Dino duck (Egyptian geese) progress

I am delighted that 7 of the original 12 dino babies are doing really well over at Beddington Park. I have also noticed that another pair have a very secret nest around the back of the lake so I am hoping in the next couple of weeks to see another new clutch of fluffy babies.

I think they are this pair who were at another area up until a couple of weeks ago and then disappeared. I call them Derby and Joan

The photo below was shot from a long way away, they are in a really sensible location for their nest. I am pretty sure it is the same pair from where I call the "Fish pond"

Here are some of the first baby dinos, taken a few weeks ago.

 Growing fast. They trust me so much (or is it the food they like? 😄)

 Then this photo below is from last week. You can see they have nearly all their adult feather now, they are so very beautiful. These are 5 of the 7.

There is also another pair of dino ducks down at the ponds who managed to get 5 of their 12 babies to toddler age too. They are real balls of fluff and look like mint humbugs. 

They are so funny the way they stretch out their legs and all huddle together

and they are enjoying pond life!

I will keep you posted how my nested "Derby and Joan" get along.

My project to share today is a tag I made recently after watching Tim Holtz' awesome Facebook lives.

All the stamps and stencils are by him and I think the sentiment fits really well. I made the background with distress inks.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges;

Creative fingers 3/3 anything goes
Art impressions 1/2 animals and nature

Creative moments 2/3 anything goes

Simon says stamp Wednesday Masculine

We love to create 3/3 Anything goes mixed media
As you like it 1/3 scenes or not I adore making scenes as I really love adding details to my work.
Cute card Thursdays 1/3 anything goes
Moving along with the times 1/3 things with wings
Simon says stamp Monday make your own background
A vintage journey Rustic charm

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Back soon

Bye for now

Jane x

Stamps and confetti for the June STAMPlorations theme and photo prompt challenge

Hello I am back for the 2nd time today with my design team post for June for STAMPlorations.
We have a lovely June theme and photo prompt.

All the details are here. 

You can choose to go with the confetti theme, go with something from the photo; perhaps the colours or image..or as I always love to challenge myself to do...both. If it is not obvious please just let us know in your post. Please remember to add our challenge logo to your post if you would like to be in with a chance of winning.

I worked with the following awesome products and have added live links to them in my post. Remember if you use my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the check out you can get an additional 20% off on top of any existing discounts! Shery ships internationally at very low cost too.

Hearts all over stencil 

and the Romantic Expressions 1 stamp set

As always I like to challenge myself to the theme and photo prompt. Here is what I got up to.

First I made my background. I added a mixture of distress oxide spray inks to a piece of mixed media card. 

Then using the stencil and my new Stickles glitter paste I added hearts to it.

I stamped 3 envelopes and one of the lovely sentiments onto white card stock. I cut out the envelopes and die cut the sentiment. 

Then I put my design together.

with a couple of close ups

and one final shot.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges.

Pixie's snippets playground #379
Sweet stampin 1/3 cute
Creative fingers 2/3 anything goes

Creative moments 1/3 anything goes

Simon says stamp Wednesday anything goes

Try it on Tuesday 3/3 cut it out
We love to create 2/3 Anything goes mixed media

There are some fab prizes to be won; $15 gift certificate to the winner and $10 for the runner up, chosen by a DT member. There are also $5 gift certificates given to each of 3 randomly drawn players. Once again  this is the link here to the challenge with all the info you need. Good luck!

Remember if you use my unique code STAMPGIRLJANE at the check out you can get an additional 20% off on top of any existing discounts!

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

****PS a quick heads up in case you missed it. If you would like to win the  sweet STAMPlorations  MDF fairy and bauble kit, including the star stencil do check out my post here.

It is open to everyone! But hurry, it closes on 8th June ***

Summer fields for Country View Challenges

Hello and welcome to our 6th challenge of the year from Country View. How the months have raced by. For June we would like to see your "Summer field" inspired projects. The details and my teamies projects for more inspiration can be found here;

During Lockdown our verges have not been trimmed although our parks have been kept pristine so I am not complaining. The weather for the last 10 weeks has been just amazing and I have so enjoyed being out in my garden and the local area. The interesting thing with our street's grass verges is that they have become miniature summer fields to me and inspired my make today.

 One of the very pretty plants to see ,and yes I know it's classed as a weed, are the dandelion heads.

 My little granddaughter loves to blow these.

 and of course my sweet granddaughter is called Daisy.

So much beauty in my grass verge summer fields.
 I remembered that I have a couple of Lavinia dandelion stamps in my stash so I chose a couple to make my card with. Susan does not have my exact one but she does have this one plus lots of lovely Lavinia designs on the website here. 

For some extra fairy magic I decided to ink up the fabulous dragonflies from the Live in the moment Visible image set. 

I made my background with distress spray stains which Susan sells here

I stamped my fairy and the dandelions

 and then added the dragonflies. I also stamped some of the dragonflies onto card and added glossy accents to their wings. Once dry I cut them out.

Here is my finished card.

and a couple of close ups

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Lavinia world Anything goes

Lil patch of crafting friends 3/3 anything goes

C.R.A.F.T 2/3 decoupage/3D I have made my dragonfly 3d

Addicted to stamps and more 2/3 anything goes

Creative moments 2/3 anything goes

Simon says stamp Wednesday anything goes

Try it on Tuesday 2/3 cut it out my dragonfly is cut out
We love to create 1/3 Anything goes mixed media

Allsorts 1/3 magical worlds

I hope I may have inspired you to join in with our June "summer fields" challenge. You can use any stamps/products, the choice is yours. 

You can enter our challenge as many times as you like and combine with other challenges. There is also a £20 crafting voucher up for grabs to the lucky randomly selected winner to spend over on the Country View Crafts on line store. Remember that UK postage and packing from CVC is free on all orders over £7.50! Once again all the details for the June challenge can be found here;

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Keep staying safe,

Back soon

Bye for now

Jane x