City Crafter Challenge

Hi there...
Happy February!!

You may have noticed that City Crafter Challenge blog is hosting it's final challenge this week...

I couldn't let the chance to make a card go by... I spent 7 amazing years as a DT member here and got to finally meet Kirsty in person some years ago... What a beautiful lady she is and such an amazing person. Being on this team not only gave me the confidence to keep on creating but it brought me into a world of like minded people who I am so happy to call good friends....

So this one is for you Kirsty... It will be winging it's way to Vegas - Grateful thanks for believing in me, for your friendship and for all the hard work it took to make CCCB a success...

I pulled out a background I made ages ago with spray inks and gold paint splatters 

...Stamped and white embossed the Beautiful Bouquet:Ranunculus by Wplus9
The sentiment with the stamp couldn't have said it better

Wishing you every happiness Kirsty

~ Ros ~

Tulips and Proud News

Hello...

How are you? It's cold and icy here but nothing like many of you in the mid north west of America are experiencing. 

When I was a kid we could guarantee snow and ice in the winter months ... We got on with things, but over the years it changed, the winters got milder and we got 'softer' so much so that everything stops here when there's a cold spell.

 I stay warm and spend time in my craft room with the kitties for company.

Today I'm sharing one of two cards I've made using Clearly Besotted tulip stamps and dies

 

It's a birthday card for my SIL ... I'm trying to get ahead whilst I have some inspiration

I also used a frame die and a triangle die to slide those tulips into

My DH has a birthday soon and I whenever I try to make his he pops into my room... I managed to make an exploding box but still have a little card to make for him...

Ross 

I also wanted to share some news with you... Some of you are aware that my great nephew Ross has Meobius Syndrome and it's been tough for him over the years. As a baby he had to be tube fed and unable to walk or talk he was able to learn sign language even though he only has a couple of fingers. If that wasn't enough, his daddy, my beautiful nephew died suddenly from a brain tumor on Ross's 3rd birthday ... 

With much perseverance, operations and treatments Ross was eventually able to walk and talk.

He is an intelligent and determined young man who is now in a mainstream public school and I want to share with you his latest achievement...
Despite all his disabilities he has just been nominated for athlete of the month

I couldn't be more proud of this guy!

Have yourselves a lovely day and be safe

~ Ros ~

Clearly Besotted - Daffodils

Hello... 

Well, winter is not finished with us by a long way yet with snow and ice forecast...I'm so glad I don't have to go to work anymore but truthfully, I'd rather have the cold than the stifling heat. 

Of course it's nothing compared with the conditions some of you are dealing with and I think of you.

 

I finally got around to making some cards, inspired by the vases of fresh daffodils and tulips I have in my home. I just love spring flowers, they make me happy! But I never expected to have them in January...

Today's card is for a sweet blog friend who will be celebrating her birthday soon

 

 

The daffodil stamps and dies are from Clearly Besotted 

 

 

Not the best photos because it's so dull here but you can see the embossing from this angle

 

 

When I ordered the daffodil stamps and dies I was sent the the tulip set by mistake but what a fabulous company... They sent the correct ones and told me to keep the others. So I made another card using the tulips which I will share another day

 

Before I go, a big thank you to the teams at CAS Watercolour and CAS Stencil challenge for my win and Top Pick - I'm thrilled

 

Stay warm people and be safe

 

Till soon 

 

~ Ros ~

Number 28

Hello there...

How's your weekend going? 

After attending a funeral on Friday it was lovely to get together with my dear friend Beryl yesterday and to talk about anything and everything with lots of laughter thrown in...

She was so taken with my little projects, especially one that was in the making - So much so that she asked if she could buy it! I mean really... It would give me so much pleasure to gift it to her so I personalized it and I hope you don't mind me sharing it with you...

It started as a 4x6 frame that I picked up for £1... No doubt you gathered that she lives in a house numbered 28 

She has a thing about doors and bicycles

And of course she has cats... Her oldest one is quite ill now and very special to her but still likes to sit on the step. Her front door isn't red but she loved this one made from lolly sticks .. In fact that's as far as I got before she arrived

Like me she loves the birds so I added one on the telephone wire..

I think this is one of my favourite projects so I may have to make a few more even though I really should be making some cards - there are quite a few birthdays and anniversaries coming up.

 Maybe I'll get some done later today...

Have a wonderful Sunday

~ Ros ~

 

Project 3 - Beachside

Good morning...

 

Another week is almost over.. It's been cold and miserable and I'm longing for Spring to arrive as I'm sure you all are... Lately I've been longing for the beach, warm sunshine and waves rolling on the sand, which prompted my latest miniature project "Beachside"

In case you are wondering... I never had a dolls house when I was a kid and funnily enough they never interested me... I just like making things and recycling I suppose.

 

The wooden frame was the 'inner' left from my previous project... Just a 6x6 square which I then made into a shadow box and it went from there...

 

 

I made the window with square dies and bits of card and behind the glass (acetate) is a voile curtain... I also made a windowledge from card then added wooden beams and die cut some oars. 

 

 

Everything else is just improvised ... The bird on a perch wind chime was an earring to which I added some shells... the little flip flops, ship and anchor were all charms I've collected over the years and the umbrella is a paper cocktail stick that I pressed into a piece painted cork from a wine bottle

 

 

Can you see the ceiling light? That's a candle tealight wrapped in hessian and fitted into the ceiling with access for the switch above... More hessian for the mat with a hand sewn cushion and a piece of toweling and finally a fence that I also had in my stash together with a washi tape banner.

 

That's it for today... Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day

 

~ Ros ~

 

Sympathy Cards

Good morning....

The time is whizzing by again, we actually had a flurry of snow last week, nothing much really, unlike when I was a kid and we always had lots of snow.

I have a couple of sympathy cards to share today,

Last week my friend from high school lost her beautiful Mum... A lady dear to my heart, who always treated me as one of her own... The first card is for my friend

 

I have so many wonderful memories of the times I spent over at my friends' house... It was a home always filled with love and laughter

One of the things I remember is how much her Dad teased us when we were going through our teenage years... Our fad diets, dance crazes and the pop groups we adored, not to mention our mini skirts Lol! 

So this card is for him... I know he will be lost losing his partner of over 60 years

But he has a loving family to help him through ...

Enjoy your day and be safe

~ Ros ~