Flashback Friday's - It's a Banner Day!

This week, the challenge at Flashback Friday's is to post your old first "banner" project. Well, like everyone else, I jumped on the banner bandwagon about two years ago. But before I started using the typical triangle and various shaped paper flags, I found this Christmas card that I had made using the ornaments as my "banner" hanging from a gold chain.  I still look back on it and think it was pretty nice...

Christmas 2009

 Since it IS the holiday season once again, I figured this old project would fit in nicely with the challenge.
I know you've heard me say it before, but really...these challenges are so much fun! Every time I go back into my archives of old cards and projects, I find myself laughing and sometimes crying over the memories they bring back.  Join in the fun and you will not regret it!

Vintage Handmade Christmas

I love the old, vintage look of all of the latest scrapbook products out there! One of my favorites is the "Button Boutique" set from Papertrey Ink.

I use it for all occasions, and on all sorts of projects.

This week, the Make it Monday challenge at Papertrey Ink is to put

glitter, flocking, or Perfect Pearls on your project! 

Here's my entry!

1. I started by covering a white card base with my pattern paper and rounding the two outside corners.  Attached it to the cardbase.

2. I cut my red pattern paper and rounded those corners as well to match the corners of the button card.

3. I then die cut the button card and stamped it in red.  ( Inking all the edges as I went )

4. The fun part was die cutting all of the little buttons along with the sentiment and label in chipboard and then covering them with glitter!  (Notice I slipped one little Jenni Bowlin chipboard button onto the card! And even that I clear embossed for shine!)

5. To finish, I simply layered my card, and added the gold bow and the glittered blue and green buttons and label strip.

At first, I wasn't sure I liked the vintage look combined with the sparkly glitter,

but it's growing on me!

Supplies:

Papers:  Paper Studio, "A Heartwarming Holiday", and Cosmo Cricket,

"Odds and Ends"

Stamps: Papertrey ink, "Button Boutique" and Inkadinakdo "Doodle Frames Holiday"

Glitter: Stampendous

 

Also entered at the challenge at:

Stampendous Impressions, ( Using chipboard -and used their wonderful glitter, of course)

DYSU Challenge #46

Hey everyone! Welcome back to a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?! I'm so glad you could join us! This week we want to see a Splash of Blue on your project!

This week's Sponsors:

Robyn’s Fetish Winner’s Choice of EITHER 5 Digital Stamps OR 4 Digital Stamps and 1 Paper Pack

Raindrop Echo Designs Winner’s Choice of 4 Digi Sentiment Sets

Mami Doodles 4 Digital Images

My card for this week:

The image I chose is the adorable

"Jake" from Mami Doodles playing dress up as a Pirate.

I love this paper from Quick Quotes

and the sentiment is an old ready-made by My Mind's Eye.

I just trimmed up the bottom edge with decorative scissors and inked it up!

The really cool sparkly glitters are actually the new Fran*tage Shaved Ice and Mica products from

STAMPENDOUS!

Is that not the most amazing stuff ever?! A bit of glue/adhesive,

let it set up just enough to keep the flakes from flying away,

simply hit it with your heat gun, and it melts to your card. 

The ultimate in embossing!

I was experimenting and mixed several different colors and grains,

so no one product name to give you.  Besides, I love them all!

Come on over to "Do You Stack Up"
and see what all the other Design Team gals have created!

DYSU Challenge #45

Welcome back to a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?!

 This week, we want your projects to be Inspired by a Song!

Please be sure to let us know in your post what your song is. ;)

This week's Sponsors:

JLJ Designs $10 Gift Certificate

Di’s Digi Downloads Winner’s Choice of 5 Digis

My card this week features a stamp from our sponsor,

Di's Digi Downloads, "Penguin Love".

Isn't it just too cute?

Justin Beiber

"Mistletoe"

I don't wanna miss out on the holiday,

But I can't stop staring at your face,

I should be playing in the winter snow,

But Ima be under the mistletoe.

I know, lame... but I really like this song!

(Anything with even a remotely sounding Reggae beat)

As soon as I saw the little gal and penguin on the snow drift,

I immediately thought of these lyrics!

And, I HAD to add Mistletoe, of course!

Come join the fun with us over at Do You Stack Up!
You could win a great prize!

And, as long as you're here, please add your name to my "follower" list.
I'm still aiming for that goal of 100 by December 31st!!!!

