Banana Split Sunday

Today the Banana Split Sunday challenge is to us a tree. I have seen cards before with button trees but have never made one myself so it was a fun challenge. Green is my favorite color so I do have a large supply of green buttons but finding enough of the right colors that go together was the trick. This is a fun challenge, hope you give it a try and don't forget to check out the other bananas trees as well.

Dreaming about Summer

Okay, today we have a blizzard here in Iowa and I'm dreaming about summer. We had 14 inches of snow last night and are all stuck in the house. Perfect time to scrap and make cards but I'm posting a page I made last week. I was very excited as this was a challenge to use a circle as your focal point on a page from The Scrap Room. I was very pleased with how it turned out and then was the random winner of the challenge. This is just the second week I had participated in their challenges so I'm pretty excited. Hope you like my page and that it is warmer where you are than here.

Banana Split Sunday Stay Warm

This weeks Banana Split Sunday Challenge is to make a card that reflects "Staying Warm". I immediately thought of this House Mouse image that makes me feel warm. The sentiment is from a new Christmas Sentiments set at 2RedBananas. It's a thank you sentiment thrown in with holiday greetings. So see if you can have warm thoughts this week and maybe you can win a House Mouse stamp for the prize drawing.

Banana Split Sunday

Today the Banana Split Sunday Challenge is called, "Are your Christmas cards mailed yet?" Obviously the challenge is to make a Christmas or Winter card. The prize for this weeks challenge is the stamp I used called Penny's Christmas Tree. I paper pieced the tree for a fun look. Be sure to check out the other bananas for different ideas on ways to use this cute stamp.

Blessings

Today I took a scrap challenge from a blog at the Scrap Room. It is a monthly kit club I belong to and I just love their paper. I just discovered that they have a weekly challenge so I decided to give it a try. I have a whole bunch of scrapping to do for my nephews pictured here so a challenge was very helpful today. I used the Kennedy quote from the 2RB Oct/Nov Journaling set.

Snowman Love

Today I made a card from the PCP sketch challenge. I used a stamp from a set called Snowman Love at 2RedBananas. This set is actually on sale and is really cute with several sayings and snowflakes. I really liked how the brown and blue look together but after I posted it I decided I should maybe add some glitter to bling him up a little. Funny how it looks different on the computer.

Banana Split Sunday

Today the Banana Split Sunday Challenge is to make something that expresses what you are thankful for. I already made Thanksgiving cards for my family so this challenge inspired me to make a card for a friend who is the best. The stamps come from a set called Fuzzy Bears from 2RB. I was excited to use a new embossing folder I got from Quickuzt called Leaves. I think I will be using this one a lot. I really like the variety of leaves, hope you can see them. I also added stitching I often do. So this is the perfect challenge for this time of year, give it a try.