Christmas Robins and an introduction

Morning to you all, it's mid way at Tag-Along (and ATC's) challenge where we are following Lynn's Red and Green theme.

My tag above uses Visible Image's matching Robin stamps and dies onto a stencilled background, red stickles for the berries and the word Robin from the same stamp set. Lots of snippets used for the Holly and Robins on both of these so popping to the Snippets Playground withe the above tag. Mixed Media Artiste would like to see a Christmas slant so hope this fits the bill and it's If it's Chrismassy at Christmas Kickstart, Sisterhood of Crafters and Krafty Chicks. At Inkspirational they would like to see stencils used.

My ATC uses the same sets mentioned above but the smaller Robin which makes it a very useful set. At Sweet Stamping it's Christmas so adding my ATC as it is at Crafty Calendar.

Now the introduction, below our new family member who we have called Fleur. We had no intention of having a new puppy and certainly not so soon after losing Holly, it just didn't seem right. But as people keep telling me, some things are are meant to be.

Last Monday we were asked by our Vet if we would consider homing a Lab puppy who had not fared well with the breeder. It all happened very quickly within just a few hours so we were totally unprepared, but agreed when we saw her and knew she needed lots of love and attention. 

The Vet weighed her at just 2.85kg, all skin and bone, at nearly nine weeks she should be double that. She had a high temperature so onto antibiotics along with a high protein diet. She had been left alone in a loose box at the stables and clearly had little human attention, she didn't even know how to take a treat from our hands, but learning quickly and yesterday up to 3.4kg, she's such an affectionate little thing and already bouncing about with her toys. Thank goodness for Amazon who have been beating a path to our door the last few days with all the essential puppy needs!!