Calendar Girls--Something New using Something Old

It is the 28^th, so I am here to welcome you to another round with the Calendar Girls!

Who are the Calendar Girls? We are a group of bloggers who want to have a place where friendships blossom, creativity abounds, and encouragement prevails! In keeping with that dream, this blog group has been created so we will have a place to interact and enjoy being fellow bloggers. 

Jeanette came up with our January Theme—so here goes:  It’s time for our first challenge of 2012. Can you believe we’ve now been together as a blog group for an entire year? That is exciting! I want to celebrate who we are and the fun we’ve had together. So my challenge for January is this: Something New Using Something Old!

What do I mean by that? This isn’t exactly what it seems. It’s not a vintage theme, though you can make your card/project vintage if you’d like. What I do want you to do is look back over your Calendar Girl posts/creations from the year 2011 and choose one of the images you used. Then I want you to create something entirely different with the same image. It cannot look at all like the previous Calendar Girl creation; nor can you use the same papers/embellishments/etc.

When you post to your blog – on January 28 – I want you to also post a picture of your 2011 card/project that used the same image so we can see the two and how different they are.

I hope you are up to the challenge! I can’t wait to see your Something NEW Using Something OLD.

I do love my Whipper Snapper images and it probably is not a surprise that I used one of the many stamps that I have.  I made a center stair step card—the first one I have ever done.  I have received many in swaps and I love the looks, so I took this challenge to try a unique card too.

Image/Sentiment—Whipper Snapper Umbrella & Slicker, Splash in the Puddle

Cardstock—PTI White; Stampin’ Up Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight; Echo Park Paper-A Walk in the Park-Raindrops DSP

Ink—SU Cherry Cobbler, Memento Black

Accessories--Nesties Ovals and Scallops; Smooch (on heart in sentiment); Copics; Buttons; Bakers Twine; SU Brads; Flowers with Brads in Center.

Here is the inside of my Center Stairstep Card:

Here is my card from last April—hope you like it too:

Please check out the blogs of all of the Calendar Girls—there are 10 of us, so it might take you a bit.   I am sure you will enjoy all of the creations made with images from the past. All of the blogs are listed on my left sidebar. Thanks for joining us!