Jingle Belles Snowman

Hi there ...

The sun is shining gloriously here and it seems strange to be posting a Christmas card ... but I am doing my best to keep up with Jingle Belles challenge ... and this week they are having a 'cross over' with Betty Bees Buzz  which means that you can link your card up to both blogs ... Lovely Lauren from Jingle Belles is guesting for Betty Bees Buzz ... whilst the very talented June Houck is guesting for Jingle Belles ... (I think I got it right) ...  The challenge this week is to use Die Cuts ... bought, made ... anything goes as long as you use a die cut ...

So this week I got to use one of my Snowman pieces ...

He's one happy snowman don't you think? 

I used my Sizzix and a SB die to cut the white label background for Mr. Snowman ... embossed it with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and used blue glitter Stickles on the label and on Mr. Snowman's braces ... I also die cut the snowflake from felt and added more glitter ... the background paper is of course MME glitter paper ... I know ... I'm obsessed!

some little flowers from a Christmas decoration finished it off ... I used the Stickles for the centre of the flowers too ... So there we are card 16 all done and dusted (in glitter.. ha ha) ...

I should mention too that the DT and GD June Houck have once again made fantastic samples for us this week ... hop over and take a look ...

Before I go ... did you notice my little cat on the side bar? ...  remember a good while ago I was cat sitting for my dear friend whilst she was in hospital? Well this kitty looks just like her cat Chucky ... my friend now needs some strong medical treatment and so cyber Chucky and I will be wishing her well everyday and sending love ... The great thing is that this cat actually purrs when you touch her with your cursor and she will also follow your cursor ... try it and see ... ah ... Love it!

Till soon ... have a wonderful day

~ Ros ~

Miss you ...

Hello sweet blog friends ... I hope you are enjoying your weekend ... My hubby can now drive again and today he took my friend and I to Salford Quays for some retail therapy ... what a lovely day we had ... and maybe because it has been a good day I was able to come home and make a little card for a new challenge ( new to me that is ... ) over at Jay Gee's Nook ...

I was so inspired by the work of the DT and also by this beautiful picture 

... that I knew exactly what I wanted to do ... and that's unusual for me ...

I usually just go where my hands take me ... I think it may have been the bicycle ... and the gorgeous bluish ... turquoise colour ... anyway this is my card ...

a mix here of digital text paper from Jen Allyson (Antique prints)  and some of my gorgeous Tim Holtz paper ... 

The bicycle ... or rather tricycle ... is a digital stamp from Stacey Marks (Birds blooms and bicycles) ...

The sentiment is computer generated ... I don't know why 'Miss you' ... it just seemed to fit ...

Enjoy the rest of your weekend ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

The Beautiful Colours of Spring

Good morning sweet friends ...

I have a card to share which I made for two challenges .... 

Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful "The Beauty of Spring Colours" 

This challenge is hosted by Australian 'Colouring Queen ... Kathy Jones  and I have to say her colouring with copics is just amazing ... I don't even own a copic ... sadly ... but I prefer to leave that to the experts ... of which I definitely am not!

The second challenge is Card Patterns  ... this being the sketch 

... and once again the DT have out done themselves ... they are such a hard act to follow!

So on to my card ... using papers from Websters Pages (Lullaby Lane)

I love the fresh green colours of spring ... and the creamy colour of the blossom on the hawthorn trees which always seem to be the first to bloom and bring a beautiful fragrance with them ...

so my card is based on them ...

There are so many things on our beautiful earth that have shades of green ... someone once told me that God created so much green because it is a peaceful calming colour ... I won't argue with that ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday CCCB and Blog Hop

Hello and good morning to you all ... 

