City Crafter 268

Hi there!

It's the last day of June and the start of a new challenge over at City Crafter 
 This week we have Samra hosting for us with a 

"Let's Go Nautical "

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I just love anything nautical ... For some reason I decided to go nautical with a baby card this week

I used a cute little image from a colouring page that I found on the web and printed it twice so I could cut out the hat and mount one on top of the other for a little dimension ... I coloured the image with Promarkers

All the stamps including the little anchor on the chick's hat are by WPlus9 Dockside collection

This week we are excited to announce a new DT member ... The very talented Marina of 

"my perfect life blogspot" 

Please hop on over to her blog and see her beautiful creations and say "Hi"

Our Guest Designer this week is the winner of challenge 259 Judith another extremely talented and lovely lady from the Netherlands ... I just adore her creations and I'm sure you will ... click on the link to go see and don't forget to check out my fellow team mates creations on the City Crafter Blog

I'm so looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week 

Have fun!

Till soon

~ Ros ~

More Poppies

Hello...

I hope you had a good weekend 

My thoughts go out to all those affected by the mindless violence both in France and Tunisia this past week ... The terrible shootings in Tunisia happened in a place my husband and I stayed at a few years ago... It's really hard to comprehend what is going on in this world

Crafting takes me away from all that and I have another poppy card to share that I made for a friend's birthday ... we met at high school and more that 50 years on we are still friends

The poppies (Altenew) are painted with distress stains and the little jar (Clearly Besotted) is cut from Vellum

My new bathroom is finally finished and my ear infection is a lot better... I now have projects to prepare for Thursday club and next week my sweet aunt is coming to stay ... I'm  so looking forward to that ...

I'll be back tomorrow for the City Crafter Challenge - Till then, be safe and thanks for your visit

~ Ros ~

Happy Birthday Our Beautiful World

Good morning!

Today Our Beautiful World Blog celebrates it's second birthday... 

 In honour of that we have a prompt this week

TWO is better than one

Kirsty want us to share a photo of TWO of the same thing ... Here's what I came up with

Two of my visiting cats ... Macy and Tabby

Two of my own cats ... Ginger and Gipsy

My adorable GS Holly with her friend Moby the dalmatian ... now they're together in doggie heaven

Twin post boxes in Gibraltar

Two fish fountains taking a break Lol!

When Two is definitely better than one!

And safety in numbers?

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Two is better than one

Hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the team have to share ... There is a prize for one lucky person who enters this week ... Go check it out at

Our Beautiful World!

Have a beautiful day!

~ Ros ~

Just Us Girls 299

Hi there ....

This is my last week Guesting with the lovely ladies at 

Just Us Girls

Our last challenge of the month is a Photo Inspiration Challenge

It reminds me of a summer picnic -

I was inspired by the little red gingham tablecloth and that was the starting point for my card... 

I used an old PTI stamp set to stamp out the red gingham and cut out a hat for Elli and a little cloth for her to sit on

I mimicked the little banners in the photo too - printing the word 'chill' and the heart on my computer- I gave a little tip on how to line up your sentiment on your die on THIS post in case you are interested

I've had so much fun playing along at Just Us Girls ... Thanks so much to the lovely ladies on the team for having me ...

Remember that one of the winners from this month's challenges will also be in with a chance to Guest at JUGS so hop on over and take in the wonderful creations from the team and add your link

Thanks so much for stopping by

Enjoy your weekend!

~ Ros ~

Male Room Challenge

Hello there...

My blog friend Greta is Guesting this month at The Male Room Challenge Blog and this week the challenge theme is Up in The Air (No Birds)

I thought I'd push myself to come up with something so I pulled out some unused bits and pieces I keep in a big box and made this card

I had my sweet great nephew Ross in mind when I made this ... He knows just everything there is to know about planets and would dearly love to be a pilot one day... But Ross is special needs and I'm not sure that would be possible...

My 'moon' is a scrap I had left when I made This galaxy card and the aeroplanes are a die from Simon Says Stamp  and as the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says is Anything Goes I'll be linking my card there too

Quite a simple card really but one more scrap used up ... 10,000 to go Lol!

I hope your week is going well 

Have a good day

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 267

Hello friends

It's time for a new challenge at City Crafter and this week my dear friend Stella is hosting for us with a 

Colour Challenge

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"Use Blue, Green and a Splash of Red"

Time for a bit of ink blending me thinks

I started by stamping and white embossing my card with a crackle effect stamp and then blended blue and green inks all over

I have an obsession with poppies lately in case you haven't noticed Lol! And though these flowers technically aren't poppies (Velvet Blossoms by Poppystamps) I kind of made them look like poppies

The sentiment is a Rubon ... Perfect for applying to vellum that you can't actually stamp on

Our Guest Designer this week is a fellow Brit - the talented Liz Carvill ... Do stop by her lovely blog and say "Hi" Her cards are fabulous!

Once again we are offering a GD spot to the challenge winner so get creative and come join us this week at City Crafter

Have a lovely day!

~ Ros ~