Bonjour

Hello...

Happy April and Happy Spring

Yesterday was Mother's Day here in the UK plus the clocks went forward an hour so Spring is officially here....

I put the sewing machine away today and finally made some cards using die cuts and background pieces I had been holding on to. This card even has a cat image I salvaged from a birthday card I received last January...

He's like my cat snoozing in the garden....You can see the sparkle on the painted BG from this angle

 I'm slowly making a little dent in all the leftover bits... It's like doing a jigsaw putting them together

I'll share some more soon - right now my cats need feeding as does my husband!

Enjoy your day/evening 

~ Ros ~

Birthday Girl

Hi there....Are you well?

I haven't had any inclination to make cards lately, instead I've started sewing again and so far have made 3 tops, 2 pairs of pants, a maxi skirt and a sundress... Can you tell that we're off on holiday soon Lol! 

I took the plunge and booked us a week in Spain right by the beach - I so need a break.

My GP has given me some knock out tablets to take for the flight in the hope I won't struggle with RLS so fingers crossed....

Mojo or not, I had to make a card today... It's a dear friends' birthday this week - A big one, and I was under strict instructions not to put her age on the card Lol!

I pulled out all those left over painted pieces I hoard and stamped embossed and die cut till I got something I was happy with

And made the inside a pop up

...Of dancing butterflies suspended on strips of acetate

It took me hours to make and I can't see my mojo returning anytime soon either.

Ah well... I'll keep on sewing

Have yourselves a lovely evening/day

~ Ros ~

Black Cat

Hello and welcome to my blog

Thank you for all your lovely comments, my previous post was scheduled and just as well as I have not been too well too. Lunch date with my GF's had to be cancelled as two of us were ill. There are a lot of coughs and colds going around and my brother and SIL are both sick.

But... I'm feeling a whole lot better and looking forward to visiting your blogs to see what I've missed.

I haven't made any cards for awhile... I've actually been doing some sewing, but I do have one to share that is made from more scraps

Believe it or not, those embossed and painted leaves are actually green... For some reason they photograph yellow... I painted them with Zigs some time ago and used it as a background for this card

The rather large black cat was a Cameo cut out, left over from one of the Thursday Club projects.

I didn't create it for anything special, but my dear friend is having to say goodbye to her beloved cat this week... Poor baby has been sick for some time and it will be a devastating blow to my friend... Maybe this card was meant especially for her...

Well I'm anxious to visit your blogs, plus I have to go get a new printer... Mine suddenly packed in... Funny how they work one day then you switch on the following day and poof! Nothing!

Have yourselves a wonderful day ... Spring is close by

Till soon

~ Ros ~ 

March Reminder CAS Watercolur Challenge

Hi there...

Heck, we are halfway through March already... Can you believe it?

We are also halfway through the month long challenge at 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Where Birgit and I are both guest designing...

Here's my card for the reminder

I took full advantage of the curling vellum to make those pretty butterflies, stamped and embossed and painted with distress inks

The butterflies are from Clearly Besotted and I stamped 4 half butterflies, fussy cut them and painted all 4. It's much easier to fussy cut vellum I find.

To get the sparkle on the letters, I first stamped and embossed a piece of card with a 'sea waves' stamp (Aliexpress) and then cut the letters... It gives a nice random pattern.

Hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the team have created to inspire you ... 


A huge Thank You to the team for having me as a guest this month  
Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Ghosting

Hello and welcome...

I am overwhelmed by how many of you left me messages, comments and advice about RLS... Thank You! Some I have already tried I will definitely give the others a go.

It's been very cold and wet, hailstones and high winds but though it's still cold, the sun is shining today... Such crazy weather!

Today I have a card to share using another (new to me) technique, ghosting, which is the requirement over at

CAS Stencil Challenge

I tried this various ways but decided that I preferred the baby wipe method used on ink blending

I used 2 blue Distress Inks for the background, faded jeans and blue print plus a stencil that was gifted to me years ago

I was just going to add the grass die cut at the bottom but I decided that it needed something more so added the flower stem which was also ink blended.

It's a cool technique, easy to do and gives a little something extra to a blended background so I'll definitely try it again.

Have yourselves a lovely day and thanks for stoppping by

~ Ros ~

 

Scrap Card

Hello there...

How are you all? I've had a few sleepless nights and feel shattered. I suffer from restless leg syndrome and it drives me insane...

 My doctor recently gave me some tablets to induce sleep which do help but if any of you have any tips or tricks let me know. I've tried just about everything over the years and haven't travelled on an airplane for almost a year because it is so bad.

Anyway you don't come here to listen to my moaning Lol... So today I am sharing another card made from some scraps

Bits of alcohol ink pieces cut into balloons, a spare die cut frame and a piece of multi embossed card die cut (partially)  using the cityscape die

 

 I don't think I'll ever get around to using all my scraps but they do make for an unusual card don't they

I hope your day is going well... enjoy the upcoming weekend

Till soon

~ Ros ~