Sunday's cria

What a surprise!

Not expected for another three weeks this little girl was indeed a surprise in the field last Thursday. She needs to be a fighter as mum had no milk production and despite injections to bring her milk in nothing has happened. On Friday we went to the vets with mum  to have a plasma transplant to try and give her the antibodies she needs from mum. They had to spend the night there as mum's blood took along time for the plasma to settle out. The cria has had three days of antibiotics and is on six feeds a day at thee hourly intervals , starting at 7a.m. And finishing at10p.m. She's weighed 4.5 kg. Then on Sunday we had a 9kg girl cria. Looking like little and large in the field.

Mr Bugatti

This is Mr Bugatti and his mum Fleur. All our home bred male cria are named after classic cars.

card for Jolie

This is a card I made for my great neice born last week. There are no girls in the family so I tried to make it as girlie as possible. JMS are her initials. Her parents have called her Jolie.

Cards for Xmas.

The camera angle isn't brilliant but this is a selection of this years cards. My daughter likes unconventionable colours, hence the purple. It's a good one to do as you can alternare the two shades on the next card. The snowman was good to do as he could have any variety of colours and designs for his scarf and hat. The difficulty with the tree die was getting it lined up but I was pleased with the results. The star was a quick and easy card to do just after my op.

Vale Barn Luna.

This young lady arrived last Saturday, weighing in at 10.9 kilo and has a really curly coat. No wonder mum rolled around a great deal the day before. She almost looks as big as the cria that are nearly seven weeks old.

Cria time again

The little light female was born a week ago but the picture shows her at 8 hours old. The Brown chap was born Thursday and again pictures taken at 8 hours old. Peaches is the  name of the light one as she has a soft peach tinge to her coat on close inspection. The brown boy has yet to be named, but as our home bred boys have names related to cars,  it could be Mr Maserati, Maz for short.

Cards for Mary and Lis

Really like this stamp and must play with it a bit more. It was useful for a few quick cards when I was short of time. Unfortunately they always end up taking longer than you think. 

Additions to the menagerie!!

Stopping for a while as now have a sore finger from doing so much.

The herd is growing.

Just like the real thing they all look different.

Alfie the Alpaca

I thought this little fella was so cute. He was on the front cover of the Autumn BAS magazine. I bought the pattern and some cheap wool, not ready to use Alpaca yarn yet as I hadn't  picked up a crochet hook for at least 30years. Tension is a bit iffy in places but delighted with the outcome. I now have several of our alpaca group wanting lessons!!!!

Card for Jill

I love this technique which we did at Janet Pring's Clarity workshop. It used the mini gelli plates and a leaf stencil. I use adirondak inks for the background. It so versatile depending on which way you want the inside to be.

Job done

Hopefully all received by now. Thanks to Janet Pring and Pinterest for the inspiration. Love making them but pleased when all done.

Two weeks later

Cria no 4.

Mother Kim with her 6 hour old cria Mr Bentley. He weighed in at 9.5 kilo. No wonder she was last to the feed bowl carrying that weight around.

Cria 1&2

This is Felicity who had her first cria on the 16th June. A girl called Fern. Not the easiest of births. Phone in one hand to the vet and a gloved hand full of lubricating fluid in the other, but all ended well. The white cria was born to a seasoned mum named Drew. She was a Father's Day surprise as we were not expecting her for another two/ three weeks. Sadly we lost the 24hour battle to save no 3 who was starved of oxygen at birth. One more delivery to come this year.......hoping for an easier time all round.

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Card for Roseanne

A variation on a card I saw on Pinterest. I rushed it a bit but was pleased with the result.

Definitely on a roll!!!!!

The first card I made for Mary  who will appreciate the effort involved. I didn't quite get the wording centred....definitely a learning curve. I ended up trimming the decoupage  butterfly as I didn't make a brilliant job of 'pricking' it out. Mounted on matt gold card.

This card I made with my Black Friday purchase. Not easy to see the detail as the shiny gold was reflecting so much.

A new day is dawningc

This is my entry for the challenge 'a new day is dawning '.  The phrase 'no pain ,no gain' springs to mind, or, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And I did. I had 20 attempts but was determined to try and get it right. I'm not sure what I have done with my gelli plate. I've only used it twice and was very careful about cleaning and storage. However every time I took a print for the reflection I got marks or bubbles. It was like a game of solitaire........I can do better next time. I have unfortunately run out of time so this is the best of the bunch as they say.

Parchment the Groovi way.

I tried to teach myself parchment craft a few years ago but gave up in the end. I had a go at a Groovi Xmas plate but decided the cards were not good enough to send. Since the new year I have made a card for my friend which I haven't mounted yet and the card below which I am going to put in for the clarity challenge this month. I haven't made anything  for the challenge for well over a year.

I did have a few moments lack of concentration as you will see if you look carefully,but like all crafters I am very critical of my own work.
I do admire the design team at Clarity who have produced some amazing parchment work. I'm sure I will get quicker with time and as I pick up tips, but this did seem to take an age as I tried not to rush it.

 

I started by using a circle as a base and drew it in with a white pencil. I then used a flower and leaf motive from one  of  the Groovi plates I've got. In the end I decided to change the circle for a square to frame the flowers.