Easter Cards

Hey there... How are you?

It's a beautiful day here, looking more like Spring and I'm loving it. There's a ton of buds on the lilac tree and I can't wait for it to flower.

Thank you for your kind wishes regarding my brother, he had his operation yesterday and is doing fine.

Today I have a couple of simple stamped and painted Easter cards 

 

Okay, all you stampers (and gardeners) will no doubt notice that the large flower is in fact a poinsettia...

 

But with another flower (one of my hand drawn ones) on top, I know the recipients won't really notice.

 

The actual stamp is by Woodware and this is how it looks in it's entirety

 

It was just too pretty not to use and I fussy cut just the top portion for my cards

They are painted with blue watercolour and black soot distress ink

I love the combination of blue and grey...

Thanks so much for looking in on me, have a lovely day and take care

Till soon

~ Ros ~

Slider Shaker & Shaker

 Hello there, I hope this finds you well

I've a couple of cards for you today, first a slider / shaker card I made for one of hubby grandsons last week

 

I wanted to make something fun for his birthday and couldn't decide between a shaker and a slider so I combined the two

As the tag is pulled, up pops this guy

The octopus is sparkly and glossy but I think maybe I should have used a brighter colour, either way he enjoyed it and I had fun making it.

And following the sketched and painted girls in my last post... I also have one I turned into a shaker

Acetate cards are always so hard to photograph!

I'm getting a few Easter cards done at the moment... I can't believe how fast Easter has come around this year!

As far as my world goes, there's been good news and bad news this week... The bad news

A couple of weeks ago my brother fell whilst cleaning his conservatory roof (not recommended when in your 70's) He thought he'd just sprained his ankle and hobbled around for a few days until his leg began to swell and had to go to hospital. He was told he's broken his fibula, no big deal they said and just put it in a cast. Cutting a long story short things got worse and after several hospital visits and 2 changes of plaster casts, he finally got to see a doctor and it turned out his knee was also broken and has to have surgery this week.

 

As for the good news, my GP gave me a prescription for my RLS. I've been struggling every night with this dreaded complaint and have had many sleepless nights. Well I'm thrilled to say that the tablets worked and I've had 2 nights of undisturbed sleep! Oh I can't tell you how happy I am.

Have a beautiful day friends and stay well

 

~ Ros ~

Little Ladies

 Hello there... Happy St Patrick's day to all who celebrate!

Lately we have been experiencing high winds and it's been cold but yesterday, the sun shone and I got to spend a couple of hours in the garden. I was delighted to notice that there are robins nesting again in the garden and the trees are all in bud and the forsythia is in bloom.

Of course being indoors so much means I've done more sketching and today I'm sharing a couple of birthday cards featuring my sketched and painted ladies

Her dress also sparkles (courtesy of a wink of stella) but it's hard to capture.. I thought this would be a good card for my great niece's upcoming birthday

My second card is a little more "grown up"

Again the glitter on her dress is difficult to see... I stenciled the balloons after I painted her and added Nuvo drops then sprinkled them with glitter

Funnily enough the hardest part of this was drawing the shoes... 

I've quite a few more to share in the next few weeks including some shaker cards.

Thanks so much for your visit, enjoy your day and stay safe

~ Ros ~

CAS Mix Up Reminder

 Hello there...

I'm here today with my second card for  the CAS Mix Up Challenge where I'm honoured to be guesting this month

It also happens to be the CAS Mix Up's 5th Birthday and there are amazing prizes on offer, you don't want to miss out I tell you

For my card I used a seahorse die cut and watercolours

I love the result I got from this and it really was easy to achieve

Head on over to the blog and take a look at the creations from the rest of the team and check out the amazing entries too! 

A huge thank you to my friends at CAS Mix Up... It's been an honour to celebrate with you this month.

Till soon my friends

~ Ros ~

The Badger

 Good morning friends 

Still keeping in my theme of grey with a hint of colour, I have 3 similar cards to share. I needed a birthday card and a new home card and these came together very quickly

The flower painted in distress ink, is from a very old set I have but the badger I haven't used before, he's from a woodland animal set I got ages go.

These flowers are from  an old set by Clearly Besotted, coloured with sparkly gel pens,  I drew the stems and leaves and like the other 2, the badger and hills are done with distress ink.

I haven't added a sentiment to this one yet yet... 

Thanks so much for your visit, have a beautiful day

~ Ros ~

Stayin' Cool

 Good morning!

 When it comes to art everyone has their own idea of what is pleasing and what is not. Some things inspire more than others...

I've always loved oriental paintings, the ones you see sometimes done in ink, or sometimes with paint, black and grey often with a splash of colour.  They inspire me. I think it's the serenity they express, the silent echo in the mountains, cool waterfalls and misty air that you can even feel...

You've seen me doing my own version of those mountains in my cards and lately I've done more and more but occasinally a little image will creep in my head and I go with it. 

Today's card was just that

 

 I don't know why but I had this image of an elephant in those faraway mountains cooling down from the heat.

Some kind soul had tied a watering can to a branch at just the right angle for the rain to collect and act as a shower...

 

 I had to draw him just as I saw him in my head, not that I'm planning to do an elephant family - I think this will be a one off - But it satisfied me

...And made me happy to see the end result, because not everything I envisage works out. Some days I can't even draw a straight line.

I hope you like it too

Be safe and enjoy your day

Till soon

~ Ros ~