Snowy Days

Brrr It's so cold!

I woke up to snow fall this morning ... The wind was howling and blowing the snow everywhere ... Gispy went out at 7.30am and hasn't been back since ... I just hope she has found herself a warm place .. it's freezing cold outside.

My other little cat Ginger made his way here around lunch time and is snug on his bed ... sensible boy!

Thankfully my day was my own today ... Hubby did try to persuade me to go out but he was fighting a losing battle there ...  driving around in the snow is not my idea of fun! So I was able to do a little in my craft room ...

With all those lovely birthday gifts I got ... It was only fitting that I made some Thank You cards to send out 

I needed something I could make a lot of - pretty quickly - so used a lovely image from Silhouette America as my focal point which I printed onto photo paper to give it a little sheen

... cut some scalloped squares in both white and cream to back the image and a fish tail banner from glitter ribbon.

The glitter ribbon came from Wilkinsons store ... it's sold as Christmas wrapping ribbon ... on a 10m roll for £1 which is great value and you've seen me use it many times ... It feels like the ribbon you get from a florist if you know what I mean

The sentiment was computer generated and I finished up with a little post mark stamp I got in a second hand section of an art shop some time ago ... 

I also used up some of my surplus papers to make envelopes ... and because of the hundreds of envelopes I had ... I didn't have enough of the size I wanted ... typical!

These are so simple to make ... It's basically a rectangle big enough to hold your card and I round of the corners of the flap 

I stamped on them with a Kaiser craft stamp ... just to add a little something special and I print the addresses onto white paper or labels.

I do hope you are warm wherever you are ... 

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

30 and counting!

Hello ... so nice to have you here today ...

So far I have received 30 birthday cards and still they are arriving!

I am so lucky to have so many lovely friends ... speaking of which I would like to share a few gifts that have been sent to me ...

 Kirsty my dear friend sent me this beautiful card and gorgeous crafting goodies

Aren't they lovely! And to see how beautifully she wrapped them ... check out her post Here

My sweet friend Ira from the Netherlands made this incredibly detailed book ... and inside was a beautiful necklace and cat ring!

My photos are not very bright due to the weather ... but please hop over to see Ira's photos Here

Some lovely people live in the Netherlands and another one of them is my dear friend Stella ... who sent these gifts and beautiful card

Just look at that pretty bracelet ...

And this morning yet another package arrived ... this is from the lovely talented Linda Robinson

Oh my ... what beautiful things for me to play with and such an adorable card!

I really can't believe just how lucky I am ... Starting a blog was the best thing I ever did .. I can't imagine life without you all ... Every day I am excited to visit you ... to learn from your creativity and to have you in my life ...

Thank you all so very much

~ Ros ~

White on White

The challenge this week at Papercraft Star is white on white

Jan has picked this lovely inspiration photo for you ...

White on white is something I struggle with ... I mean there are so many different shades of white which in itself can be a challenge ... My blogs friend Sasha and Diane always make the most stunning white on white cards ... Nevertheless ... I managed to come up with a card which is for my friends Wedding Anniversary ... white on white with a little touch of cream ... like the photo

Believe it or not ... I bought those roses as white ... against the card they look cream

I cut the borders and the fern from Memory Box dies and used a Tim Holtz embossing folder

for the background

I am really looking forward to seeing what the other ladies on the DT have come up with and I would love to see your creations too so won't you join us this week?

Till soon be safe

~ Ros ~

Winter Blues

Good morning to you all 

I hope you are having a good week so far ...

We've had a little snow - not enough to stick and it's been quite cold and dull ... 

It's this time of year after Christmas and New Year have gone, that I long for Spring to come .. I call it The Winter Blues which is the challenge I have come up with for City Crafter this week where I am hosting.

This week we want to see a winter project that must include the colour Blue

Here is your inspiration photo

Courtesy of Printshop For Mac

I saw a tutorial by Nancy Riley on a sponging project which I wanted to try ... although my version is not as good as hers I really like the result ...

I incorporated a die cut by Memory Box in my little winter scene and lots of glitter for the glistening snow

There is only one ink pad used for this ... just a little blue one I had by versa mark and I found that little tree stamp hidden in my box of wooden stamps ...

Our Guest designer this week at City Crafter is our winner from Week 134 Malgorzata Dudzinska ( Margot) ... A very talented lady ... her blog is well worth a visit. This week's winner will also be offered a Guest spot at CCCB ... so please come and join us ... I'd love to see your interpretation of Winter Blues ...

Have a lovely day and stay warm

~ Ros ~

Wonderful!

... That's how my evening was last night 

I had a wonderful birthday shared with old friends and family ...We laughed over old times ... Ate delicious food ... Drank a little too much and I didn't want the evening to end.

Today I managed to get some craft time in and have a little card to share with you ... I promised myself that from now on I need to use something from my "bits" box on everything I create ... you know the box I mean ... the one that holds all your bits of unused paper ... the dies cuts you didn't use ... the stamping you were trying out etc., 

So the cards that I will be sharing in the future will have  should have ... something from that ever full box ...

This is a card I made for a friends hubby who I discovered has his birthday on the same day as me ... Ok, so it will be late ... but it will also be a surprise as he certainly wont be expecting it

Everything I used here ... (with the exception of that sweet metal butterfly - a gift from my friend Linda) was from my "bits" box ...

Now I have quite a lot of  "Thank You" cards to make ... my family and friends have been so generous with their cards and gifts

I'll be back with you soon ...

Have a beautiful day/evening and thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Flowers and Gifts

Hello sweet friends!

This is just a short post ... I wanted to pop in and thank you all for your lovely emails, cards and gifts  for my birthday!

I've had some beautiful flowers delivered this morning

... and tonight my family and a few friends will be going out to dinner

I am truly blessed to have such kind and thoughtful friends ... Thank You!

~ Ros ~