City Crafter 308

Hello there...

It's my turn to host the challenge this week at 

City Crafter 

 An Englishman's Home Is His Castle

Photo Credit

We want you to create a card or project that features either a House or the word Home

 

I did some masking and ink blending for my card

It's a technique that I really like and keeps the card pretty much flat except for the gems and the glossy heart

I used a variety of different stamps here too...

I'm sorry I'm not up to writing much today ... Losing our cat yesterday has set me back but I would like to say a huge Thank You to all of you for your kind words - We really appreciate your thoughfulness.

 Please hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what the team have come up with and say 'Hi' to our Guest designer this week Yalentini

The winner of last week's prize will be announced in the next few days too

Take care

~ Ros ~

 

Sad News

Hello ...

Just a brief post today to let you know that our sweet little cat Gipsy was killed on the road this morning...

 My son took her in to our home some years ago and he adored her as she did him ... My heart aches to see him so broken...

She will be missed for all her quirky ways, for the spirit she was and for the love she brought into our lives especially Mikey's.

R.I.P. Little girlie

~ Ros ~

Books

Hello and good morning friends

It's time for a new prompt over at 

Our Beautiful World 

Where photos tell the stories and captured memories are shared

I got to choose the prompt this week and it's

Books

I love books...I have lots of the box kind like above that house some of the many little books albums I make

I have old books, the pages worn and yellow like this one

Notice the price on there? 3/6 Three shillings and sixpence... And it's full of funny and strange little poems

 

But it's special because I was awarded this more than 50 years ago for the art of speaking verse

This is another one I was awarded at church

 again over 50 years ago, I was so thrilled taking these home

I know many people use Kindle but to me there is nothing like a real book and once quite by chance I came across this book that was a revelation.....

Why? Because inside was a family tree... MY family tree...On my father's side

 

Evelyn Beatrice Bartley was my Aunt and my Father's mother ...Having been put in an orphanage when they were aged 9 and 11... Neither knew their full background until I found this - It even had photos

I was able to contact the author and find family living in Australia ...

I know many of you fear altering a book but to me even the old discarded and unwanted can be given a new lease of life

Go see what everyone else is sharing up on the blog and link up with us at 

Our Beautiful World

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Save The Date

Hello there ....

Phew! life has been so busy lately...I mentioned in an earlier post that a dear friend is getting married next year and I am making her Wedding invitations and Save the Date cards ... That has kept me busy for a while.

The designing, wording etc., takes time and basically all I had to go on were the colours and maybe some bling? Lol!

So here's the finished Save the Date

 

They are now all completed - The invitations will be more or less the same and I have breathing space before I start the 100 or so ...

You can see that my Big Shot got an extra work out together with my arm! And the vellum leaves often argued with the Cameo! Sourcing everything I needed takes a lot of time ... We are really stuck for craft shops here and the few we do have are very expensive so everything is bought via the internet... 

Keeping up with DT work, Thursday Club and commenting has been a little exhausting...I found that concentrating on the STD cards left me with little inspiration for anything else. In a few days time I will have my dear friend Stella visiting and a week later DH and I are taking a well earned (well, for me anyway) holiday. We are off to Majorca and hopefully some sea, sand and sun. It will be a treat just having someone else do the cooking and cleaning I can tell you... 

Have a great day and thanks so much for looking in on me

~ Ros ~

 

Happy Birthday City Crafter!!

Good morning!

We're celebrating over at City Crafter Challenge Blog

Today is our 6th Birthday and we have a fun blog hop for you with prizes and as always, inspiration from the team....

CASE me if you can

The team each picked one of their cards that they would like you to CASE

 We then got to choose a number to decide which one WE would CASE ... As it happened the number I picked was my own card!

Here's my original

And here's the new card

A little ink blending, some Cameo cuts and that's it...

Our Blog Hop will be in this order

City Crafter Blog

Kirsty

Ros 

Stella

Marina

There are 4 prizes up for grabs, donated by the team and each of us will pick a winner at the end of the challenge

Here's what I am offering

Hop on over to City Crafter for full details, pick a card to CASE and don't forget to leave a comment on each of our blogs

We're looking forward to seeing your creations

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Spring Thing

Hello and Happy Sunday to you

Kirsty has picked "Spring Thing" for the prompt this week at

Our Beautiful World

Unfortunately Spring has been delayed here where I live... I was looking back on last year's photos and everywhere was so much more colourful 

We do however have amazing displays of Daffodils ... They're blooming not only in the gardens but in virtually every park and highway that we pass

The blossom is slowly starting to appear coaxed by the spells of sunshine but winter is clinging - outstaying her welcome

 Cold nights, cool days and raindrops that leave the winter pansies bowing their heads

But there are some Spring surprises to come... The tulips my dear friend Stella sent from The Netherlands are awaiting her arrival ... 

They have decided not to open until she is here... only 10 days to go



 
And look at this

This makes me smile because it's my lilac tree - My Mum loved lilacs and this always makes me think of her but last year I didn't get one single flower on that tree

But I can already see the purple flowers peeking out ... Oh yes! We are having lilacs this year, so Spring you are forgiven for being a little tardy and we are waiting to welcome you with open arms

Till soon

~ Ros ~