Reflection or Reflection?

Hello ... How are you?

Today's prompt at Our Beautiful World is Reflection

Do go visit the Blog to see what my friends are sharing

Wen picked the prompt this week and it seems ironic ...Things have happened that have caused me to do some reflecting of my own but first up, here are my photos

I love this shot, it makes me feel calm, even though the day I took it, it is was not so calm ... It is the ideal place I would sit and just reflect on things in life

The simple sweet and beautiful things....

The warm and happy times

 

...The sun closing down a perfect day, reflecting a trail of gold

And the unexpected things that mystify and amaze, and sometimes throw you off balance...

I've not been blogging much except for DT work ... It's a time issue 

 A friend of mine is terminally ill and for reasons I won't go into her daughter has opted out of any involvement... 

I've been going in to see her daily in the hospice and as well as getting her out into the garden for short spells, it has been left to me to help her make big decisions... 

Don't get me wrong, I am only too happy that I can be there for her and do whatever I can to ease her mind and let her know she is not alone and she is loved...We are old friends, she trusts me, that means a lot and it's a big thing. But I need to get things right and it isn't always simple

So yes, I've been reflecting a lot on things, including our many years of friendship... and how blessed we are to know each other

Till soon my friends, take care

~ Ros ~

 

 

Double D Challenge

Hello there ...

 

 

The new challenge at Double D Challenges starts today and it's Diane's team who are hosting with this lovely tile board

 

 

The theme is June Wedding, though your card does not have to be a wedding card but we are asking that you use the colours - Blues and Coral/Peach

 

I made 2 cards...

 

 The first card I did I used Abandoned Coral distress ink but somehow it translates on my photos as pink

 

 

I used an image I cut on my cameo as a stencil and added the die cut birdhouse together with a coral flower but because it didn't look coral coloured I decided to make another card using peach colours this time

I made a little envelope and stamped flowers from this set

 

as well as a few roses from another Clearly Besotted set and after colouring them with Copics I cut them up so I could form a little bouquet

They're quite easy to fussy cut and you get more out of your stamps this way

Head on over to the Double D Blog to see what the rest of our team are sharing - I hope you'll be inspired to play along

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for your visit

~ Ros ~

 

 

 

Shake Those Tail Feathers!

Hello and Good morning! Can you believe it the last day of May?

Marina is hosting the challenge at City Crafter this week 

The challenge is to use Feathers

Photo Credit

Here's what I came up with...

I made this for a girlfriend who loves birds and celebrates her birthday next week....The song kept on going around in my head...

So much so that I made another card for a male friend's birthday who loves the Blues Brothers and they did that song really well

 

I used the So Tweet set by Winnie & Walter, a music die from Memory Box, a sentiment from PTI plus a computer generated one... Some inks for blending and my copics

Our Guest designer this week is my lovely blog friend Greta!! I'm so happy to have her with us this week ... hop on over to CCCB to see what Greta and the team have instore for you 

I'm entering my cards in 2 challenges ...

Try It On Tuesday

Where the theme is "I can hear music"

 

And

 

The Male Room

 

Where the current challenge is Bugs and Critters ... Not sure if this includes birds though

 Ok, so now it's over to you ... Let's see your Feather creations...Have fun and take care

~ Ros ~

Our Beautiful World... Cup

Hello... Happy Sunday

Mandy has chosen the prompt "Cup" for the photos today at 

Our Beautiful World

It kinda had me scratching my head for a while ... I'd already shared photos of Stella visit when we were out having coffee so I was looking for something else significant and here it is

 

A silver cup, a little battered and tarnished ...It's my son's Christening cup, given to him 33 years ago... See the little kitty on there? Who knew at 3 months old he was going to become such a huge animal lover ... in particular a cat lover

And something slightly older ... in fact a lot older but still treasured

 

This coffee set with it's little cups and gilt edges was a wedding present given to my parents in July 1943 

A couple of the cups are gone and one is chipped but what remains still sits in my glass cabinet as pretty as ever

Go see what the team is sharing today on the blog and link up with us at 

Our Beautiful World 

Have a wonderful Sunday

~ Ros ~

 

Happy Birthday Kirsty

Good Morning!

Today my lovely friend Kirsty and creator of City Crafter Challenge Blog celebrates her birthday!

Kirsty is travelling at the moment and in just over a week's time she and I will finally get to meet in person in the city of London!

Today I am sharing a card I've made especially for Kirsty ... 

 Happy Birthday lovely lady!

I hope you have the most beautiful day with your daughters...

 I'm so looking forward to seeing you and giving you a real hug!

 

There is a post up on the City Crafter Blog and on each of the DT blogs too so please check them out and leave some love for Kirsty either on the City Crafter Blog or on her own Blog

Till soon

~ Ros ~

 

City Crafter 313

Hello and good morning!

The lovely Stella is hosting our challenge this week at 

City Crafter

With a Black and White, plus touches of Gold Challenge

Photo Credit

 Here's what I came up with

It's not my favourite card... But I like the embossed sentiment Lol!

Our Guest Designer this week is Shawna (The Grand Stampede) An extremely talented lady with a blog that's well worth a visit ...Trust me!

Hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what Shawna and the rest of the team have created this week and we'd love it if you linked up your Black, White and touches of Gold creations with us.

 Have a wonderful day!

~ Ros ~