Sunday, October 30, 2016

Orange

Good morning everyone...

I'm popping in with my photos for this week's prompt at


Kirsty has chosen the word Orange for us and it's amazing when you look around just how many things can fit the prompt. Of course there are lots of pumpkins around at this time of year ... They're relatively new to the UK and I spotted these mini ones they call Munchkins at our local supermarket


These little things cost nearly a £1 each! But then considering there are many orange groves in Majorca, the fresh orange juice there is expensive too... Maybe the cost includes the sugar which I never use


 Their fruit and vegetables are amazing and I love the displays they make with them


 Lots of orange there! Even the human statues are orange


Here at home we still have orange coloured flowers blooming...


Which reminds me of the orange coloured visitors to the garden


Butterflies and ladybirds ... Right now there are lots of ladybirds around which is very strange for this time of year
 

And one other Orange visitor is a cat we call Foxy ... for obvious reasons


...And I couldn't ignore my own Ginger boy

 
 Share your Orange photos with us at Our Beautiful World and hop on over to the blog to see what everyone else is sharing

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~
 
 

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

It's that time of year

Good morning... 

Believe it or not I have a Christmas card to share today... I know, I know... 
See, it's that time of year and if you are like me and want to get your DT work done in advance (so as not to panic) well, there's bound to be Christmas cards on the agenda. So I've been making a few using the TH tree dies and the negative pieces were just staring at me... Oh they are so pretty, I think I love the negative more than the positive -  I just had to grab my inks and do some stencilling


I used 2 different distress inks and then decided to put some vellum over the top which gives it a really soft look


and the tree die, cut in shiny silver, isn't lost in the background


The only problem I encountered was that the vellum is not the kind you can stamp on but it did work for embossing

Well, that's one down - only 100 to go Lol!

Have a great day ... Thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

City Crafter 335

Hello there...

Stella is hosting this week's challenge over at



This week the challenge is either to make a Halloween project OR a project using the word Hello as Hallo is the Dutch word for Hello

I made a Halloween card that also uses the word Hello ... 


...Using some tree stamps and a stencil from Inkylicious. The stencil is actually for mountains but I thought it would work for spooky clouds too


I used various distress inks and of course I had to add my little cat


Our Guest Designer this week is Sarah, winner of challenge week 328 ... Hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what Sarah and the tea have to inspire you this week

Wishing you a fabulous day

~ Ros ~

Monday, October 24, 2016

Be a Survivor

Hi there ... 

Visiting my lovely friend Darnell's blog this morning I was alerted to a blog hop run by 


It's something that I feel passionate about ... I hate bullies of any sort and the transition from victim to survivor is not an easy one when your spirit is broken and your confidence is non existent

I made a card for this hop 


...Probably the quickest card I ever made as I knew exactly the right sentiment to use


If you're interested in joining in ... Hop on over to Becca's blog to check out the details - There are many companies offering gifts too 

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

 


 

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Comfort

Hello... Happy Sunday

Mandy has chosen the prompt Comfort this week at


 Comfort comes in so many ways like having your Mum to snuggle into


...Or watching over you


Or having your big cousin to go with you as you take your first paddle in the sea


Comfort can be a lighthouse or a port in a storm...


Having your very own swing chair to lazy away the summer days


or maybe just a coffee and chocolate when you're feeling low


We'd love it if you shared your Comfort photos with us at


this week ....

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Friday, October 21, 2016

Highland Deer

Hello...

My husband's cousin celebrates a birthday this week... She lives in Scotland and though I've never met her, we have talked many times on the phone ... We keep saying that we must make a journey to see her, but somehow something always gets in the way...

Here's the card I made for her


Just loose watercolouring with Gansai Tambi paints and a frame cut on my Cameo.


The last time I was in Scotland, many years ago, we saw lots of beautiful deer and stags... Such majestic animals... This one was also cut on the Cameo and painted


The sentiment is from a PTI die and cut from watercolour card that I painted first with gold paint and left to dry before cutting.

Are you looking forward to the weekend? I am ... I've been up very early this last week due to the decorating work we are having done and other than the club I haven't been out of the house at all. So tomorrow I get to have a later start and perhaps a little retail therapy Lol! My hubby's DIL is doing well and hopefully she can also go home this weekend...

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by

Till soon

~ Ros ~