Merry Monday: Christmas Fun

I'm down to needing five Christmas cards!!!  It's a bitter cold and snowy day here today, so I have the coffee brewed, the fireplace going, the tree lights on - and I'm going to finish!!

This first one is for a new office mate who gives us hourly updates as to whether it's going to snow on Christmas.  (If you are from the Denver, Colorado area you can relate given the weather forecast - and the weather - can change dramatically!)  Her two young nieces are coming from California.  They have been practicing playing in the snow by throwing their arms in the air and catching pretend snowflakes on their cheeks.  The pictures she shows us are absolutely charming.

And this is another reason that I love cardmaking - I had the perfect stamp and sentiment for her Christmas card!


I even threw some sequin snow in just in case there isn't real snow!!  (Don't worry - they already have plans to head to the mountains so her nieces won't miss snow even though the current Denver forecast shows sunshine every day - except today - through Christmas.)
FYI - I realized as I was writing this that, although I carefully saved the dot for the "i" that is part of the die - I never glued it on!
This is the perfect "winter fun" story and I was definitely inspired by the snowman and shaker cards at the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge.

SUPPLY LIST

The snowman stamp is an old, old Penny Black stamp.  I couldn't find it to link it - but my search turned up the fact that Penny Black has a die in the same shape with the same smile - called Snowman Joy.  Here's a Penny Black blog post showing you just how cute it is!

The patterned paper is from Pink Paislee's 6x6 paper pad called Merry & Bright.  

Stamplorations Let It Snow

Lil' Inker Dual Dotted Rectangles Dies

TE Sequins - Snow Flurries

InLinkz.com