3 Calling Birds??

I won some free digis from Bugaboo Stamps awhile back and I picked up a really cute one called Winter Bird Trio that I wanted to use for a Christmas card. Got it all coloured up and the card made and I was trying to decide what to use for a sentiment. The standard, "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" just wasn't cutting it for me.

Then, it came to me. I'd use the line "3 Calling Birds" from "12 Days of Christmas" - perfect! I was about ready to print that out when I got my frowny face on and said, "Hmmmmm..." Now, I was at the computer anyways so I could have just Googled the lyrics but I went for the incredibly more fun way of singing the song in my head from "5 Golden Rings" instead. (The Muppets version of the song, of course, because otherwise, there's really no point.)

My frowny face got a little more wrinkly when I got to "4 Calling Birds" and I realized that I couldn't use it for my card. But, I continued on and, as you know, the next line is "3 French Hens" which would also work for this card. Then apparently the next line of the song is, "Omg! That's even freakin' perfecter!" because that's not only what I sang in my head next but what popped out of my mouth and addressed the empty room. (And the room was nice enough not to comment on my poor grammar.)

Then I decided to use Thickers and alpha stickers rather than a computer-generated sentiment and, BAM, card completed.

Here it is.......

And, I wanted to make sure everyone knew the hens were actually French, so I added that "Joyeux Noël".  Truth be told, I was seriously thinking about putting the following in the speech bubble:  "Hé! Qui appelez-vous une poule!" you know, 'coz those birds are clearly male. (Seeing as they've got the colourful plumage going on and all that.) But, I thought that might be a little too obscure for my Christmas card recipients as I think only one or two of them have more than the compulsory grade 9 French credit, if that. (Not that I'm putting them down for that, I'll admit I'm guilty of washing out of French after grade 9. And if any Francophone ever heard my French accent they'd thank me for doing so, for sure.)

I also thought it might be too obscure for anyone who doesn't share my.......ahem.....special.... brand of humour.  Honestly, I can't always tell the difference between what's actually funny and what's just me funny.  Still, if I've made at least one person at least smile with this post.....mission accomplished.  And if I've made the rest of you go "Huh?" while you're wearing your omg-she's-so-weird-face, well, that's a pretty good day's work too.

For:

Inkspirational:  photo inspiration
Crafty Catz:  anything goes
Jingle Belles:  Christmas creature
QKR Stampede:  3 of a kind - 3 birds, 3 ornaments
Simply Create Too:  shop your craft room - Digi and papers are a few months old, Thickers and alpha stickers are close to being ancient
Divas By Design:  anything goes
Just Inspirational:  occasions
The Pink Elephant:  anything goes
Sentimental Sundays:  anything goes
Quirky Crafts:  quirky charades - I think I've well covered what song this is from.  Even provided a video to watch and everything!  :-)
Pile It On:  feeling cool
Christmas Card Challenges:  no embellishments - Not sure if Thickers and alpha stickers count as embellishments or not......
4 Crafty Chicks:  anything goes
As You Like It:  favourite style cute or elegant - Definitely cute over elegant. Mostly because cute can also be funny but elegant rarely is.
Aud Sentiments:  two or three word sentiment - I have both!
Moving Along With the Times:  winter is coming
Catch The Bug:  anything goes
Challenge Up Your Life:  anything goes
Crafty Calendar:  It's all about Christmas
Kit and Clowder:  Christmas
Little Clair's:  Christmas theme
Vandicrafts:  bye bye birdy
Animal Friends:  it's cold
Bearly-Mine:  Christmas cards
Cards Galore:  anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty:  anything goes
Simon Says Stamp:  anything goes
Craft Hoarders:  Layer it + hoarded supplies
Crafty Boots:  music
Time Out Challenges:  bird of a feather flock together