Just Another Day

Hi there!

I'm just popping in with a quick card I made for my son to give to his Aunt who celebrates her birthday this week ...

Something bright and cheerful ... which is not how I am feeling right now

I had a really hectic but fun night with my group who loved making their Valentine's goodies - It was another very busy week for me and yesterday we had family over ... I got to see my great nephew Ross which was lovely! He's growing up so fast ...

There's no let up this week - I have a few days of driving my husband to hospital appointments 

He celebrates a BIG birthday on Wednesday ...

I was planning on booking a lovely restaurant for us to have an evening out ... so I can relax and not have to cook for once Lol! But it seems he's chosen to spend it with some 30,000 football fans instead

Yep, I'm hurting...

I hope your week is a good one

~ Ros ~

Our Beautiful World

Hello...

I got to choose the  prompt this week at 

Our Beautiful World 

And this week I've chosen

Derelict

I wonder if like me you ever pass a derelict building and think about it's history 

The secrets within those walls ... do you hear echos of laugher... or tears

I've dug into my archives to share some photos with you of a Derelict place that touched my heart

Some of you will no doubt recognise this place ... 

This is Herculaneum in Italy 

A once beautiful affluent city built by the Romans and destroyed along with Pompeii in 79AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted

At school we learned a little about Pompeii and like me, I'm sure many of you have been fortunate to have visited ... But I confess until I took a trip to Italy some 7 or 8 years ago ... I had never heard of Herculaneum

... unlike Pompeii, Herculaneum is below 'ground' level ... you have to descend into the derelict city via the bridge in the photo. Looking down you get a full perspective of just how deep this city was buried, of the tragedy that happened unannounced and so quickly

It was a large city - much of it still buried under the now sprawling town of Campania

How surreal it is to walk along the derelict and deserted streets of 79AD, enter the homes and shops of another 'Time' whilst being overlooked by those of the 21st century ... And even more surreal is knowing that many of the original residents still lie here ...

Derelict but hauntingly beautiful ...

... Amazingly preserved paintings ... done by whom? 

There are many photos on the internet of this Derelict place ... these are just a few of mine

And we'd love it if you shared yours with us too at 

Our Beautiful World

Have a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Love Bug

Hi there!

I've been up since 5am again with a sick cat ... I finally managed to keep her in and get her to the Vet. They call her the Ninja cat ... she is wild in the surgery - I came out with plasters on my hands!

Suffice to say she is much calmer now and has had some painkillers and antibiotics so for now at least all is quiet....

Some of you have asked that I share the cards my group will be making this evening... well here's one of them ... simple and easy for them to do

The eagled eyed amongst you will see that I have one wing the wrong way as the hearts are upside down ... That's from lack of sleep

This also fits our colour splash challenge at City Crafter this week ... I hope you can play along

Enjoy your day ... I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow!

Till soon

~ Ros ~

More Gifts

Hi there ...

Just wanted to pop in with a gift idea and some happy mail I got ...

These last few days have been a bit rough with one thing or another and it really cheered up when I received a package from my sweet friend Sue Lelli

Aren't they just adorable?

And look at the pretty card that came with them

I'm so lucky to have such lovely blog friends

Thank you Sue!

I've been busy organising things for my Special Needs craft group tomorrow night ... I'll take my camera and hopeful get some photos of their creations ... I've cut out things to make Valentine banners and some cards too and as it's a Valentine's evening ... I've made them all a little gift which they can either keep or maybe give to someone they love

They are simple enough to make but not something they could make with a glue stick and though I do have a lot of guys in the group ... they love to make girlie things to give to their mums or sisters

I hope you are having a good week ... take care

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Colour Splash

Good morning!

I'm hosting this week's challenge at City Crafter and I thought a 

Colour Splash Challenge With a Twist would be fun...

The twist is that you can use any one colour as your Splash

The Rules are ... 

Use Black (or Grey) and White as your main colour and choose any ONE colour as your Splash

Here's your inspiration photo

Source

In keeping with the photo I went with Red as my Splash colour and made a set of Thank You cards

I kept them pretty simple using the SU Honeycomb embossing folder and a Memory Box die

... half the set with a grey background and half with a white background

Our Guest Designer this week is Marina - winner of challenge week 193

I'm sure she would be delighted if you hopped over to her blog (My Perfect Life) to say 'hello" and check out her lovely creations

There is a GD spot for our winner this week too ... so come on and link up with us at 

City Crafter 

We'd love see your Colour Splash creations

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Enjoy Life

Hello ...

I've been busy preparing projects for my Special Needs group ... 

Cutting out enough to make 20 Valentine banners ... That's 100 fishtail book pages and 100 hearts ... Then it's onto card stock and embellishments to make their valentine cards ... 

I took a little break last night to make a card for the challenge at

The Dynamic Duos

I've never entered here before ... but in case you hadn't noticed by my last few cards ... and I'm sure you have lol!  I'm hooked on my new Paint Splat stamp

Perfect to create something for this challenge ... 

And really quick ... except for those tiny butterflies which kept trying to fly away 

The stamp is by Inkylicious, the sentiment is a digital, butterflies are from a Memory Box die

and the inks are Teal Zeal by Memento and Red by Dovecraft

Bold and Cheery and quick ....

Ok, got a lot of cutting still to do so I'll wish you a lovely start to your week and I'll see you tomorrow

Till soon

~ Ros ~