All we talk about...

It seems these days, all we talk about is the weather. More "conversation" is falling from the sky, and blowing, or so it seems, from all directions. Last night as I stepped outside, I heard the wind whipping the ice blocks down on the shores of the Lake. Unless it's horribly and consistently cold, Lake Michigan doesn't completely freeze, but blocks of lake water will. It was an interesting sound - somewhere between a million plastic bottles knocking together, and ice cubes chinking together in a huge cup. Had to smile. I'd go down there today and photograph it for you all to see, but with all the blowing snow, I'd probably end up stepping off the edge of the bluff. Can you just picture this grandma going end over end, banging into brush, trees, rocks, and then smacking into the beach?! Think I'll wait till there's a lull in the "conversation" before I attempt anything like that. So how's the weather by you?

This week, Retro Sketches is celebrating their 100th sketch! How cool is that?! Love playing there!! The DT is fantabulous! Arielle, Kasia, Laurie, and for the month of February, Wanda have all created marvelous cards. Be sure to stop over and see for yourself. This week, in honor of their 100th, they are also offering a prize from Reverse Confetti, and RC's DT has also contributed to this wonderful parade of cards. Killer creations! Wanna see the sketch??? Ok....

I took a pretty literal approach when I made my card. 

For whatever reason, the colors did not photograph well. The dark chevrons are pretty matchy-matchy to the blue in the twine. The peachy color is softer and less orange, and the vellum panel under the "happy" is closer in color to the aqua-ish chevrons. *Sigh* As soon as I win the lottery (hahahahahahaha...), I'm buying the best camera out there. So all the papers are scraps, except the base, which is Neenah white. SC woodgrain squeekquins, the "happy" is a sticker from Jillibean Soup, and the twine is from the Twinery. All those little chevvies were cut with my Cameo. I love this sketch. Arielle really makes fantastic cards, doesn't she??! I hope she won't mind if I tell you all that even before I started blogging, I drooled over her blog almost everyday, and was/am continually awed by her creations. Well, since I won't be going anywhere today, and since my chores are done too, I'm headed back into the paper mountain and craft a bit more. Happy dances everyone.