Have a great day!
Jan

DYSU Challenge #44

Now that we're moving out of the Halloween mood,

this week the challenge over at "Do You Stack Up" is especially fun!

We want to see some Teal on your project.

I know I'll be looking for teal/blue to be the main color or the POP of your project,

so pile it on!

This week's Sponsors:

The Craft’s Meow Winner’s Choice of 1 Stamp Set

Stretch ‘n Bubbles Winner’s Choice of 4 Digis

Copic Marker Scrapbooking

6 Copic Ciao Markers (North/South America),
Martha Stewart punch (rest of the world)

I was fortunate to get the most adorable stamp from one of our sponsors this week,

 "The Craft's Meow"!

I have several of their stamps and I absolutely love them all!

They lend themselves to paper piecing so well, and I can still get that little bit of Copics coloring in besides!

Sorry about the lighting. Really makes the blotchiness on her skin show up! I am working on finding a better paper... one that works with my ink jet printer.

Entered in challenge at:

4 Crafty Chicks (Die Cuts)



Hey, Neighbor!

I made a quick card for a neighbor this week. Seems like our nice, quiet street is about to grow by leaps and bounds! In the last 3 months, there have been six lots on our street alone where the builder has broken ground. The most recent is the lot directly across the street from me.  My neighbor next door to the new build is about to lose her perfect view of the mountains to the West, and the deer will have to go further down the street to cross from the golf course into our little community park area. (Of course, that may mean we lose fewer plants and flowers to them! I also suspect they drink from my courtyard fountain at night.) I will have to look OVER the new roof to see the foothills, but thankfully, it is only a single story. From our master bath, I still have a great view.

It seemed, just like this card, that someone literally DROPPED a house in the empty lot overnight!  I think it took about 2 months from frame, to walls, to stucco, to finish!

Kinda scary...

I know my neighbor will see the humor in it; besides, all you can do is laugh. The dozen or so of us couldn't have the street all to ourselves forever.

The pattern paper from DCWV, Songbird pack made this card so easy-peasy!

I simply fussy-cut the little houses and popped some up.

Dangling the new house with twine was so much fun! 

And the little birdhouses DO somewhat resemble the houses in our neighborhood! LOL!

This card will be entered into the challenge at :

Simon Says Stamp and Show (House/Home)



Halloween Mini and Coffin!

Boo!

With my grandson getting older, it has become more fun to plan for Halloween! He loves the gruesome as long as it's at arms' distance!

He has been sharing Halloween jokes with me, so I thought I would share some with him. Let's face it, there will be enough candy around without adding to it!

I thought he would enjoy a keepsake that he could bring out on occasion and remeber how silly we were (are) !

I purchased a little wooden coffin at Michael's knowing that I would want to alter it or fill it with candy corn... something.

I finally decided on the Joke Mini Album tucked inside for safe keeping.

I painted and decorated the outside JUST GORY ENOUGH for a 6 year old,

then lined the box with paper and tulle to give it that EERIE feeling.

Then I added some CREEPY spiders...

For the little book, I cut pieces of black chipboard the shape of the coffin,

placed an adorable little skeleton on the front, and hinged it together with a long brad.

Inside, Hayden will find some of his favorite vampire, witch, and ghost jokes, along with a few new ones I found online.

I have to admit, I had so much fun making this project for him!

I know how excited he gets when he thinks he's telling a new joke and we all pretend to NEVER have heard it before. And the cornier, the better!

This has been a fairly long post for me, so I thank you all for reading this far.

My internet was down for several hours tonight, and it's getting late so I'm off to bed.

Stay safe "Trick-or-Treating" or whatever your plans are for tomorrow night.

I know I'll be out with the little goblins, knocking on doors and telling silly jokes....

This little project will be entered in the challenges at:
If the Shoe Fits, Scrap It... (Halloween)
Paper Play Challenges (Halloween)
Scrap It With A Song (The Grateful Dead)  Get it?!  LOL!
The Paper Variety (Cute or Spooky Project)

DYSU Challenge #43 - Boo!

Look at what's up at Do You Stack Up?! This week we are getting in gear to celebrate the spookiest holiday of the year! That's right... we want to see your Halloween creations!

This week's Sponsors:

Stitchy Bear Designs $10 Gift Voucher

Sassy Cheryl Designs $5 Gift Certificate

Prairie Fairy Designs
$15 Gift Certificate




The image I used on my card is from our sponsor, Prairie Fairy!  Always fun, always adorable!

