Hello Doily

Kirsty is our host today at City Crafter Challenge and she has come up with a terrific challenge ... 

Create a project with a doily background ... the doily MUST be either stamped or doily patterned paper NOT a doily

Many moons ago we had a doily swap at City Crafter and my partner in the swap ... the lovely Chriss Blagrave sent me a doily stamp set by Maya Road ... which was just perfect for this challenge!

I inked up a couple of the doilies with Old Paper distress ink ... thing was I hadn't cleaned my stamp properly and there was a trace of black ink still on there ... hence the shaded doilies ... but I love it that way ... a happy mistake!

The beautiful image is a new one from The House Across The Bay ... I think this is my favourite to date

and that cute little vial was from sweet Kirsty

Our Guest Designer this week is Sylvia ... You all know how creative she is ... hop over and take a look at her project and those of the rest of our lovely DT and why not get out your stamps and join us this week ... We'd love to see you

Thanks so much for visiting me today 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Papercrafts Star Challenges

Hi there ...

Well it still hasn't stopped raining but I managed to catch up with my GF's today for lunch which was lovely ...

I will of course show you more photos of my trip later in the week (thanks for asking) but today I have some cards to share ... 

Papercraft Star are celebrating their 2nd anniversary with some fun challenges ...

Each member of the DT has set a challenge for you ... (except for me ... due to my being away) and having a little time to spare today I have completed 3 of the 4 cards ... 

First up, Jan set a challenge to use embossing ...

Here's my card

I used the TH Postcard embossing folder and a gorgeous image from The House Across The Bay

Then it was Sylvia's turn to set a challenge and she asked that we make a card with a cold summer drink ... 

This is my take on her clever challenge

I drank a lot of these juices whilst I was away ... Again I have used an image from THATB that cute postcard (can you tell I love postcards?) to which I added some text and that picture of the glass came from my Print shop program 

You can just see that I added some glossy accents to the glass to give it that 'juicy' effect

 Jinny's challenge came next and she asked that we use Cardstock and embellishments only 

No patterned paper ... here's my card

I printed text from a digital file by Vinnie Pearce onto my cardstock to start then I used a freebie image from Papercraft Star which I printed twice ... cut out some of the flowers and mounted them onto the original image for some definition

and see those butterflies and buttons ... they are cut from papers from THATB

Fortunately the challenge date has been extended so I will also get to complete the last challenge set by Anitra ...which is Shabby / Vintage ... Which means that you too have plenty of time to enter any or all of the challenges for a chance to win prizes from both the DT and THATB ... we'd love to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by ... I'll be back tomorrow 

Have a lovely Day

~ Ros ~

Cruising home

Hello sweet friends

I sailed back into Liverpool at 7am this morning having spent 12 wonderful days at sea covering over 3,200 nautical miles ...

Thank you so much for your lovely comments whilst I was away ... I was unable to have any internet connection ... so came back to over 250 emails to sort through and I have spent the day trying to catch up with you all ... I missed you!

Our first 3days were spent at sea and the second day it rained heavily as we headed for Portugal ... The ship was like a cork bobbing up and down and Ian and I sat on deck with blankets to keep warm!

A floating hotel this is NOT ... It is a ship ... and this is part of it's charm ... and we were looked after very well by the crew ...

Everyone was dreading hitting the Bay of Biscay ... it s notorious for stormy weather ... but to our great delight and amazement ... the sea was calm as could be and the sun came out. Heading nearer to Portugal I was thrilled to see dolphins coming to greet the ship ... I have never seen a dolphin IRL and was overjoyed ... 

We sailed into Lisbon early on day 4 ...

Lisbon is a pretty city

With lovely architecture

beautiful beaches...

and lovely Jacaranda trees

And that building in the background is a prison!

I hope to share more pictures with you over the next few days but for now I'll just wish you all a lovely day / evening and go have dinner with my husband and my son who I missed so much ...

Thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday!

Just popping in to wish a very Happy 2nd Birthday to 

Papercraft Star!

Unfortunately being away I am unable to partake in the fun and festivities but I hope you will pay them a visit and have fun...


Many congratulations to Jan and the rest of the team ... sending hugs


~ Ros ~

Little Kitty

Hi there!

It's my turn to host the challenge at City Crafter this week and this week I am asking you to
Make a gift ... No cards please
I just know you will come up with some wonderful things ... and I am looking forward to seeing them
Our Guest Designer this week is Shahrul  and we are happy to have her back with us once again.
I made a little pillow for a neighbour who celebrated her birthday this week ... and it just so happens that she is a cat lover too

I printed this little kitty picture along with some graphics from The Graphics Fairy and a verse, straight on to fabric ... I don't use any special printer ... just adhere my fabric with some temporary spray adhesive to a piece of cardstock and feed it through my printer. You may have noticed that I coloured the kitty's eyes with Promarkers to just enhance the picture a little ..

Lots of lace, a double bow and a handmade flower too ...

... and that little sparkly button came from my lovely friend Lauren

I am at sea today having just left Gibraltar and heading for  La Coruna Spain 

Thinking of you and sending hugs

~ Ros ~

White on white & Birthday Wishes

Hello and good morning to you ...

I am still at sea and I have 2 things to share 
First this week's challenge at 

Papercraft Star

The challenge we have for you this week is Wedding ... make a white on white wedding card

Here's your inspiration photo

And my card

A bit of layering here ... I used my cameo for the cut out hearts which I layered over a piece of paper that has a hint of script on it ...  I altered the opacity to take it very light and added a generous coating of glitter 

Being as it's a wedding card I couldn't help but add tulle and lace, ribbon and pearls and of course some sparkly bits ... Most of the embellishments are just from my supplies ... the birdcage and rose are from Hobbycraft

It's not that easy to photograph white on white I discovered ... 

Our featured designer this week is our creator ... the lovely Jan  and she will be using goodies from our generous sponsor The House Across The Bay 

So are you going to play along with us? We'd love to see your creations ... If you need inspiration ... pay a visit to the blog Papercraft Star and check out the creations from the rest of our team

Next

 Today is a special lady's Birthday ... my sweet friend Cheryl from City Crafter

Happy Birthday Cheryl!!

This is for you ... I hope you have a beautiful day my friend

I hope you get your package

If you would like to wish Cheryl a Happy Birthday ... there is a link for you Here

Till soon take care

~ Ros ~