Two Challenges ...

Good morning to you all ... I am still not feeling too well and it seems that my Pilates teacher is also sick so class is cancelled ... I couldn't have made it anyway but really hate letting anyone down 

So I have been able to sit in my little room here and do a couple of things ... first up is a card for this weeks challenge at CR84FN ... this is the colour inspiration picture ...

I have to say that I am so glad I did this challenge ... these are not normally colours I would immediately reach for but when I put them together ... I was amazed at how much I liked them ... more than I could imagine ... so here's my take ...

It's like vitamin C for the soul! (Lol)

I had all these things in my stash ... just waiting to be picked for this challenge .. I have no idea where the papers are from but the one with the little butterfly was from Lynnda and the buttons are from The Ribbon Girl ... 

So what do you think?

2nd Challenge

I  have a note book to share which I made for the challenge at Lilybean's Paperie which is based on another beautiful picture courtesy of the incredible Leslie at A Creative Mint ...

How could I not make my own notebook ... based on this? So here we are ...

A mixture of digital (Vintage Findings by Jen Allyson) printed directly onto cardstock with some Tim Holtz (grey paper) ... a scrap of MF paper and some from my stash ... 

I distressed the small papers too ... the white flower I crocheted and added a tiny cream one to it ... butterflies and lace from my stash too 

Guess I need to do a pen to go with it now ... 

I hope you have a lovely day ... It's still freezing here ... (minus 4C tonight ... Brrr)

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Jingle Belles ... and a little bit of history

Hi there ... I hope you are all well ... I'm not too good today ... feeling rough ... I think I may be coming down with something ... But I wanted to get my card done for this weeks Jingle Belles  ... the theme being "Home for the holidays" ... Ok, so a little history for you 

This city of Liverpool is not only famous for The Beatles ... but we were a vast shipping port ... Once the dockyards were bustling ... the heart of the city ... with trade ships and huge liners coming and going ... many of these liners carried thousands of people across the great Atlantic Ocean  to begin new lives in the USA ... 

Today the ships have all gone ... But the buildings that greeted the ships still remain and none is more famous than The Liver Buildings (pronounced Lie ..ver) ... and standing proud on the top of this building are the 2 famous Liver Birds ... (actually there are 4 in the city ... but the 2 most known are these) ..

This is a close up of one of the birds

These two birds face away from each other ... legend says that one is female and one is male and if they were to face each other they may mate and fly away ... and then Liverpool would no longer exist ... 

It is also said that one faces out to sea to watch for the seafarers and protect them ... whilst the other looks to the city ... protecting all who live here ....

So ... my card ... well this is "my home" ... where the Liver Birds greet us and watch over us so I kept this weeks card CAS with my bird as the centrepiece ...

That pretty background stamp was a gift from Chriss Blagrave  (who sadly has just lost her Mom) ... thinking of you Chriss ... 

... and the little bell represents the two magnificent cathedrals we have here ... the Anglican and the Catholic ...

So there we are ... my "home' card ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge

It's a beautiful sunny day here ... even though it is cold I am grateful for the sunshine ... and I have a card I made for this weeks challenge at  The Shabby Tea Room  "Classical Elegance" being the theme and the colours are Red, White (or Cream ) and Black here's the inspirational photograph ...

It's been ages since I had the time to enter a card at The Shabby Tea Room ... one of my favourite blogs ... and I've missed being there ... 

I had so many ideas going around in my head for this challenge but finally I came up with this ...

I had to photograph this on the red background  as I was losing the champagne coloured tulle and the card just didn't look right against the white I usually use ...

The papers are all SU (Love Letter) ... everything else is from my stash ...

And that cute image? ... that's from a little card I had ...

Have a lovely day ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Little Tags

Hi there ....
I've been busy with my group projects these last couple of days so haven't much to share with you ... I do however have a few little tags which I made using up some of my 'bits' ... I don't know why I don't make more tags because I really like doing them 

The photos are a bit dull ... I'm afraid ... and we had lovely sunshine today too ... but I was a bit late finishing ... and shortly I am off to Thursday club 

 I also wanted to mention that shortly my little blog will be One Year Old! 

 I've had so much fun and happiness from blogging ... and made some wonderful friends ... so I will be having a little "Give Away" ... watch this space ... I will post details in a week or so ...

Have yourselves a wonderful day / evening

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Mail

I just had to share this with you ... my happy mail from my friend Steph in Hawaii ... Some time ago I sent Steph some English tea ... I know she likes all things to do with tea ... from the drink to the tea cups ... it was just a little gesture and we have been blog friends for sometime now ... 
Then today I got this sweet package ... with the most adorable card, flowers, vintage lace and handmade pins ... I am overwhelmed ... I loved this card when she first posted it Here ...

It is truly beautiful as are the handmade pins , lace and flowers ...

Thank you so much Steph ... I am so thankful for your friendship

... Much Aloha to you ...

~ Ros ~

Spring Fling ...

Our lovely Cheryl is hosting for us this week at City Crafter Challenge and this week we have a colour challenge based on this beautiful photo ... 

How gorgeous is that ... pretty  pinks ... blues and greens ... those are the colours we are to use

I adore these dreamy colours and played around for a while till I was happy with my card ...

Well it had to be roses for me  ... seeing as how I had no peonies ... which I think are in the photo ...

So I cut a pretty rose from a sheet of scrapbook paper ... I know ... just like that I cut it right up!

the papers are a hybrid mix here ... the sweet green is from Prima's Jack and Jill range and the blue print paper is digital by Jen Allyson from Digital House Designs again ... 

The little card is from Iralamija's Etsy store and I'll let you into a secret as to where I got that beautiful row of delicate roses ... Primark! Yes we have a Primark clothes and accessories store here in Liverpool city centre ... I don't get to visit that much but when I do I pick up all sorts of earrings and things that I can use in my crafting ... this was a hair band and the whole strip of roses measure about 14" long.. and for £1 ... yes £1 ... I think it is great ... But don't tell everyone ok?

  City Crafters have none other than Deb Hickman "A world Of Imagination"as our Guest Designer this week ... if you haven't seen her creations ... you need too ... she is awesome at Scrapbooking as well as cards ... And of course it wouldn't be a challenge without a prize ... and our lovely Cheryl is also sponsoring the prize!! 

I'm not going to tell you what it is ... you will just have to pop over to the blog to see for yourself ...

Look forward to seeing you there!

~ Ros ~