I'm late for Christmas!!

Hi there!  I hope you are having a great start to the weekend :)   I'm finally getting a chance to post my very belated Calendar Girl card.  Our lovely hostess this month was Carol who asked us to create a Christmas in July card .... and now it's officially August so I'm late for Christmas in July, early for Christmas in December!  

My card is pretty simple ~ I wanted this adorable Whipper Snapper reindeer to be the focal point of the card and didn't realize what a big stamp it is!  This card is a 5.5 x 5.5 and as you can see, it's still taking up most of the card.  I ADORE these wonky nestabilities and love when they pair nicely with a whimsical image, like this one.  Since Carol loves glitter *smile!*, I wanted to make sure I added some to the card and found this super cool backless brads from Martha Stewart and added to the snowflake center and off to the side :)  

The inside verse is computer generated but I think it's also available at Whipper Snapper!  Thank you, Carol, for a most joyous card challenge!

As part of our challenge, we are to share one of our favorite Christmas memories.  For me, it's not one of my favorites, but definitely my most memorable!  When we lived in Germany, we loved playing outside in the snow and we asked Saint Nikolaus to bring us a sled.  And he did!  And true to my tomboy nature, I decided I was going to STAND UP on this sled going downhill - really dumb move!  I flew over the top of the sled, slamming to the ground, and the sled ran me over right after that, cracking my wrist in two.  I had to be pulled home by 2 friends on that very same sled, crying and holding my wrist.  Now we lived in a very remote German town with the nearest hospital 2 hours away ... and this being Christmas, well, my mom was quite beside herself.  She had a neighboring dr confirm the fracture and off we went to get my cast.  
And I didn't learn my lesson either, ROFL!  I broke that same arm skateboarding the summer after ~ my skateboard hit a rock going DOWNHILL and yep, kaboom, break.  I think my parents were just grateful I survived childhood! My brother and I were the cause of many scares and grey hairs!


Many blessings for a great weekend!  We will be close to home as our daughter is still recovering from her 4 wisdom teeth surgery :(  It's been slower than anticipated and she's on uncomfortable camper! And, coincidentally, our son has been at Karate camp this week - a great percursor of school about to begin (the back and forth, lol!)  I can't believe his summer is over already! :( :( :(

Please check my sidebar for the other Calendar Girl posts and see what yummy Christmas creations they made :)

Big hugs,

Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly