Seascape... Well sort of..

Good morning ... 

It's a bright and beautiful one here and Ginger cat is already out sunbathing, man that cat loves the sun!

I have another watercolour card to share ... You knew I couldn't resist once those paints were out right? Sometimes a girls' just got to paint. Anyway I thought I'd try a little seascape ...Or two

This one is my first attempt ... I'll share the other one later in the week

I used really inexpensive watercolour CS and when it gets too wet it starts pilling which creates those flecks on the sand... A happy accident

I have a 'thing' about beach/nautical themes which I'm sure you've noticed ... I just love them

I'll be back tomorrow for the new prompt at Our Beautiful World

Have a great weekend

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Mixed Media Challenge

Good morning

I hope your week is going well...

Yesterday Pat came for her weekly crafting session and we decided to get out the Gansai Tambi paints ... We haven't used them in ages, nor have I given much use to the square stitched dies my friend Stella got me

Well, I was glad we got them out and here's a card I made...

There's a Rainbow challenge on at The mixed Media Card challenge and thought I'd enter my card there 

 ...I know there's only a few rainbow colours in my card and I've used a butterfly instead of the optional dragonfly, but never mind
 

The word was cut on my Cameo and I also used a very old french text stamp from Inkylicious

Enjoy your day ... 
The rain has stopped for a minute here and I'm hoping it dries up soon but thunderstorms are forecast later ... This is summer...

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge

Good morning... 

I'm back today to share my DT card for the new fortnightly challenge at

Double D Challenges

Where team Diane is hosting with an I Love Polka Dots challenge

I used another digital stamp - A pre- coloured one this time... Polka Dot Bella from Sassy Cheryl's and you have seen this one before but she's so cute...

I paired her with some polka dot DP and clear sequins and added a little glossy accents to her eyes and feet

I made her for Ross's mum who had a birthday a while ago

We'd love you to join in with our challenge and you have 2 week's to link up so get out your Polka Dots

Both our teams have posted some amazing creations to inspire you ... hop on over to the blog and take a peek.

Have a lovely day friends

Till soon

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 323

Hello everyone... Happy August!

Stella is hosting this week's challenge over at

City Crafter

The challenge is to add a sweet treat to your project whether it be a cupcake, pie or by using DP... Hop on over to the blog for full details

Source

I'm not a cupcake person so I kinda struggled with this one but the cat saved me

That rather chubby Ginger cat (who looks like mine...) is a digital stamp and so is the cake, I kind of merged the two of them

We're always trying to put our cat on a diet and he just goes to Mikey as though he hasn't already been fed... Very crafty! So this card reminds me of him - The cat not Mikey haha!

Today's Guest Designer is going to be with us for the whole month ... Please welcome

Davi

Hop on over to the City Crafter Blog to see what Davi and the team have to inspire you this week

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~

Window

Good morning...

This week's prompt over at 

Our Beautiful World

is Window ... Chosen for us by Mandy

Well, I may have shared this little porthole window before but I love it ... It looks out on Stavanger in Norway

There are all sorts of windows ... how about lighthouse windows

 

Tiny cottage windows in Cornwall

The ornate windows of a Mosque in Gibraltar

or the beautiful stained glass windows in one of our two cathedrals

Really hard to capture just how beautiful they are

Then there are broken windows...

Shop windows...

And well, La Coruna in Spain has just row upon row of windows

Share your window shots with us at

Our Beautiful World

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

Darnell's Tour

Hello there...

As most of you know the lovely Darnell is on a UK tour to visit lots of her blog friends and I was lucky enough to spend 2 days with her.

On Tuesday the plan was to meet up in Liverpool city and my DH was driving Darnell, Shirley Em and I to meet up with Monica at our lunch venue. After lunch my DH was going to chauffeur us around for a little tour of my city.

Alas, things didn't go according to plan - as I went off to collect the ladies my husband discovered a flat tyre. So we took a taxi to our lunch venue whilst DH got the car sorted. 

Lunch was lovely and it was like we'd all known each other for ages

Here we are

It took a few hours for the car to be fixed but we just chatted away and then DH picked us up for a shortened tour

Yesterday Pat and I drove out to Knutsford to meet up with Darnell for another lunch and a whole host of beautiful crafty bloggers

I can't tell you how wonderful it was and just how lovely and kind Darnell is ... She's a real gem

I'm so not used to all these meetings, my voice is hoarse right now ... I kind of live a quiet life and type more than I talk Lol!

I thought you'd like to see the card I made for Darnell

I'm addicted to that cat! I did a little masking so I could do a BG and made a little banner

He's a fat cat like my Ginger but don't worry he hasn't swallowed a hamster haha!

It has been a year of so many ups and downs and I will treasure the meetings I've enjoyed in 2016 with Stella, Kirsty, Darnell and all the lovely ladies I got to meet over the last 2 days.

If you read this Darnell, Thank you for inviting me and have a beautiful time and safe travels.

Till soon

~ Ros ~