Going Home and Tears for Connecticut

Hello ...

I know it's Tuesday which usually see me sharing my DT project for City Crafter Challenge ... But we are taking a 2 week break so the new challenge will be starting on New Years' Day.

 The time has come for me to leave Lincoln for a while ... I am travelling back home today ... bittersweet ... I have to leave my Aunt and the beautiful countryside but I will get to see my son and husband and of course my cats ... I can't say I am looking forward to all the work that awaits me though!

I thought I'd share just a few photos I took whilst staying here ...

The view from my window ... a cold and frosty morning ... I saw a fox walk by but he didn't stay long enough for me to photograph him

and when the sun comes out 

... we get a beautiful sunset

I couldn't end this post without mentioning the dreadful events in Connecticut ... 

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My heart is heavy with your loss and my sympathies are with everyone that has been affected ... 

There are some things in this world that we can never begin to understand yet we cannot live in fear nor let our children live in fear ... 

Many hearts will never mend from this atrocity ... Lives will be changed forever ... so many victims ... 

Stay strong and in doing so you do not allow yourself to be another one of his victims ... 

Choose to be a survivor ...

~~~

Have a wonderful day and please note that there will be no new challenge at Papercraft Star either this week ... our new challenge begins 26th December

~ Ros ~

Is it Friday?

Hi there!

I'm kinda lost with the days here ... In fact sitting in my Aunts cosy little home in the peacefulness ... The rain lashing on the windows and the cat's gentle breathing as she sleeps next to me, I could be forgiven for forgetting that in 10 days time it will be Christmas Eve! 

At home I would be in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas shoppers ... panicking about what I have and haven't got ... but that can all wait until next week....

My best gift this year has been having this time with my Aunt and seeing her getting stronger each day 

I have a few more tags to share ... I made them yesterday whilst she slept

I cut out the pockets on my Cameo before I came here... printed the tags on my computer and cut them with a sizzix die tags

Just little pieces of papers to decorate and some holly leaves and berries

A whole big spray of the holly and berries only cost me £1.50 from Wilkinson's Store and I can make heaps of things with one spray ... 

Ok so maybe the leaves are a bit big but I think these will look really pretty on the present I haven't got yet ... Lol! Well I have got some but there are quite a few yet to buy ... No doubt come the day I will be organised ... I hope! 

I hope you are having a lovely day wherever you are ... Thanks for stopping by 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Christmas Tree

Hello ....

It's a happy day today because I have my Aunt safely back home ... I know it will take a while before she is fully fit but just being together is wonderful!

Today is also a new challenge at Papercraft Star and this week we are asking that you create a project that includes a Christmas Tree

Easy huh?

I just had to make one of those little folded trees ... 

I used some lovely paper from Astrid for my background and folded the tree using vellum which I gave a generous coating of glitter and mica flakes

I'm not sure if you can notice ... but I printed that paper twice and cut out some of the flowers and used foam dots to adhere them and give some dimension ... and then lots of liquid pearls

I even put liquid pearls on that little reindeer! The stars were cut using a Sizzix die and some glitter paper from Papermania

My team mates have some more samples for you ... just head on over to the blog ...

We look forward to seeing your creations this week

Thanks so much for stopping by and thank you for all your lovely lovely comments ... my Aunt and I are so grateful for your well wishes

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Entering this into ... Simple Salutations Challenge 23

Snowman fun

Hello and good morning to you ... 

Well my Aunt was not discharged yesterday and she was so disappointed .. So was I ... I've been here on my own for a week now ... But we are expecting that today will be the day - God willing...

Where I am in Lincoln is just down the road from home of the the famous Red Arrows aerobatics team

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So I am fortunate to be treated to a display every morning... They are incredible!

I have my DT project  to share for this weeks' challenge over at City Crafter where the lovely Charlene hosting for us ... Charlene is asking that we create a card or project that

includes a Snowman and use Non traditional colours

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For my card I used an image of "The"Snowman ... who doesn't love that guy

And I framed him using a chipboard frame which I covered with text paper from Pink Petticoat and sprinkled with glitter

The wood effect background paper is from Docrafts Wellington range and on top of that is DP by Grace Taylor ... definitely neither are traditional Christmas papers!

You've seen this holly stamp before (PaperMania) but this time it is stamped onto blue paper from my scraps 

A Prima flower, some Stickles and liquid pearls complete the look

The rest of the team have some lovely samples for you so hop on over the the blog and take a look ...

See you there!

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Little house

Hello there ...

I hope you are well and had a good weekend ...

I am really hoping that my Aunt may be allowed home either today or tomorrow ... keep your fingers crossed for us ...

She has made such good progress and wants to be home now. Yesterday when I was at the hospital  a frail old lady passed away ... It was so sad and makes me even more grateful that my Aunt is recovering.

Before I came to Lincoln I made a little house box for my Aunt ... I like to make these at Christmas but I didn't have time to photograph it before I had to leave home so my photos are not marvellous ... I don't have an editing program on my laptop ... But here it is 

I hand cut the house using a template by Lauren Meader which she designed for PTI a long time ago and embossed card stock with my TH folder to which I applied Antique linen distress ink first

The windows and door I cut on the Cameo and backed with some acetate (that had a criss cross pattern on) and some red paper from MME 

The roof was covered in self adhesive fabric by Papermania ... covered in various buttons and a generous helping of both mica flakes, glitter and white flower soft

The roof lifts off ...

And I thought you may like to see the little lady who has kept me company all week ... meet Sheba

Ok ... I have a lot to do now so I'll bid you a wonderful day ... I'll be back tomorrow with my DT project for City Crafter ...

Thanks so much for visiting me and for all your prayers

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Prayers Answered

Hello sweet friends ...

I am so pleased to be able to tell you that my Aunt is on the mend ... finally they have been able to get on top of the infection that nearly took her away from me. 

Her fight is back and she is over the worst ... 

I got to spend a good few hours with her yesterday ... the people here have been so very kind ... Someone took me in to the hospital yesterday afternoon ... another person collected me a few hours later ... and then in the evening I was so lucky to be able to go again for another hour. 

Just being able to sit and hold hands has been a tonic to both of us ... I thank you all so much for your prayers and for being there in my time of need ... reading your comments has been such a comfort.

There are going to be some changes made when she gets home ... Here there are so many people willing and wanting to offer assistance ... and I have made her realise that she needs to let them help ... 

At nearly 86 I think she deserves to sit back a little and enjoy whatever time God has allowed for her here on this earth ... It's only a year since she lost her husband and 30 years go they lost both of their daughters ... All her life she has been the carer ... now it's time to allow others to care ...

The other good thing is that my son was able to send me the photos of some tags I made before I left ...

My lovely friend Jan sent me a box of goodies a while back and there were some sweet little envelopes which I thought would be lovely to decorate and pop tags into ...

The tags were printed on my computer and cut using a Sizzix die ... the paper is by PaperMania 

I had hoped that My husband and my brother may have travelled over to see me this weekend ... Seems it's not to be ... Still the cat and I are good friends and taking care of each other ... 

Have a beautiful day and thanks so much for everything

~ Ros ~