Sail Away...

Hello and good morning from a beautiful sunny Liverpool...

We arrived back home from Majorca yesterday and I'm trying to catch up with things in between a ton of laundry...  Hubby and I had a wonderful break - You all know I love that Island ... It's my happy place, where I go to relax and on occasions heal but I was so glad to see my son and my cats, especially Ginger cat. He was quite unwell when I came home from visiting my Aunt in Lincoln but with a lot of love and care he improved before we went away. I'm thankfully that in Mikey's care he is now fully recovered and out enjoying the sunshine again.

It was hot and sunny every day despite the breeze from the sea -  Last year it rained virtually all week! And guess what? In just under 2 weeks time we are flying back to pick up a cruise ship heading for Italy, Sicily, Menorca and Corsica... Well someone's got to do it and it might as well be me Lol!

Here's a little card I made when hubby told me about the cruise...

 

When I mentioned my visit with my Aunt a few weeks back ... I told you we never stopped laughing, well one of the reasons for that was that we decided to teach ourselves how to crochet some little animals. We thought it would be easy...All we had to do was crack the 'magic circle' thing, or so we thought... It was a hoot! Eventually I did managed to make a cat though she's not perfect... If you look at her legs you can see where I went wrong

And when it came to the skirt, the pattern said 'pick up the 2 stitches you left'... Um..what 2 stitches? Lol! So I kinda made it up as I went. Then I didn't have any eyes or noses so I improvised with gems for the eyes and a felt cut heart for her nose, but you know, I am quite pleased with my first attempt.

Before I finish I just want to say a big thank you to CAS Mix Up for an Outstanding Design award and CAS Watercolour Challenge for a Top Pick ... And thanks to all of you who visited my blog and left comments for me whilst I was away... I really appreciate it

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 361

Hello from sunny Majorca!

(Only kidding ... this is a prescheduled post... from a rather cold UK)

It's time for another challenge at

CITY CRAFTER

This week Marina is hosting with a challenge to make a projects related to

(maybe the arrival of a baby, the arrival of Spring or the arrival at an airport)

I chose to make a card welcoming a new baby using a digital image

I coloured the giraffe with Copics and decided to make him a little different from the usual colour then  I used my Gansai Tambi paints to watercolour a background on ordinary cardstock - 

I tried out some Nuvo jewel drops and quite like the effect, even though I have a million sequins- I bet you do too!

The team have created lovely projects to inspire you - Head on over to the City Crafter Blog to take a peek.

Have a great day and I hope to catch up with you later in the week.

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday Marina!!

Good morning...

I may be away on holiday but I hadn't forgotten a special lady is celebrating her birthday today

Marina

(My perfect Life blog and DT member at CCCB)

"Happy Birthday lovely lady!"

Wishing you a wonderful day filled with happiness!

I hope your card arrived on time

I'm sure you would love to send your birthday wishes to Marina too... Hop on over to CCCB and leave her a message or go visit Marina's blog

Have a great day

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge

Good Morning friends...

I'm posting today for the challenge at 

Double D Challenges

where team Diane are hosting a

Red/White/Blue + Stars & Stripes Challenge

Basically you can use 

Red/White/Blue And or Stars & Stripes

Here's what I came up with

I kind of used just about everything Lol!

The boots and bows I cut on my Cameo and then coloured them and covered them in glossy accents...

...With a computer generated sentiment. I hand cut a kite from stars and stripes DP and stamped, embossed and blended a BG, finally adding some glossy accents raindrops

Yep, I think I covered all bases...

Head on over to the Blog to see what everyone else came up with and come play along with us!

Please note that as I am away I will not be able to leave you comments this week

Take care and thanks so much for your visit

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 360

Good morning!

It's Tuesday and that means a new challenge over at 

City Crafter

Where the lovely Stella is hosting for us and her challenge to us is 

You Can Do It

Stella is asking that we make our own background...

...Using your inks, paints, markers etc., in your favourite colours and techniques

Well, you know I love to stencil but I chose to stamp for this challenge but I did use my favourite colours - blues and greens

And I had a little fun adding the word "enjoy" to a piece of acetate so it kind of sways

I used a new set of stamps (unknown make) given to me by a friend, and various inks. I've always wanted to try stamping a background but I never seem to get the proportions right but I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out.

The only down side is that I didn't used my Misti so the stamping is not as precise as it should be...

We'd love you take a minute to go see what the rest of the team have created up on the City Crafter Blog and hopefully play along with us this week.

Tomorrow I'll be on a plane heading off for  a week in the sunshine so I'll catch up with you all soon

Have a wonderful week... 

~ Ros ~

Christening Card

Good morning!

I'm so glad that you enjoyed me sharing my little album yesterday ... Thank you so much for your comments

Today I have a christening card to share with you... My hubby's granddaughter (his eldest son's baby) is being christened on Sunday and yes, I am invited to this one ...You may remember that last year his daughter had her son christened and I was not invited, so to save any problems we are just going to the church service on Sunday and then coming home. It's a shame but I'm afraid his daughter has made it awkward for everyone...

Anyway here's the card I made for Felicity's special day

I confess I'm not in my comfort zone making special occasion cards... I'm happier with birthday and everyday cards... For this I started by blending (and water splattering)

 inks onto a piece of CS and cut out some balloons and then some glitter hearts and stars

I was just going to attach them behind the heart but it seemed to me that it needed just a little something else and that when I decided to add some netting and popped it all up with foam tape

I computer generated that sentiment on the heart and then stamped and embossed the 'Hugs & kisses" in silver...

I'm linking this up to SSS Work it Wednesday Challenge

Have a beautiful day ...  I'm afraid it's wet and cold here

~ Ros ~