Watercolour Thank You

Hello... Happy Monday

I hope you're having a good start to the week

Last Friday Pat and I were invited to dinner by a lovely lady who comes with her daughter to our craft class at Thursday Club... Winnie and her daughter Gemma originate from Hong Kong and we enjoyed a wonderful home cooked meal of ribs, ham fried rice and roast vegetables finished off with ice cream, sorbet and fresh fruit.

The only other person that cooks for me is my lovely Aunt so I really enjoyed being spoiled  

I have a Thank You card to share which will be on it's way to Winnie and Gemma

 

I wet some watercolour cardstock and let the red and black colours flow... Then once I had dried it, I splattered various other colours on and then dragged some white paint and some gold pen ink around

 

I love the vibrancy of these colors though I wasn't quite sure what I would end up doing with it, but as you can see I cut up some of the painted CS and also die cut the Thanks and then added part of a PTI die cut (from the Waves cover plate) over the top just to give it a little something extra

 

Whilst we were at Gemma's she took us to see her bedroom and every project she had made over the years at Thursday club was on display ... How sweet!

I hope you enjoy your week and I'll be back tomorrow for the new challenge at City Crafter

Take care

~ Ros ~

 

 

 

Our Beautiful World

Hello...

The prompt today at 

Our Beautiful World 

Has been chosen for us by Riitta and it's Outdoor Activity

This is my lovely great nephew Ross paddling in the sea some years ago... There's lots to do down by the sea... Like making sand sculptures

They are even doing this by our shopping centres now... Of course you could go Kayaking

or even better sit back and take a cruise

...Or go sightseeing

Then there are the more active outdoor activities like like hiking

...Or zip wiring through trees

Football...

...Golf

Or what was my favourite... a lovely walk through the countryside with my dog

Hop on over to Our Beautiful World Blog to see what everyone else is sharing and link up your photos with us this week...

Have a beautiful Sunday

~ Ros ~

Seascape... Well sort of..

Good morning ... 

It's a bright and beautiful one here and Ginger cat is already out sunbathing, man that cat loves the sun!

I have another watercolour card to share ... You knew I couldn't resist once those paints were out right? Sometimes a girls' just got to paint. Anyway I thought I'd try a little seascape ...Or two

This one is my first attempt ... I'll share the other one later in the week

I used really inexpensive watercolour CS and when it gets too wet it starts pilling which creates those flecks on the sand... A happy accident

I have a 'thing' about beach/nautical themes which I'm sure you've noticed ... I just love them

I'll be back tomorrow for the new prompt at Our Beautiful World

Have a great weekend

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Mixed Media Challenge

Good morning

I hope your week is going well...

Yesterday Pat came for her weekly crafting session and we decided to get out the Gansai Tambi paints ... We haven't used them in ages, nor have I given much use to the square stitched dies my friend Stella got me

Well, I was glad we got them out and here's a card I made...

There's a Rainbow challenge on at The mixed Media Card challenge and thought I'd enter my card there 

 ...I know there's only a few rainbow colours in my card and I've used a butterfly instead of the optional dragonfly, but never mind
 

The word was cut on my Cameo and I also used a very old french text stamp from Inkylicious

Enjoy your day ... 
The rain has stopped for a minute here and I'm hoping it dries up soon but thunderstorms are forecast later ... This is summer...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge

Good morning... 

I'm back today to share my DT card for the new fortnightly challenge at

Double D Challenges

Where team Diane is hosting with an I Love Polka Dots challenge

I used another digital stamp - A pre- coloured one this time... Polka Dot Bella from Sassy Cheryl's and you have seen this one before but she's so cute...

I paired her with some polka dot DP and clear sequins and added a little glossy accents to her eyes and feet

I made her for Ross's mum who had a birthday a while ago

We'd love you to join in with our challenge and you have 2 week's to link up so get out your Polka Dots

Both our teams have posted some amazing creations to inspire you ... hop on over to the blog and take a peek.

Have a lovely day friends

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 323

Hello everyone... Happy August!

Stella is hosting this week's challenge over at

City Crafter

The challenge is to add a sweet treat to your project whether it be a cupcake, pie or by using DP... Hop on over to the blog for full details

Source

I'm not a cupcake person so I kinda struggled with this one but the cat saved me

That rather chubby Ginger cat (who looks like mine...) is a digital stamp and so is the cake, I kind of merged the two of them

We're always trying to put our cat on a diet and he just goes to Mikey as though he hasn't already been fed... Very crafty! So this card reminds me of him - The cat not Mikey haha!

Today's Guest Designer is going to be with us for the whole month ... Please welcome

Davi

Hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what Davi and the team have to inspire you this week

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~