Up

Hello and Happy Valentines Day!

It's time for a new word prompt at

Our Beautiful World

This week it's Mandy's choice and the word she chose is Up!

 

Well, I wouldn't like that guy's job for anything... I don't do heights at all and this is what he is Up on

 

This huge bridge goes right across the river in Lisbon and carries vehicles as well as a train line below

I took the photo whilst cruising in the Mediterranean and much as I loved cruising, my nightmare was having to go Up the steps to get on the ship

 

Having a fear of heights is no fun... But my great niece has no fear whatsoever... Since a mere toddler she has climbed Up anything she could - the higher the better

The Liverpool Eye was a doddle to her

Bet she'd love to go Up on this one, built in the side of the cliff at La Coruna

  

Take a peek at what my friend's are sharing Up on the Blog today...

Just as a side note ... I have spent ages trying to upload the photos on my post...Blogger is not co-operating so I had to drag and drop and even then they were not right ... 

Enjoy your Valentine's Day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Birthdays

Hello... Happy Friday!

There are 2 birthdays to celebrate today ... one is my DH and one is my blog friend Greta!

Greta and I have discovered so many things we have in common it's spooky... We've never met and live thousands of miles apart but we have a connection...So.... 

Happy Birthday Greta!! 

Have an amazing day! 

Today I'm sharing the card I made for my husband

 

It's kind of a peaceful scene ... done with some ink blending and stamps

 

I was given some stamps years ago, they're oriental type stamps and I noticed that one of them looked like water so I stamped and embossed it with clear E/B and used a white gel pen to draw under some of the ripples

 

 When it came to cutting the sentiment ... I tried it in white and didn't like it so added a black one, offsetting it a little and I still didn't like it... I ended up covering a piece of CS with glitter tape and cutting out the sentiment again and adding that - again offsetting it... Finally it looked okay to me

I hope you have a lovely day and a great weekend ... Be safe

Till soon

~ Ros ~

 

It's a Squirrel

Good morning!

How's your week going? It's been a busy one here - I caught up with an old friend yesterday, we haven't seen each other in such a long time...We met many years ago dog walking. I had my GSD Holly and Ree had a Dalmatian called Moby... We walked together for years and then within 6 months of each other we sadly lost both our dogs.

It was good to catch up and I hope we will do it more often now.

So... I told you I was playing with water colour last week, well, here's another Thank You card on it's way to a blog friend over in the USA

 

Both the tree and the squirrel are stamps and dies from Stampendous...I only partially die cut the tree so I would have a base to paint

This is like one of our squirrels here in the UK, he just blends in to the trees ... And whilst I don't usually use ribbons, the pretty ribbon bow on here was tied around the gift I received so I put it to good use and it's heading right back to my friend...

I have club night tomorrow and it's a Valentines night so I have 20+ owl treat boxes prepared and 40 cards for them to make... It's taken me a few late nights I can tell you! But I know it will be good fun

Oh, and I made Top Pick over at Make My Monday and a Top Pick at Classy Cards n' Such this week ... doesn't get much better than that!

Well my crafting buddy Pat is due in a few hours so I'd better get on ... Enjoy your day

Take care

~ Ros ~

 

 

City Crafter 298

Hello and Good Morning

It's time for a new challenge at  

City Crafter

And this week we have Kirsty hosting for us and our month long Guest Designer is the lovely

 Andie Miller...

Kirsty has picked a photo inspiration challenge for us

 

Photo Source

Here's my take...

 

It's quite simple really... Just some watercolour a Cameo cut Eiffel Tower, some heart gems and a glitter heart

 

I love that quote and I think it's apt for Kirsty's challenge as I know she loves Paris 

 

I printed the sentiment from my computer straight onto the watercolour cs

I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week and I'm heading over to the City Crafter Blog to see what the rest of the team have created ... Come and join me 

Have a lovely day and thanks so much for your visit

Till soon

~ Ros ~ 

 

 

 

Markings

Good Morning!

I've picked the word Markings for our prompt this week at

Our Beautiful World

So many things you could go with, like road markings

Markings on an animal

Or an insect

There are markings on a football pitch

...Transport vehicles

And I even saw these markings on a bridge in Lisbon

 

Can you come up with something else? Share with us at 

Our Beautiful World 

And go visit the blog to see what my friends are sharing this week 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

 

Watercolour Stampendous

Hello everyone... 

Another week just flew by and it's a wet weekend here in the UK

I won a $20 Stampendous voucher  over at AAA Cards recently ... It was kind of a mistake, I mean my card entry did win but the voucher was apparently meant to be for US residents only. I've noticed this before at challenges and I can fully understand when goods have to be shipped but when it comes to vouchers the shipping cost is on the winner. 

However, the lovely Laura at Stampendous honoured my win and I was able to choose my gifts which were sent to me from the UK store and the service was amazing! I have bought from them before and I do love their stamps...

So here's a  card that I made with one of my new stamps

This is called Blossom Bunch and it was perfect for watercolouring...

 

I stamped and embossed the image on to Rangers watercolour paper first and used my Gansai Tambi paints

 

This is going to one of my blog buddies ... I am still receiving beautiful cards and gifts following my birthday last month and I am overwhelmed with the kindness I've been shown...

Many thanks to Laura at Stampendous and to AAA Cards too

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~