It's a Snow Day!!!

My daughter is THRILLED this morning, because we got up (rather I got up and she burrowed further under her covers) and I checked the school board website. There was a big red scrolling info band across the site that said that in anticipation of the today's winter storm, all schools in the area are CLOSED!!! Woohoo!! It was the last day of school before the holidays anyway, but Emileigh was excited to start her winter vacation today!

Now I am waiting by the phone because I'm REALLY hoping that they decide to close the library today. It's not very often that they close the library altogether but we are supposed to get up to 20 cms of snow by tonight. I would hope that the 'powers that be' will look out, no only for the patrons' safety but also the safety of their employees. It could also be that I'd just REALLY love a snow day!! I wanna STAMP!!!

Anyhoooo, today's card features ME, skiing to work later today because I won't be able to drive through the blizzard!! hahahaaa!! Okay, it's not really me, it's SKIIER RILEY!! I got mine at the Town Scrapper....that's where I pick up most of my Rileys!! The card base is Tangerine Tango and I used Close to Cocoa for matting. The designer papers are from Frosty Day by SU (what an appropriate name for today). I used my new Nesties to cut out Riley after I coloured him with my Copic markers. The ribbon is from My Favourite Things and I used some Basic Grey brads up in the corner.




The sketch is a great one and I'll use it again for sure! This was a sketch challenge in the Hanna Stamps Forum a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was perfect for Riley images! Also this wonderful sentiment is from High Hopes!! I use it a lot on winter cards!!

Okay, I'm off to wait for my poor husband to drive home in this insane weather and hope for the phone to ring with my boss telling me not to bother coming in to work!! hahaa!! It may be wishful thinking but it's good to have hope, isn't it?? Have a stampin' good day!!!