina wants us to create a card or project to mark a beginning or an ending

I chose to wave hello to the New Year

...with a simple shaker card

Our Guest Designer is Bea, winner of week 288. She has a wonderful style ... click the link to go visit her

And please hop on over to the City Crafter blog to see what the rest of the team have created - I hope you can join us this week!

Have a beautiful day and thanks for looking in

~ Ros ~

A Winter Anniversary

Hello there...

Today it's my wedding anniversary and I'm sharing the card I made for my hubby

Both the sentient stamp and the bird stamp were from Hobbycraft and they only cost £1 each ... The bird stamp doesn't always give full coverage but I love it, so after stamping it I use a marker pen to fill in any missing bits and then stamp over it again... Easy with the Misti

I did some ink blending around the little birds and then stamped the umbrella onto a scrap of CS - cut around it and just drew a line for the handle - After cutting out the rectangle shape, masking off the birds, I then added embossing paste through a stencil and doused it in glitter

The first challenge of the year at AAA Cards is to use glitter 

..So I'm entering my card there and hoping it will be CAS enough

I'll be back tomorrow ... Have a great day

~ Ros ~