Birthday Boys

Good morning...

It's another dark and windy day here but it's not too cold.

It also happens to be my nephews birthday and here's a card I made for him

I love playing with distress inks as you can tell 

And plenty of splattering as well

A friend's husband also celebrates a birthday tomorrow so here's one I did for him

What can I say? I love blues and greens 

 

Seems I still have more Christmas cards to do... Hubby decided he needed more yesterday!!

At least I have all my gifts wrapped and ready and my cards have been mailed so for once I am not stressing...

I hope things are going well at your end... Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Snowy Scenes

Hello! 

How are you all? It's been awhile since I posted...

 It's been a busy week here catching up with friends and of course I was at the hospital on Monday for injections in my neck to ease the Arthritis... Honestly I was really dreading it but I survived Lol!

I had to have 3 joints in my neck injected on both sides with steroids and for those nurses amongst you, you will no doubt realise what I didn't... Each  one took 3 needles so in total that was 18 needles!!

But I'm feeling fine and the steroids have put my eczema into remission which a brilliant side effect for me... No itching!!

 It's been so dark and wild here - today is a little brighter but yesterday it was so wet and windy and it looked like night time all day....Trying to take photos of my cards has been a nightmare...

I'm expecting my brother shortly with my great niece Sophia so I have a little time to share some more cards. I thought I was all finished with Christmas cards but apparently not, my husband asked for some cards for his old work colleagues so I did a few snowy scenes

The photos are still not very good but hey ho...

So far we haven't had any snow where I am but boy it's been so cold!

For the most part the cards are done with ink blending, stamping and some glitter

 

Well, I've no doubt that you are all busy this time of year so I'll wish you a beautiful day and I hope to catch up with you soon and see what I've missed on your blogs 

Many thanks to everyone that has sent me a gorgeous handmade Christmas card too!

Hugs

~ Ros ~

New Moon

Hello

 Today I just wanted to share a little tip with you but

before you say "I've already seen that card"...Well you have, or rather a similar one.

Some of you were interested as to how I did the moon on my cards and I did explain that in the post Here.

 But I thought you'd like to see another version, done slightly differently

For this effect, after inking the blue BG I then 'stamped' very lightly with the ink blending tool in Fossilized Amber DI where I wanted the moon to be...

Then I took a clean damp sponge and swirled over it like I did in the original post.

Two different moons but both equally effective don't you think?

 Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge

Hello from a very dull and wet Liverpool.. 

What's a girl to do but stay warm and make a card for the final challenge of this year at

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge 

I've had such fun with this challenge so my card is dedicated to you all lovely ladies on the team for your encouragement and inspiration

I did some stamping, masking and embossing for the scene

 Then I used Distress Inks to paint the sky, images etc.,

For the sign I used stamps from 2 different sets and painted that too then finished it all off with a white correction pen for snow on the trees, the sign and around the base of the little cabins.

On another note, I went for my check up following the spine surgery I had earlier this year and all was well ... However, the arthritis is causing problems in lots of other places in particular my neck, feet and hands. Oh I love this ageing process Lol! So I am being scheduled for injections in my neck... 8 of them I'm told. The consultant did warn me that they would be painful, so I'm still not sure if I'll go through with it but it's either that or constant pain...

Till then I'll keep on creating

Have a beautiful day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Wintery Sympathy Card

Hello there...

Did you have a good weekend? 

We did a little shopping but nothing exciting - Everywhere is so busy at this time of year and there are lots of sales on too.

My husband still keeps in touch with his school friends though many are now in other parts of the country and unfortunately we got the news that one of them suddenly lost his wife a few days ago. It really upset my husband... I'd never met her but Ian remembers going to her 21st birthday party all those years ago. I made a wintery card for him to send

 

Ink blending, painting and stamping but a little different this time, using a circle die for a stencil

 

I know I said I was finished with Christmas cards but maybe I'll make a few more with a stencil.. I like how this turned out.

I mailed my first Christmas gift today... I've a ton of cards to write and more gifts to send... That's the part I don't like.. Sitting here making cards and crocheting gifts is the enjoyable bit. Lol!

 

Till soon

 

~ Ros ~

A Couple of Cards

Hello there...

 

I've been missing for awhile I know... Just busy with other things as I'm sure many of you are this time of year.

 

I have a couple of cards to share that I made, this time using DP and digital papers... 

One is a Christmas card

 

 

I rarely use DP but I really like this one... It's from a pad I got at AliExpress and it needs very little else to transform it - a few sequins, a scrap piece of a glittered wreath and an embossed sentiment

 

 

This next one is probably the last of those gnomes, though I can't promise you that... It's a birthday card for my nephew who celebrates his birthday quite close to Christmas

 

 

I used digital papers from The Lovely Studio and ran the white CS through first to get a silver grey checked base card and then printed the star design onto another piece of white CS and stamped on it. 

 

 

It kind of looks blue here but it is grey... The lighting is not good to take photos given the weather

 

I think I'm all done with Christmas cards now and need to get my head into birthday card mode... I mean even this looks Christmassy doesn't it? Not that he'll mind - And I really need to start getting things ready for Christmas mailing...

 

I promise to catch up with you all soon... And many thanks to the team at CAS Mix Up for the mention this month

 

Have yourselves a great day

 

~ Ros ~