Colourful

Good morning everyone

Today at Our Beautiful World

The prompt has been chosen for us by Manuela

The prompt is Colourful

I kinda wracked my brains for this one and came up with a few things around me

This is a wall or rather door hanging that I made years ago - The original post is here ... It was one of my favourite makes and still hang on my craft room door today ... I love the Colourfulness of it

As you may know we've been doing a bit of decorating here and this is photo of a new canvas that hangs on my wall ... 

Pretty colourful I think...

And of course there's my designer papers ... It doesn't get more colourful than this one

And a favourite Christmas scented candle that a friend at Thursday club gave to me

It smell beautiful and it the colour is just so vibrant

What are you finding colourful?

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

Hop over to the Blog and see what my lovely team mates have come up with

Have a beautiful Sunday

~ Ros ~

Spring Colours

Hello

It's still cold here but thankfully dry ... 

I haven't had any time for card making recently what with decorating, sewing and painting for the new look dining room but I have a card to share that I made a few weeks ago ... 

My blog friend Wendy sent me some pretty Spring coloured papers and I used one of them on this card

I just love those pretty flowers ... kinda cheerful don't you think?

The little bicycle is a die and stamp set from Clearly BesottedStamps

I had no plan for this card ... it's just one of those when you have new papers and stamps and want to try them out

I hope you are staying warm and enjoying your day ... Thanks for visiting

Till soon

~ Ros ~

With Love

Hello ...

We have glorious sunshine this morning even though it's freezing cold ... The sun makes me feel a lot more cheerful and DH has taken the opportunity to go golfing

I have another card to share using up scraps ... 

The rose was a free stamp that came with a magazine and I thought I'd try painting it with Gelatos and I used my new Wink of Stella pen but try as I might I can't get a photo of the sparkle

I'm enjoying using white embossing for my sentiments lately too ... The leaves are cut from a die set from Clearly Besotted ... A terrific company ... the service is so quick! I have the stamps to go with the dies but I used Distress stains on these and some gold ink to add dots ... That's often how my rose leaves look in the garden

I hope you are having a good week ... Be safe

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 247

Hello from a very cold Liverpool!

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter and this challenge was chosen for us by the lovely Char who will no longer be on the team owing to health issues

We will miss her very much and we are all hoping that she will make a speedy recovery

We do however, have a new team member joining us - The talented Samra (click on her name to go visit her blog)

A warm welcome to Samra ... We know you will love her creations as much as we at City Crafter do

The theme Char picked this week is 

Lace and Roses

Source

And of course that means to make a card or project that includes lace and roses

I don't do many shabby style cards anymore though my love of them still remains ... I prefer to make ones with a cleaner style often throwing in a little something extra

So here's what I came up with this week

I used one of my wine labels which you can get Here -  This time I left it just as it is ... no stamping - That gorgeous rose is a button (from my friend Kirsty)

Dare I say that once again this card was created mostly from left overs ... I "dipped" the tips of the vellum flourish with gold embossing powder to tie in with the gold paint splats and also added some sparkle to the rose

This card went off to another blog friend Wendy who celebrated her birthday last week

Our Guest Designer this week is Kara Lynne - Winner of challenge week 241 Her creations are so unique! Click the link and take a look around her blog

As always we will be offering a GD spot to this weeks winner so I do hope you'll join in our challenge and go and see what the rest of our team have created on the City Crafter Blog this week ...

Enjoy your day and stay safe 

Thanks for your visit

~ Ros ~

Signs of Spring

Hello and Happy February!!

Is it cold? It sure is here

It's my turn to pick this week's prompt at

Our Beautiful World

The prompt I have picked is kind of wishful thinking it's

Signs of Spring

Nothing says it better than these gorgeous flowers... This is a birthday bouquet that my dear Aunt sent to me and because of the upheaval here I put them in the conservatory ... It's so cold in there that my bouquet is as fresh today as it was when it arrived!

It may be cold but there are signs around that warm my heart and make me look forward to the days to come

Beneath the icy exterior daffodil bulbs are working their magic and the shoots are beginning to appear

I adore Daffodils ... I think they are just so cheerful

It never ceases to amaze me how such delicate things even snowdrops and crocus can force their way through the hardest of soil

It won't be long before these are in bloom and their sunny smile fills the garden ... Here in my part of the UK Daffodils are planted virtually everywhere ... fields of hope for cancer ... even the central reservations and embankments are full of them

And there are other signs too if you care to look

Though the trees look like they are dead and gone ... Spring is stirring, birds are singing and I am counting the days.....

Have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Scrap card 2

Hello to you!

I'm sorry I haven't been around your blogs for a few days ... I hope to catch up soon

Life just get's in the way ... I'm busy painting furniture, covering the new dining chairs with fabric along with all the other things that somehow take my day. 

Pat and I did get to spend some time together yesterday and we had fun ... 

So here's another card made from bits and pieces left over

The feathers I made way before Christmas and never used them ... The embossed card that they are mounted on was a left over scrap when I was trying out heat embossing and sponging with inks

The only 'new' item is the little heart and I added a pearl just to the tip

I may add a sentiment later ... sometimes a card really doesn't need words on the outside

Before I go I would like to say Happy Birthday to a sweet friend

Wendy Sylvestre (Appleapricot blogspot)

Have a beautiful day my friend!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend ... I'll catch up with you later and I'll be back tomorrow for the new prompt at OBW

Take care

~ Ros ~