Hooray for the holidays!

That's the new challenge this week at City Crafter Challenge set by our very own Cheryl and just look at the pictures ... 

These are purely for inspiration as the challenge is to make a card/project with a holiday theme ...

A great challenge Cheryl ...  And easy peasy don't you think? ... I went for Halloween of course ... well, I'm trying to put off Christmas for as long as possible ... even if the shops already have their Christmas goods on sale ... I am one of those "Keep Christmas for December" sort of girls ...

So here is my card ...

A cute image from a free vintage site Here ... and believe it or not my background  DP is Christmas paper from MME ... I know ... I know ...  some Basic Grey DP too, the rub-ons are a gift from Cheryl .. ribbon and lace, buttons and pearls all from my stash ... The frame I covered in 2 coats of black glitter ..

I don't think anyone send Halloween cards here in the UK .... But I do like to make them and see them ... purely for the fun of it all ....

Please take a minute to visit City Crafters and check out all the DT work plus our Guest Designer Arielle Gorden ... 

So now it's up to you ... are you going to take on the challenge? I hope so ... 

Seems my card also qualifies for the Shabby Tea Room challenge this week ... see .. Vintage Halloween 

Have a great day!

Ros

WaltzingMouse Sketch 17

It been a glorious day here ... always the way ... people have the weekend off  work and it rains non stop and then Monday comes and hey ho the sun comes out ... I've been to my Pilates class and don't feel as rough as I did last week ... Thankfully! ... And I've had time to do a card for the latest challenge at WaltzingMouse ... This is the sketch ...

I am having a terrible time uploading lately ... since blogger change the format everything is taking forever! So here's my card (I hope) ...

I used 3 different stamps here 2 of which are butterflies ... I love white stamped on kraft CS and I also love pink with kraft so I used some pink glittery tulle to make a bow and glittered a flower ... the 'button' is actually a brad ... had to add some bling to my flowers too  ... just gives it a soft look don't you think? 

Don't forget tomorrow marks the start of a brand new challenge over at City Crafter Challenge so you still have time to enter our current challenge ... 

Thank you once again to all you lovely people who take the time to leave a comment ... I look forward to each day to hear from you ... 

Enjoy the rest of your day ...

Ros

Little bookmark

Good morning everyone...
How was your weekend? Mine was good ... starting on Friday evening when I went to see Joe Longthorne   here in Liverpool ... It was a lovely evening in an intimate little place and the first time I had seen Joe in years ... he was obviously out of the circuit following his illness but having had a life saving bone marrow transplant he is making a come-back. In case you don't know who he is ... he is an impersonator of famous singers .. if you shut your eyes you are listening to Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond ... Tom Jones ... He looks more frail but his voice is as strong and powerful as ever ... Yep,it was a lovely evening.
Yesterday it was so dull and rainy here ...  I did the only thing a Brit would probably do ... I packed us a picnic and off we went .. into the countryside and ended up at a place called Lady Heyes ... A collection of antique and vintage stores ... with a sewing, craft, and cake store to boot ... The sun did eventually come out and it was a lovely day ....
I managed to find time to make a little bookmark which has all the colours of the Play Date Cafe colour challenge ... 

Pretty tough challenge those colours ( for me anyway) ... so here's my book mark ...

This was tough to photograph as the shiny paper is actually sort of holographic ... you turn it one way and it is Turquoise ... turn it the other and it is neon pink  ... just right for the challenge ... so here's another picture that hopefully shows what I mean ...

Nothing really special but I wanted to take on the challenge ....

Hope to be back later .... enjoy your day

Till soon

Ros

WaltzingMouse World Card Day Challenge

Hello there ...
just popping in with a card for World Card Day and a challenge set by Clare at WaltzingMouse ... who has also given us a free digital stamp "Harriet" ... Unfortunately I do not have any copics or the like but I did want to play along ... so I coloured Harriet in Photoshop ... not by any means a masterpiece ... but hey, I tried .... Here's my card ...

I toyed with using different papers but decided just to use the one from MME Signature Christmas glitter paper ... I added a piece of lace to some pretty flocked ribbon and also used a Rubon ... I did glitter the fur on her coat too ....

I'm hoping to get a card done for this weeks' WM challenge too ... the light is fading here though and it's turning cold ... so whilst I may get to play and stay warm in my little craft room ... I can't photograph till tomorrow ...

Hope you've all enjoyed your Saturday ....

Till soon

Ros

Thank you June ...

Sweet June honoured me with this award ... Thank you so much for thinking of me ...

Well versatile is definitely me .... And I have to tell 7 truths about myself .... ok ...
1. I love to create .... anything and everything
2. I love animals and nature
3. I hate any form of cruelty or injustice
4. I am honest and loyal
5. I am organised and tidy but definitely not a neat freak ... ( note to self ... never go to stay with June or Stella) ... (or invite them to stay)
6. I love to help people 
7. I am terrified of heights
I also have to pass this on to 7 other people ... I'm going to pass on this and say that there are too many lovely people out there who have made me smile on many a dark day ... I dedicate this to all of you.


I have a little card to share too .... 

Just using up some scraps .....


Have a lovely day


Till soon
Ros

True Beauty comes from within ...

... and my friends have it abundance ... Just look at all this - that arrived today ...

.. all just in time for my Thursday club tonight .... and this gorgeous card ...

... you can tell by this oh so stylish card, that it all came from Stella ... Thank you so much dear friend ...

I am so very grateful for your kindness, your huge heart of gold ... and for your friendship ....

I have also finally made a card for the new challenge at Picture Perfect Creations .. this is the colour combo ..

Gorgeous colours yet for a while they had me beat ... but then I came up with this ...

This gorgeous Lipstick stamp and the sentiment are digital from Tiffany Doodles ... the border stamp is from WaltzingMouse  ... the rest is from my stash ...

... Not sure if you can see the glossy accents on the lipstick .... So pleased that I finally got this card done!

Have a lovely evening

Ros