Halloween Witches

Halloween  is almost upon us ... 

Here in the UK the stores are full of squealing witches and ghoulish delights

I'm thinking of conjuring up a spell to get rid of this awful cold ... anyone know of one?

At Papercraft Star today our challenge to you is Halloween Witches ... they can be spooky or sweet ... your choice ...

I made a treat box - ready for when those little witches come knocking on my door ...

Those cat food boxes are really sturdy and come in so handy ... As you can see ... I went for a cute witch

Both my images are freebies from the web and I gave my little witch a coating of glitter on her dress ...

I covered the box first with some pumpkin covered DP and black shiny card stock ... but my glittery frame and stars kind of hide the paper ...

... And mt favourite little witch ... The cat! 

I'm sure that's my cat!

I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with this week ... Then it will be another year before those witches come out to play ...

Please take a moment to visit the blog to see all the witchy creations our DT have in store for you ...

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter ... Make Over

Hello ...

It's Tuesday again and it's time for another new challenge at City Crafter ... where were you all last week? Maybe like me you were sick ... or just busy with life ... 

I hope you will be able to play along with us this week ... Kirsty is our lovely Hostess today and she is asking that we take a project we previously created ... and give it a Make Over

You need to show your original as well as the New creation on your blog post too 

The DT have some lovely samples to inspire you and our Guest Designer this week is the lovely Barbara Daines - Glitterati who hails from the UK like me! Barbara won our challenge on week 125 with her beautiful monochromatic card ...

I chose a card I made way back when for one of CCCB challenges ... This is the original

It was a sketch challenge

This is the New version

Less fussy and more up to date

Using my Favourite stamp again

We are looking forward to seeing your make overs ... You are all so very creative

Thanks for stopping by ... I hope you have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Coughs Colds and Cats

Hello ... 

No, I'm not better ... well maybe a little better than I was ... I just couldn't keep away ... I discharged myself from bed yesterday afternoon and came into my room to create something ...

Just a little card for Jingle Belles where the prompt is a Creature Feature

I love these little cats ... I cut them on the Cameo ...  they're supposed to be eyeing up that jingle bell hanging from the holly (Papermania Urban Stamps)

Some not so 'perfect pearls' ... I managed to smudge them

... but I'm happy with the end result

I also got some 'Happy Mail' yesterday ... It couldn't have come at a better time ... made me feel good to know someone was thinking about me

This came from the lovely Jacqueline ... Isn't that card just the sweetest? 

"Thank You" so much Jacqueline ... they're beautiful and your kindness is appreciated

This next envelope came from my sweet friend Cindy ... 

My first Christmas card/gift ... look at the sticker

Thank you so much Cindy!! 

I can hardly wait to see what is inside ... but it's the thought that really makes me smile

Thanks to you all for your well wishes ... Have a lovely Sunday

~ Ros ~

Melissa Frances

Hi there ...

I am really feeling rough ... and may be MIA for a while .... But I have some lovely news to share which has brightened me up no end ...

This little wall hanging, I made way back when, is being featured on the Melissa Frances Blog today!!

I am so thrilled!

The original post is Here if you want to check it out ...

As it happens I had planned for my Thursday group make a wall hanging last night using those lovely dies from Nina Brackett ... I cut out 25 of those houses, 25 sets of wings ... 25 hearts... not to mention countless butterflies, backgrounds, flowers and clouds ... Alas I was too sick to make it 

Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by 

~ Ros ~

Halloween Pumkin

Hello sweet blog friends

Whoa it's been cold and wet here ... more winter now than autumn!

It's not far off Halloween and this week at Papercraft Star our challenge is to create a card or project with a Halloween Pumpkin on  

We had some fantastic entries last week ... so I have no doubt that this week you will once again excel yourselves ...

I created a wall hanging ... which is already winging it's way to a blog friend who is none too well at the moment ...

I so loved making this ... using papers from Eline Huis and Basic Grey to cover my canvas first

... Put on a pretty gingham ribbon and then I took an unwanted CD ... I printed a free vintage halloween image (took out the background first using Photoshop) ... onto a free clock image from Here and glued the finished image to the CD

Some perfect pearls ... a bunch of leaves and glittery flower and some punched insects complete the look

I was going for cute rather than scary!

I hope you will visit the blog to check out the creations from the rest of our lovely Design Team ...

I am linking this up to the following challenges 

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #58 

&

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #96

Keep safe and thanks for stopping by 

~ Ros ~

Fanciful Pinwheels

Hello there ... 

I hope all is well in your world ... 

This week at City Crafter Challenge ... we have Charlene hosting for us 

Char has chosen "Fanciful Pinwheels" You must use pinwheels and Halloween colours

photo credit

Haley

I made a halloween banner ... which is quite hard to photograph in one go ... so there are lots of pictures of the details

I started off with some plain cream scalloped banners from Hobbycraft

... decorated each one with some free digitals from both Here and Here

 cut some pinwheels and rosettes and mixed them up

Adding bits of tulle here and there and sparkly rhinestones

The papers are from various designers ... all from my supplies

I cut out circles to put the faces on and used rubons for the cats faces

My letters were cut on the cameo

Finally I punched holes and threaded some black ribbon through ... all ready to hang up! 

Our Guest Designer this week is the very talented Lizzie Droege our winner for week 123 ...

Lizzie has the most romantic and pretty blog ... I'm sure you would enjoy a visit ...

I can't wait to see what Lizzie and the rest of the team have come up with so I'm off to the blog ... 

I hope you can join us this week ... remember to use Pinwheels and Halloween colours ... I just know you will Wow us as always ...

I'm also linking this to The Hybrid Chick Challenge

Have a beautiful day!

~ Ros ~