Welcome March

 Good morning friends and welcome to March.

Another step nearer to Spring and hopefully brighter days.

I won't dwell on my health issues but suffice to say that the injection didn't work for me. Instead I have a few cards to share made up from my bits

Things I painted awhile ago and didn't quite know what to do with

Sometimes just watching paint blend is so relaxing

and adding a stamped embossed image can transform it 

I'm not one for using DP  much, though I do still love it but i mostly use it to make custom envelopes. However, my final card uses DP and a partial die cut deer that I had left over from something

The papers are called Forest Tales by the Paper tree and they are really lovely. I fussy cut the little guy with the flower from one of the other papers

That's it for now... Thank you again for your warm wishes 

Till next time, be well

~ Ros ~

CAS Mix Up

 Hello again...

It's just a quick post, squeezing in at the last minute with a card for the 

CAS Mix Up

I hadn't planned on entering, I don't buy magazines, but I came across a little advert on a perfume sample that sparked me into action

The tiny perfume bottle was enough to use with tulip stamps ( Clearly Besotted). I was originally going to use the whole row of tulips but I ended up cutting just the 2 coloured ones.

The background circle they are on was a left over piece of paper from some ink blending I did... I just really liked the colours and shapes.

The sentiment is made up from 2 stamps (a very old set by Waltzing Mouse) which I cut to get the 2 words. They didn't want to 'bend' into a curve but I found by adding some double sided tape to an acrylic block I was able to manipulate them. 

The tiny bits of pollen (dots) that form a heart are just done with a glitter pen.

A final note...My CT injection was ... Not something I would be eager to go through again in a hurry but fingers crossed that in a few days those same fingers will be pain free. 

Thank you again for all your lovely comments

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Cards

 Well hello!

I hope this finds you well. We've experienced a lot of storms lately and apart from losing a lot of fencing around our property we are okay.

Thanks so much for all your support regarding my health issues - I have come to terms with what has to be done and later today I am having a CT injection in the hope that it relieves me of the pain I am struggling with. I discovered that I also have a problem with high pressure in one of my eyes and the optician has no clue why... I don't do things by half do I?

 BUT

I had a wonderful week last week with friends visiting, lunching with my GF's and my brother Ron came over and he had my other brother Rick in tow. I haven't seen him for about 5 years and I was so Happy! It was wonderful and gave me the lift I needed

So yesterday I did managed to make a few cards... My fingers don't grip too well but I have so many sketched and painted pieces and bits that I ought to use up so I'll share a couple today and maybe some later in the week...

First up is an anniversary card for my friend

I drew and painted the image and added a little bit of card that was embossed and swiped with a platinum ink pad then added glitter and gold leafing the to image

 

I'm just squeezing this in at 

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge

 

The next card is a birthday card I made using up one of my painted pieces and a flower I painted ages ago from  digital stamp I got from Etsy

The centre of the flower is done with liquid pearls

Sometimes I just find pieces that go together and I think these work well together and I'm entering it at 

The Flower Challenge

 As always I wish you a beautiful day... I'll visit you all soon

Take care

~ Ros ~

Such is Life

 Hello friends....

My apologies for not having visited you for a while, life has thrown me a few curveballs lately and I'm trying to deal with it.

All my results are back and the good news is that my spinal fusion is fine albeit that the stenosis has herniated another disc but so far it isn't causing any problems. The other results are not so favourable and I have to undergo surgery again, I don't have a choice.  Five discs in my neck  have succumbed to stenosis and osteoarthritis and are pressing on my spinal cord causing the nerve pains in my arm, eventually they will cause total paralysis so you see why I have no options.

It certainly wasn't the news I was expecting or prepared for and I am still trying to come to terms with it. I have to go to a specialist hospital but I have no idea when this will be as Covid created a huge backlog of patients. In the meantime I am hoping things don't get worse - I feel like I am living on a knife edge.

Anyway, I do have a couple of cards to share - I did do a few paintings but so far I have not been able to make them into cards, my fingers have become less dexterous.

This first card is a birthday card I sent to my lovely blog friend Greta... I hope it arrived and that you enjoyed a wonderful birthday Greta.

Sorry if the photos are a little blurry

And another birthday card for a friend

I painted the plant but the balloons are stenciled and I even use some glitter - I've still got pots of the stuff in all colours

I'm hoping to visit you all today and see waht you've been up to.

Stay well and have a good day

~ Ros ~

Winter Blues

 Hello there...A really quick post

I'm popping in with a card for the  Double D Challenge which is Blue and White (with the option of Winter)... This is their mood board

I didn't exactly follow the mood board... I was just playing with my paints 

Loosley creating a wash with blue paint and then using a wet paintbrush to remove the paint and thus create the Winter tree and fence

I hope you're not tired of seeing my trees, I just enjoy doing them. I've been doing a lot of sewing but I'm plagued by a trapped nerve in my left hand and I had to stop. Fortunately I only need my right hand to paint.

Have a lovely evening

~Ros ~

For a Retirement

 Hello there friends... I hope this finds you well

First off I am sorry that many of you are only just receiving the Christmas cards I sent out - I don't know what is going on with the mail, I sent everything out on time but I guess better late than never.

 I haven't done much in the way of papercrafting but our cousin in Cornwall is retiring at the end of the month so I wanted to make him a card. He has spent most of his life on the sea and is Captain of the ship that services the Scily Isles. Now he has finally been able to purchase his own boat and is looking forward to enjoying sailing with his wife after what has been a very traumatic few years for them both.

 So of course it has to be a nautical card

 

 I used Versamark through a compass stencil onto navy pearlescent cardstock and embossed it in a mix of gold and silver - I missed some parts but I liked it that way and added a script stamp to it

I used distress inks to create a background for the little sailing boat (Wplus9) and added some gold/silver embossed waves using a versamark pen, then covered it with acetate and framed it.

 

 I'm pleased with how it turned out even though I somehow managed to break my Bigshot, then again it has served me well for many years.

In my previous post I shared a photo of a top I made for my friend and I'm happy to say she was thrilled with it... And my husband was thrilled with the jumper she made him!

The photo is a little blurry I'm afraid. It was supposed to be a birthday present but I gave it to him as it's so cold.

Okay that's it for now, stay warm and stay well

Till soon,

~ Ros ~