Blue Christmas

Good morning!

Like the rest of you I've been making more and more Christmas cards and it's turning into a blue Christmas... Oh no, I'm fine, I mean I've been using a lot of blue ink... Distress ink that is.

I just love making snowy hill backgrounds and today I thought I share two of the many cards I've made  ...One I made for DH and the one I made for Mikey

This is for DH

He can be a bit of a "Bah Humbug" when it comes to Christmas... A bear with a sore head at times, so this card was thought out

He just needs some Christmas sparkle like my polar bear I think Lol!

And for my son Mikey... Well, the cats had to be on there... He adores them

This is just how my cats are ... Missy the black cat is so inquisitive, always looking up to the birds flying by and Ginger boy sits behind just like that keeping an eye on her...

I am going to link these up to Kylie's 12 Days Of Christmas Card Challenge 

There's still time to enter yours

Can I just say, Many Thanks to all of my lovely blog friends for your gorgeous handcrafted Christmas cards received these past week ... I love them!

Have a great day!

~ Ros ~

City Crafter 342

Good morning! I hope your week is off to a good start

This week will be City Crafter's  last challenge for 2016

Marina is hosting and the challenge is to make a project that includes
" Christmas things that fly or float"

Source

So here is what I came up with

Yes, I'm still playing with that HA stamp and this time I've added another stamp on top... I stamped and embossed the flying Santa sleigh and reindeer over the HA image

It fits perfectly doncha think? 

 If you'd like to see what the rest of the team have to inspire you this week, hop on over to the City Crafter Blog and take a look.

On behalf of City Crafter, we wish you a very Happy Christmas and a big thank you for your support
Our next challenge will be in January 2017

Have a wonderful week and take care

~ Ros ~

Tis the Season

...Is the prompt over at Our Beautiful World this week

A busy and exciting time of year when trees come out and lights go on

Presents are wrapped and for some the snow is softly falling

There's a bit of a deer thing going on in my home this year

Including a light up canvas and this cute little guy to greet you as you enter our home

... I even have deer pictures on the wall Lol!

We'd love you to share your prompt photos with us this week at

Our Beautiful World

Wishing you a beautiful and peaceful Holiday Season

~ Ros ~

A few more cards

Hello there ...

Are you still frantically making cards? I've a few more to make but this year I am much more ahead than I usually am ... Even got most of my gifts and they are ready to wrap

I've a couple more cards to share

A little bit of ink blending for this one

And this next one uses up some of those painted pieces I have laying around

The front of this one is a Simon Says Die - Got one for Pat for Christmas too (Shh) and the trees are by Impression Obsession... Love the shape of them

Oh and before I go I just want to say "Thank you"  to the lovely team at Inkspirational for awarding me a top pick for another of my painted tree cards... Whoo Hoo! 

Have a great day and take care

~ Ros ~

Quick cards

Good morning...

I hope the week is going well for you 

Yesterday I shared a card for my DT project at Double D Challenges using a Hero Arts stamp and Hero Arts Ombre ink... I usually make my cards well in advance and I hadn't used that stamp since making that card so I decided to pull it out again and make a bunch of Christmas cards which came together really quickly

Using the Misti I was able to stamp the sentiments one after the other and I'd already die cut a lot of those stags

 

The image stamp is a wooden stamp so I couldn't use the Misti for that but it's a great stamp to work with. My only problem was the Lil'Inkers border die ... I love those dies but somehow I managed to break the one I was using... I probably caught in in the Big Shot but it's ok , it only broke about an inch off it.

 I'd made a bunch of cards before Pat arrived and then of course she also made a bunch of them Lol!

My home is now ready for Christmas ... I know, I even surprised myself having it done so early in the month. Unlike most of you, I hate decorating the tree... I have a couple of small artificial trees that are no problem - they have built in lights and snowy branches and need nothing else but Hubby decided to get a real tree as well. So I stood and put on all the baubles and bows, tinsel and lights and I hated it! It just didn't look right ... I get worse as I get older I know, but it is such a pretty tree and in my opinion didn't need all the glamour, so I took everything off, bar the lights and now it looks beautiful... Just as God intended it to look and hubby loves it too.

Have a wonderful day

I'm off to catch up with an old friend who celebrates her birthday today

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Double D Challenge

Hello again...

I'm back today with my project for the new challenge at

Double D Challenges

It's the turn of Diane's team to host and our challenge is 

Dreaming of a White Christmas

Diane has come up with a gorgeous tile board to inspire you

Here's my card

I used a lovely Hero Arts Stamp for this and added a frame, again cut on my cameo

I also used an Ombre ink pad - I discovered that this stamp works best with bold coloured ink to get the full effect of the image. The snowflake was die cut and smothered in glitter

Both our teams have created cards to inspire you and they are all beautiful ... Go take a peek here
We'd love to see what you come up with too

Enjoy your day

~ Ros ~