CAS Watercolour Challenge September

Good morning!

This month I'm thrilled to be Guesting again at 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

One of my favourite places to play and this month the theme is Tree

As always the team have amazing creations to inspire you - Go take a look

I love this time of year when the trees change colour, though I don't think fir trees would ever be the colours I decided to use... Lol!

I watercoloured a background using Gansai Tambi paints and cut the 'hello' into it 

Then I used my Cameo to cut out some trees but here I am just using the negative piece which I die cut a stitched edge onto before placing over the painted BG

There is some gold paint splatter on there too but it's a little hard to see...

We are really looking forward to seeing your beautiful CAS watercolour creations... I do hope you'll join us

Have fun!

~ Ros ~

Fantastic Amazing You

Hello there...How are you all? 

Things are settling down here and thankfully Ginger cat is doing well too.

I'm so grateful for your kind words and wishes... Many of you have fur babies too so I know you "get me".

So here's a card I made just for you... To say Thank you for your support

I've had this feather die for ages and never got around to using it... To be honest it's quite big, bigger than the cards I usually make so it just got overlooked. I had a piece of BG that I did with alcohol inks and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to use both

So what I did was cut around the die cut , taking out pieces here and there till I got something that looked like a peacock tail and fitted the card too.

The stamped words are from an old Clearly Besotted set and the word is from SimonSays.

Summer has finally said her goodbyes here... She stayed a lot longer than we expected but now Autumn is creeping in with gusty weather and cool days.

Wishing you a happy day

~ Ros ~

 

Just Us Girls # 455

Well this is my last week as Guest Designer for 

Just Us Girls

and it's been a blast!

This week is Photo week

As a new school term approaches, many of you will be able to relate to this photo and there is so much you can take from this image to make your creation your own.

Here's what I came up with

I took inspiration from both the colours and the numbers, and yes a little bit of a school theme with my sentiment...
A new term often means a new school for some, that can be quite daunting, so I thought this would be a fun card to send

I started by cutting a card panel smaller than my card base and printed "New School"  in the top corner, then stamped and coloured the hen using Copics and stamped and embossed 'Awesome'. After that it was easy to arrange the number dies around and cut them out keeping the little inside pieces I needed.

I ink blended the front of my card just where the negative of the numbers would show through and popped the whole panel up with foam

A little bit of twine and that was it. 

I love to see how everyone interprets a photo challenge so please come and share your ideas with us at 

Just Us Girls

Don't forget to check out the creations that the team have to inspire you this week

Thanks so much to the lovely team for having me this month!

Till soon

~ Ros ~

The Hen Again...

Hello...

 

I haven't been creating much at all but I do have a card to share - One I made a few weeks ago with that fun hen or chick?

 It's a little awkward to photograph as it's one of those pop up cards so it just has a window on the front of the card which I coloured using a stencil and distress ink

This is how it pops up ... Jennifer McGuire does a tutorial on this here That lady is so clever!

The hen/chick was coloured with Copics and the balloons were sponged with distress oxides.

It's been a traumatic week here at my house. Ginger boy has caused us much concern and heartache - I honestly thought I may lose him on Wednesday he was in so much pain. Getting medication into him is not easy and I'm not at all happy with the treatment (or lack of) that he got at the animal hospital. Heck it cost almost £1,000 and he was a mess when I got him home. He's a little improved today but still not happy. Somehow I managed to wrench my shoulder a few days ago too so we are both in the wars...

 At least the plumbing in the kitchen has been fixed but the guy who came discovered that the drains are cracked and need repair... They are bringing an excavator to did up my front garden for goodness sake! Does it ever end?

I'll be back tomorrow sharing my card for my last GD spot at Just us Girls

Wishing you a lovely day

~ Ros ~

 

Home at last

Hello there...

Thank you so much for your comments and kind wishes for me and my Ginger boy - He's back home at last.

He was in a very sorry state and it broke my heart to see but with the love and care we are giving him, hopefully he will settle down and be well.

Knowing there were people out there who care means so much...

What I didn't mention was that late in the evening before Ginger took ill we also had a flood in the kitchen and somehow all the lights went out... There I was in my PJ's wading through water whilst Ian looked for a torch. We were up to our eyes in it when Ginger started to howl in pain... It was completely manic!

Hopefully today a plumber will be here to fix the cause of the flood, a blockage in the waste disposal and sink. It's weird how things happen all at once.

So...I posted a card on Saturday for my GD spot at Just us Girls and as I mentioned in the post I did 2 cards using the colours here

This is the other card

... done with stencils and distress inks

 

With a little stamping and embossing. 

I've some catching up to do so I'll get on.....

Have a lovely day

~ Ros ~

 

Ginger Boy

Good morning lovely friends...

I just wanted to pop in and let you know that my beautiful Ginger cat is in cat hospital... He developed a blockage last Thursday evening and it's been a really rough time.. Those of you who know me, know just how much I adore my fur babies.

Fortunately yesterdays post was scheduled - I just haven't been able to focus on anything these past few days and have been over to the hospital to visit my poor boy.

I hope to be able to catch up with you all very soon and fingers crossed my Ginger boy will be back with us soon.

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments... 

Till soon

~ Ros ~