Today we at City Crafter Challenge  are celebrating our first birthday ... and you are all invited to join in with us ...  There are 6 prizes on offer this week ...  The DT and our Guest Designer will each be giving away a $10 gift certificate for Pixie Dust Paperie  in a blog hop! 
All you have to do is follow the list leaving a comment on each of our posts starting at CCCB and then hop over to the next blog in the list and leave a comment there ... each of us will pick a lucky winner from our list of comments ... 
Plus there will also be a prize for the winner of this weeks' challenge at City Crafter Challenge ... 

Our guest designer this week is the very talented Sylvia Nelson aka Sylvia's Stamping Corner ... who made this lovely card for our birthday 

and the challenge is to CASE this card  ... you can pick out the colours ... the shape or the embellishments to make your card or project ... but it must be a Happy Birthday theme ...  
This is my take ...

As we are often taken to different cities by our creator Kirsty ... I just had to stamp some of those cities onto my background paper ... and though my 'cake' hides some of them, there are London, Paris, Rome

and New York ... 

I added lots of lace, glitter and flowers to my cake which I cut out of CS and covered with MF paper and even added a real candle ... the cake was adhered with foam pads to give it some definition ...

Now here is the list for you to follow ... don't forget to visit each blog and leave a comment for your chance to win

City Crafter Challenge

Kirsty

Linda

Cheryl

                  Ros ... (that's me)

Sylvia

I really hope you will celebrate with us this week ... We really appreciate each and every one of you who has played along with us this last year ... I have had a wonderful time being on the DT ... many thanks to Kirsty and also to Linda and Cheryl ... they are all just the nicest, sweetest people to work with

Have a wonderful day ... see you at the party!

~ Ros ~

CR84FN23

Hello ... are you well?

I managed to get a little time to do a card for this weeks challenge at CR84FN ... (in between the usual household chores ... administering eye drops 4 hourly and taking my husband out so he doesn't get bored) ...  Such pretty colours again this week and once again the inspirational picture and quote are beautiful ...

See what I mean ... how could I resist this colour palette?

So here we are my card 

The black and cream papers are all from SU "Love Letter" (how I adore these papers) and I think the pink and cream text paper are K & Co ... the pink heart on there is done using the masking technique ...

I used my Sizzix to cut out a heart template, placed it over my DP and using a sponge ... filled it in with petal pink ink by Versa colour ... I am pleased with the effect ...

Ribbon, flowers, pearl and crochet flowers are all from my stash ...

I know I rarely use a sentiment on my cards ... that's only because I can personalise them when I need to ... I have a whole box of my cards and when birthdays, anniversaries etc., come around .. I can just dip in add a sentiment then ... 

Enjoy your day/evening and I'll be back tomorrow ...

Keep safe

~ Ros ~

Jingle Belles Card 15

Hello friends ...

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend ... we have been so fortunate to have warm sunshine for a few days ... it's not set to last but it seems everyone is making the most of it ... My Husband had his 2nd cataract surgery yesterday ... (I'm playing nurse again ... 4 hourly drops) ... and as he hates to be confined to home, I took him out for some lunch and a meander around a few shops ... then back to watch his beloved football team on TV ... That gave me time to make my card for this week's challenge over at Jingle Belles Rock ... This week we have a recipe prompt courtesy of Clare from Miscanthus Crafts ... the ingredients being ... 

1. As white as a ghost

2. A present

3. A bow or knot

4. A touch of traditional colours

I was quite in my comfort zone with this one as I love to use white especially at Christmas ... with lots of glitter too ... so here is my 15th card ...

I used wide lace so my red dot paper was just able to peek through ... the lace is stick on which saves a whole lot of  fiddling ... my frame was a plain piece of chipboard that I painted and glittered and added some silver trim to 

I must say that I really find white and glitter very hard to photograph ... I think it took me less time to make the card than photograph it! ... maybe I need to invest in one of those light tents ...

Why don't you hop on over to Jingle Belles and see the DT cards too ... it's never too late to join in and make a start on your Christmas cards 

... Wishing you all a lovely weekend ...

Till soon

~ Ros ~