Decorations

Hello ...

The lovely Mandy has picked our prompt at

Our Beautiful World

The word is Decorations

It could be any type of Decorations but I'm sharing some Christmas ones that I photographed on my phone whilst out and about this week ... I used Picmonkey to help me out here as my photos were not that good

Don't these happy guys just make you smile?

I love this sparkly reindeer and I just may buy this next one- he was magnificent! Not sure where I'd put him though - He was quite big!

I saw some cute advent calendars in drawer form

I love the house one ... Of course you couldn't get these when my son was little

And my final photo is one from my home ... taken last year and again enhanced with Picmonkey

If you get a moment hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the team are sharing and link up your photos of Decorations too... We'd love to see them

Enjoy your day my friends

~ Ros ~

Sponging and Glitter

Hello...

Just sharing another card I made last weekend...

Sponged with distress inks and then splattered with water...

I cut the PTI word die about 3 /4 times and layered it before coating it in glitter and then just added a few sparkles...

I still think I prefer blues and greens to these colours but I wanted to try something different

Enjoy your day... it's almost the weekend!

~ Ros ~

Vellum Poinsettia For Colour Me

Hello

I am thrilled that one of my light up pictures Here was a Top 5 Winner at Try It On Tuesday!!

Thanks so much to the team!

Today I have another quick Christmas card to share using some more of the Pinkfresh paper

I'm entering this card at Colour Me

I was really sad to read that this is their last challenge... I haven't entered every week but I am always inspired by the colour combinations and the way the team interpret them ... Thank you ladies, I'll miss popping in each week to see you...

I cut out a layered poinsettia from vellum and used Evergreen Bough distress ink to sponge on some of the layers... It matched really well with the paper

You really can't see it from the photos but I added a little glitter to those tiny white stars - a few sequins a sentiment and it was all done!

It's not stopped raining here for days and the sky is dark which means I have to have the light on .. It makes photographing quite difficult and matching colours a lot harder without natural light.. Still I guess it could be worse...

I hope you are having a good week ... Thanks so much for looking in on me

Be safe

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 290

Happy December!!

That rolled around so quickly didn't it?

Today we have a brand new challenge at City Crafter and it's Kirsty's turn to host

This week the theme is 123 Tag

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Kirsty is asking that we create 3 tags - all with a different design

I'm not really a tag maker ... But I soon got into it

My first tag features one of the Avery Elle pups and I added a little christmas hat with a glittery pompom for fun

He's backed onto PinkFresh paper and a few die cut sprigs 

My 2nd tag features more paper from Pinkfresh

I added a little bit of 'snow' and a little wooden snowflake ... So simple

For my 3rd tag I used stamps by Docrafts  to create the background

A couple of leaves were cut from an old shop bought card, some frosty berries, a glittered die cut set on a scrap of vellum and a few gems and it's done 

I'm so thrilled to say that our Guest Designer this week is the very talented Mac of The Sweetest Of Peas blogspot.. If you haven't paid a visit to her blog you ought to! She is multi talented and her cards are amazing!

You too could win a GD spot with us ... Just link up your entries this week and if you need inspiration take a look at the projects the rest of the team are sharing up on the blog...

Have fun and thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

A Simple Christmas Card

Hello...

In case you hadn't noticed (Lol!) I'm loving the new paper pad from Pinkfresh... Cards come together so quickly with very little effort

Here's one of 3 that I made this weekend

I stamped the sled and reindeers, added liquid pearls to some of the stars on the paper and adhered a glittery wooden tree...

Told you it was simple...

It's rained non stop here for over a week ... We've had lots of strong winds too and last friday evening we braved the elements - DH took me for a fish and chip supper at the golf club ( I know ... He sure knows how to turn a girls head Lol!) Then we went on to the picture house to see the last in the series of the Hunger Games - The Mockingjay part 2. I've loved the series but I don't think the last one was as good as the others... I'd have given up on Peeta and got back with Gale ... much more my type haha!

I hope you have a great day ... I'll be back tomorrow 

Take care

~ Ros ~

White

Good morning...

It's my turn to pick a prompt for Our Beautiful World and this week the word is

White

This beautiful swan is no ordinary swan ... This is a Norwegian swan haha! I took this photo whilst visiting Stavanger some years ago with my dear Aunt

Here she is ... 88 years old standing by lots of the 'white' stuff!

.. They sure get plenty of it in Norway but this photo reminds me just how it used to be here when I was a child ... Before they had all the super duper waterproof, windproof and cosy clothes they have now. We didn't even have central heating yet we would play out in the cold snow all day... Somehow we all survived...And they were fun times

By contrast the hotel we stayed at last summer by the beach was a boutique hotel and nearly everything was white

I loved these outdoor light up pots 

And in Lisbon I took this photo of white statues through the bus window

Finally in keeping with the season ... here are some white Christmas critters I saw at one of our Christmas markets

We're looking forward to seeing your photos of white this week

Hop on over to Our Beautiful World to see what my friends are sharing...

Thanks so much for your visit ... have a lovely day

~ Ros ~