Happy Christmas

To all my wonderful blog friends

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas day filled with 

Love 

Laughter 

and 

Much Happiness

May the peace of the season be with you ...

~ Ros ~

All I want for Christmas

Hi there! 

Have you heard the saying "No good deed goes unpunished"

Well, it seems to be the case for me ... Having only been home a few days after caring for my Aunt ... I am down with the flu! And I have an ulcerated throat which is so very painful ..

I have spent the last few days in my bed with a temperature and feeling very rough ... 

I think I managed to get everything done for Christmas though ... presents are all done and delivered to various homes ... So all I want for Christmas is to be well

 I have some more happy mail to share with you

These handmade gifts came from my lovely blog friend Keren who called in to see me a few days ago ... Raspberry and orange curd... Delicious! ... Christmas must be such fun in her home ... 5 children of various ages ... what could be better!

Thanks so much Keren

And this arrived from my sweet friend Lauren 

How I loved that suzy snowflake card when Lauren posted it for Jingle Belles challenge! I can't believe I own it! And whilst I am looking forward to opening this gift ... I'm not sure I can bear to break into that lovely wrapping ... another peek at suzy snowflake

Thank You Lauren!

Ok if I am going to be allowed downstairs for Christmas I need to get my rest ... so I'll keep this short ... but one other thing I want to show you are these shoes

They are paper weights! A gift that was given to my Aunt last week ... They are about 5'' in size and just so very cute!

I promise I will try and get to visit you all soon ... 

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Home and Happy Mail

Hello there!

Well I'm back home and in the midst of Christmas preparations ...

I have spoken to my Aunt a lot since I came home ... checking she is ok and so far she is doing fine ... people are popping in and out to see her so I know she is not alone And whilst I was with her I taught her how to shop online for her groceries ... she is so clever for a lady of almost 86 ... and had 2 deliveries through the week so is now quite confident ... She is brilliant with her iPad.

I arrived home late Tuesday evening to a home full of beautiful roses ... I was missed! And my hubby had even put up the Christmas lights on the house with a few decorations inside too ... So lovely ...

Yesterday was spent making more cards, writing and posting them and wrapping some presents ... Then I put up the tree in the evening ... Now it's feeling like Christmas!

I did a few CAS cards that more importantly are flat so I can mail them at the normal rate 

It has not stopped raining here so the photos are not too good ...

I also came home to some Happy Mail ... The gifts will go under the tree

Thank you Kirsty!!! 

Thank you Linda!!!

And some beautiful cards ....

From Ira ... Thank you!

... And this beauty is from Barbara ... Thank you!

I'll share some more when I can photograph them ... You guys are the best ...

I truly appreciate all my friendships with you lovely bloggers ... throughout the last couple of weeks your words and kindness have touched my heart

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

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 ... 

Photo Credit

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