Birthday Shaker

Hello!! 

My, where did this week go? I can't believe it's Thursday already... 

Ok, so I have another birthday card to share ... My husbands SIL had her birthday a couple of days before me so I made her a shaker card

I did a partial die cut using one of my circle dies to get that shape ... Just to make it a little different 

I had to return to the doctor this week ... My 3rd visit for this skin rash ... it's been months now and they are baffled ... I have more medication and failing that I will have to have biopsies done ...

I had to laugh though ... My GP called in another GP to see if she could offer any further advice and she mention that I may be light sensitive or sun sensitive ... I mean here we hardly see the sun this time of year and the skies are often grey and given that the rashes are in places normally covered - I can assure everyone that I have not been streaking Lol!!

I hope you are staying warm wherever you are ... we are expecting severe storms again ... I'm really looking forward to Spring and even though it's mid January we have beautiful Daffodils coming up everywhere ... Some are in full bloom!

Thanks so much for stopping by

Hugs

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 244

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

It's time for a new challenge over at City Crafter and this week we have the lovely Stella hosting for us with a Winter White challenge

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Stella is asking that we make a card or project that is mainly white with some touches of neutral or pastel shades

Here's what I came up with

I made this weeks ago and looking at it now it is so like the sympathy card I did recently ... Oh well,

I guess it shows the versatility of those dies

The pastel paper I used is from a Christmas pad I had last year ... 

... and though I dread having to do mainly white I am really please with how this turned out 

Our team have some more projects up on the City Crafter Blog to inspire you and this week our Guest Designer is the talented Deepti!

Click on her name to go across to her blog and be inspired by her fabulous creations ...

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week ...

Thanks so much for stopping by - Have a great day!

~ Ros ~

Birthday Thank you's

Hello ...

How was your weekend?

I had family and friends here all yesterday and later Stella and I talked then a dear friend who I haven't seen in a long time rang too ... It was lovely

I was exhausted at the end of the evening ... I'm not used to talking so much! 

Given that it's my birthday today I will be going out to lunch with some girlfriends but before I get organised I just wanted to say a big Thank You to all of you for your kind wishes and I'd like to share a few things I received

This lovely selection of goodies including a fabulous apron arrived from the lovely Ira

together with this stunning card ... wouldn't you just love boots like that?

And my dear friend Stella sent these

A wonderful Tea chest and tea towels with a hanger plus a beautiful card

Did you notice that those tea towels match the apron Ira sent? How amazing is that! Those ladies really know what I love

I was positively doing the Happy Dance when these cards arrived from 2 of my blog friends ... They create totally different things but each is a masterpiece

This is from the lovely Asia

Beautifully layered and so very pretty ...

And this one came from the amazingly talented Tracy ... I saw it on her blog and was thrilled when it arrived here (as most cats do Lol)

The most adorable no mess no fuss kitty!

Thank you all so very much ... I am touched by your kindness and always amazed by your talent

I'm waaaay behind on my commenting but I promise I'll catch up as soon as I can...

Have a beautiful day ... It's very wet and wild here!

Hugs

~ Ros ~

Wintery

It's time for an new prompt at 

Our Beautiful World

Manuela has chosen the prompt for us this week and it's

Wintery

It's been very wet, cold and windy here in the UK ... I know lots of you are experiencing freezing temperatures and snow

We had our first snowfall on Boxing Day

It didn't last long...

Suddenly it warmed a little ... But we are used to unexpected weather here and we have clothes for every season ... I love my warm winter boots

... layering up with scarves and sweaters

Yesterday morning at 6am it was lashing with rain ... the windy was howling at the window and it felt  so cosy tucked under the duvet

And not for the first time I thought about all those people who don't have a warm bed, maybe sleeping on the streets... or fighting for freedom in some cold remote wintery place ... 

It makes me realise that we are blessed, no matter how much we complain about the wintery weather

Link up your Wintery photos with us at Our Beautiful World

and have a cosy blessed day

~ Ros ~

Thinking of you

Hello ...

We're having some wild weather here at the moment and yet I'm still finding Ladybirds everywhere in the house ... How weird

I've been spending time in my craft room making a few cards and keeping up with my DT work ... But yesterday I had to make a card for my husband's friend ... He lost his only brother this week

It's always hard to have to make a sympathy card 

I hope this lets him know that we care

I used the inlaid die technique and I always think these little birds can say so much

I got myself one of the 'wink of stella' pens and used it on the leaves ... What fabulous stuff that is...

I seem to be splattering my cards all the time at the moment ... I love that TH pewter paint ... sadly I've knocked the bottle over 3 times now so just had to order a new one

The card stock started as plain white and though it looks as though I sponged it, it is in fact a digital from Pink Petticoat ... Ombre Paper selection. I love these and if you don't happen to have the colour inks to sponge, your short on time or you're not too clever at blending, I would highly recommend these.

I hope you have a lovely weekend ... stay warm and safe

Till soon

~ Ros ~

January Birthdays

Hello...

I hope you are all well and having a good week ... 

It's been a busy one here and I got to meet up with the son of my dear blog friend Stella

Her lovely boy will be spending 6 months at Liverpool University and we found him a nice place to stay ... Here we are meeting up

In a few months time I will finally get to meet Stella and her husband too!

January is the start of another year of Birthdays and Anniversaries ... I celebrate both my anniversary and birthday this month and so does a sweet friend of mine ...

Here's a little birthday card I made for her

 I cut a lot of stars out for Christmas cards together with various other things and I bet like me there are things you cut and didn't use ... So I'm using up all those bits 

It's been a long time since I inked up that Happy Birthday stamp ... I've had it for years, in fact the only 'new' thing on this card is the lovely pink jewel scroll which I got from my friend Char

I like to cut them into different pieces and that way I get more use out of them

I do hope you enjoy your day and for those of you shivering in the arctic winter weather ... Be safe and stay warm

Till soon

~ Ros ~