Second Post

A very quick second posting today ... 

I'm just scraping in with my very last entry for Jingle Belles Rock - our 48th card! 

Candy Kisses is the prompt ... I apologise for the poor quality photos ... it's night time here

I'm afraid this little chipboard candy canes is all I had for this pompt

A big ThankYou to Lauren and Stef who started this challenge and have worked hard all year so that those of us who joined in would have 48 Christmas cards done before 1st December!

You Gals Rock!

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Winter Wreath

I haven't entered any challenges in such a while ... but seeing the new challenge over at one of my favourite challenge blogs

The Shabby Tea Room 

 ... and this gorgeous photo 

Well I had to join in ... The challenge is to use neutral colours white / cream ... glitter and silver ... and I adore neutrals ... not to mention glitter 

I bought a plain white wicker heart for £3 a while ago with the intention of decorating it for Christmas and this was the perfect chance ... Sorry I forgot to photograph the heart beforehand so I'll show you a photo of the reverse which is just the same 

I made a whole bunch of flowers ... from paper, fabric and card and grabbed lots of trinkets I had around and this is the finished version

It's been so difficult to photograph so there are a lot of pictures in the hope you an see the glitter and the little trinkets too 

There are glittered and plain silver baubles ... pretty pieces of glass

I made lots of paper roses using sheet music and glittered every one

The snowflake and bell is a Christmas ornament covered in glitter and it sparkles beautifully

Icicles made from earrings

... hand sewn fabric flowers mixed with rolled cardstock flowers

I am really pleased with how this turned out and it looks so pretty hanging on the door

A lovely challenge ... right up my street

Have yourselves a wonderful day - Thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Santa Claus is Coming...

It's Tuesday already... my the weeks are flying by ... 

Before we know it the guy in the red suit will be on his way... 

So this week at City Crafter our hostess Linda is asking that we create a card or project with a Santa on ... 
Well I got that covered ... 

... Twice!

together with this little guy ...

and his frosty friend 

And I am thrilled to tell you that we have the very talented Jacira Guest Designing for us this week! 

Plus we have a fabulous sponsor Crop Stop who are offering a $15 gift certificate to the winner... 

So I hope you will join us ... we love to see your amazing creations

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Shabby Wings

Sharing a little gift that will soon be heading across the ocean ...

To a sweet blog friend ... she'll understand the significance of these ...

... a little something I've been wanting to try ... do they look like the tattered wings of an angel?

I hope so ... 

... Cut from a tiny piece of a book and sealed into the box ... You can just see the seam ...

... all boxed up and ready to go...

"May Angels watch over you today..."

~Ros ~

Tree n' tags

Hello ... I'm sorry I have not been around much ... 

Did you enjoy your Thanksgiving day? 

It's a very windy day here ... in fact a cargo ship has gone down somewhere in the Irish sea due to the weather ... so far 6 people are missing ... Please God they are found well

I have just a little folded tree to share today ... you know those little magazines that the supermarkets and shops are always pushing on us this time of year ... well I kinda up-cycled one

So easy to do whilst watching TV or listening to the radio

Are you seeing the glitter?

And what about a few little snowy tags to go with it ...

Yes I've been playing around with my new Silhouette Cameo to make these tags  ... 

I have to confess that at first there was a lot of CS in the bin ... and I was getting very frustrated with it all ... No matter what I did it just wasn't cutting properly .. or I couldn't get anything off the mat without destroying everything completely!

It is a simple machine to use and the tutorials are very good  and I've no doubt that with practice I will come to love it as much as I do my Big Shot ...

I think the problem is that never having had one of these electronic machines .. I was a bit wary and a great deal of the result has to do with the mat or rather the stickiness of it .. brand new it is extremely sticky and none of the tutorials show you what to do when CS gets chewed. Ok they want to sell their machines so all the good points are covered ... but just sometimes it would be helpful to reveal some of the problems that can occur so someone like me doesn't feel a complete idiot!

Would I recommend it? Yes I would ... it suits my needs ... the freedom to be able to order exactly what I want without buying a full cartridge ... and I love that I can design everything on my computer screen ... so much easier for me to see ... so I'll keep practicing and be a little more confident 

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday ... thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Happy Thanksgiving

Just popping in to wish all my sweet American friends a 

Very Happy and Blessed

Thanksgiving Day

~ Ros ~