Papercraft Star # 151

Hi there!

I'm feeling much brighter today ... The sun is shining and I'm in a positive mood 

Maybe it's this weeks' inspiration photo for the Papercraft Star challenge that brightens me

Just look at those delicious colours ... now if that doesn't say 'summer' I don't know what does

Of course you could go with the theme rather than the colours ... it's all up to you ...

This is my interpretation

I made this for my neighbour who celebrated her birthday last week

After Anitra's tutorial Here ... I just had to try one of those pretty ric rac flowers ...

I think I'm going to need some practice ... whilst my hands are small my fingers are not delicate and I struggled a little Lol!

I printed one of the Ombre digital papers from Pink Petticoat straight onto my cardstock to start ... the papers are all MME and the pink dot corner piece is a transparency ... 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week ... please come and join us at Papercraft Star and if you need more inspiration ... just hop over to the blog to check out the rest of the cards from our designers ...

Thanks so much for visiting me today ... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Quilt Card for You

Good morning!

I hope your week started well ... Can't say mine did ... 

My husband's elderly cousin broke her hip in April and though that has been replaced and she is mobile again -  she is still in hospital and has been shunted from one hospital to another whilst someone decides her future... I can't begin to tell you how many wards she has been in and each one tell us something different... Every ward has a different social worker and no one links up! It's a severe case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing and my monday morning began with another phone call from the 'latest social' worker who once again did not have the full history ... We really don't know where to turn at the moment ...  It's so frustrating ... enough of my problems ... 

Today is City Crafter Challenge day and this week the lovely Char hosting for us with the theme
"Cottage Quilt" 

Make a card or project with a Quilt Pattern using the colours in the Photo

We have the very talented Rudlis Guest designing with us following her win in week 161 ... Please pop over and visit her blog ... Her creations are amazing!

I cut squares from various papers to make my 'quilt' - I always make my projects in advance and originally we were going to do an American theme hence the stars and stripes 

I made this card especially for all my beautiful blog friends in the USA who will shortly be celebrating Independence Day

Life is definitely so much better with you in it!

I do hope you'll come and join us this week ... Don't forget to stop by the City Crafter Blog to check out the projects from the rest of our designers

Have yourselves a beautiful day and keep safe

~ Ros ~

Busy Bees

Hello ...

I promised a few photos and as I have nothing creative to share today ... here are a few garden photos for you

Bees on the climbing Hydrangea

... In the Fox and cubs

I don't remember the name of this flower ... but I do remember that it once bloomed pink! I think there must be something in the soil that changes the colour of things ... it happens a lot in this garden

can you can see a bee in side the wild rose? 

... take a closer look

... and a few more flowers 

I had to include this little weed ... it just looked so sweet hiding in the shrubs

I hope your day is just as beautiful

~ Ros ~

JUGS Colour Challenge

Hey there ...

Almost the end of the week and weather wise we've had quite a good one though it's overcast and cloudy right now

My lovely blog friend Keren and I got together for coffee yesterday and I took her to our new coffee shop which is part of a farm nearby ... It also has a shop selling the local produce and some sweet vintage goods as well. It was so lovely to catch up though we never have enough hours to talk!

This weeks challenge at Just Us Girls is a colour challenge and I just love the palette

... and I'm lovig the ombre digital papers by Pink Petticoat which I used for my card - I printed the cool aqua straight onto white cardstock

The chevron paper is by My Minds Eye and the words die cut paper is a digital by Sara Schmutz from Design House Digital

Flowers, lace, tulle and burlap etc., are all from my supplies and I added a strip of Washi Tape to the top of the card ...

I think these colours are so very soothing don't you?

Hop over to their blog ... the DT have made some lovely cards

On another note I've been watching the bees in my garden ... they are so busy right now ... I'll share some photos with you soon ...

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star and A New Member

Hi there! 

I hope you're having a good start to your week ...

Today sees a new photo inspiration challenge at Papercraft Star 

Here's the photo

So many interesting things in here ... I always love to see the different interpretations ... Will you choose the colours? maybe the dress form... the boots or the style

Here's my interpretation

The shabby brick background caught my eye and the chicken wire on the dress form ...

I stamped some chicken wire but I improvised with tulle on my dress form which I painted first to capture the green dress in the photo ... you maybe able to just pick out some crackle on there too

I picked out some colours by using this piece of Basic Grey paper and added some long forgotten rose rubons to the corners of my distressed paper then of course a little rose to the 'dress' 

The tiny necklace on the dress form is also a rubon

(you can tell from the photos that we had a fair bit of sunshine when I took them)

And I got to use one of the stamps I won at Flourishes ... 

"Glamour never goes out of style" 

I can't wait to see what you come up with ... Don't forget to visit the Blog to check out the rest of the creations from the DT ... Speaking of which ...

We have a new member on our team ... The lovely and talented Sue Lelli  (Card Therapy blog) Please pop over and leave her some love ... 

Have a beautiful day and keep safe

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Clean & Neutral

Good morning!

I'm hosting the challenge at City Crafter this week and I've chosen simply

"Clean and Neutral"

Create a CAS card in neutral colours and here's your inspiration photo

Source

I love the subtle colours in this photo ... and I love not having to pay the Royal Mail a fortune every time I send a card ... hence I am trying to do more CAS cards lately

I used the lovely Going to Seed stamp by Woodware and stamped it in London Fog ink by Memento

... added lots of liquid pearls in two colours ...

I over stamped with a PTI stamp from the Hand of Time set ... then added some ribbon twine and mother of pearl buttons which reflect the colour in those terracotta pots

I'm happy to tell you that our Guest Designer this week is Lisette ... aka Mrs Beez ... Lisette won challenge week 159 with her lovely creation ... Please hop over to the blog and say hello and take a look at the cards from the rest of the DT. 

If you'd like a chance to Guest Design with us ... just join in our challenge ... 

We were overwhelmed by the entries last week ... There were so many beautiful cards it makes it really hard for us to pick winners ...

Have a beautiful day and I'll be back tomorrow 

Till soon

~ Ros ~