Happy Easter

Hello ...

Are you all ready for Easter?

I just had to make a little something for a sweet little girl who lives next door ...

I used a template from Adela which you can find Here ... to make a little bag ... It's one I've had for a long time ... long before I had a cutting machine but it's simple enough to cut by hand

I printed my card stock first with a lovely free digital paper by the talented Astrid Here and just added some lace, ribbon, butterfly and a tag ...

The handle is craft wire covered with yellow paper raffia ... of course the little bag is full of chocolates ... I actually heard them say on the radio yesterday that people who eat chocolate regularly ... live longer than those who don't! They were praising the properties of chocolate ... sounds good to me!

I also wanted to thank you all for your lovely comments ... and for sharing your stories about your own children giving up their dummies, pacifiers etc., they made me smile!

Have a blessed Easter 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Easter Bunny

Papercraft Star Challenge

It's nearly time for the Easter bunny to come and visit ... It reminds me that when my son was very little he loved his dummy - I think the American term is pacifier ... Anyway he had a whole bunch of them but decided he would leave them out for the Easter bunny and in return he would get Easter Eggs ... All went well until Easter night when he screamed for his dummies back ... I can remember hunting everywhere in the early hours trying to find one Lol!

Well this weeks' challenge at Papercraft Star is Easter ... We want to see your Easter projects

I had fun making this card ...

Pretty paper from Pink Petticoat and letter stickers by K & co which I've had for years!

This is the other half of the egg I used on my tag yesterday

Painted, glittered and adorned with flowers ... 

Want to see the inside?

There's the Easter bunny!

I hope you are going to share your Easter projects with us at Papercraft Star ... don't forget to check out the lovely projects from the rest of our team ... 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges 

Marks Finest Papers FOSTV Challenge ... Easter Card/ Bunny

Created with Love Challenge ... Easter - All things that Glitter (my egg)

Three Scrappy Gals ... Springtastic projects

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by

~ Ros~

Washi Tag

Hello!

It's Tuesday already which means another challenge begins at City Crafter Challenge Blog where our lovely Kirsty is hosting for us ....

As you can tell from the title of my post and our pretty inspiration photo ... the challenge is to use Washi tape and your project Must be a Tag

With Easter only 6 days away ... I made a little Easter tag

I used 2 different tapes on this ... can you see my Washi tape covered egg?

I had a little one of those little polystyrene eggs and I cut it in half then painted green it so that the Tim Holtz  tape takes on a green hue ...

The pretty turquoise check on the right is also Washi tape 

Of course your tag doesn't have to be an Easter tag ... as long as we can see your Washi tape you're in with a chance to win a Guest Design spot here with us at CCCB.

If you're looking for more inspiration ... hop over to the blog and take a look at the projects from the rest of our team ...

Every week we are just blown away with the beautiful creations you come up with ... makes picking winners so very hard ... Thanks so much for your support.

Have a beautiful day - I'll be back tomorrow with another Easter themed project 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Getting Messy

Hello

How's your weekend been?

We've had snow and it's very cold but we braved the weather last night and went off to the golf club where they were doing an 

A La Carte evening ... 

It was delicious and I was so full!

You should have seen the sweet trolly! Even though I was full I just had to have something ... a delicious cream meringue with strawberries ... but I did pass on the cheese and biscuits ...

Thursday evening with my group was such fun ... they all loved making their cards and Easter bags and I was so tired when I got home but one happy bunny!

So today I have been getting messy ... After seeing a tutorial Here I thought I'd try my hand at mixed media ... Ok ... please be kind ... this is my first attempt at one of these and I have debated about sharing ... here goes

I know it's far from perfect but hey I had fun

I used just about everything I could find ... and maybe I went too far ... Is it too busy?

The next one will be better ... I hope!

Have a lovely day/evening

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Easter Preparations

Easter is less than 2 weeks away ...

 I remember as a little girl getting a new pretty cotton dress and new sandals for Easter

As I remember it ... Easter Sunday was always sunny ... warm enough to walk to church in a cotton dress and crisp white ankle socks 

Maybe it's because Easter is early this year ... but it sure is cold here still!

Tonight at Thursday Club my group are looking forward to making Easter cards ... Being as they are all either physically or mentally challenged (or both) ... I always need to come up with something that looks not too babyish (they are all 18 - 60+) but that they can just assemble ... It can take a few days I can tell you!

So we are going to make popup cards something like this...

All the cards and inserts are cut ready to assemble ... the embellishments done .. some bought some printed and cut and of course lots of bows hand tied ...

And what is Easter without an Easter bag?

... and more embellishments - I think I could tie bows in my sleep!

And I couldn't forget these guys ...

... But what good would a bag be without treats to put in?

Yes the important ingredients!

I have catered for just over 20 ... but I always carry extras just in case ... 

See you when I've recovered ...

Keep safe

~ Ros ~

Sweet little Birds

Good morning!

Our challenge at Papercraft Star this week is Birds

We just want to see a bird or birds on your project ... 

It may still be like Winter here but the birds are more than hopeful that Spring is just around the corner ... As dawn breaks they are in full song and busy throughout the day ... The Magpies are already building nests in the trees beyond my garden ... not that they are my favourite birds ... 

So, on to my card ... which I made for my Aunt's 86th birthday last week

I love that K&Co image ... so Spring like

... and glittery

The ladies at Papercraft Star are really looking forward to seeing your creations so please come and join us 

Here's a link to the Blog so you can check out the rest of the DT projects and please be sure to read the rules 

I'm busy with the Easter projects for my sweet group so I'll catch up with you soon

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~