Glittery Season's Greetings

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Another Christmas in July card coming at ya!! Sick of them yet? I find it sort of refreshing working with snow and snowflakes when it's so stinking hot outside. This card was put together using some products from Recollections, sold at Michaels Craft Stores.

The papers are from My Minds Eye - Holiday Cheer paper pad. The wood snowflakes and sentiment are Recollections, I have covered them with Shabby White embossing enamel.

The snowflakes and the brickwork die cuts are Cheery Lynn, the flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts, the snow is a DecoArt Snow Writer covered in Glamour Dust glitter. Some laces and ribbon from May Arts and everything else is from my stash.

It looks like you are all in for lots more Christmas cards in August. I am very excited to announce the upcoming release of the new Pion Design collection "GREETINGS FROM THE NORTH POLE". I missed all the Christmas collections last year, so I am totally stoked about dipping in to this vintage Christmas collection. Hold on to your hats ladies, it's about to get frosty! lol

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Hubby and I decided to hike down the Rattray Marsh Trail last weekend. This is one of the most fun trails we have done so far. These wooden trails are suspended just above the wetlands and wind in out through trees! So amazing!! Mind you, much of it was dried out because of the drought, but the 'pot of gold' at the end of this rainbow is just too delicious to pass up (more about that in a minute).

You can see how desperately low the water levels are. So sad.

See that spot of blue way off  on the horizon... that would my 'pot of gold', but there's still a ways to go yet in order to get there.

This little guy was just striking a pose on this stump. Closest I've ever been to a Chipmunk!

and here it is, my 'pot of gold'... LAKE ONTARIO!!!

I took about a billion shots of the beach, best save that for another day I guess. lol

And back on the home front we have a beautiful female Starling at the feeder.

You all know Dina and David, my Morning Dove couple. This is Dina sitting out in the tree. It's odd not to see them together, hope David is OK. (sorry about the railing, couldn't be avoided)

My token morning coffee shot, another fiery sky.

Poor little PRECIOUS, she still struggles with the carpet, she always works out her game plan before attempting the climb. So sweet!

JUNIOR, GET DOWN OFF THE ROOF!!!
I saved you a spot on the chair, come have your nap! Goofy little monkey!

I have had a couple of visits from a couple of Red Squirrels this week. Haven't given them names yet, can't get close enough to tell the difference between the two! lol

Some very sad new from the vet last week. Our dear sweet little SCULLY is losing her eyesight. She's only 9 years old, way too young to be going through this. She is such a huge fan of all things nature, so I will be cutting back on my walks for a while, and instead will be making sure this darling dog gets to enjoy every minute of the outdoors while she still can. Look how happy she is just sitting on the boardwalk! :(

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.

Vintage Saint Nick

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Well Christmas in July continues, even though we are reaching temps of 120 degrees here in Southern Ontario. Crank up the AC and hide in your craft room, I say!! Today I have a vintage style card using some products from Canvas Corp Brands.

From Canvas Home Basics I have used papers Blue & Ivory Dot Reverse and Cardstock Paper - Ivory 80#. From Tattered Angels I have used the Naturally Aged Kit - Granite Precious Stone Faux Finish Paint Kit, High Impact Paint - White, and Baseboard Mist Paint - Ivory.

The vintage Santa image I printed last year, I think it was from The Graphic's Fairy. The frame is made from hot glue. The doily die is Spellbinders Persian Motifs, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the foliage die is from Die-namics, the lace is May Arts and everything else is from my stash.

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To continue with our trip to the Riverwood Conservancy, this is what we saw after our hike down the big hill. It was totally worth having to climb back up that massive bugger, to get to sit by the rapids.

Still working on my 'creamy water' technique. With no tripod or remote control, it was pretty tricky balancing on the rocks, to get this shot. I think it turned out pretty cool.

You can see here how the drought is effecting the landscape. You shouldn't be able to walk here, it's supposed to be filled with water!

And back on the home front, our baby Sparrow is back up in the tree. She spends a lot of time there staring at the feeder. Come on girl, you can do it!!

This Grackle has decided that the peanuts in the squirrel bowl are much yummier than the what's in the bird feeder!

Got a good shot of TAYLOR, so you can see her very unique two toned tail. What a gorgeous girl!

PATRICIA is playing Peek-a-boo again! Hilarious!

Oh MR SKITTLES, how cute are you!

Big surprise, JUNIOR is having a nap. I swear, he is the laziest squirrel I have ever seen! LOL

My token morning coffee shot...

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.