A Little Doll

Hello there ...

I don't have a card to share today ... I've been doing a little sewing recently. There was a time, many moons ago that I made most of my clothes but with all the new stores it was often easier and cheaper to buy them. Recently however, I'm so disillusioned by the lack of styles and colours to suit my age and the poor fit (I think everything is made to fit girls not women) that I am attempting to sew again.

But enough of that ... The best sewer in the family is my Aunt, at 89 years of age she is still sewing and I'd like to share with you something that she made for my blog friend Darnell who was so generous when we met, treating me to 2 lunches (and my friend Pat) and as if that wasn't enough these gorgeous flowers also arrived ...

So here's what my Aunt made for her

A little British girl to join Hammy and Freckles

One thing I don't do is embroidery but my Aunt is brilliant at it... See that little bee on her nose? And all the beadwork too...

Even on the back of her head, right down to her toes

She has a full set of underwear as well as her pretty dress and handbag

I'm sure she will have a wonderful home in the USA 

Have a lovely day...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 327

Hello!

Are you ready for a new challenge at City Crafter?

This week we have an easy one for you... Marina has picked Birthday Wishes and the challenge is just to make a birthday card

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I made this card for a male friend who lives near my Aunt

I used a digital image and sentiment from here and coloured it with Copics and found some very old DP from my stash

Hop on over to the Blog to see what the rest of the team have to inspire you this week... We also bid farewell to our Special Guest Star for the month of August... Davi

We've really enjoyed having her along with us sharing her talent

As this is a NBUS digital I'm also playing along with Darnells's NBUS Challenge 

Have a fabulous day lovely people!

~ Ros ~

Sunlight

Hello...

Today there's a new word prompt at 

Our Beautiful World

And the word is Sunlight

This was taken in the month of November in Palma... Warm, bright sunlight and unless you're a local, no coats are needed... Much like a summer in the UK!

Many of you are fortunate to have warm sunlight all year round, and I have to say it really does make me happy when the sun is shining... This little butterfly loves it too

I managed to photograph this whilst on a beach last year ... the sun coming through the palm tree and the sun halo around it

By contrast, sunlight on snow, close up it sparkles like diamonds

And I love the dramatic sky as the last of the sunlight slipped below the horizon on a Greek Isle

If you have some photos that fit the prompt, link up with us at 

Our Beautiful World

Enjoy your day my friends

~ Ros ~

Watercolour

Hello there ...

It seems ages since I posted and yet it's only a few days... I've been kept busy with these

and this

You may remember that earlier this year I made "Save the Date" cards for my friend, well now I'm onto the invitations... 50 down and 50 to go.

And Missy ... She's discovered the back garden and is in every nook and cranny... We don't like to let her go out to the front of the house because she can really get lost, I mean that's how we ended up with her, but one quick dart and she's over the fence! 

So I am run off my feet... It's worse than having a child!

I do however, have a card to share that I made a few weeks back when I was playing with my watercolours

Very similar to the others I did but I find them addictive (and simple to make)

Well, I'd better get on with my invitations and catching up with your blogs... I hope you are enjoying your day 

Till soon, be safe

~ Ros ~

Boo You

Good morning!

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter and this week the lovely Stella is hosting with a theme

"It's all about you"

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The challenge is to create a project that has the word YOU in the sentiment (note: not your or you're)

Here's my card

I used one of the many free digital images from Here, coloured it with Copics and added dimensional gloss to the mushroom, which I cut twice so I could mount it over the frame

As you can see I also made a frame on my card using acetate

Our GD Davi and the team have more inspiration for you up on the City Crafter Blog and we're looking forward to seeing your entries this week

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

AAA Cards

Hello...

I hope you are well...

Today I'm playing along with the challenge over at AAA Cards...

...Where the challenge is blending and here's my card

I pulled out a few distress inks along with some dies and blended twisted citron and blueprint inks on the leaves and hickory smoke for the little elephant... 

 My blog friend Diane sent me a cute elephant die and here I used the negative part to sponge ink through then took a black pen to add a few lines around his ears and for his eye

I don't know what it's like where you are but here we've had so much rain and it's very dark... The sun put in an appearance for 10 minutes and it was lovely but I think that's it for the rest of the day...

Thanks for looking in - Take care

~ Ros ~