More Watercolours

Well you said you liked them ...Thank you!

I've got some more for you haha

When I opened the curtains this morning, I was amazed at how much greener the trees have become, seems like over night they suddenly sprouted leaves and it sure made me smile, which is good because my DH is driving me insane, seriously. This self isolation for certain age groups is NOT going down well in this household, especially as there is no sport to watch on TV - I may just end up on a charge if this continues...

So anyway, on to today's share before I am arrested

A little bit of pink blossom - Sort of...

Isn't it lovely to see the blossom coming out, even though the rain continues to fall here

This also fit the challenge over at Double D Challenges

 

Then an attempt at wisteria and purple flowers

 

Am I getting better at it? Not really... Am I enjoying myself - Immensely! I just need to get a lock on the craft room door Lol!

Honestly if you have any ideas on how to restrict DH from going out 3/4 times a day (for no other reason than boredom) let me know. I've exhausted every avenue short of asking Boris to house him for the next few months.

Take care my friends... I'm trying to

~ Ros ~

Watercolouring on cardstock

Hello... 
Happy St Patrick's to those of you who celebrate!!

I hope you are all well and coping with this situation we are all in right now...

I've been able to spend a lot more time at home without the pressure from DH to go here and there, he loves being out and about but all that is changing.

So what have I been doing to keep my mind occupied and not become part of the doom and gloom? Well not stockpiling on toilet rolls that's for sure Lol!

I've been painting - Well, painting and doodling, trying to paint freestyle (flowers and greenery) and I've painted lots!

You know me and watercolour card don't really gel, so I use ordinary cardstock and of course you don't get the same results plus you have to work pretty quickly. I've done some small ones and some bigger ones but today I thought I'd share some smaller ones with you

I've used Prima Watercolour Paints... I love them and have now got 3 sets.

Everything is just kind of random and imperfect but I really enjoy doing these

I stamped a little watering can on this one but that's the only stamping I've done and some of the white dots you see are acrylic paint

Here's a couple of close ups

What do you think?
I'm pretty pleased with them and becoming addicted to doing these... They make pretty Easter cards too.

Stay safe my friends and keep crafting

~ Ros ~

Cas Mix Up Reminder

Hello!

My goodness the days are flying by and here we are halfway through the March challenge at

CAS Mix Up 

where we are celebrating our 4th Birthday and giving away prizes to 2 lucky winners

$25 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp for Challenge Winner

$25 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp for one random draw of all entries
(must follow rules to be eligible for prizes)

Have you pulled out your acrylic paints yet? There are so many fun ways to use them on your cards and my reminder card (like my first card) is a very simple way

I cut a piece of linen cardstock and using 2 shades of blue acrylic paint together with some white acrylic randomly painted an abstract design allowing some of the linen texture to show through

I did struggle trying to photograph this due to the shine of the faux enamel on the die cut yacht

But it makes a perfect 'guy' card don't you think? And lets face it, not a lot of artistic talent is required to paint this but IRL it does look effective.

Head on over to the blog to see what the team have created to inspire you and don't forget those terrific prizes!

Have a brilliant day

~ Ros ~

CAS Stencil Challenge

Hello there...

The sun is shining here right now and it's lovely, even though the March winds make it quite cool. Ginger cat is taking a chance and sitting in a sun spot Lol!

Today's card is for the CAS Stencil  Challenge

 

It's a little nod to the crazy people out there who are panic buying, clearing supermarket shelves and even stealing from the hospitals following this pandemic. God bless the frontline medical personnel.

 

 

I pounced Versamark through a TH wavy stencil and embossed with black powder

It's not as crisp as ordinary embossing  but still a fun technique to get more out of your stencils

 

 

 The colored leaves are from an old MFT (Build a Bouquet) stamp set, still one of my favourites and the sentiment is from a really old PTI set.

I hope you are having a good day... Thanks so much for popping in

Stay safe

~ Ros ~

 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Good morning...

You'd be hard pressed to find the 'Irish' theme in today's card unless of course you count the green and gold but the challenge at CAS Watercolour this month is to be inspired by Luck of The Irish

Well the colour green is one of my favourites and it always inspires me

Using Uniko stamps that I won some time ago, I came up with this

Stamped and embossed in a gold mix embossing powder and painted it with the lovely Confection Watercolours by Prima- Okay, so I added a little aqua in there too along with various shades of green. I've been to Ireland and believe me it has more shades of green than you can count

I also painted a die cut dragonfly and added a few white dots... The sentiment was from an Aliexpress set I bought a few years ago.

I hope you are all well, thanks so much for your kind comments
Be safe 

~ Ros ~

Painted Bouquet

Hello there...

How's your week been so far? It's been manic here...The past 2 days have been spent on hospital appointments for my husband, a total of 7 hours in 2 different hospitals is very exhausting. We also got the sad news that his SIL has passed away.

 

I tell 'ya, I was happy to just sit and make a card today

I pulled out my distress oxides to paint this one

... and it relaxed me for awhile.

With so much going on right now I don't have much inspiration - I'm longing for Spring to arrive and warm days when I can sit outside with a cup of tea.... Bliss!  It's seems like winter has been going on forever...

Take care and thanks so much for your lovely comments... I really do appreciate your friendship

~ Ros ~