Hurray for Harriet

 We have obviously very well trained our alpacas to give birth when we are around. Our third offspring arrived this Saturday just after lunch. We have called her Harriet, Holly wanted Buttercup ( more bovine, I feel) or Barnacles (come on!!), so Harriet it is.

 Here she is, still quite wobbly after a long sit down - approx 20 hours old

 Here she is with her very protective Mum, Joanne.

 Just to update you on the other two, here is Liam at two weeks, such a little cutie.

Here is Tina. The two of them are firm friends and spend most of their time together, bounding about and jumping on one another. No doubt Harriet will soon be joining in the fun and games.

Introducing Liam and Tina

We were very surprised yesterday by the early arrival of Tina, according to the records we received when we purchased her Mum Evita, she wasn't due to arrive until April. However, yesterday morning she put in an appearance, we had checked the alpacas out in the morning and everything was fine, then our neighbour came up around 10.30 and noticed the baby in the large paddock. We ushered her and her Mum in the small paddock nearest the house where we could keep an eye on them. We contacted the Vet for some advice and he said if Tina hadn't started to feed with in a couple of hours we would have to help her. Later on we had to assist Tina with her feeding, whilst doing this, I looked up and noticed yet another baby in the large paddock, and Liam had arrived, just. We then got him and his Mum Connie into the small paddock and kept watch all day. They are so cute. We have one more due in April ( if that date is right) and another in October. 

Here is Holly holding Tina

Here is Liam not long after he had been born

RR day 10

Here is my final offering in the Red Rooster series, I have even amazed myself with my dedication to posting daily. This card is a case of one made by the very talented Amber here. I love her cards, she always seems to come up with innovative ways to use her stamps.

Now on to my early birthday pressie, you can see which ones I have played with already. I am very impressed with the Fancy Flourish dies. I have had the stamp set a very long time and it is a real boon not to have to hand cut them anymore. It is the same with the Turning a New Leaf dies, one of my constant "go to" sets. I was really taken with the Quatrefoil die when it was released and I certainly haven't been disappointed now I have it in my hot little stickies.The card above was made with the Rosie Posie and the Harvest Berries sets. The flowers were highlighted with Copic markers.

RR day 9

This is my very favourite card of all those I made. I didn't notice until I posted the photo however, that I have a small red smudge on the card but never mind it proves it's hand made!

I also seem to be unable to count because I only have 9 cards rather than the ten I promised, so I am off now to whip up another. See you tomorrow for my final card.

Sentiment stamp: Kaiser
Other stamp: Stampin Up! - Fresh Vintage and background stamp Woodgrain
Doily Die: - Cheery Lynn
Flower centre: Prima

RR day 8

A fairly plain and simple card today, using yet another Just Rite stamp with Labels 20 die by Spellbinders.

RR day 7

I hope you are all impressed with my effort, a post a day for 7 days, must be some sort of record!

As you can see, I have used a few of the left over strips of coloured card that I had cut for Day 4. The  nested frames are from Just Rite stamps and die cut with Labels 20 from Spellbinders.I embossed the lines using a very old brass stencil, whose name I have long since forgotten.

Having fun with my PTI stamps and dies, I will show you a few examples when I actually get around to making something.

RR day 6

I love the background on this card, which was made with the Papermania/ DoCrafts Tri-boss "Whimsy" embossing folder.The multi colour stripe panel is from a larger sheet on which I have adhered stripes of Melon Mambo, Read Red, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie and Crumbcake. I used this to die cut the flower used on yesterdays card.

The PTI order has arrived, YAY!!! I will show you the goodies on a later post.


Stamps: Stampin Up! - Fabulous Florets, Fresh Vintage
Die: Stampin Up! - Lots of tags label 2