Have you ever pondered the deep mystery of what snowmen do at night while all of us humans are sleeping? Well, apparently Lisa (aka lisa lara) has. She is our supercalafragilisticexpealidocious Teapot Tuesday hostess today, and, man, does she have a darling teapot for our inspiration! Furthermore, she has created an exceptionally ADORABLE card of her own for this challenge and she drew her own image!!!! I envy her talent to draw her own images. Check out the challenge and Lisa's cute card in the challenge forum. I hope you'll consider playing along.
Earlier this week, Lisa posted a sneak peek picture of the inspiration teapot and that is what I worked from. I knew it had something to do with snowmen at night and I saw lots of my beloved purple color, so I drew upon those three things (snowmen, night, and purple) for my card today. And my alter ego, Bertie, also drew upon one more item for her inspiration: pink snowballs. Yep. Pink snowballs....you know....those yummy pink coconut, marshmallow- covered cupcake snowballs? Yep. Bertie and I got the most hilarious package in the mail yesterday from Lorraine (pidgesmom). It seems Lorraine wanted to continue the snowball fight that Bertie started at last week's Teapot Tuesday party, and she sent me a package of pink snowballs covered with a cute SPLAT! covering them (picture is on my blog). Thanks, Lorraine!
What? You wanna know where the pink snowballs are? Well, listen up, my friends....here's Bertie's story of what she thinks snowmen do at night and what happened to the pink snowballs Lorraine sent:
Hi, ya'll!!! I jes gots ta tell ya that I thinks snowmen wake up around midnight with all this purty purple glistening snow at their feet, as well as pink, glittery snowballs already preformed layin' about all over da place and they have this massive snowball fight until about 3:00 a.m.!! See this li'l guy here? He's warmin' up his pitchin' arm and has his 'amnition alls abouts him. He's comin' in the front door to the tea party at Santa's cottage and plans to blast a few of the tea partiers with these pink snowballs. Aw, shucks! Don't worry yer purty li'l heads off. Ain't no one gonna git hurt. These snowballs are soft, tasty and full of chocolate cake and creamy white centers! Ya see, snowmen....just afer midnight each night....go from house to house stealin' them thar pink snowball cake goodies and use them for their snowball fights! That's what happened to poor Charlene's snowball goodies that Lorraine sent her. One of them thar snowmen snuck into her house and stole 'em!! What? No, I ain't gained no weight over night. It's jes yer imag'nation.
Well, that's Bertie's story and what she thinks snowmen do at night and what happened to the scrumpdillyicious pink snowball cakes that Lorraine sent to me. I swear that girl is getting fatter every day!!!
Note: I drew the snowman's stick arms so he could warm up his pitchin' arm for the snowball fight. That's the extent of my drawing ability! :-) For my night sky, I ripped some post-it notes and used my sponge daubers to apply various shades of inks (my brayer doesn't like me, so I have to use sponge daubers). I can't remember the name of these tiny snowflakes, but I white embossed them.
Have a great day and watch out for Bertie! She's on the loose. Last I heard she was searchin' for Peggy...
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 2:04 PM
What a fantastic night sky you have created here, Charlene! I am afraid I am unfamiliar with these pink snow balls you are talking about! They sound yummy, tho, so in this case I don't think anyone will mind Bertie slinging things this week! Great card and story!
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 2:57 PM
Well, Bertie is gettin to be quite the artist, and she and me have a real affection for those marshamllowy confections covered in coconut...yumm!! Sorry to hear the snowman grabbed em while you were sleeping tho!!
This is one cute card...and my snowmen aren't expectin snowmablls comin' there way, so watch out!!
Love the twig arms and your cool snow drifts with post its, Charlene!!
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 3:00 PM
Charlene/Bertie, this is adorable. I am so loving the pink snowballs. Wouldn't they make a very cute snowgal? hehe Love your sky and colors. Your "hand" drawn stick arms are amazing. You did them sooooo well. hehe Oh by the way, tell Bertie to stay away from my stack of snowballs. Don't want her flinging them at everyone. Awesome teapot party card AND story. TFS :0)
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 6:00 PM
Looks like I'll be entering with my mouth open!!! Love those pink snowballs. I hope to catch one and gobble it up. So glad you got such a kick out of them! I absolutely love how you incorporated them into your card (and story) today. It's wonderful. Your sky is so vivid and you're showing a real talent there, drawing those twiggy arms!
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 8:01 PM
Now that's some story! And your card - WOW! Love all the bright colour and textures! Now I'll run and hide so I don't get hit by one of those flyin snowballs - even if they are cake!
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 8:39 PM
OMG!!! I haven't had snowball cakes in like forever. c'mon throw one this way....girl, this card is just to much fun. love the pink snowballs and the lovely sky. great job.
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 8:57 PM
Too funny!!! I remember that I used to love those pink snowballs when I was a kid. Biting into that coconut fluff and then the chocolate and creamy filling! Yum! Thanks for bringing back a really good memory of when I could eat that kiind of stuff!
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009 @ 11:21 PM
So that's where my pink snowball treats went....I kept buying them and they kept disappearing. I blamed by poor DH...no wonder he was sooo confused!!!! You sure did a fabulous job on that sky, Charlene, and your little snowman is soooo cute!!!! As for Bertie....you need to put a lid on that one, for sure!!!!!
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Wed, Dec 09, 2009 @ 6:17 PM
You all rocked on the nighttime sky.. I was afraid to add one to my card as my time was limited and it would have ended up a do over.. This is so sweet and I think your drawing abilities are right up there with Lisas.. Pink snow..hmmmm the dog must have had some koolaid before he played.
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