Our Beautiful World

Hello and Happy Sunday!

Our prompt this week at 

Our Beautiful World

Has been chosen for us by the lovely Mandy... The prompt is

"Bricks"

This is one of my lovely fuchsia plants against my brick wall that started out so tiny a few months ago and suddenly grew so big I had to put bricks under it...

And here's another pretty plant that likes to be against the brick wall keeping company with that lovely fuchsia

In my back garden I have a brick laid area too

Which looks colourful when there's been a rainfall as in this photo ... Can you see that birdhouse stand? Ginger cat uses it as a scratch post, hence the damage!

Finally I have a shot of a very old but still used railway station in Delamere Forest ... this station opened in June 1870

The bricks you see here are actually quarry stone or sandstone and the building houses a lovely tea shop where you can get tea served in a large china pot with fresh cream cakes and various other delights. It's a favourite place for travellers and people who want to walk through the forest or just stop to take refreshments.

I wonder what you will share with us this week ... Hop on over to the Blog to see what my friends are sharing

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Back home and 70th Birthday

Hello there!

I'm back from holiday and happy to be home ... It was a lovely break and the weather was amazing but I missed my son, my cats and my creative space and I missed popping in to see you all and your creations... There's no place like home!

I have a card to share that I made for my husbands friend who celebrated his 70th whilst we were away 

I cut the front on my silhouette and turned it into a shaker

I rarely share photos of myself but here are a couple taken from the chill out space on the top floor of our hotel - I've no doubt that once the colder weather takes hold here in the UK I will wish I were back there just chillin' and seeing that beautiful view as the sun dips over the mountians

I hope to catch up with you all soon

Wishing you a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 280

Hi there!

My sweet friend Stella is hosting for us this week at

City Crafter Challenge Blog

The theme is "Fall Has Arrived"

Create a card or project and pick an element of the photo inspiration.

Photo credit

 Stella -
"Fall has just started and yes leaves are falling. But it's also harvest time so that's also a great idea to start with. Or create a view with hills/borders. Just have fun!"

Here's my card

I cut a little hillside, sponged it and added the sweet little wooden houses and then cut and water coloured the leaves in Autumn shades

Ok... So the ladybird was just an added extra ... not really Autumnal... But it's red like the fruit in the photo.. Yes that's how my old brain works Lol!

And the piece of painted cardboard just happened to be in my scraps waiting to be used on something so why not?

This week we have the lovely Andie Miller Guesting for us - Here's a link to her Blog - do pop by and say hello! And hop on over to CCCB to check out the creations from all the team

We're looking forward to seeing your projects this week ... You always blow us away with your talent!

I'm still away so I'll catch up with you all when I get home

Till then have a beautiful week ... 

~ Ros ~

Our Beautiful World

Hello and good morning!

Whilst you are reading this I hope to be soaking up some sun and relaxing in Majorca...

Today at

Our Beautiful World 

Manuela picked the prompt

"Assorted"

We have lots of those don't we ... Here are some of mine

Assorted little birds I bought for a project at Thursday Club ... Aren't they sweet!

Assorted buttons of which I have tons! I never use them anymore

Assorted sequins - a gift from my friend Stella

And I recently bought a new phone wallet... I love the assortment of images on this

Go visit the Blog to see what my friends are sharing this week and please link up with us at

Our Beautiful World

Have a beautiful day...

~ Ros ~

NBUS Challenge

Hello!

Well I'm off on holiday in 2 days time and my case hasn't even been opened let alone packed!

I just had to squeeze in an entry for the lovely Darnell's NBUS Challenge

My NBUS are the Label Maker Sentiments stamps by MFT which I got from Make The Day Special

I did some spray painting on a piece of watercolour CS and added the skyline die cut by Clearly Besotted

Part of my sentiment is a bit crooked ... But the one purchase I made this year that I will never regret is the Misty ... You can just keep on inking up your stamps to get great coverage ... albeit I got it a little crooked

The little kitty was cut on my Cameo and the sparkly foam stars are from my stash.

The challenge ends 18th September and there are heaps of prizes to be won from some amazing sponsors including the kind and generous Darnell so hurry if you are going to enter.

Be good whilst I'm away and be safe

Hugs for now

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 279

Hello there!

I'm hosting this week's challenge over at City Crafter

The challenge is Paper Piecing

It's an old technique and brilliant if you are not comfortable with colouring images or masking them off and it's a great way of using up your scraps of paper! 

So this week that's what we want to see on your projects

I used the Doodle Buds stamps from Wplus9, stamping first onto my card and then onto scraps of paper and piecing them together

I love the colours you can achieve with papers and it couldn't be simpler!

Our Guest Designer this week is Oribella - click the link to go visit her blog - you'll love her beautiful creations!

I hope you'll join us this week and share your beautiful projects ... Head on over to CCCB to see what the rest of the team have created to inspire you

Wishing you all a beautiful day!

~ Ros ~