Christmas Colours

Hello and good morning!

I hope you are all well ... There's some crazy weather around the globe so I hope you are all staying warm and safe

I still can't believe Christmas is only a few weeks away ... Still so much to do!

Today I am hosting at City Crafter and I have given you a 

Colour challenge 

 Red    Kraft    White

Source

Though these appear Christmas Colours ... Your project does not need to be Christmas related but please ensure that these are your prominent colours

I did do a Christmas card

A snowy little scene

Using some Memory Box dies, some sponging and glitter

We have the lovely Lisette with us again this week as our Guest designer ... Please go visit the blog and check out all the projects from this weeks team

The prize this week will be a Guest Design spot with us at CCCB so come and link up with us.

Wishing you a lovely day

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Stillness

The word prompt this week at Our Beautiful World is 

Stillness

... chosen for us by Wendy

Stillness is something I learned a lot about in the years I studied Practical Philosophy ... to let the mind fall still ... to connect instead with sound, sight, the universe and oneself

It takes practice but it can work wonders ... It can dissipate all anxiety

For even on the roughest oceans ... just below the surface of crashing waves ... there is always Stillness

After the storms we had this week ... up 140mph winds ... my wind chimes fell silent

Stillness returned ... 

Stillness ...

Living statues

Sitting in the heat of the day in Palma Majorca

Can you imagine sitting in the heat all day with such Stillness? I couldn't

Especially dressed in dark clothing

They've learnt the art of Stillness ... you don't even see them breathe

We're looking forward to seeing your photos this week ... Share with us at

Our Beautiful World - visit the blog and discover Stillness from around the globe

Have a peaceful Sunday

Till soon 

~ Ros ~

Naughty or Nice ...

Hello ...

How are you?

We've had some really high winds battering the coast ... fortunately we are ok but lots of places are flooded out ... It must be heartbreaking ... especially this time of year.

I went to se my sweet group doing their nativity play last night ... It was lovely! And so heart warming to see them enjoying themselves ...

Unfortunately I'm not feeling 100% today ... achy and tired ...

I've been trying to make a few Christmas cards but not getting far ... 

Here's one I did ... kind of makes me think Naughty or Nice

... because I think that cat is being naughty trying to get those birds ... thankfully there is a window between them

... And the cat is nice and warm indoors whilst the birds are in the snow

To be honest I'm not sure where this card came from ... It just seemed to evolve from things on my desk which seems to be how most of my cards are made ... 

I hope you have a great weekend 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Papercraft Star Challenge - Birds on a Wire

Good morning!

The Papercraft Star photo inspiration challenge is back after a 4 week break 

Here is this week's photo 

I love this photo and particularly the colours ... who would have thought a grey day could look so beautiful?

Here's my interpretation

I stamped the trees and embossed them both in black and silver

If you click the photos you can probably see the embossing better

The snow I did using something called Snow Writer by Deco Art ... something I've had for years

and I used a ProMarker in grey around the base of the trees

The Washi Tape on the bottom was perfect here and I wrapped some ordinary sewing thread around the card to look like wires for the little birds to sit on ...

My fellow DT members at Papercraft Star have some beautiful projects up on the blog to give you inspiration ... Why not click the link and take a look? We'd love to see you link up with us ...

I know this is a very busy time of year - there never seems to be enough hours in the day - so I do really appreciated you taking the time to visit me and leave such lovely comments ... Thank you!

Have a lovely day and keep safe

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Challenge

Good morning ...

It's time for another challenge over at City Crafter where Kirsty hosting for us 

This week Kirsty is asking that we 

use either a wood frame, wood pieces or both on our projects

We have a wonderful sponsor this week ... Freckled Fawn

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Freckled Fawn are giving away their fabulous October kit to our lucky winner!

The DT here at City Crafter were each given some lovely wood frames, dew drops and rhinestones by Freckled Fawn to use for this challenge ... Here's what I came up with

I just adore this photo of sweet Sophia my great niece, so that wooden frame was perfect!

I heat embossed it by rubbing a VersaMark ink pad over it then added copper embossing powder ... I had the wooden word LOVE in my stash so I embossed that too

The little rhinestone is by Freckled Fawn and those pretty flowers were a gift from my friend Diane

The BG papers and those with the quotes on are from a paper pack called Messy Head by 7 Dot Studios - a really fabulous pack

Can you see all those pretty Freckled Fawn dew drops? 

I don't really do much scrapbooking but I do love to make these little canvases and give them as gifts ... This is going to Sophia's daddy

I'm really looking forward to seeing what my fellow DT members have come up with this week so I'm off to the blog ... Care to join me?

I'll be back tomorrow - till then keep safe

~ Ros ~

(Magical) December

Happy December to you!

If you are a follower of Our Beautiful World - you will know that is a place to share your photos from around the globe ... Each week we give you a prompt and leave it to you to link up a photo that best captures that prompt from your part of the world

This week's prompt is December

Of course December means a lot of things to a lot of people ... It's a busy time of the year as it's the Christmas season ... whether you celebrate it or not ... it's everywhere

I did some Christmas shopping this week and the mall was decorated inside and out with these beautiful trees ... It was magical 

I hasten to add that there was no snow... I added that using Picmonkey 

Even the coffee shop was in the Christmas mood when they served up my cappuccino

No mistaking that it's December then ...

Still looking out of the window here yesterday ... you would never know December was a day away ... the sunshine was glorious and I took this photo whilst visiting my local farm

A donkey in her manger ... This is no ordinary donkey though, for she and I have something in common ...

We both have one child, both sons and both were born in December ....

Oh hold on ... the goat wants to say happy December too ...

Well why not ... after all, the goat, December and me are all capricorns! 

There may be no snow yet but it's cold ... even in that sunshine, but the sunset was spectacular

These are a few shots I managed to capture of the evening sky ... 

Now that's magical!

What's December like where you are?

We'd love you to share with us at Our Beautiful World

Wishing you a beautiful December

Till soon

~ Ros ~