City Crafter 302, NBUS & SSS

Good Morning!

We've had frosty mornings followed by sunshine these past few days - It's cold but the sunshine makes such a difference...

DH has gone off to Spain for a golfing holiday and to use a quote I saw on Pinterest

"I am currently unsupervised and the possibilities are endless"

So... Today is the start of a new challenge over at City Crafter and we have Kirsty hosting for us 

The theme is

I'm Working on my PhD (Projects Half Done)

 

Photo Credit

The challenge is to complete a half done project that was sitting in your craft room for awhile

When I have no inspiration one of the things I tend to do is experiment with inks and paints ... I play around and then the piece are just left, so that was the basis for my card

I die cut the flowers and butterfly from my painted pieces and the crackled brickwork was me experimenting with crackle paste

I made this card for friends of mine who celebrated 48 years of marriage recently... A little different from your average anniversary card but they loved it

 

Our Guest Designer this week is Evy winner of week 296 ... Do click the link and go visit her lovely blog 

Our team at CCCB have more projects to share so go take a look and link up your projects with us this week.

I am also entering this card at Darnell's NBUS Challenge - The dies are new as is the crackle paste

Over at Simon Says Stamp, the monday challenge is make your own background so I think this qualifies for that challenge too

Ok...Have a beautiful day and I'll be back in the week

Take care

~ Ros ~

Home

Hello there....

This week's word prompt at 

Our Beautiful World

has been chosen for us by Kirsty - The word is 

Home

This is how Home for me looked yesterday... Cold wet and icy with the occasional snow fall  

 

Even my Christmas cactus has been fooled into blooming

Of course we don't have it as bad as some of you do ... 

Liverpool is my home, a sea port, a city with immense history

We have 2 football teams 2 cathedrals and funny accent

No, we don't have a beautiful aqua coloured river

and skies are not always blue, but we are a colourful city with a warm welcome

Dotted around this city you can see what we call the lamb bananas - so called because they were originally yellow and resembled bananas but we changed that

Mixed in with some of the most stunning architecture, my home has quirky things that make you laugh...

And amazing things that make me proud 

This is the Black Pearl - made from reclaimed and salvaged goods from the beach, built by volunteers and sitting proudly on the other side of the river from me

The evidence of our history as a sea port is everywhere and most of the old dock buildings have been refurbished and are now apartments

This is Home to me..It's where my heart is

Go visit the blog to see what my friends are sharing this week at

Our Beautiful World

Have a lovey day

~ Ros ~

NBUS Challenge 6

Hello...

I'm popping in to share a card I made for the lovely Darnell's fun NBUS challenge 6!

I couldn't bear to miss it even though my mojo has gone on a winter break, no doubt to get away from the cold.

My NBUS item it the Paper Smooches Bird House die I just received

 

I even used some patterned paper on this... that paper is really stacking up. I buy it 'cos it's pretty and then it just sits there...

I cut one of the 2 bird houses that comes in the set, layered it up then coloured it with a copic - It's a linen type CS which gives it some texture. The leaves (coloured with copics) were in my bits box along with the grass and the glossy birds are from a Memory Box set, I kind of preferred them to the one's that came with the dies

 Just a little tip for you ... sometimes I want a glossy finish to a die cut but those little ones are quite fiddly so rather than use Glossy Accents or something similar I smoosh the CS with VersaMark add clear E/B then heat. Let it cool and then cut out my die...Voila!

I hope you have a lovely day / evening

Till soon

~ Ros ~

 

 

Double D Challenge

Hello!

I'm back this morning with my DT card for the new challenge at

Double D Challenge

Team Diane are hosting this challenge and the theme is 

Feeling Green 

(Shades of Green, Add an optional pop of "red", shamrocks, be inspired)!

I don't celebrate St.Pat's day but I made a fun card changing little gnomes into Leprechauns

 

Do you think they pass as leprechauns? Lol! I did some watercolouring on my card and on the tree which is from a Stampendous set - Pop Up Forest

 

The "leprechauns" or gnomes are from the Memory Box set Gnome for Christmas and I coloured them with copics - note the pop of red in their socks!

The team have more inspiration for you up on the Double D Blog - Hop on over and take a look and link up your creations with us

Have a fabulous day!

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 301

Good Morning and Welcome to March!

March 1st is also St David's Day - Patron saint of Wales

Happy St David's Day to all who celebrate!

It's also time for a new challenge at City Crafter

This week's challenge is hosted for us by Marina

"The Elephant In The Room"

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 Marina is asking that we use an elephant on our project - I've used elephants many times on my cards, the hard part is coming up with a new design but I think I managed it with my jungle party

I think this is the first time I've used all 3 Ellies on a card and I love these cuties

I did some sponging and a little splattering for the BG, used watercolour paint for the leaves and the branch and copics for the elephants

 

Our Guest Designer this week is Sarah, who won challenge 295 Her work is very diverse... She even makes cute little dolls ... Hop on over to her blog and take a look 

Don't forget to check out the projects our team have created too at CCCB ...

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week

Have a fun day and be safe

~ Ros ~

Colours

Good morning

This week Ariadne has chosen the word prompt at

Our Beautiful World

The word is Colours 

Now I expect you are wondering about this pretty watercolour - Its actually a tissue box... Normally I try to buy one that fits in with the colour scheme of the room it's going in but I was drawn to this because of the watercolour effect and those lovely colours. How I would love to be able to paint like this.

There's not a lot of colour around at the moment. Dark winter clothes, pale skin. The trees are bare and nothing looks clean. I'm desperately waiting for the Spring flowers to bloom 

Colours that make you feel warm and happy.

Whilst travelling on a bus abroad I took this photo of a Pirates play land for children ... I just love the bright pretty colours

 I tell you I am so fed up of the cold and fed up of winter - I want the summer to arrive and colour to abound.

What will you share with us this week? Hop on over to the Blog to see what everyone else is sharing

Have a great day

~ Ros ~