...and two more cards using IO diecuts

The back ground paper is from Heartfelt Creations. I added fine lines of glue to the swirls and flowers and then sprinkled fine glitter on top. The result is really pretty- a subtle sparkle.

balmy weather, warm winds, sunshine...

I am sooo over winter and it's only January 20th. I have been day dreaming about warm places with palm trees and swaying warm winds...ah well...one can dream....

I took this picture several years ago in South Carolina, on the way to Fripp Island. I think this is on Hunting State Island or St. Helena's Island. Anyway...it's warmer than here... and we are expecting 6-8" of snow over night....great....

Spring can't come soon enough. Dream on...

What is it about snowmen that I love so much?

3" x 3" collage

It must be the child in me that loves Snowmen. Certainly not my adult self, as I no longer enjoy being freezing, wet and snow covered. But as a child, I loved-loved-loved being out in the snow! Remember being so cold that your feet itched when you finally came inside? And my fingers would be red and all pins and needles until they warmed up too.

Snowmen were high on the list of fun winter fun. And building snow forts and snow ball fights. My bother and I spent hours out in the snow. We would try to build igloos, making square snow bricks and piling them up. They usually caved once we started the in turn of the curve of the roof. But we kept trying!

Remember that wonderful feeling when you woke up to a foot of snow and school was cancelled? I would sit by the window and watch the snow and plot my entire day of playing in the snow. It was a heady experience to have an entire day of freedom! But before I went out in the snow, I would go watch Minute Mouse and Courageous Cat, Little Lulu, Felix the Cat and Mighty Mouse.

Snowmen and snow days - nothing quite like them!