Wednesday WOW!

I never did get up and Christmas in July cards last month, but here is one that I made that I think is rather cute!!

I got the stamp at my LSS (Local Stamp Store) in their recycled stamp section... where you can bring your stamps, old tools and other items that you are not using and sell them off to someone else who can use them!  This one was in a bin for under $3 and I could not pass it up!

You can't really tell, but I used the crystal glaze on the lamp so it shines and really looks like glass is on it!

Anna Banana

Go Bananas #7 Sketch Challenge

Here is a slide show of this week's samples! This is the GO BANANAS Challenge 

Sketch:

Monday Madness!!

Well, here it is Monday again and I never got the Go Bananas challenge up last week!  It was a crazy one with a trip to our warehouse near O'Hare airport one day and a trip to Milwaukee, WI on another day thrown in the mix!

I DID get into the choir!!  WOO HOO!!!!

I was so nervous - it has been almost 15 years since I was last singing in a choir and I got a little stage fright!  But I LOVE to sing and the choir director could hear the good quality in my voice even through the quavering nerves!

Tomorrow I will have the Go Bananas challenge up and we will just go from here with my week of insanity behind us!

Anna Banana

Go Bananas Tuesday

Sorry to disappoint, but I have been hectic all day and I am about to leave to go audition for the local Choir.  (Wish me luck)

If I have a chance when I get home I will post the go bananas challenge, otherwise, look for it tomorrow!

Thanks for understanding!

Anna Banana

Friday Free For All

Well - I wonder if you noticed... For my Friday Free For All I changed my blog header & background color!  I added some color and some elements to the header make it a little more interesting and fun - the original, while pretty, was too boring :)

Anna Banana

Go Bananas 6 Reader Sketches

Here are the reader sketches I have so far - I will continue to add to this post as I get more!

The first one is from Monica

Thursday Things

This cute little ATC was made for a swap.  I played around with masking for the first time ever :)  The bunny and the pot are two different stamps.  I was able to line them up and make it look like the little guy is popping out to say hi!

Anna Banana

Go Bananas #6

I apologize for my absence - I was called to help pack out a shipment in our warehouse which is two hours away from my home office, so I didn't get a single creative thing accomplished the end of last week!

Here is this week's Go Bananas Challenge - I really struggled with this one ... looked a lot easier than it ended up being for me - maybe it's because packing boxes in a warehouse does not lend itself to vast amounts of creativity!

Anna Banana

Top Banana Design Team Samples

Here are the Top Banana Design Team Samples:

Anna 

Karyn

Laura

Reader Cards

Monica sent me a card for last week's Go Bananas #5 challenge

Here is her card!