Thursday, April 01, 2021

Poppies & Poinsettia

 Hello and good morning!

The last few days the weather has been glorious but I'm afraid we are on the turn again...Hubby got to play his first game of golf this week since lockdown and I don't know who enjoyed it more, me or him Lol!

Today I have a few cards for you... I came across some lovely digital stamps on Etsy (Here's the link in case you are interested)... Anyway I bought a couple including the lovely slimline floral which I think are poppies? And made this card

I didn't make a slimline, just printed the image on cardstock to fit my usual size cards and painted it

 
This is going to a friend and I know she will like it

I also used up the remaining pieces of the poinsettias from my this post to make a few more shaker cards




They're quick and simple but effective.
That's it for today, I hope you have a beautiful Easter... Stay well

Till soon

~ Ros ~



Sunday, March 28, 2021

More Easter Cards

 Hello friends

Here we are on the first day of Spring and it's raining and windy...Never mind, I'm optimistic that the days will get better.

I've some more Easter cards to share, normally my friends and I don't send Easter cards but we aren't living in normal times so it's my way of saying I'm thinking of you...
 
And given that it's Easter, it wouldn't be fair not to include some of my ducks now would it, so I drew and painted a couple
 
This one is a slider (as per Jennifer McGuire) and has an open front window
 
 
 No acetate was needed and when the card is open it looks like this
 

The second one also has an open window but it's not a slider


and the inside...


And finally...

 
... An Easter bunny card

That's me for today... I hope you enjoy your Sunday 

~ Ros ~





 

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Easter Cards

Hey there... How are you?
It's a beautiful day here, looking more like Spring and I'm loving it. There's a ton of buds on the lilac tree and I can't wait for it to flower.

Thank you for your kind wishes regarding my brother, he had his operation yesterday and is doing fine.

Today I have a couple of simple stamped and painted Easter cards 
 

Okay, all you stampers (and gardeners) will no doubt notice that the large flower is in fact a poinsettia...
 

But with another flower (one of my hand drawn ones) on top, I know the recipients won't really notice.
 
The actual stamp is by Woodware and this is how it looks in it's entirety
 

It was just too pretty not to use and I fussy cut just the top portion for my cards


They are painted with blue watercolour and black soot distress ink


I love the combination of blue and grey...

Thanks so much for looking in on me, have a lovely day and take care

Till soon

~ Ros ~



Sunday, March 21, 2021

Slider Shaker & Shaker

 Hello there, I hope this finds you well

I've a couple of cards for you today, first a slider / shaker card I made for one of hubby grandsons last week

 
I wanted to make something fun for his birthday and couldn't decide between a shaker and a slider so I combined the two


As the tag is pulled, up pops this guy


The octopus is sparkly and glossy but I think maybe I should have used a brighter colour, either way he enjoyed it and I had fun making it.

And following the sketched and painted girls in my last post... I also have one I turned into a shaker

Acetate cards are always so hard to photograph!


I'm getting a few Easter cards done at the moment... I can't believe how fast Easter has come around this year!

As far as my world goes, there's been good news and bad news this week... The bad news
A couple of weeks ago my brother fell whilst cleaning his conservatory roof (not recommended when in your 70's) He thought he'd just sprained his ankle and hobbled around for a few days until his leg began to swell and had to go to hospital. He was told he's broken his fibula, no big deal they said and just put it in a cast. Cutting a long story short things got worse and after several hospital visits and 2 changes of plaster casts, he finally got to see a doctor and it turned out his knee was also broken and has to have surgery this week.
 
As for the good news, my GP gave me a prescription for my RLS. I've been struggling every night with this dreaded complaint and have had many sleepless nights. Well I'm thrilled to say that the tablets worked and I've had 2 nights of undisturbed sleep! Oh I can't tell you how happy I am.

Have a beautiful day friends and stay well
 
~ Ros ~






Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Little Ladies

 Hello there... Happy St Patrick's day to all who celebrate!

Lately we have been experiencing high winds and it's been cold but yesterday, the sun shone and I got to spend a couple of hours in the garden. I was delighted to notice that there are robins nesting again in the garden and the trees are all in bud and the forsythia is in bloom.

Of course being indoors so much means I've done more sketching and today I'm sharing a couple of birthday cards featuring my sketched and painted ladies

Her dress also sparkles (courtesy of a wink of stella) but it's hard to capture.. I thought this would be a good card for my great niece's upcoming birthday

My second card is a little more "grown up"


Again the glitter on her dress is difficult to see... I stenciled the balloons after I painted her and added Nuvo drops then sprinkled them with glitter


Funnily enough the hardest part of this was drawing the shoes... 

I've quite a few more to share in the next few weeks including some shaker cards.

Thanks so much for your visit, enjoy your day and stay safe

~ Ros ~

Monday, March 15, 2021

CAS Mix Up Reminder

 Hello there...

I'm here today with my second card for  the CAS Mix Up Challenge where I'm honoured to be guesting this month

It also happens to be the CAS Mix Up's 5th Birthday and there are amazing prizes on offer, you don't want to miss out I tell you

For my card I used a seahorse die cut and watercolours

I love the result I got from this and it really was easy to achieve

Head on over to the blog and take a look at the creations from the rest of the team and check out the amazing entries too! 

A huge thank you to my friends at CAS Mix Up... It's been an honour to celebrate with you this month.


Till soon my friends

~ Ros ~