To brighten your day

Good morning friends...

I have a little card to share that I made for a lady I used to work with many years ago. She's a lot younger than me and she moved away from Liverpool, married and had a little girl... I recently discovered that having battled cancer for many years it has returned... I'm hoping that my card will brighten her day

I used the digital Polka Dot Bella and altered her slightly, giving her a little smile and some eyelashes. 

I drew and coloured a little plant pot and added some stamped and coloured flowers

It's all I can do other than pray she will pull through this

I hope you have a wonderful weekend ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Birdbrain Birthday

Hello!

I've been quite productive since I started my meds ... Made a few cards, done the club projects and helped Pat create 6 cards yesterday...

I'm lunching with my GF's on Monday.. One of the girl's is celebrating a birthday and for her card I used a digital image called Bee Happy Birdbrain which I got Here

I like to change some of my stamps and digitals just to fit into what I'm making so I took the bee out of this image, changed the direction of the eyes and I added some lush eyelashes Lol!

I printed the image and coloured it in with Copic Ciaos then used a cloud die to make a stencil so I could add some subtle clouds in the background

 I also added glossy accents to the eyes and a glittery die cut balloon and string - A simple way to add the string and get that little bit of movement is to pierce a small hole both on the part of the image that is holding the ballon and where you want it to end. Then secure on the reverse with tape before adhering to your card base.

I'm entering this at Happy Little Stampers

Ok... Got to get my stuff ready for club tonight ... Have a lovely day/ evening and thanks so much for all your well wishes

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Birthday

Hello...

I know I haven't been posting much lately... I've been struggling with a health issue for 7 months now and some days are harder than others ... I've been waiting and waiting for my appointment at the hospital and my doctor has managed to bring it forward to next week then Finally, FINALLY!!  The hospital sent some medication. Yay! I'm feeling much better these past few days and hope it stays that way.

So today one of my team mates on the Double D challenge blog is celebrating a birthday...

Happy Birthday Vicki!

Here's a card I made for her ... I hope it arrived on time

I used the same BG as I have on previous cards but this time I added the musical notes die by Memory Box. 

To get that shadow look I first cut one of the musical note dies in black cardstock and inlaid it into my BG. I know, not the wisest decision as there were so many little bits to piece back...

Then I cut it again in white and adhered it over the other die cut but slightly offset. I think the effort was probably worth it in the end

I hope Vicki likes it ...

Have a lovely day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 352

Hello there...

This week's challenge at City Crafter is hosted for us by Kirsty - The theme is

Tutti Frutti

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'Create a project that includes a fruit'

 I don't make many cards with fruit on them ... It's not really the kind of card we Brits send each other I suppose, fortunately I did have a pineapple stamp and die that came free with a magazine so here's my card

The flowers were part of a digital image that I separated from the full image which allowed me to play around and group them the way I wanted. I then printed, coloured and fussy cut them before adding glossy dimensional.

I stamped, cut and coloured the pineapple, then I sponged and splattered a base to mount it on together with the flowers before stamping my sentiment 

Our team have more inspiration up on the blog for you - Do go take a look 

Have a wonderful day!

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge - Think Spring

Hello
Welcome to March and happy St David's day!

Today it's the turn of Team Diane to host the challenge at Double D

And with Spring approaching, the challenge is Think Spring

Just look at that lovely tile board

Here's my card...

I wanted to make a card that showed flowers sprouting up around the base of a tree... I have a few stamps with flowers but I didn't have a suitable tree stamp so again I drew one after masking off the front flowers

This is all done with watercolours and once again I added some texture to the tree by scraping it with a craft knife and I had to mask it to stamp the second set of flowers

I pondered abut maybe adding a butterfly but in the end I just left it alone

Both teams have created lovely cards to inspire you up on the blog and here's the prize on offer for this challenge

Cute huh?

We're looking forward to seeing your entries... Have fun!

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 351

Good morning!

Marina has picked this week's challenge at City Crafter and the theme is

'Hygge'

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" Hygge is a Danish term for creating a cozy atmosphere and enjoying the simple things in life with good people around you.

Create a project that captures the spirit of hygge, or take inspiration from the photo."

The wooden surface in this photo caught my eye and had a notion to make a card that featured a mug similar to the pottery in the photo on a wooden surface ... I didn't own a mug or cup stamp so I just drew one

...coloured it with Copics then added dimensional gloss to give it a glazed look and used a white gel pen for steam

For the wooden surface I printed one of my digital papers, cut the shape I wanted and drew some lines  then aged it by scratching my craft knife over the surface

The BG was sponged, the sentiment was computer generated and I added just a little sprig that was left over from my Christmas cards...

Sometimes my ideas work and sometimes they don't .. Thankfully it did in this case

I can't wait to see what you come up with ... I'm off to the City Crafter blog to see what the rest of our team have created for this challenge, you're welcome to join me

Have a lovely cosy day

~ Ros ~