MFT Slider Card

Hello...

Are you enjoying this heat or are you wilting like me? We're not used to having a few hot days in a row  and right now I wish I lived on a beach.... 

So, Miss Sophia, my great niece celebrates her 8th Birthday on Monday ... Heck, the kiddies grow up fast these days ... Being a little crafter herself I thought she would enjoy a slider card this year

Using the MFT Gulls again (love those guys) I created this card.... When you pull the tab the smug looking gull  (It's his birthday too) whizzes by attracting looks from the other gulls (don't mind me - It's the heat)

I did have fun making this and I'm loving the oxide inks the more I use them

So it's Fathers Day and I hope you are all enjoying your day and the lovely weather

Be safe

~ Ros ~

Blue Flowers

Hello there...

There was a dreadful fire in a London tower block this week which touched my heart... Looking at how quickly the fire spread and the billowing smoke, I couldn't help but think of 9/11... So many lives have been lost and many changed for ever... My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved...

I haven't done much crafting for myself this week, though Pat and I did have a creative and busy afternoon on Wednesday, but today I had to make a card for a friend and neighbour who has a birthday tomorrow....

 

I pulled out my MFT stamps and dies for this one, citron distress ink for the BG and my copics to colour the flowers

I still have lots of those vellum leaves around - I cut tons for the wedding invitations I did so I'm using some here, along with a little silver thread and some Nuvo drops

Rather than just inlaying the centre, I wanted to add a little interest by tilting it and I'm pleased with the result... I hope she likes it too.

You remember I told you that we are off to The Netherlands in July to visit Stella as our husband's football teams are to play each other? Well, it seems the Mayor of Groningen was not happy about the match and cancelled it Lol! We are still going of course, everything had been booked and paid for but the guys won't get to enjoy a little bit of rivalry.

Have a lovely day and enjoy your upcoming weekend

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 366

Hello...

I can't believe another week has gone by and it's time for a new challenge at City Crafter

Stella is hosting our 366th challenge 

Frame It!

Source

Create a project and add a frame

Here's my card

I created the background using distress inks through a stencil cut from balloon dies - It was then splattered in silver and gold paint - which is quite hard to see here

I added 2 frames, one of which is a shaker using vellum and filled with gold and silver micro beads and to finish I added a die cut sentiment in silver glitter card

Hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what the rest of the team have to inspire you this week.

I'm also entering my card at Happy Little Stampers

Wishing you a lovely day!

~ Ros ~

Hey Gullfriend

Good morning

We've seen some pretty wet and windy weather here, normally we go out and about on Saturday if hubby isn't at the match but it was so miserable yesterday that we had a lazy day indoors.

I did make a card though, playing with those MFT gulls again

I'm going to enter it at Inkspirational where the theme is windows

This was so quick and simple to make... The fence is made from a digital paper ... You know when you have those paper pads and there are always some that you will never use? Well, I turn them over and print digital paper that I will use... The paper is better quality than copy paper and it uses up all those sheets.

You may wonder what that gull is so smug about, Well I have some pretty exciting news... We will be flying off again next month to The Netherlands to visit my dear blog friend Stella! You all know that my hubby is a huge Everton FC supporter and they have been drawn to play Stella's home team Groningen who of course are supported by Stella's family! So the guys get to go to the match and Stella and I will have fun!

That's it for now - Wishing you all a wonderful day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Summer

Hi there ...

The new challenge at CAS Watercolour for the month of June is Summer

Whenever I think of summer, I think of the beach and the sea so this is my contribution to the challenge

 I did a similar version of this card a few years ago which is in a frame - For some reason I am always drawn to a worn and weathered boat on the shore... The many thoughts and feelings it evokes

I copied the boat from a picture I saw on a colouring page and just used Gansai Tambi paints to work with. I keep promising myself to make a large version that I can hang on the wall but so far that hasn't happened...

The sentiment was computer generated 

I hope you have a lovely day ... We still have wind and rain here but it's not cold

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge

Hello again...

Well, I had a surprise visit from my brothers yesterday ... Though I see my brother Ron regularly, I hadn't see Rick and many years and yet it was just as though it was yesterday... That's family I guess and you know it was so lovely for us to all be together and made me so happy

 

 Rick is on my right in the jacket and there's only 14 months between us, Ron is big brother 4 years older than me.

I just had to share that happy news!

A new challenge starts at Double D today 

A Blue & White challenge hosted by team Diane

I wanted to try stenciling with watercolour and here's what I came up with

As always I just used plain card stock (not watercolour card) I like the brightness I get with ordinary card, but I hear Ranger does a pure white watercolour card so I may check that out.

The stencil was one given to me a few years ago by a blog friend and I used Gansai Tambi paints to work with

I die cut some feathers and then painted them too and added some splats of white paint...

...And a few droplets of Glossy Accents

Both teams at Double D have created cards to inspire you ... If blue and white are your thing, link up with us, we'd love to see your creations and you'll be in with a chance to win this fabulous stamp set too!

Thanks so much for stopping by - Have a great day!

~ Ros ~