CAS Mix Up

Hello ...

How are you all? It's a dull and windy day here but not as cold as it has been lately...

Today I have a card for the CAS Mix Up Challenge

Though I have a lot of embossing folders, they are not something I use much now so I kind of challenge myself on this one

I added stamping and die cuts... Scraps really

I resisted the urge to add glitter and left it quite bright and simple, unlike yesterday's tree... Cutting the deer was intentional

I hope you enjoy your day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hi there...

I'm happy to say that I recently got Outstanding Design awards for 2 of my cards at

CAS Mix Up Challenge and CAS Watercolour challenge 

Today I have a card I've made for this months challenge at

A hand painted snowy Christmas tree

I used both acrylic paints and watercolours (Gansai Tambi) with a fan brush and I'll let you into 2 secrets here, well, mishaps actually

Originally the tree was bigger then I accidentally cut the bottom of it - Lost the base completely, but I didn't want to just discard it so instead of a top fold card I did a side opening card and it looked less obvious that way haha!

And secondly... See those silver dots? Well, you maybe forgiven for thinking that it's liquid pearls or maybe paint but you'd be wrong. See, when I had a full tree I added some tiny pearls to it but having accidentally cut the base I had to go to plan B...Put a frame die around my half a tree. I forgot about the pearls and the Big Shot completely squashed them flat... Embedded them into the paint!
Ah well, I got a card at the end of it all....

I think I need to lie down for awhile...

Thanks for stopping by... Have a great day

~ Ros ~

Just Us Girls Challenge

Shock horror... I'm posting a card again today...

Well, the thing was I saw the photo challenge up on the Just Us Girls Blog 

And one of my 'just made' Christmas cards seemed to fit the bill with those pretty colours

I cut the poinsettia from a piece I did with Alcohol inks and used gold mirri card for the centre and some tiny sprigs

Then splattered it heavily with both gold and white paint .. Funnily enough it doesn't show up on the poinsettia in this shot

I've made a few variations of this so my pile of Christmas cards is growing steadily

Did you enjoy your Halloween evening? We didn't have that many callers this year so I still have a basket full of sweet treats and I'm trying to resist dipping into to them...

Have yourselves a lovely day

~ Ros ~

'Tis The Season

Oops! Almost a week since my last posting, I'm getting remiss.

Maybe it's the change in weather... It's cold! Cold sitting at the computer 

And then there's the crochet gifts I'm making...

Slippers

 

Cowl neck warmers and fingerless gloves to match

 

Lots of them

 

...and I tried some cotton face scrubbies which actually work great, though they don't remove wrinkles

 

 I've even done some "Tis the Season" Christmas cards

 

Some using up scraps

And last year's DP

Though you can't really see it here, this one was done with ink blending, embossed stamping then smothered in clear embossing powder to give it an enamel effect

So no, my hands have not been idle...And tonight is Halloween - I've put a hand made banner up and the treats are all ready for callers

So all I have to do right now is visit your lovely blogs and wish you a wonderful evening... Stay safe

~ Ros ~

Silver Bells... Well no actually, it's a Christmas Tree

Hello...

I hope your week is going well... 

I have a Christmas card to share today made of scraps from last years leftovers

The tree is cut from a piece I did using the tissue paper technique and embossed with silver E/B whilst the BG is splattered in silver paint.

 Then there is the silver mirri card wreath and finished with a silver bow

City Crafter has a Silver Bells challenge going on this week... Bells are not required, just a lot of silver, so I'm entering my card there.

I can't believe it's almost November and Christmas will be just around the corner... I have to get going and make more cards!
Thanks for stopping by - Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Oh Deer

Hello and good morning

Autumn has finally arrived with frosty mornings and  leaves strewn everywhere... My Ginger boy was taken ill again with those darn struvite crystals. This time I took him to a different vet... No way I was going to go back to the last place after the way he was treated. He was so scared going to the vet that they rushed him through when they saw he could hardly breathe...

Thankfully he's doing okay... Had a few injections and came home with me. You all know that my cat is a sun - worshipper and the vet said that the change in weather will have stressed him and caused him the discomfort. Who knew? 

Anyway, I have 3 more Christmas deer cards to share with you today...

I've had the pine cone and fir stamps forever and I don't think I used them before so I did 2 cards using those stamps, overlapping the firs a few times

And the 3rd card has a holly branch stamp that I coloured and fussy cut....

...Added some very old DP and some leftover die cut sprigs

All being well I hope to share some more Christmas cards in the coming week

Thanks ever so much for your lovely comments

Have a great weekend

~ Ros ~