Roads

Hello ...

I got mixed up this week ... with the prompt word for 

Our Beautiful World

Sorry, call it a senior moment ... or general lack of sleep ... so I'm late in posting

The prompt word this week is Road ... Chosen for us by Wendy

So very quickly I have put together some photos from my archives ... take a trip with me

From a mountain  road on Anglesey ... An island off the North Coast of Wales where Prince William was based

To a winding mountain road of Andalucia in Spain 

Take in an open road on a trip to Yorkshire ... Rain up ahead

To arriving at our destination the lovely Griffon Forest (Yorks) ... The forest road so beautiful with the sunlight filtering through

From the old narrow cobbled roads of Spain ... 

To the more modern roads in the pretty village of Mijas

Roads ... where would we be without them?

Please share yours at Our Beautiful World this week

Have a lovely Sunday

~ Ros ~

Candle Jar

Hello!

I hope you are well

I have another candle jar to show you which I made for a friend ... These are rather addictive and cost nothing really as I recycle my jars and just use scraps of things I have lying around

once again I used a piece of recycled canvas 

To decorate on both front and back

A little charm and a Rubon, some lace and a flower

It's not necessary to have a lid but I always add one so that the jar can be used for other purposes or just to make it look pretty - plus the lid isn't wasted then

I've been busy the last few days preparing notebooks and cards for my Special Needs group to make tonight ... Fortunately I have a new friend Pat, who has been coming to help me at the club and has discovered a love of both creating and working with the group ... It's not for everyone I know but so worthwhile ...

Have a wonderful day and I'll be back soon

~ Ros ~

Smile

Hello!

It looks like Spring could be on it's way here ... We've had some really sunny days though the temperature at night has plummeted ... But I can take that

I'm hosting today over at the 

City Crafter Challenge Blog

...and the challenge I've picked for us this week is to 

create a card or project that features a black and white photo

Source

I found the cutest picture on the web that so resembles my Gipsy when she was a kitten ... It is also the spitting image of my friends kitty and as my friend celebrates her birthday this month I had to use it in my card

You've got to love the expression on that little face

I used some more of my canvas to cut the frame for the photo and made a banner from washi tape

The bling was a gift from one of my blog friends - I tend to cut pieces from it so that I can use it on lots of projects rather than overpower a card with too much

I have to say that when I picked this challenge I had no idea what I would create but I do love this card  

This week we have a generous sponsor

Scrapper's Delight are offering 3 of their digital image stamps to our winner! 

Here is a link to the store where you can browse and enjoy their lovely images

And we also have a wonderful Guest Designer for the whole month of March

Sylwia - Such a talented lady ... click on her name to visit her blog and be amazed!

Ok, so now it's over to you ... We're looking forward to your creations at CCCB

Have a lovely day and thanks so much for looking in on me and for taking the time to leave me a comment ... I so appreciate it

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Rain

Good morning friends

The prompt word at

Our Beautiful World 

This week is Rain ... chosen for us by Kirsty

Something we in the UK are very familiar with all year round... It has been in excess this year in the southern part of the British Isles and wreaked so much devastation and heartbreak ...

We have been fortunate where I am ... But still the dark dismal days of winter rain gets to you

Cold and wet and miserable ... unless you make friends with it

Yet the summer rain...

It's often gentle pitter patter cleans the air and leaves behind it a scent of indescribable freshness ... It heightens the perfume of every flower and leaf ... 

Of course heavy showers can pick their moments ... usually when the flowers are in bloom and the weight becomes too much for some of the more delicate beauties that they bow their heads and fall

But a walk in the summer rain in the UK can be so beautiful...

A favourite for me is when I am tucked up snuggly in bed and the rain is lashing against the window

It's like a lullaby ...

Rain ... much as we complain ... I wouldn't be without it

Hop over to the Blog to see what Rain means to our friends around the globe and come and link up this week at 

Our Beautiful World

Enjoy your day 

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Mother & Baby Doing Well!

Just to say ...

He's back 

Very happy and very relaxed...

And so am I!!

~ Ros ~

Dreaming of Peaceful Days ....

... Yep, that's me 

Every day seems to throw up a new challenge ... And I'm not talking craft challenges 

I'd like to say I'm longing for normality around here but I can't remember what that is anymore

I've dealt with broken appliances, car problems, broken glasses, sick cats and an incapacitated husband ... I've run around to so many hospital appointments I feel like part of the staff ... 

Having now got Gipsy fit and well, the little ginger cat turned up with a nasty injury to his foot ... I had been dreading having to take him to the vet ... He's been a stray for a long time and I didn't want to have to break his trust just yet... Even though I needed to get him neutered ... But fate intervened and so yesterday he was neutered, had his foot cleaned and was vaccinated ...

We brought him home at about 4.30 and he was so eager to get out ... I managed to keep him in until 8.30pm when the anaesthetic had worn off but had to let him go then ... So far he hasn't returned and I am worried sick ... I need to get pain killers into him so I am keeping my fingers crossed he returns safe and well.

So, Monday was my friend's anniversary ... I made the card a while ago and posted it here ... You know what I'm going to say don't you? Yes, when I came to get the card out on Sunday it was gone ... nowhere to be found ... How does that happen?? I searched everywhere ... but looking for a card in a room filled with card and paper ... Yeh right! The worst thing ... my mojo took a hike too! I could have easily recreated the original but - forgive the pun - I hadn't the heart to. After hours of pulling my hair out I did create a card ... and yes it's very like the original

I added the little black cat in the hope of good luck ... for me really Lol!

Well I'm going to love you and leave you now ... there are 3 places I need to be ... at one time

I hope you are having a better 2014 than I am ...

Till soon take care

~ Ros ~