Magical

Hello and welcome...

Today's card is for the CAS Mix Up Challenge   

I've only played there a few times and yet they are celebrating their 3rd birthday! 

Happy Birthday and many thanks to the team who bring amazing challenges every month.

As you can see, this month we are being challenged to do the faux stained glass technique, something I have never done before. Honestly? I really wasn't a fan, though I love colourful sun catchers so thought I'd try and make something on that idea....

I wanted it colourful and rough and I surprised myself... It was so easy. I used acetate from packaging and various copics to add a mish mash of colour

Then die cut the circle frame twice and embossed the top one in different colour embossing powders - slotted everything back together, omitting the original circles, and roughly covered all the acetate with Mod Podge dimensional gloss. I also die cut a sentiment and embossed it the same way, adding copic and gloss covered acetate for the star

My stamping is the flourish, also embossed.

So there you go, that's my colourful, rough version of faux glass and I quite like it.

Have a happy day

~ Ros ~

Rainy Monday

Hello there...

I hope you had a good weekend...

Whilst I was going through some bits last week to make cards, I came across a piece I painted probably sometime early last year... Anyway I made it into a card

I used my Gansai Tambi paints and I suppose I thought is was too much... I usually have more empty space, but I just got carried away

Revisiting it, I like it more now than I did... Crazy!

It's a very dull and wet day and I decided to sort out some cupboards in my kitchen... Why am I keeping stuff that has never seen the light of day in years? Well not anymore... I'm slowly getting around to decluttering everywhere! Well... When I'm not creating or sewing or crocheting or visiting your blogs which I am just about to do now...

Have a great day

~ Ros ~

CAS Watercolour Challenge March

Hello and welcome...

I'm thrilled to be guesting over at the CAS Watercolour Challenge this month where the challenge this time is to watercolour on vellum

Up on the blog there are some video links to help and inspire you along with wonderful cards created by the team.

Here's what I did

I stamped and heat embossed my leaves first and then used distress inks to paint them and even added some splatters
It's not as difficult as you may think, in fact I found it very therapeutic to do. Yes, the vellum can curl when it gets wet but you can use this to your advantage

... Like I did here - I stamped, painted and fussy cut one leaf and I love the curl on this and the clean fresh look that the vellum offers.

 
I hope you'll take a minute to check out the cards from the team and maybe give this a go 

Thanks so much to the team for having me this month and thanks to you for popping in

Enjoy your day!

~ Ros ~

Welcome Spring

Happy March 

and 

Happy St David's Day 

A leek is the traditional emblem for St David's Day celebrated by the Welsh, but more often than not many people recognise the daffodil - I have no Welsh ancestry but I did make a card...

 

... from some of my scraps. I love putting little bits together - all I had to make for this was the pot

 

 

And I stamped and embossed the sentiment....

We've enjoyed a few really warm days this past week... So unusual for this time of year but very welcome. Ginger cat thought summer had arrived but it's raining today and he's so disappointed...

I hope you are enjoying your day... The weekend will soon be here

Take care

~ Ros ~

 

Another Project

Hello and welcome... 

It's a very misty Sunday here but hopefully the sun will break through later

 

 

I've been a bad blogger... It's been a week since I last checked in. All is well, it's just other things keeping me busy - My head seems to be full of things that I want to do and not enough time...sigh. 

I do have something to share with you though ... Another personalized frame project that I made for a dear friend of mine

who lives in ' The Cottage' and yep, the family have a little schnauzer called Stanley. She's also a Christian so I know she will like the quote

 

 

It's a 7x5 frame and I amongst the bits and pieces I used to create this was a rose Rub-On, remember them? It had lost most of it's stickiness so I ran a glue roller over it and it worked a treat. I had some fake grass courtesy of AliExpress and the little bucket came from the works.

 

I'm off to visit some friends later... It's their 51st wedding anniversary!  I've still to wrap the gift yet and I want to visit your blogs so I'll get on...

Have a wonderful day and I'll be back soon (hopefully).

~ Ros ~

 

 

Life's A Beach

Hello and good morning lovely people!

Thanks so much for your kind wishes both for my DH and our family and friends...

Things are improving all round... Now all we need is some lovely Spring weather Lol!

 I haven't done a great deal of crafting but I have a little light up project to share with you today

 I made a little beach house with a battery operated tealight inside - The house is made from card and I added hessian to the roof and a few die cuts plus a door made from lolly sticks, painted with a tiny link glued on for the handle

The base it sits on measure just 4x4¾ so it's quite small and I used fine (used) glass paper to cover it

The die cut anchor was covered and embossed a few times to get a rusty looking effect and I added a piece of broken chain - You can also see a flap at the back of the house to insert or change the candle

Here it is lit... The windows are on 3 sides, lined with vellum that I drew a few lines on

A few bits and pieces to decorate and that's it... Cute huh?

Ok... I'm off to catch up with your blogs now...

Wishing you all a lovely day

~ Ros ~