A snowy Friday....

....not exactly the weather I had hoped for today, but better today then on Sunday, when I fly off to  sunny, warm San Diego!  Woohoo, I can't believe it's now only two days away!     I am SO excited and happy to be making this winter escape and also that I'll be seeing my son, Brian, who I miss so much!    I had originally planned to do a lot of little errands today, but thankfully, I can do them tomorrow when I go out for my day of "pre-trip" pampering.  I'm having my hair done, followed by a wonderful Mani/Pedi!   Yay!!  I am also thrilled that I decided to fly out early (for Superbowl) and make those changes a couple of weeks ago, which turned out to be a blessing, since the forecast is for more snow Monday into Tuesday, which is the day I was originally leaving!   PHEW !!  Now, I'll already be in San Diego enjoying gorgeous sunshine and temps in the mid 70's!

   I love Fridays despite the snow and now that I am part of the Festive Fridays Challenge Design Team over at "The Outlawz Challenges", it's they are even more exciting.   This week we have another fun challenge, and as always we have four fun themes you may choose from, all based on fun days and events celebrated this week - 

Backwards Day

Inspire your Heart and Art

Groundhog Day

 Weatherman's Day

    At the time I picked my theme and created my card, I did not realize that "Groundhog Day" would have already gone by.  However, since it was celebrated this week, it is one of the themes you may choose and I hope these two fun cards might help you also decide to go with that theme, especially since we now know that we can expect an early Spring!!

    Both of my cards were created with Digital Images that I bought over at Melonheadz Doodles a fun store on Etsy.  Melonheadz has a wonderful selection of super cute images and I have always been a fan of Nikki's adorable designs.

    And speaking of stores on Etsy that I love, I am also very excited that a2z Scrapbooking, is now a monthly prize sponsor for "The Outlawz Challenges", where they will be gifting a  $20 Store Gift Card to one lucky winner, each month.  On top of that a2z is also now the sponsor for the "Festive Fridays" challenge and one lucky winner from that challenge will win their choice of any of the wonderful Hero Arts Digi Kits from the store!  My special thanks to a2z for being so generous.  As your know, I'm very fond of the entire a2z family and loved being part of their DT for the past two years.   Happily, I will still be part of the team taking on Guest Spots from time to time, Yay!!

    If you LOVE Hero Arts you'll love a2z Scrapbooking, and right now you can find lots of goodies in stock from Hero's latest release!  Love it !!  And you can also save with the current store promo code - LOVE15   which will save you 15% off any and all orders of $25 and up (excluding shipping)!!  Be sure the enter the code at check-out.   I'm also inviting you over to the a2z Blog where they have a brand new Design Team, which you can read about here, an of course, their own challenge, which this month is all about "Masking".   

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      Wishing you all a Fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!  I will be taking my Laptop to San Diego and do plan to stop by from time to time to post updates.  I'll also plan to post pictures and updates on Instagram, where I'm also known as "ThePurplePlace".  

       PS:  Before I go, I want to also remind you all to join me in the fabulous 30 Day Coloring Challenge over on Kathy's Racoosin's Blog - The Daily Marker!   It's already been so much fun and I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am!!  She is amazing and I adore her!