Thinking of you

Hello ...

Just have a card to share for all my friends living on the East Coast of the USA to say I am thinking of you

 

One of my dearest friends lives in New Jersey ... We have been friends since I was 4 years old and I miss her a lot ... She posted photos of the weather there and being a nurse, staying home from work is not an option

I used the negative of my skyline die as a stencil to sponge some distress ink and coloured the trees using my Copic Ciaos... As you all know, I am a newbie when it comes to Copics, and to colouring for that matter... I gather that certain inks are not advisable for your stamped image but as my 'go to' ink is always Versafine (not recommended) I always cover it in clear E/B and heat it which eliminates any problem and I like the shiny look it gives to the outline image

I hope your weather is improving and  you all stay safe

Oops! I almost forgot to say that I am also posting this card to support my teamies over at Double D challenges where the theme is "Brrr"... A Winter Time Theme

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Love Is In The Air

Good morning!

I hope you are enjoying your week ...

The Monday Challenge over at SimonSays Stamp is Love is in the air - Use red

My love affair with little animals continues - 

Using a little guy from the Memory Box Gnome for Christmas stamps and dies, here's what I made

 

Uhuh, A polar bear this time...sending love to his sweetheart using balloons ... I mean how else is he going to send it?

The little red hearts were punched out and smothered in glossy accents

 I used balloon dies by Lil'Inkers and the sentiment - MFT's Label Makers - is stamped, embossed and handcut...

 To add a little interest I used a Lawn Fawn stitched hillside border die on the card edge

I am also entering this at The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge Love Letters

Got the hearts and got the word...

There's a nasty virus hanging around in my home right now ... DH has taken to his bed and I'm hoping I don't catch it...I must admit, it's pretty peaceful round here though hee hee...

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 296

Hello there ...

Today at City Crafter we have the lovely Stella hosting our challenge and she's picked a wonderful theme ...

For The Love of Pets 

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Stella is asking that we create a card or project that features a pet... cat, dog, bird etc.,

Seeing that sweet puppy's face I had to use a pup on my card ... I may have cats but I adore dogs!

 

This is one scruffy puppy... I used a white gel pen to create that look - doesn't he look kinda cute?

I made this for me ... On a day I was feeling a little low - Nothing wrong in sending yourself a hug, especially with a cute puppy

Now see that weird background? Well it was a left over from card I had previously painted and cut out 2 skyline's from and I just like the shape that remained Lol!

Our Guest Designer this week is Dana one half of The Crafty Couple - click the link to go visit the blog.

As always our team have lots more inspiration for you up on the City Crafter Blog hop on over and take a peek.

Wishing you a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

 

Make My Monday and Thanks

Good Afternoon

  First of all I would like to thank the team at AAA Cards for picking This card as 1st place!! I'm absolutely thrilled!

I noticed that the challenge at Make My Monday this week is to use your newest or most favourite stamps...

Well, look what just arrived

I know that they're Christmas stamps, but they were in the sale so I ordered them, a while ago as it happens, but they only came today and I just had to try them out...

 

...I mean you don't have to use them just for Christmas do you?

I did a little water colour and some splattering just to add a little interest

 

I never did 'cute' at one time... looks like I am becoming obsessed by little animals and even gnomes now Lol!

 

I hope you are having a good day - My thoughts go out to all of you affected by the storms and the bad weather - Please take care

~ Ros ~

 

 

Bright

Good morning...

Wen has chosen this week's prompt for us at 

Our Beautiful World

The word is Bright

Well this Orchid is bright don't you think?

It was sitting on a table in the reception area of a hotel we stayed in last summer and here's a photo of the sunset there

Pretty bright too....But in summer the sunset at Land's End in the UK is just as bright and beautiful

 

Though it's winter here and cold, we haven't really had any snow to speak of ... It was bright sunshine first thing yesterday - the sun was shining through the windows

...Reflecting the glitter on some of the artificial flowers

The ivy was enjoying having some sun too

Hop on over to Our Beautiful World Blog to see what my friends are sharing and if you have photos that fit our prompt please share with us

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Create With Critters

Hello!

So the Wednesday challenge at SimonSays Stamp is to create with critters... Well, I made this card a week or so ago and though I didn't use the featured Lawn Fawn products, it does include a cat

 

I was trying out my new copics to colour the kitty and using up some spare die cuts 

He's like my ginger cat... Sleeps most of the time

 

He does like to play but throw him a piece of string and he forgets to let go! 

I hope you are enjoying your day... Blogger is still playing up for us Safari users so I'm sticking to Firefox for now

Till soon

~ Ros ~