Birthday gift .....

Good Morning ... 

It's chilly here even though the sun is shining ... and the trees are quickly shedding their leaves ... A few more weeks and they will have all gone ...

Yesterday I shared a card with you that I made for my friend's birthday ... well I noticed that she had posted a photo on her Facebook page - I know this is a treasured picture ... taken with her father and her little sister ... it got me to thinking that I could make a little gift for her ... something she could look at whenever she wanted ... 

... to reminds her of those special moments ...

... and bring a smile to her face ...

Isn't this a beautiful picture ... 

So this wall hanging is on it's way ... I know she will love it ...

I'm off to visit my girlfriends tonight ... every so often we have a 'get together' so I'm looking forward to it

  

Have a wonderful weekend and keep safe

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star

Hello ... Are you having a good day?

This morning I'm playing along at Papercraft Star challenge which this week calls for us to use a flourish ... this is the inspiration photo

I made a card for my friend Pauline who has a birthday this week ... we met on our first day at school ... when we were 5 years old and have remained friends ever since

I used papers from two different Prima packs ... The Printery and Pixie Glen and of course a glittered flourish which comes from a company called Pebbles 

Love the sweet little glittered acetate butterfly ... I picked up a pack of these in a stationery store.

Why not hop over to Papercrafts Star and check out the weekly challenges? Every week they have  freebie too ... courtesy of The House Across the Bay a delightful Etsy shop with gorgeous digitals ... well worth paying a visit 

Thanks ever so much for your sweet comments and well wishes ... I'm still hobbling around but determined to go to Thursday club tonight and be with my group ...

Have a wonderful day

Keep safe

~ Ros ~

Jingle Belles card 44...

Can you believe it? 

Where have the weeks gone? Card 44 and Christmas is just around the corner ... I'm so glad I kept up with the Jingle Belles Rock challenge ... and this week the theme is "Not a creature was stirring   ... " Include any sort of creature on your card ... well that just about covers everything huh? So without further ado ... here is my (very quickly made) card ...

This pretty paper is from the Melissa Frances range Deck the Halls

And my chipboard pieces are from PaperMania

I used Diamond Dust twinklets for the snow and the lace and twine is from my stash ...

On the news front ... well my hip and back are much improved but I now have a swollen and very painful foot ... don't laugh when I say I have gout! ... No I am not a heavy drinker which seems to be the first thing that comes to everyones mind when the "G" word is mentioned ... Can I hear you laughing? Anyway I can assure you it is not nice ... and the pain extends right up my leg ... Did you know that the things to avoid are what I would have classed as healthy ... for example porridge ... asparagus, cauliflower, shellfish ... Not that it's helped ... because I have avoided these things ... which leads my doctor to think that it is genetic ... 

No, life hasn't been treating me kindly emotionally or physically but there is something good on the horizon ... remember I told you my Uncle died some weeks back? Well my dear Aunt has decided to take a cruise next year and she is taking me with her ... to Norway! Yep, I'm off to see the Fjords on my first ever cruise ... with my 85 year old Aunt ... I feel like Amy in "Little Women" ... just a whole lot older ha!ha! 

... And before I go I have to show you a beautiful card I received from my dear friend Kirsty together with a whole bunch of brown lunch bags for me to play with ...

Thanks so much my friend ... I really do appreciate your thoughtfulness 

I wish you all a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me such sweet comments 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Postcards

Hello and Good Morning ...

This week at City Crafter Sweet Linda Robinson is our host and she is challenging us to make a Postcard ... another first for me and I knew just what I wanted to do ...

When I was a little girl I had a cousin ... Marcelle ... she was beautiful, vivacious and everyone who ever met her fell in love with her ... She was older than me by about 5/6years and lived a very different life from me in London ... and whilst a teenager she went off to Spain ... She sent me a postcard of a Spanish dancer

The dress was made of layer upon layer of frills in ribbon and covered in sequins ... I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and for many years it was a treasured possession ... I lost my cousin 29years ago ... and I never forgot that postcard or her inner and outer beauty ... 

My Postcard is in remembrance ... done in my style

With the exception of the dress ... everything here is digital

... and just to show you the reverse ...

I created the wording in Photoshop and added stamp graphics

So ... do you have a Postcard memory? ... why not join us at CCCB this week and share it? 

Our wonderful Guest Designer this week is ... Karen Letchworth ... I love her work ... and our sponsor this week is Catherine Pooler of Stamp Nation ... Catherine is offering a 2 week membership to Stamp Nation FREE to our winner ... Please click on the link to discover all about Stamp Nation and be inspired by tutorials and an extensive gallery ...

... And as if this isn't enough ... you can still hop over to CCCB and see the rest of the DT's Postcards

Well, have I tempted you? I hope so ... 

Have yourselves a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

PIxie Dust Paperie

Pssst! ...... Have you heard?? 

Pixie Dust Paperie are having a Giveaway!

There are 4 prizes this month ... And ... their new kit Pink Rose Cottage will be available soon ... 

If you haven't visited before ... now is the time to hop over to the blog ... see all those beautiful creations and check out the Pixie Shop ... 

Pass on the word ....

~ Ros ~

Play Date Cafe Challenge

Hello ...

I hope you are well ...

 It's school half term here and that means I have had a week off from both Thursday Club and my Philosophy class ... and I have spent a lot of time alone ... So for the first time in a long time I have had the opportunity to make a card for the Play Date Cafe challenge based on this lovely inspiration photo

I really enjoy a latte ... and I love to work with soft neutral colours 

This is my take

a few digital papers ... some prima flowers and a handmade flower ...

... ribbon and lace from my stash and a sweet delicate butterfly ...

Wishing you a lovely weekend ... Thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~