Pion Design - Luscious Lavender

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For today's card I decided to pull out the Pion Design collection "Scent of Lavender". I just love the shades of purple, the fresh spring greens, and the gorgeous floral images!

Pion products:

Scent of Lavender - The Song of a Bird PD7202

Scent of Lavender - Small Leaves PD7203

Scent of Lavender - In Provence PD7205

Scent of Lavender - Fields of Purple PD7207

Scent of Lavender - Preserving the Scent PD7208

Scent of Lavender - Flowers of Provence PD7209

Scent of Lavender - Borders PD7210

Scent of Lavender - Tags PD7212

The leaves are Cheery Lynn, the doily is Prima, the sentiment die cut is Sizzix, the frame is hand made with a silicone mould, the flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and everything else is from my stash.

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As of when I wrote this post, we still had no snow at home, but I sure am enjoying the snow up north when I go. My landscape shots are from the parents house.

For my bird shots today, I have this lovely female Sparrow stealing food from the squirrel bowl!!

A sweet little Red Breasted Nuthatch watching the crazy squirrel activity from the safety of the tree!

and my token male Cardinal shot...

Do you think he's dancing or having some kind of temper tantrum? lol

Two Ring Billed Gulls fighting over a peanut...

To quote Finding Nemo... "Mine, mine-mine, mine!!" lol

"Seriously lady, you could have told me had peanuts BEFORE I ran off with this stupid health food!" 

"Yay me! The early bird really DOES get the worm! Ok, so I'm a squirrel and this is a cashew, but still, yay me!"

"I'm sure this seems like the perfect moment to capture with your camera, but as the one sitting in the snow, may I just say... KNOCK IT OFF!"

I am hearing that a lot of you have gotten freezing fog this last week. How very scary and amazing at the same time. Oh boy to see that in real life, but dang how dangerous it would be for my squirrels! For my macro, I thought I would show you best frost that we managed this year. (taken in November)

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. If you have any questions or interesting tidbits about today's wildlife, please let me know.

Pion Design - Soft as a Songbird!

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Back with another Pion card today. This I went super soft and subtle, one of my favourite styles! I have used two collections, "The Songbird's Secret" and "Where the Roses Grow". A delightful combination with the soft greys and blues, don't ya think!

  

Pion products:

The Songbird's Secret - Blooming Branches PD8407

The Songbird's Secret - Apple Blossoms PD8409

The Songbird's Secret - 6x6" Nesting Birds PD8501

The Songbird's Secret - In the Nest PD8404

The Songbird's Secret - Borders PD8410

Images From the Past - The Songbird's Secret PD1624

Where the Roses Grow - Time to Smell the Roses PD8210

Where the Roses Grow - Borders PD8211

The butterfly die in the background is Spellbinders Cascading Butterflies, the leaves are Cheery Lynn, the flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and everything else is from my stash. I hope you can see the beautiful clear decorative pins with the pearls, in the below image, they are so pretty in real life!

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I haven't been outside as much I would like, apparently trekking through the mud is not really my thing. lol. Again I share some landscape photos from up north and my wildlife shots were mostly taken in December when we had some snow.

I have decided to play along over at Our Beautiful World this week. Their theme is "Outside", seems like it's right my alley! lol

For my birds today, I have this sweet little Black Capped Chickadee perched on my hand...

a beautiful female Sparrow catching some morning rays...

 and this handsome male Cardinal having a sit down in the snow...

"OK human, I gave you my very best cute face. Time for you to drop the peanuts!"

"Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light." 

Madeline L'Engle

"Please stop snowing. Please stop snowing. Please stop snowing."

For my macro today, a beautiful frozen leaf in the morning sun...

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. If you have any questions or interesting tidbits about today's wildlife, please let me know.

Pion Design - Rose Passion

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One of the things I love about Pion Design papers is the ability to mix and match from different collections and have everything look perfectly coordinated! This card features two of the latest Pion collections "The Songbird’s Secret" and "Where the Roses Grow".

  

Pion products:

The Songbird’s Secret - Apple Orchard PD8406

The Songbird’s Secret - Apple Blossom PD8409

Where the Roses Grow - Roses in Bloom PD8204

Where the Roses Grow - Rose Linen PD8207

Where the Roses Grow - Tags PD8212

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At this point I'm not even going to mention the total lack of snow around here. After I while, even I'm sick of hearing the complaining! lol. Let's just say, these landscape photos were taken while I was up north visiting the parentals.

Back at home I have some bird shots starring this beautiful Mourning Dove...

This handsome Blue Jay...

and I decided to go with a female for my token Cardinal shot...

For those of you who follow my personal Facebook page, you have already met this adorable friend of mine from the lake. I have finally decided to call her TUBBY TESSA, although that name may not fit her in the spring after she loses her winter padding! lol

"I really want one of those cookies, but I have serious concerns about the creature waving it at me!"

"Good grief human! Would you knock it off with the sudden movements please!"

And for my macro today, a little ice and little snow and a little sunshine! The perfect day I say!

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. If you have any questions or interesting tidbits about today's wildlife, please let me know.