Snow Day and Redbird Birthday Card

We had a snow day today! I think everyone remembers how much you loved a snow day from your childhood days. My girls were super excited. They dug out the snow clothes (of course everything is mixy matchy because you just wear what fits, right?) and decided to shovel the driveway. That didn't last long and they headed off to play on the swing set. Love those rosy cheeks. Good day for cocoa, marshmallows and huge dollops of Cool Whip...and wet snow clothes scattered all over the house for Mom to pick up.

And sitting by the fire, looking at the beautifully decorated Christmas tree, being thankful that we have a nice, warm home.

And after I shipped the girls off to Grandma's house, I stamped! That was, after we sang *Grandma got ran over by a reindeer*. We danced and laughed at the thought of poor ol' Grandma getting run over on her way to pick up the girls!!

Onto my card, I'm winding down on my Christmas cards but I'm still into the Christmas colors. So I opted for red today(kinda easing into Valentine colors), using Karen Lockhart's Itty Bitty Birds. I colored the image with Copic markers, using my Colorless Blender on the birds' stomach areas. Images were cut and layered with Spellbinder's Long Rectangle Dies. Sentiment and ribbon is from Papertrey Ink. Patterned papers from My Mind's Eye and Cosmo Cricket.

For a finishing touch, I used an oval acrylic sticker and cut a little flag for the sentiment. It's nice to add a few more cards to my regular stash and perhaps get a head start on next year's birthday cards.

Hope you're enjoying the wintry weather if it's in your neighborhood. I really don't like the cold but I'm having a change of heart about winter....gotta love all the seasons as they come and go.