City Crafter 365

Good morning to you

Today Kirsty is hosting this week's challenge at City Crafter with a photo Inspiration challenge

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It's like an English country garden 

For my card I started with a wash of paint for the BG and then stamped the flowers a few times on pieces of cardstock and coloured them with Copics

Having fussy cut the flowers, I then layered them up 

Hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what the rest of the team have to inspire you this week - We hope you'll join in our challenge.

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

7 Days

Hello there...

I'm home from a 7 day cruise in the Mediterranean and thought I'd share some photos of our trip just in case you are interested...Feel free to move on if not

Day 1 
We flew to Majorca to board the ship - The flight was late and we were kept standing in a very hot room and then in a queue on the tarmac for well over an hour...
Day 2 
Was a day at sea which gave us time to explore the ship and every evening we returned to our cabin to find a cutie waiting for us constructed from our towels

Day 3 - Sailing into Sicily

Due to me having sciatica my legs were pretty bad, fortunately we booked mostly coach tours for the whole cruise and here we visited a winery and had a mini cruise on a lagoon

And our cutie that night

Day 4 

We arrived in beautiful Sorrento to take a drive along the Amalfi coast... I've done this before but my hubby hadn't and truthfully you couldn't pay me to do it again ... It's stunning but terrifying for a gal who doesn't like heights!

But Amalfi, with it's little streets...

...it's stunning coastline 

 

And where lemons grow freely, is not to be missed

And this nights cutie...

Day 5 we headed for Rome

I have always wanted to see Rome, even if it was on a coach with a little free time for exploring but my legs got so bad I had to visit the ships medical center and thankfully they made sure I didn't miss a thing by giving me daily injections for the pain...

I made Rome, and instantly fell in love

Excuse some of these photos, they were taken through the window of a moving coach with my jaw on the floor Lol! Never did I think it would be so green and lush with flowers and trees everywhere

Seeing the Colosseum for real was really hard to comprehend

You may be wondering about all those holes, well the original Colosseum was studded with gold and jewelled embellishments that have all been removed leaving those holes.

I even got to taste the amazing sorbet

 

All too soon our visit was over...That night's cutie

A frog?

Day 6  I managed to capture the sunrise as we sailed into Corsica

What a gorgeous Island this is

These photos don't do it justice... It's so pretty and like a picture postcard
 

 

...and funny how my schoolgirl french came tumbling back - well enough to order drinks etc. Lol!

This was supposed to be our last cabin cutie 

But the lady who looked after us was so concerned about my health and wanted to make me happy that she managed to leave another before we left after Day 7 - Menorca

We'd never visited here before even though it's the next Island to Majorca and it's so lovely but very hilly... Just to get from the ship to where I took this photo was over 100 steps - Thank goodness for those injections

... And huge tree roots to rest on.

Our last cutie was E.T.... Yes ... "Home" was beckoning

I hope you enjoyed seeing my travels...

Have a lovely weekend

~ Ros ~

 

City Crafter 364

Hello how are you?

I'm due home later today so this is another scheduled post for the new challenge at 

City Crafter

This week Marina is hosting a super challenge ...

Out of This World

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The challenge is to create a project using anything to do with Space... Planets, Stars, Or use the phrase "Out of This World"

I chose to do a galaxy card for Ross my adored Great Nephew who recently celebrated his birthday and loves anything to do with space

Whenever I have done a galaxy card before I used sprays but this time I used my watercolour paints on ordinary cardstock

 After adding various paint colours and a few dries in between I did some splattering with gold paint and white paint...I really love the result but probably could never replicate it

Now it's over to you ... Go visit the City Crafter Blog to see what the team have created and link up your Space creations with us this week.

Have a lovely day and I'll catch up with you all soon

~ Ros ~

Birthday Girl!

 Hello!

I may be cruising but I couldn't forget to schedule a post for a dear friend and a very special lady before I left

 
Kirsty
 
of and Handmade Little Things and creator of City Crafter is celebrating her birthday today!
 
Happy Birthday!!!
 
I wish I could be with you to celebrate your day.

As I can't, I hope you enjoy your card... complete with a stencilled Eiffel Tower especially for you

...And plenty of sparkle!

Have an amazing day and I hope your dreams come true!

If you would like to send Kirsty some Birthday wishes and see the cards Stella and Marina have also made for her, there is a special post up on the City Crafter Blog where you can leave her a message...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 363

Good Morning...

I've just time to do my post for the City Crafter challenge before I finish packing....  

My lovely friend Stella is hosting this week, the theme is Sunshine

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Stella is asking that we create a project and add a sun or sunshine...

I went for the latter with a very simple card

Two little birdies enjoying the sunshine that I created just using distress ink and some water droplets

I also added some Nuvo drops and though they do look yellow the colour is actually Key Lime

My sentiment was computer generated but having the word sunshine is NOT a requirement and in case you are wondering the font is a free one downloaded from Pinterest called 'joy like sunshine' - Quite apt

Head on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what the team have to inspire you ... I do hope you will join in our challenge... Please note that as I am away, I won't be able to leave any comments this week but I will catch up with you all when I am home

Have a lovely week and take care

~ Ros ~

MFT Seagulls

Good Morning...

Did you have a good weekend? We were at my friend's wedding on friday and I was totally shattered by Saturday ... It was a lovely day and the bride looked stunning - Here's a peek of us together

I even managed to get on the dance floor

 My Brother Ron celebrates his birthday in a few days but hubby and I are going away tomorrow so we can't be with him - Still, I made a fun card for him

As soon as I saw these stamps and dies by MFT I fell for them ... The cards made by the MFT design team using this set really appealed to me so I had to have the set. The fence is not part of the set - It's by Impression Obsessins and it works well with the MFT set

My brother often visits the seafront , sometimes cycling or walking and sometimes just to take his Grandchildren Ross and Sophia to play, so I know he will appreciate this quirky card

That sentiment just makes me giggle... 

I'll catch up with you all when I get home and wish you a lovely day

Take care

~ Ros ~