DDD ~ What not to wear { to the Holiday Party!}

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Good morning!  It's the 15th of the month and that means the Dueling Darlings duel it out with mystery card kits .... and what fun!!  It was my turn to host for the Divas and Jeanette was hostess for the Dazzlers!  That, in itself, should have had all the Darlings running for cover - ROFL!  And did we ever have a grand 'ol time this month planning a doozy of a theme - What not to Wear (based on the hit tv show) with a twist - what not to wear to the Holiday Party!  We put together a cah-razy mishmash of holiday papers tossed in with some argyle, stripes, pinks and purples ... all the wild outfits that you see them start the show with before they dress 'em up!  Lastly, our CHALLENGE part this month was to show off an old picture of ourselves wearing one of those crazy outfits ~ I wore day-glow, neon clothes ala Madonna style in high school, so atrocious I can't believe that we walked around looking like humor highlighters!  But it was style - big hair, glam rock, flashy clothes, big shoulder pads ......... Hi-de-ous!  I didn't get a chance to head over to my mom's to scoop up an old photo album but I did sneak this one out of my husband's old photo album from when we met - IN HIGH SCHOOL, lol.  We've been together for like 100 years :)  We were collecting those Flintstones glasses from P.Hut and stopped in to find one ~ and he snapped a picture ... Oh my, that was a lifetime ago :)  But as you can see from my cropped half shirt (gasp) I still had those bright colors going on ;)  I also had just cut my hair - it was always long and teased and HUGE!!  Oh what a decade ........ LOL!!

I went around and around with what image I wanted to use, and finally remember this sweet little In Style stamp called Lilah.  I bought a few of these for gifts and kept one intended to make cards for my daughters - and never did *smile!*  But she's ready to rock around the Christmas tree now, paired up with papers from MME, DCWV and CI - buttons, bow, twine and more.  I added a sentiment inside and the paper that was one of the requirements - use one of the non holiday papers in some fashion.   Rambling ...... NOT happy at all with my card, but it was due so now it's done, rofl :) 

Be sure to check out what the other Divas 'n Dazzlers have going on with this What Not To Wear kit!!  I'm so proud of them for taking on this challenge - I know for some of them it was not easy and am so proud of them for stepping up to a difficult challenge and hope it was a fun and creative process thinking outside the box!  You can see the diva's blog creations:

Barb *  Carol  *  Judy  *  Jamie  *  Joan  * Kelly (me!) * LauraJean  * Tami  

and the Dazzlers can be viewed when you go to the Team Leader, Jeanette's blog!  WOOHOO!  Sit back and enjoy the show!!!! :)

Big hugs,

Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly