Changes...

 Change happens all the time... Most of the time we don't see it coming till suddenly we're backed into a corner by things or people we least expected and it's difficult to accept.

I recently decided to step down from working with my Thursday Club group. What can I say? It was a very hard decision for me to make and something I've been wrestling with all summer... I've given 12 years of my life to helping them create every week, watched them grow, enjoyed seeing their faces and being part of their lives, the fun the laughter and often the tears.

 I won't go into the facts, except to say that the church and the people who run the club are really sorry to see me go, they have been amazing, as has my husband who has supported me and believes I've made the right decision.  I'm just sorry it had to be this way. But... Who knows what is round the corner... I'm taking a well earned rest, and I'll still keep in touch...

I saw Jennifer McGuire recently did a video using jigsaw dies and whilst I don't have these dies, funnily enough, I got a couple of packs of jigsaw blanks last week... There's 3 in a pack and they only cost £1 from Inkylicious.

So I made one for a dear friend

Ink blending and embossing really worked well on this

I used stamps by Clearly Besotted and splattered with both water and TH pewter distress stain

I was going to ink blend the edges but decided against it.. I like the white.

It's a fun project and something different.

I hope you are enjoying your day ... The sun is shining here, Ginger boy is out enjoying it and Tabby is doing well. Just shows what a bit of TLC can do.

Till soon

~ Ros ~

How 'Bout a Cow

Hello... 

It's very wet and cold here today... 

Well, Ginger cat is doing well now but the Tabby cat we've been looking after for over 5 years has been ill. I suspect he has flu and we we've been giving him round the clock care whilst making sure our cats don't get too close. He's not a cat that will let us pick him up... Just visits daily for food. We built him a warm little house that he sleeps in but this morning when I came down to check on him he was gone so I'm hoping that he is feeling better...

 

I have a card to share that I made last week using a stamp set I got a while ago

 

 

I love cows.. 

Years ago we had a German Shepherd, Kelly...  I adored her but she had a thing about cows... I'm not sure if the size of them spooked her but she would bark like mad if she saw one.

Once when we were driving through Cornwall we suddenly turned a corner to find maybe 50/60 of them being herded down the road and the car quickly became surrounded. 

Oh my, if you could have seen Kelly's face!  It was as though she realised that there were just far too many to confront and she just stared without so much as a grumble...

 

 

The images were coloured with Copics and I added a stamped and embossed grass BG - Looking at it now I thought that I may make another one and maybe use one of those springs to make the cow's head move

Ok... That's me for today

I hope you enjoy your day and I hope the rain stops here soon

Take care

~ Ros ~

 

It's Those Chicks Again

Hello...

I've been playing with those Chick stamps again...

 I can't help it, they make me smile

I've got two cards to share... The purple haired chick

(The frame is from Inkylicious and the word stamp is from Clearly Besotted)
 

 The green haired chick

See... Your smiling aren't you

Just a heads up that if you ever print your blog or would like to, Blog2print has a 35% off offer on at the moment. I missed printing a few years of "My Creative Journey" but I've decide to do another book of the last 12 months.

I hope you are having a good day... Till soon

~ Ros ~

Get Well Soon

Hi there...

My husband asked for a get well card to send to a friend of his... You can't really do hearts and flowers for a guy can you... or cute little teddy bears

Anyway here's what I came up with

I used the cameo to cut the words on this

 

...and it came together really quick with some ink blending, a few stamps and embossed images

 

I know I should really be thinking about Christmas cards now that we are in September but somehow I just can't muster up the enthusiasm despite all the beauties I've seen visiting you. 

What I need is to come up with something quick and simple that I can replicate... Well that's the plan. 

I'm going to spend some time on Pinterest for inspiration... Talking of which, do you ever see things like me and think 'What!...Why?' Some people obviously have a lot of time on their hands.

 

Have yourselves a lovely day

 

Till soon

 

~ Ros ~

 

CAS Watercolour Challenge September

Good morning!

This month I'm thrilled to be Guesting again at 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

One of my favourite places to play and this month the theme is Tree

As always the team have amazing creations to inspire you - Go take a look

I love this time of year when the trees change colour, though I don't think fir trees would ever be the colours I decided to use... Lol!

I watercoloured a background using Gansai Tambi paints and cut the 'hello' into it 

Then I used my Cameo to cut out some trees but here I am just using the negative piece which I die cut a stitched edge onto before placing over the painted BG

There is some gold paint splatter on there too but it's a little hard to see...

We are really looking forward to seeing your beautiful CAS watercolour creations... I do hope you'll join us

Have fun!

~ Ros ~

Fantastic Amazing You

Hello there...How are you all? 

Things are settling down here and thankfully Ginger cat is doing well too.

I'm so grateful for your kind words and wishes... Many of you have fur babies too so I know you "get me".

So here's a card I made just for you... To say Thank you for your support

I've had this feather die for ages and never got around to using it... To be honest it's quite big, bigger than the cards I usually make so it just got overlooked. I had a piece of BG that I did with alcohol inks and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to use both

So what I did was cut around the die cut , taking out pieces here and there till I got something that looked like a peacock tail and fitted the card too.

The stamped words are from an old Clearly Besotted set and the word is from SimonSays.

Summer has finally said her goodbyes here... She stayed a lot longer than we expected but now Autumn is creeping in with gusty weather and cool days.

Wishing you a happy day

~ Ros ~