Pion Design - Love Doves

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Today I am sharing this wedding card featuring the new Pion Design collection "Days Gone By". I adore these soft purple flower designs, and this dove image is so romantic, it's just perfect for a wedding or anniversary.

Pion products:

Days Gone By - Beautiful Views PD10001

Days Gone By - Lovely Days PD10003

Days Gone By - Embrace the Magic PD10004

Days Gone By - Morning Delights PD10007

Days Gone By - Borders PD10011

Days Gone By - Images From the Past PD1632

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Since I didn't have a really good 'knock-me-out-and-blow-me-over' flu in 2017, I decided to start off the new year with a real doozy!! While I spent the week in bed, Mother Nature decided to come and melt all of my pretty snow!! Well too bad lady, I'm gonna share some more winter photos anyhow! lol

A stunning Starling enjoying the magical snowfall...

"Worst game of bobbing for peanuts, EVER!" 

~Mr Blue Jay~

A beautiful male Cardinal diving off of a branch...

"You would tell me if I had something on my nose, right?" 

~Mary Gold~

"This too, shall pass"

~Delilah~

"Bwahaha, look what I found! Totally worth a head dive in the snow bank!" 

~Baby Charlie Brown~

Just a quick bit of fun news for me to share. I am very honoured to announce that I have been selected to be on the Scrapiniec Design Team for 2018! My term starts in March so be ready for tons of gorgeous wood chippies on my cards! Check out their fabulous products HERE.

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.

Tulip Frame Delight

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Today I am sharing this all occasions card featuring  some beautiful tulip wood embellishments from Scrapiniec and the Pion Design collection "The Songbird's Secret".

Pion products:

The Songbird’s Secret - Apple Blossom PD8409

The Songbird’s Secret - Apple Orchard PD8406

The Songbird’s Secret - Dreamcatchers PD8403

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This winter has been quite magical with all the snow, ice and sun we've been having. I've taken thousands of photographs and I haven't even looked through most of them! How gorgeous is the world when it's covered in winter!! Yeah, I know, you think I'm nuts! lol

In the late autumn I decided to defy my neighbours' wishes and hang my suet feeder back up. It has paid off, I've seen at least three Woodpeckers this winter! This isn't the best shot, but I'm excited to even have a shot at all!

A beautiful Sparrow in the falling snow.

"We gave rights to man, slaves and women, but what about the animals? Let's hold up our duties to all life forms." 

~Dada Vaswani~

"Excuse me Miss, will you be done with that camera soon? I'm sort of freezing my feet off down here!"

~a trail friend~

"Dear Santa, when I said I wanted a white Christmas, this is NOT what I meant!"

~The Cute Twin~

"Tee hee, you think I'm a snowman don't you? Fooled you!" 

~Neddie~

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone noticed a problem with the 'publish' button on comment boxes? I'm finding that it takes a long time for the comment to actually publish after I hit the button.

Chiffon and Chantilly

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Today I am sharing this shabby pink card featuring some beautiful papers from Lemoncraft and tons of soft chiffon, laces and a beautiful butterfly applique. Super feminine, don't you think! You can purchase these fantastic papers at Lisa's Etsy shop.

The white embellishment was actually silver. I embossed it with white embossing powder and then sanded the top of it to give it an antique look. The pink gemstone and pink decorative pin were clear, and I coloured them with my new Copic marker, so fun! Be prepared for tons of pink embellishments in the future! lol

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We had quite the warm spell this week and after three days of rain, all of the snow was gone. Just when I was about to start complaining about the dull grey world, the temperatures dropped, the rain froze and the snow started falling! What a beautiful sight!

"Just sitting in the snow having lunch, like my arse isn't frozen solid! " 

~Mrs Cardinal~

Early morning Blue Jay catching a rare moment of sun.

I thought you would all like to see what a beautiful woman Baby Kate is growing up to be! Tell me she isn't the spitting image of her Mom (Crazy Karen)! I just wanna pinch her cheeks and hug her all the time!

Continuing my promise to photograph all my patio friends...Everyone meet Baby Chuckles. Another little guy from the autumn baby batch this year that I've never posted a photo of. He is super shy and hides behind the tree trunk until he thinks I'm not looking. If I look directly at him, he turns his away, as if that means I can't see him. So hilarious!

"Any chance you toss a peanut up here Miss? Pretty please...it's super cold on the ground."

~Perfect Patti~

"Did you just call me Frosty? Oh that's hilarious human. FRIGGING hilarious!" 

~Mr Chubb~

I have some cool news to share with you today. An online magazine "intoBirds" published a short article about my bird photography and my Instagram gallery. I was pretty darned honoured and thrilled!! It's a really short read if anyone is interested in checking it out... 

Getting Social with Pamellia Johnson @loveofsquirrels

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That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments.

Black is the New Black

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I don't usually use black on my cards, but I had such a good response to the black and beige Christmas card I made, and it was the first card I sold on Etsy, so I thought I would use the combination again. This card could be used for a wedding or anniversary or for that romantic holiday coming up in February.

Featuring the following papers from Pion Design:

To My Valentine - Valentine's Roses PD6806

To My Valentine - Forever Yours PD6809

To My Valentine - Tags PD6812

The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the filigree hearts are Scrapiniec, the heart die is from a local store, and everything else is from my delicious birthday stash of goodies from Mom!

Inspired by Ewa Mrozowska

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Continuing with some lovely wintery shots today, although we actually had a big melt this week and lost most of the snow. Hopefully it will get cold again and refresh the world with a whole new blanket of white!

"Well that's odd, the rain is all white and fluffy!" 

~Mr Starling~

How much do I love a Cardinal in any season! 

So gorgeous with all his red and his 'give-it-up-lady' head turn! Lol

The Nuthatches seem to be far and few between this winter, must be the cold temps.

My New Year's resolution is to take more photos of the squirrels that visit every day. I sometimes take for granted those sweet faces because I see them so often, but I don't ever want to overlook one of these precious animals again, they are all my darling friends! 

This is how Baby Charlie is looking nowadays, so cute!!

"I don't think this what my tail was meant for! I'm not an umbrella!" 

~Bernie~

In keeping with my New Year's resolution, I realized I've never posted a photo of Bernie. You all know Busty Bertha, well this is her brother. What a handsome little dude!

OK, so you already know my best bud Crazy Karen, but it's still worth mentioning what a complete dollface she is with her winter coat on, plus, I will never tire of posting her photos!!

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.