City Crafter Get Booked

Good Morning ... 

It's cold here ... freezing cold ... and I'm happy to be tucked up in my creative space right now

It's my turn to host this weeks challenge at City Crafter and this week I am asking you to either make a book ... album, tag book, journal etc., or alter a book ... I adore books ... from reading them to making them ... and I have been busy making these little gifts for some of my friends ...

I can't take all the credit for these little books though - not for the first time I was inspired after reading Stef's  Link loves each Thursday and came across This link .. where the idea came from and a free download of the quotes too ... so grateful thanks to Michele

I have friends from all walks of life ... some are Christians, some not ... some have children ... some don't ...So I adapted each book accordingly... adding some bible quotes for my Christian friends and adding some with children in mind for those who have children ... I decided to do my own pages using my digital files 

Here are some of the quotes I printed ... 

and some bible quotes

Once they are saved on my computer, I can just print them off whenever I need to

.. and what to put them in ... well I used my Silhouette to make these and lined them with acetate

I also put in a little battery candle so that when the books were taken out ... the bag could be used as a decoration ...

So there we have it ... are you going to join us this week at City Crafter?

We have the very talented Sylvia Nelson Guesting for us so please stop by her blog and say "Hi" and don't forget to visit the rest of the DT to see their fabulous creations too ... 

Have a Wonderful Day

~ Ros ~

Welcome

Hello ... 

Please come on in .....

You go through ... I'll close the door

Pass the stairway along the hall ...

This little guy says "Hi"

here's the tree ... much nicer in the dark of the evening 

and the mantlepiece has no stocking up yet 

This little guy lights up to see you

Please sit down ... I'll make some tea

These guys are a little shy ...

But they'll happily play you a tune ...

... and these little ones are so happy to see you

Time to go?

It was so nice of you to stop by ... I hope you'll come again

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Mail

Happy Saturday to you ...

We're expecting snow here but so far no sign... maybe I should get out and do some shopping before it arrives...

Yesterday I spent the day putting up my tree and decorating our home - I'll share some photos soon 
For now I just want to share some happy mail 

Look at this lovely box of marzipan! How I love marzipan ... and I won this from Barbara... it came all the way from her trip to Budapest ... she's a prolific traveller!

Thanks so much Barbara!

Then I received this huge package from my lovely friend Kirsty which contained a kit of goodies from her Pixie Dust Paperie ... I just kept staring at everything ... so much stuff and all so beautiful

Oh me, oh my, I'm in heaven!

And with this kit came a beautiful card ... the photo really doesn't do it justice

So very lovely ...

Thank You soooooo much Kirsty ... I really appreciate your kindness and your friendship

And last but not least ... Thank you to Lori  for picking me as one of the winners on her "Visions of Sugarplums" ...  I get to pick 2 collage sheets from Iralamija's Etsy shop!! That's going to be a hard choice!

I hope you are having a happy Saturday too ...

Catch you soon ... thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~ 

Birthday Wishes

Today is my friends' birthday ...

When it came to making her card ... I had no inspiration at all ... my 'mojo' had deserted me ... I was beginning to panic - knowing there were only a few days to go ... So I decided to get out my new Silhouette Cameo and try and familiarise myself with it ... that's when the mojo kicked in again ...

... and with the help of my cameo her card was done!

The only things that doesn't show up on my photos is the glitter

I used TH distress stain in weathered wood to convert my '60' and the scroll to that gorgeous blue colour ... and I even used it on my white ribbon ... as you can see the ribbon worked beautifully

Phew! I'm so glad I got that done ... I'm off to visit her now so I'll catch you later 

Have  wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Lessology Challenge ....

Hello there ...

This week the DT of City Crafter Challenge were invited to join in the challenge at LESSology "You've Got Mail"

We were asked to create a project using anything related to mail ... and as always there has to be a recycled or up cycled item in your project ... I chose to up cycle an envelope 

This is how it was ... and I made use of the 'window' in there to create a desk calendar for my husband

I cut the envelope to make 2 pockets ... one to hold the current month and one to hold the rest of the calendar cards ... the envelope had this pretty pattern on the inside which I went with

This pocket is attached to the back of the window pocket so that he can just slide out the new month as and when

Thank you to the ladies at Lessology for inviting me 

This was fun to make and hubby likes it too!

 If you would like to join in the challenge head over to LESSology and take in all the wonderful inspiration on offer.... and go visit the rest of the City Crafter DT to see there wonderful projects

Have a wonderful day

Keep safe

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Home for the Holidays

Good morning friends

A new challenge at  City Crafter begins today and Cheryl is hosting for us this week... 

The challenge she has set for us is to either

make a card with a 'Home' on or make a Home Decor project

I chose to go with the Home Decor and took my inspiration from Here ... though mine is not a favor box just a decoration ...

I used the cardboard from a kitchen roll for the log ... used TH distress stains to paint the ends first then covered it with the paper printed from the Martha Stewart site

Decorating it was easy .. using bits of Christmas decorations and a tiny little robin with a little nest... then lots of Diamond Dust for the 'snow' ... even his nest feathers are frosted ... awww!

and for the end of the log ... I took some crepe paper ... painted that with inks and stuffed it into each end of  the roll ... so simple!

So now it's your turn to "Wow" us with your creations ... 

We have a wonderful Guest Designer this week ... sweet Rebekah Faries who makes the most beautiful vintage cards ...  her blog is well worth a visit ...

And our generous sponsor this week is my lovely Dutch buddy ... Stella ... you won't want to miss the chance to win the gift on offer this week!

So now all you have to do is go visit the blog ... check out the projects, the fabulous prize and get crafting...

See you there!

~ Ros ~