I had so much fun dressing up this little guy, 

from his plaid jammies down to his fuzzy slippers!

I wanted to make a card that my 6 year old grandson could relate to.  Every costume we looked at or discussed was "too scary". He wanted to be something less "spooky".  Because of a recent vacation trip the family took to California and to Alcatraz Island, I think he decided on being a prison guard and my DD and my son-in-law being his prisoners...no, that's not creepy...lol!

But this is definately how some of the kids look that show up at my door!

Costume over their pajamas!

So, grab your stamps and inks, and join the fun at
DO YOU STACK UP!

And since this card fits in perfectly, and it's a fun holiday, I'm entering it in some challenges at:
If the Shoe Fits Scrap It...  (Halloween)
Kaboodle Doodles (Halloween)
PaperPlay Challenges (Halloween/Witches)
Pollycraft Monday (Spooky Goings On)
The Paper Variety (Cute or Spooky project)
Fab n Funky Challenge (Hubble Bubble Toil And Trouble)
Penny's Paper Crafty (Halloween)
Digi Designs (Halloween)
Daisy Doodle Creations (Halloween)
Aud Sentiments (Funny card)
Scrap-Creations (Digi image)

Holiday Hugs!

Waltzing Mouse Stamps has a wonderful CAS sketch this week, and I had to take a break from laundry and house cleaning to make this Christmas card for the challenge.  We can never start too soon, and I love that the cards I send out each year are each totally different. Challenges are great for that!

It's not obvious in the photo, but the frame around the sentiment is heat embossed in gold to match the gold Stickle centers of the poinsettias.

Supplies:
Bazzill cardstock
Stamps; Waltzing Mouse Stamps, "Bountiful Basket Additions" and "Vintage Labels 4"
Die;  Spellbinders, Nestibilities, Labels Four
Background; Red Bazzill cardstock, Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge
Wilton Doily
Copics Markers
Stickles

Happy Birthday Wishes!

My Favorite Things

has a great sketch challenge this week!

I just had to grab some Pure Innocence stamps and play along!

I love these cute papers from DCWV and the coordinating epoxy stickers made it so easy!  My joint pain has been worse this week, and these little images make paper piecing a no-brainer!

Then, I figured if one MFT image is good, two is even better!

So I dressed up the inside of my card with another Pure Innocence image!

Enjoy!  I have to make this a short post today.

The Jimmy Buffet concert is tonight, and I have things to do before I can go play!

Supplies:

Stamps;  MFT, "Hello Cupcake" , and "My Little Firecracker"

Papers and Epoxy Stickers; DCWV, "Doodlin' Around"

Copics Markers



DYSU Challenge #42 - TREES!

Welcome once again to a new challenge at Do You Stack Up?!  This week we want to see Trees on your projects!

This week's Sponsors:

Bugaboo Stamps Winner’s Choice of 7 Digis

The Stamping Boutique Winner's Choice of 5 Digis

Hope Jacare
Winner’s Choice of 3 Images

Yes, this week the challenge is to have a tree on your project, or to have your project BE a tree shape...etc. (you get the picture)!

My image is from one of our terrific sponsor's,  

Bugaboo Stamps, "Poppy Christmas Tree".  Isn't he adorable? 

And I paired him with a "borrowed" sentiment that I had spotted on a friend's card from Unity stamps.  It just seemed to fit the little image so perfectly!

With the holiday season just beginning, I knew I would be making plenty more Christmas cards, so I chose to go with unconventional colors this time around....

Not that I have anything against the typical red and green, but by January, I'm ready to pack away the red cardstock until February!

Wanting to keep "Poppy" as the highlight, I didn't add too many extras.  He desperately needed his tinsel, of course. And the bling is because he's just that kind of guy....

well, maybe not. Doesn't look too thrilled to be there!  LOL! 

I will probably send this to a friend who, every year, says she's NOT putting up a tree because of all of the work involved, yet does it anyway!

The background is the "Mistletoe Kisses" embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

I use that so much during the holidays that it stays out on my table for months!

The pretty, sparkly, striped paper is some old leftover kit scrap from

Close To My Heart.

So, get on over to Do You Stack Up's blog, see what the other gals have made ,
(I promise you won't be disappointed) and enter your own card to win some great prizes!