All That Glitters

Good morning friends

Today at City Crafter our lovely Charlene is hosting for us and the challenge she has set is to 

Use glitter on your project

Hence the title All That Glitters

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Normally I love to play with glitters ... but my card today is quite subtle ... but glittered nevertheless

I'm using a couple more of those beautiful Die cuts from sweet Linda ... Can you see the glittered scroll? There is glitter on the rose too

The papers are from my scraps and I added a touch of silver embossing there too

Our Guest Designer this week is the talented Jenny Martin who won our challenge in week 137 and once again we are offering a GD spot to our winner this week.

I can't wait to see your glittery creations! I'm off to visit the Blog and see what my lovely team mates have created for us this week ... care to join me?

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Lazy Monday

Hello there...

Did you have a good weekend?

I am having some time with my Aunt in Lincoln and enjoying it ...

It's wonderful to see her looking so well and even though she is in a lot of pain with her legs ... she is still bustling about everywhere ...

It's been lovely catching up with this kitty again too ...

She's such a sweetie and as I am missing my cats ... it helps having another one to make a fuss of ...

I didn't bring any crafting things with me this time ... but I did bring a note book 

To jot any ideas that come to mind ...

... so far it remains empty Lol!

But I am content to visit your blogs and to take in your lovely creations ... and well, relax ...

I will be back tomorrow with my DT project for City Crafters ... Till then

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello ...

Just popping in to wish you all a wonderful Valentine's Day ... 

A little story for you ... 

Some years ago I was in a sad place ... it was a cold February day ... the 13th to be exact ... I was wandering aimlessly around a shopping centre ... All around were signs of Valentines day ... each shop had decorated windows with hearts and flowers ... bright red shone in the gloom and the cold of that day ... I teared up each time I saw a happy couple walking by ... laughing, holding hands ... There were many young people on the streets ... with their whole life ahead of them ... and here was I feeling lonely and unloved ...

From the midst of the crowd a young teenage girl walked up to me ... she handed me an envelope and a chocolate heart wrapped in red foil ... She smiled a sweet smile and disappeared back into the crowd.

I stood for a moment wondering what had just happened ... I looked at the envelope in my hands with the little heart shaped chocolate and opened the envelope ...

It was a pretty Valentine card ... simple in it's design ... but the words written inside said everything I needed to hear ... It simply said "I love You" ... and it was signed "Jesus"

Now I am not an overly religious person ... I have my beliefs ... I try to be a good person ... But what were the chances of that happening to me that day?  I often wonder if that young girl knew the difference she made that day ... It turned things around for me ... 

It reminded me that even in the darkest of days someone somewhere loves you ...

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Look for love in the simplest of things in ... even in the the most unlikely places ... and you will find it ... 

Give out your love and it will return tenfold

Hug your kids... fuss your pets ... smile at someone ... even yourself ... you are loved!

Oh ... and I got these today ...

Happy Valentine's!

~ Ros ~

Poppies for Polly

Good morning!

A new challenge starts today at Papercraft Star ... The challenge is simply "RED"

Well, it is Valentine's Day tomorrow ... not that your project has to be Valentine related ... Mine isn't ... though it does look kind of romantic

It's my sweet SIL Pauline's (Polly) birthday today and she loves poppies ... fortunately my friend Keren gave me some lovely poppy stamps and you saw me use the smaller stamp here ... I was trying it out for this birthday card for Polly

Now you don't usually hear me say this about my own work ... But I really love this card ... 

I love that stamp and I stamped it first onto a lovely free digital ephemera paper which you can find Here and the digital postage stamp I overlaid is from The Graphic Fairy

I coloured the stem and leaves with promarkers then stamped and embossed a few more times onto DP so I could layer the petals a little - then added lots of black liquid pearls

I think Polly will really be pleased with this ...

Our team at Papercraft Star have some more lovely projects to share ... be sure to take a look 

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for visiting me ...

~ Ros ~

You Felt it ...

Hey there ... How are you?

Today I am hosting the new challenge over at City Crafter Challenge Blog ... 

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I just love these sweet little felt houses and I love the use of felt on projects ... so that's my challenge to you this week ...

Use Felt on your projects

Simple huh? And my card is quite simple too... made for a friend's wedding anniversary next week ... Once again I have used some of my scraps

I love grey with burgundy and I even use silver thread for the stitching .. you can click the photos to see a little clearer

The centre diamante came from a bouquet that I got for my birthday... it was set inside a rose and was just perfect for this felt flower ... The burlap leaves that you can see I hand cut from a small piece of stiffened burlap I found in my stash

Our Guest Designer this week is our winner from week 142 the talented OriBella ... click the link to visit her pretty blog ...

And we have a terrific sponsor this week ... The lovely Madeleine from 

a wonderful online store based here in the UK ... is offering a £10 gift certificate to the winner! Click on the link and take a look around her lovely site ... I can promise you that in the next few months you will be seeing a lot more of her goods here ... (Shhh! ... you didn't hear it from me)

I hope you'll find the time to join us this week ... Don't forget to take a look at the rest of our team projects for more inspiration

Ok, I'm off with my DH to his hospital appointment this morning ... what a way to spend his birthday! 

Thanks so much for your visit

Till soon, keep safe

~ Ros ~

CAS Birthday

Hello ...

Did you have a good weekend?

I have been following the weather reports and seeing the snowfall on the east coast of the USA ... My, what a lot of snow you've had ... I do hope you are all safe and warm ... We are expecting some bad weather conditions too ... Right now it's very cold ... snow is on the way ... I am hoping that I will be able to travel to Lincoln next weekend ... we'll just have to see

Tomorrow is my husbands birthday ... He also has an appointment at the eye hospital so we will no doubt be there for hours ... Still, I am taking him to dinner in the evening so that should make up for it ...

I made 2 cards for him ... one from me and one from my son ... I can only show you one as the other is part of an upcoming DT project ... This is just a clean and simple card

This is a new stamp from PTI but I used different cardstock and it's not as clear as I would have hoped

neither are my photos ... 

I'm not sure that the scoring even shows up ...

I have no idea where the paper is from ... It was just a 6x6 piece I've had for ages and double sided which was great for this ...

I really like the CAS look ... though I sometimes find it more difficult ... I'm always tempted to add more

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day ... I'll be back tomorrow - I'm hosting the new challenge at City Crafter this week ...

Keep safe

~ Ros ~