Baby, It's Cold Outside! @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Doni's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "Baby, It's Cold Outside!" which means she wants to see those winter makes.

Usually, when you think of winter in Canada, especially in Ontario, you think of snow.  We were certainly thinking of snow at Christmas time when a fairly epic multi-day snowstorm hit which left people stranded, caused accidents and damage, closed roads and had many families have postpone their Christmas events.  We were lucky, all my Babies and *Sub-Babies were tucked in here on the Thursday night (23rd) with plans to stay for the duration.  We also didn't lose power, which was surprising, given the high winds.  So, we ended up having a cozy Christmas, and were able to make the short drive to my dad's place on Christmas Day and the even shorter drive to my mil's on Boxing Day so it didn't end up affecting us too much.  

Thing is, we're not exactly thinking of snow now.  Because after all that snow, the temps rose and then it rained for....it feels like.....two weeks.  So, all that's left of snow around here are some crusty, rock hard snowdrifts that just didn't get completely melted before the temps went back below freezing.

Guess what I'm saying is, if you want to see snow from 'round here, you'll have to make due with this card....

...which features purple snow - ha!  I used a snowflake from a Close to My Heart set I bought at a garage sale some time ago.  It's actually one of my favourite clear stamp sets.  Inked up two different snowflakes with Versamark and then used embossing powder.  Even though I used an Embossing Buddy on the cardstock before inking, I did have some stray embossing powder stick....so I just doubled down on that and purposely sprinkled both ep purples and made it part of the design.  Die for the sentiment and rectangle is from Stamplorations.  

So, why not give our challenge a go this week and join us?  And, if you'd like more inspiration, be sure to check out what the Girlfriends have made.

*If you're wondering what a Sub-Baby is, that's the group term I use for my kids' SOs.  My daughter actually came up with it when we were having a conversation about....well.....pecking order, I guess you could say.  She was (jokingly) trying to get me to say I loved her SO the most out of the SOs.  I, of course, did the classic Mom thing and said I loved them all the same.  That morphed into a conversation about how, technically, I loved my three kids, a little more than the three SOs, because, well, other than the obvious, I said that if anything were to go down, I would definitely be choosing my kids over the SOs.  So, while I loved the SOs too and did consider them as my Babies (as they were granted the same circumstances as back when I would 'adopt' kids into our family if I was taking charge of them, for example, if I was taking a teammate of my kids to a sporting event, it meant they didn't have to pay for anything, but in return they had to listen to me when I told them to put on sunscreen etc.) only theirs was a permanent adoption, but they had to be ranked just a smidge, just a lil titch, below my Babies.  Her response:  "Oh, so they're Sub-Babies then."  And the rest is history.  

Also for:

Creative Fingers:  anything goes

My Time to Christmas Craft:  favourite technique - Using embossing powder!  (:

ABC Christmas:  A for anything

Ellibelle's:  anything goes

The Holly & Ivy:  anything Christmas goes

Crafty Calendar:  add a sentiment

A Place to Start:  anything goes

Use Your Stuff:  real or faux stitching

613 Avenue Create:  winter

Peace on Earth:  anything Christmas

We Love Stamping:  favourite colours - I love me some purple!