Snow, Snow Everywhere and Off to the Teaparty!!!

We are in the midst of a winter snowstorm today....since we only see this once every few years, we silly Texans are all excited!!! This is a picture of my cactus garden at the back of our property.....sure doesn't look like a Texas landscape!!

I am just a little concerned about the big old trees in our yard...too much wet snow will cause the branches to break. That's not so good since they drape over our house!!!

The back patio looks kinda sad....we are planning out February family birthday party for Saturday. Hope the snow will be gone so we can use the space!!!

Now, down to business!! The snow is just beautiful and sooo got me in the mood to go to Colorado for da Mudder's tea party!! It seems Shaun White, the Olympic Snowboarder, has been practicing there and really upset Abner the Abdominable Snowman for disturbing his white space. We were to add a little color so everything wasn't so white. I added a few red *flags* and some flower silhouettes to add a little spice to his boring world!!

The Color Challenge on Splitcoast was all about the Olympics, too. Betty listed several events and we were to pick which event we wanted to enter. I entered the first one to add one color (red) and a neutral (black). My dessert was the silver pearls.

This is also for the DDC challenge hosted by Fran (Francie G.)...it's a 1-2-3 challenge. I used:

1 ribbon

2 images

3 silver pearls.

You can find the DDC challenge in the challenge forum post # 67. Be sure to add DDC to the keywords section of your upload so we can find your card.

The image from Clear Dollar Stamp's Plumes and Blooms set were stamped twice with Versafine Onyx Black and embossed with clear ep. The outside edge was embossed with a square Nestability and the ribbon and silver pearls finish it off.

Thanks for visiting and now I'm off to stir my soup....nothing like a hearty bowl of soup and cornbread on a snowy day!!!