Tuesday, October 04, 2011

3D at City Crafter

Hi there ...
I hope you are well and looking forward to this weeks' challenge at City Crafter ... which is brought to us by lovely Linda Robinson ... who wants us to go 3D! 
You can make any project you want as long as it is 3D ... The possibilities are endless ... what about a box?... a bag? ... a house?... a frame? ... If you are looking for ideas ... our sponsor this week is Adela Rossol "Creations By AR" who makes the sweetest templates and the DT all got to use one this week ...
I confess I already own a couple of Adela's templates but I think this one has to be one of my favourites ... 


Just look at those cute hanging baskets! 
You can use these for Halloween ... Christmas ...  as gift bags ... all manner of things ... 
I made my baskets two sizes ...  
 I had a problem with my printer which meant I had to open the PDF file in photoshop to print it ... However, this meant that I could also save it as a PNG file (transparency) and playing around I could even enlarge it but still use  A4 cardstock ... Cardstock in the USA is slightly smaller than ours here in the UK ... 
So I printed my cardstock first and added graphics and then just hand cut these ... So simple! and fun to decorate ... And you'll be amazed just how much these can hold!





I can see I will be using this template over and over again ... I love it! 
Our winner of thus challenge will get 2 templates of their choice from Adela and ... CCCB entrants this week can get 10% off one of Adela's templates! ... Just hop over to the blog to find out more and take a look at the beautiful projects from the rest of the DT ....

Well I am on a flight back to the UK today so I'll bid you farewell for now ...
I do hope you will join our challenge this week ... I'd love to see what you come up with 

Till soon keep safe

~ Ros ~









Sunday, October 02, 2011

Majorca ...

 Here I am on holiday and back home in the UK the weather is glorious!
So ... I don't have much to share with you just a few photo's taken on my husbands fancy phone ... I have to wait till I get home to download the many others ... 
My brother is a keen photographer and has never been to the island so wants to see as much as he can ...  it's been quite hectic ...  the first day we set off for Palma ... to show them the magnificent cathedral 



With my SIl in the grounds of the cathedral ... can you see the horse drawn carriages behind us? and the beautiful marigolds ...




With my husband ...

The next day it was on to Santa Ponca ... of course I had to introduce my family to my tree ... the one that has sheltered me many times from the heat whilst waiting for the transport 

... And the next day we took the beautiful wooden train through the mountains to Soller ... where an equally beautiful tram took us to the port ...


Do you know these carriages came all the way from San Francisco? And this train begins it's journey in Palma ... actually running on tracks in the road along side the traffic ... it's a wonderful journey back in time ... the slogan the company use is "Our trains don't run ... they walk" and they are right ... an hour trip through mountains and orange groves ... 


You can tell that my brother loved this trip



Just a little part of my week ... 

Till soon


~ Ros ~


Thursday, September 29, 2011

Missing You

Hi there ...
I just wanted to let you know that I am having real connection problems here in Majorca so I am unable to pay you a visit and see what you are all up too ... I promise I am not ignoring you ... I miss you and hope to be able to visit with you soon


Keep safe 


~ Ros ~

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

City Crafter Scrap lift challenge

Hello and good morning!
I will leaving for the airport today ... heading for sun and family time ... But before I do ... I am here to post today's challenge at City Crafter brought to us this week by our lovely Kirsty ...
Kirsty has asked us to Scrap Lift this card from our Guest Designer at City Crafter ... Sandi Taloumis


Isn't this just the sweetest? 
... And here is my take on it ...


My image and sentiment are digital from Pink Petticoat  ... I 'painted' the image in photoshop ... and those tiny little buttons were sent to me by Kirsty many moons ago ...


... just waiting for the right place ...

Our wonderful sponsor this week is our lovely past DT member June Lanum ... please pop over to her blog and say Hi ... I know she will really appreciate it ... and also take a minute to check out the rest of the DT work ... 

Ok I have to be off ... I really hope you will play along with us this week ... I will be keeping in touch and visiting your blogs ...

Have a wonderful week and stay safe

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Jingle Belles Card 39

Hello sweet friends ...
Thank you all so much for your kind words, your thoughts and your prayers following the loss of my Uncle  ... it means a lot to know people care ...
I went to club night on Thursday and maybe it was my imagination but I seemed to get far more hugs than usual ... it was so lovely ... the class was extremely busy ... and though they may be mentally and physically challenge ... they have such compassion and love ... it lifted my spirits no end ...

I have my 39th card done for this weeks' challenge at Jingle Belles Rock the prompt this week being "Here Comes Suzy Snowflake" brought to us by Marie Bingaman based on the Rosemary Clooney song ... I confess that my creative mojo has been up in the air somewhere these past few days .. not good when trying to finish my DT projects before I go away ... sort out projects for the club and keep up with Jingle Belles ... But I did come up with something ...


I thought this Bo Bunny sticker was quite apt ... I like to adhere these to CS first ...
Some glitter card and a felt cut snowflake ... (glittered of course) ... backed onto some lovely satin ribbon
complete a simple card ... and just for a little more bling ... a crystal drop and a pretty star shaped jewel
(an odd earring actually!)


It's a dull wet day here so my photos are not too brilliant ... Never mind ... next week I will be soaking up some sunshine and relaxing (I hope) ... 

Have a wonderful weekend ... and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Some Sad News ...

Hello there ...
I want to thank all of you who sent well wishes and prayers for my sweet Uncle Terry ... sadly he passed away yesterday morning ...
He never left the hospital and my Aunt was by his side ... In her words .. she has lost her soul mate ... the love of her life ... my heart aches for her ... 

~ Ros ~