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Hello again ...

This is my second post today ... If you are looking for my post on 

Our Beautiful World 

Please scroll down....

I just wanted to post a card I made for this weeks challenge at CAS.ology

Of course I just had to use a black cat ...

This looks just like my cat from the back 

I love the challenges at CAS.ology ... they really test me and I love seeing the DT samples and everyone else's take on the cue card 

I hope you're having a great day ... It's Mother's Day here and I've got some beautiful flowers from my lovely son and my DH so I'm certainly very lucky!

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Bloom

Hello ...

It's Mothering Sunday here in the UK

Happy Mother's Day!! 

It's a beautiful day and in my garden ... 

Everything is coming into bloom

Bloom is the prompt word this week at 

Our Beautiful World

Picked for us by Bonita ... 

She couldn't have picked a better word - I love photographing flowers and trees - they make such wonderful subjects

I love how they gently unfurl their petals and leaves as they come into Bloom

I love to see the trees come to life ... overnight they transform

 so that in the blink of an eye there is blossom everywhere

Who could not smile at their colourful beauty?

An orchestra of delicate bells

... and trumpets

That the birds sing along to as they build their nests 

The most wonderful time is when Bloom happens

Is it happening in your part of the world?

Link up with us at

Our Beautiful World

And have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

EDIT ........ Picmonkey

I see that some of you have a problem using Picmonkey lately ... You may be getting a message that says your browser is Vintage 

To Correct This

All you need to do is open another browser ... My Mac is set to open in Safari but by downloading  Firefox I can open this as my browser instead of Safari and Picmonkey will work perfectly

I hope this helps you.

Box Cards and Cats

Hi there ...

How's your week been?

It's been another busy one here ... Monday my brother was here replacing a radiator and at the same time my Ginger cat had a really bad fight with another cat in the garden ... I don't know about the other cat but Ginger was bleeding. He was agitated all day which didn't bode well when Gipsy came in ... somehow they settled down amicably which was a relief. Then at 4am this morning I let Ginger cat out and heard another fight break out ... There I was in the garden in my PJ's making sure Ginger cat was ok and of course Gipsy followed me and had to butt in ... snarling and hissing ...

Oh give me a dog anytime!

Through the week with the help of my friend Pat, we finally completed 20+ box card projects for my special needs group to make tonight

Here's a peek at some of the ones they will be making

There are enough embellishments for them to make Birthday ones, Mother's Day ones or just one to say Hello

Until we met about 6 months ago, my friend Pat had never done any paper crafting nor had she worked with special needs and now she just loves both ... and I'm loving sharing the things I've learnt with her

We giggled a lot putting these together ... Once I'd cut everything out, between us we fill individual envelopes for each of the group so that everything they need is in their envelope ... any fiddly bits we do first and mark where the papers have to be stuck down ... 

We make a few 'samples' for them to copy and that's it...

All I need to do now is go and get some new glues ... 

It's going to be a fun night and I'm looking forward to it

I hope you all have a great day 

Till soon be safe

~ Ros ~

City Crafter Challenge

Hello ... 

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter and this week we have Kirsty hosting for us

The challenge Kirsty has set is called

Take Note 

Make your own note book, note pad, or sticky note pad ... or Alter one

Source

I love altering or making note books and free with the February issue of Docrafts Creativity magazine was a diary ...

This is how it looked

... and this is it now

Much prettier don't you think? And I got to use up some of my scraps

The team have some more lovely projects to share with you up on the CCCB Blog ... Hop over and take a look.

Once again the winner of the challenge will be given a Guest Design spot with us so lets see you get creative this week and link up your beautiful note books at

City Crafter

Wishing you a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Paint With Attitude

Hello ... I've been playing with some paints today

... Just ordinary acrylics mixed with water

I splished and splashed and even used a glass tumbler to make those ring marks

It was fun! And ... I like the result

Hope you have some fun today

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Our Beautiful World

Hello ...

It's time for a new word prompt at Our Beautiful World

Milagros has chosen for us this week ... Her prompt is

Rainbow

There is something magical about a rainbow don't you think? No matter how many I've seen throughout my life ... they still hold a fascination 

It's so easy to live in a bubble ... feet on the ground, head filled with day to day stuff...

 Taking a moment to stop and look at a rainbow is taking a pause ... the mind falls silent for a while. We look up to the sky and witness this beauty in the universe both of which have no beginning and no end ... A colourful reminder that we are tiny parts of something so great, so vast ...  

We are not just the road, the house, the life we live... We are part of something so much more ... We are so much more

So if you are driving along ... maybe a little frustrated or anxious as the rain pours down and suddenly a rainbow appears ... remember to take a little pause and breathe ...

Even in the darkest of skies magic happens ... and in the great scheme of things our troubles are small

Link up with us at 

Our Beautiful World

And have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~