Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

Here in the UK we have already celebrated our Mother's Day ... but for those of you who celebrate today ... even if you are a Mom to fur babies .. Have a wonderful day ... 

Celebrate the woman you are ...

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC168

I've made a few changes lately ... Sometimes Life calls for that 
I love creating, making projects for my Thursday club to assemble ... last week I made 20 exploding boxes with embellishments ... ready for them to put together ... how sweet they looked carrying them home ... and being on Design Teams is a dream come true ... 
But with everything else in life ... I was very much lacking in time ... Time to create "just because" ... and little time to enter challenges and support the wonderful blogs who take the trouble to set these challenges.


Having now enlisted help at Thursday club ... Hopefully I will now only have to come up with a project every 4 weeks ... and after 6 years I have stepped back from philosophy class too ... 
So with my DT projects up to date ... I was able to just create with no pressure

I'd had this little heart box for ages ... and there she sat ... naked ... just waiting to be adorned ... 

At Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ... Silke (who makes the most beautiful cards) has set a challenge to use Pink ... 

So pink it is

Papers from Melissa Frances ...

... Rose from Hobbycraft ... trinkets from my box of old and odd bit of jewellery ... Yep, that key and the heart came from earrings ...

Tiny little beads ... I hand stitched onto the lace which I overlaid on satin ribbon

Now she looks much better and I feel better too

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Pixie Dust Paperie Challenge

Hello everyone ... 

Can I just say a big Thank You! to all you sweet blog friends for leaving such lovely comments and well wishes ... I really do appreciate it ...

Today I have a project to share for the Pixie Dust Paperie May Challenge 

Kirsty has titled this months challenge 

"Happy Mother's Day"

This is the beautiful inspirational picture for you

I lost my Mum 10 years ago ... I miss her so much ... she grew up in London and to me she was a beauty with style

I created this layout using 2 photos taken when she was about 19 ... war time too!

How I love the forties fashion

I added a few little touches of London which is where these photos were taken 

Pale blue was her favourite colour ...

I would love it if you would hop over to the Pixie blog and take a look at the lovely projects from the rest of the DT ... there are more to come too ... and you have till the end of May to submit your challenge entries ... I'd love to see what you create ...

 Don't forget to pick up a bargain in the Pixie shop too ... Kirsty has a lot of Special Offers on at the moment so please don't miss out ...

Thank you so much for visiting

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star

I am soooo thrilled to be able to tell you that I am on the DT for Papercraft Star!

When I got back from my holiday I received an email from Jan asking if I would like to join the team .. Would I? Wow! I am honoured to be asked to join this group of lovely talented ladies and today I am sharing my very first project for this week's challenge which is to use a stamp ... 

This is the inspiration photo for you

Isn't that pretty? 

I decided to stamp my own background for a beautiful Image from The House Across The Bay ... 

I inked up a stamp from Docrafts - V&A Wildflowers using Memento Desert Sand ... the image from THATB is one of the Victorian Chlidren #228 ... I just love her

I also used a little daisy stamp from Dear Lizzy & American Crafts ... a gift from my friend Cheryl and stamped this with black ink by Impress

The leaves are cut on the Silhouette and the rose is from Hobbycraft ...

Black paper from my supplies and BG paper is Melissa Frances Attic Treasures

A big Thank you to Jan for this opportunity ... and I hope you'll get out your stamps and come join us this week at

Papercraft Star

Have a lovely day!

~ Ros ~

City Crafter - Photo Booth

Good morning ...

I'm here to share my project for this weeks' challenge at City Crafter ... hosted for us by our sweet Kirsty ... The challenge she has set for us is to create a project with at least ONE PHOTO on it ... This is the inspiration photo

I thought I'd make a little album for my Aunt ... with some of the photos from her visit here in March ... I didn't want to make it too fancy inside ... I needed it to close neatly so she could just pop it in her bag

This is the outside when it is closed

I painted a little metal frame and glued it on top of this pretty embellishment I had in my box of trinkets

The gorgeous trim is actually sewn onto elastic and came from my lovely friend Jacira ... it was just perfect to hold the album closed 

The inside 

She was thrilled when I gave it to her 

Now it's over to you ... are you up for the challenge? 

We have the talented Sylvia Nelson at our Guest Designer this week ... but you too could be joining us one week as Guest Designer ... That's the prize on offer ..

Hop over to the blog for full details and to be inspired by the rest of the team ... 

Thank you for stopping by ...

Keep safe

~ Ros ~

Jingle Belles Rock

Hi ...

I hope it's warm where you are because here in the UK it is a typical Bank Holiday ... cold, wet and windy ... more like autumn than summer ...

I got my card done early this time for the challenge at Jingle Belles which is to use Embossing ... 

I used a long neglected TH embossing folder with a brick effect ... I rubbed ink on the folder first before I ran my CS through which gave it this effect and I just had to use those lovely SB dies by Nina Brackett for my house and star ...

The papers were from my scraps and my sentiment is computer generated ... I also added just a touch of flower soft to my house for 'snow' 

Ok ... Time for a coffee I think ... I'm so cold!

Have yourselves a wonderful day ... Thanks for visiting me

Till soon

~ Ros ~