City Crafter 230

Hi there ...

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter and normally it would be me to set this week's challenge but due to the fact that I am spending more and more time at my friends bedside, I haven't had a lot of  inspiration or inclination for anything ...

Thankfully my lovely friends at City Crafter have stepped in and they are taking over my spot for the time being ... Thank you lovely ladies

So this week Stella has set us the challenge of "On The Border" (with a photo of her homeland too)

 

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The challenge is to add a border anywhere on your project

Well I guess I have a stitched line border as well as a hand cut grassy border 

I watercoloured the flowers and the grass and the little dog was sitting in my bits box... He was coloured with copics and a white gel pen 

 

Our Guest designer this week is our winner from week 314 Brenda (Inspired to Stamp)

Brenda and the team have more inspiration for you up on the blog ... hop on over and take a peek.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Play...

Hello and good morning!

Play is the prompt over at Our Beautiful World this week...

We're looking to see your photos, here's mine

Doggie play

Kitty Play

Animal play

Risky play

 

Girls play 

Boy's play

 

Guy's play

My play

Hop on over to the blog to see what everyone else is sharing...

Have a beautiful day!

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge

Hello, I'm back again for the new challenge at 

Double D Challenges

 

Team Diane is hosting a Gingham challenge and here's the tile board for your inspiration

Much as I love gingham, it's not something that I've used for a while - In fact I don't use many papers or ribbons anymore but I did manage to come up with a use for some of those gingham scraps I had around

Balloons... Birthday balloons tied to a little Cameo cut fence 

I did a little sponging there too and added a sweet little cat who is eyeing up those balloons

Our team all have a different creative style so please hop on over to the Blog to check out the projects - We hope you'll be inspired to join us 

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

 

City Crafter 319

Hello there, 

I hope you're having a good start to the week and your 4th July celebrations went well

Kirsty is hosting the challenge this week at City Crafter with the theme

 The Book Of Love

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The challenge is to either make a mini book or album or make something using a book or book page (Optional - have the theme of love)

I decided to use a book page, from a book of love poems as it happens

The poem is "Like The Touch Of Rain" by Edward Thomas

I used distress inks to sponge the page and added glossy accents and gems to represent the rain

...I stamped and embossed a single rose and used the rectangle dies to frame it

Our Guest Designer this week is Dora, an incredibly talented lady and her blog is well worth a visit, just click the link

As always the team have more projects up on the City Crafter blog to inspire you and we are excited to see what you come up with this week

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

 

Bits n' Pieces

Good morning...

It's my turn to pick a prompt over at

Our Beautiful Word 

This week I've chosen Bits n' Pieces

They're everywhere... Washed up on beaches

Remains from the Pompeii disaster

And Herculaneum

In little dishes around my home

I mean what the heck? Radiator key, heart shaped stone, Hair grips and ties, all manner of things that I find around, Not to mention those craft bits that occupy various boxes and containers

 

Am I a hoarder? 

 I guess so... It's a voice in my head that says 'well maybe that will come in handy...sometime'

Bit's n' pieces can be very useful... depending on what they are of course

This robin has a beak full to feed her babies ... and this one, well, this is the step of the hotel I spent a lot of time in as a child... My grandmother's hotel in London, bit's and pieces that put together are so ornate and timeless

Go visit the Blog to see what my friends are sharing this week and be brave... link up your photos of bits n' pieces.. I dare you haha!

Have a great day

~ Ros ~

Gift holder, Bookmark and a little Tip

Hello there ... 

I don't think it's ever going to stop raining here ... The garden looks so sad...

I'm a lover of real books, the kind you can hold...not the kindle type...and I have a lot of friends who are like me... 

Today I have a little card to share that is just big enough to hold a gift card for a bookstore together with a detachable bookmark, all made from scraps

 

I started with a piece of  scrap CS that I had sponged with inks and splattered with water and cut out the sentiment and a little banner. The flowers and leaves were stamped and coloured with copics then smooshed in versamark and heat embossed with clear E/P

 I used another scrap of the sponged CS for the back part of the bookmark and a scrap of vellum to hold it to the card and to show how it can be used in your book

Here's a TIP for you ... I don't think I've shared this before? Anyway, it's a way of getting more out of your square or rectangle type dies and adding edging to your scrap pieces as I did with the vellum on my card and the longer part of the bookmark

Here you can see the piece of vellum and the die I used (mine is from Lil'inkers rectangles) The die was the length I wanted but not the width but it's so easy to adapt it

 

First tape your die to one side of the paper, card or vellum you want to cut

and run it through your die cutting machine, you will end up with one shaped side

Lay your die back on aligning to the other side at the distance you want

... run it back through your machine and Voila!

 A nicely edged custom sized rectangle - I use this trick a lot particularly on scrap pieces

By the way, the challenge at City Crafter is flags and banners ... check it out

I'm off to see my friend at the nursing home now, bless her she is really struggling and it breaks my heart

Enjoy your day and if you have any sun to share I'd be grateful!

Till soon

~ Ros ~