Ready, Set, Go - Circa 2008!

Good Morning, friends!

That is not a typo - it really says 2008!

My son asked me once, when discussing the '80's, 

 "isn't that when you all wore poodle skirts?"

Me:  "You.  are.  hilarious."

We are on Round 3 of the Ready, Set, Go Challenge!

 Jeanette is this month's hostess and asked us to go back -

 way, way, WAAAAAY back into our galleries at Splitcoaststampers 

and find the 8th card, representing the time we first posted to the SCS gallery -

in, you guessed it, 2008.

Oh the horrors! :/

It's such a funny trip down memory lane to look at my first cards ...

some of them I remembering making and LOVING them - LOL!

Here is my original card:  
  GASP! 

 And here is my new card, a CASE of the above ↑

What I kept: the card color scheme and the blue background design 
with yellow/green/orange design, bold flower as focal point 
and a corner sentiment ...
 (yes, that hideous purple flower in the corner is a sentiment, LOL!)

What I changed:  The prima flowers to a water colored stamp,
the red polka dot ribbon to red jute twine
 and the brads to enamel dots,
and the circles in the patterned paper became paper-pieced flowers.

 

I won this stamp set in an Altenew Giveaway and am so blessed!
It's so beautiful and the videos using this watercolor wonder stamp set are absolutely beautiful! 
I paired it with Amazing You, 
the small flowers used to create the background. 

 

You can see here what Barb and Jeanette made
 using their old cards from 2008 :)
Next month, I am up as hostess and already have my challenge planned ~
Stay tuned! :)

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly