Admin Control Panel

New Post | Edit Pages | Change Layout | Stats | Sign Out

Thursday, May 21, 2009

From Courtney's Closet #42 - An Anniversary Celebration!!

Hello and welcome to my From Courtney's Closet one year anniversary celebration!!!! One year ago last week I posted my first outfit-inspired card, not having any idea that I'd still be doing it a year later, or that several awesome ladies would feel inspired enough to play along, and in the process become some of my best blogging buddies!! I'm so happy that it's played out the way it has. That you enjoy this challenge. And that you put up with my often erratic posting schedule! :-) I had completely meant to post this last week, on the ACTUAL one year anniversary, but I suffered from some post-vacation loss of mojo, not to mention that even though it's very simple, this ended up taking me much longer to put together than I had anticipated!! But better late than never? I hope??

So let me get to the details - I cannot celebrate one year of this challenge without sharing some happiness with all of you!! As you know I've been Melanie's guest designer this month for her adorable Gina K set Wee Tees - a set that was absolutely MADE for me and my love of baby clothes!! I thought it would be fun to take a year's worth of Courtney photos and make a Wee Tee onesie decorated to match each photo! I found a little 4x6 photo album in the dollar spot at Target, which I will decorate and slide each of these pages into. I will show you once I've finished that last step - I just didn't want to wait any longer with what I *do* have done!! :-)

For this week's challenge - you are welcome to choose ANY of the twelve months as your inspiration!! Just mention in your post which month it is, in case it's not obvious (hee hee). I will put everyone who plays into a hat and randomly draw a winner - who will receive a Wee Tees set of your very own!!! (or if you've already rushed out to buy Wee Tees, then a different Gina K set of equal value) Sound good?? You are welcome to do more than one month, I will enter you as many times as you play along.

Wait, there's more!! I will have a second contest - some of the photos below have been featured in the past on From Courtney's Closet. Do you know how many of them?? SEND ME AN EMAIL (do not post your guess below!!!) to stampinlibby at gmail dot com, with FCCC GUESS as the subject (I'm setting up an email filter, so make sure and do this or I may miss your guess!!) and put your guess in the email, and I will draw a winner for a smaller RAK from me from all the correct entries!! (You don't have to say WHICH months, just guess a number!) :-)

As usual I will also say who made my "favorite" card, and that person will get my featured badge for their sidebar, if they want it!

So here we go... a year worth of Courtney... sorry this post is so long...!! :-)

1 Month - looking at her brother in awe. This cute outfit was from my sweet friend Leslie, and actually had owls all over it - but this teddy bear is just too cute so I couldn't resist using it instead!2 Months - my little Cupcake in her first of many cupcake outfits! I loved the lace "frosting" on this one!3 Months - for this onesie I drew the stripes with my markers and a ruler, and freehanded the little elephants.4 Months - again I drew the cherries, as I'm sure you can tell!! LOL!5 Months - sweet as a bug!6 Months - sitting on her own, I just love that big grin!!7 Months - enjoying the sun on a pier in Cape Cod. This flower is from the Stampin' Up ABC Images set, which has so many stamps that work well with Wee Tees!8 Months - in the pumpkin patch! Again I'm sure you can tell I drew that pumpkin! :-)9 Months - I tried drawing a monkey, but it was Not Good. :-) So I used Changito instead.10 Months - eating blackberries for the first time! I love her messy face, but I'm not thrilled that I had such an UGLY bib on her for this photo!! The baby food jar is also from ABC Images.11 Months - my sweet little snow bunny!!! The bunny stamp is from Inkadinkado.12 Months - HAPPY BIRTHDAY COURTNEY!! Again, cupcake from ABC Images.My plan is to also add some journaling about what happened each month in the empty space at the top right on each page.

So there you have it!! I hope you'll play along!! I'm actually going to leave this open for another TWO WEEKS - so you have until Wednesday June 3 at 9pm CST to play along!!

Happy Stamping!!! And truly, thanks for reading my blog!!! Please scroll down below Mr. Linky to see my favorite from the previous challenge!!

(I'M SORRY TO SAY MR. LINKY HAS DISABLED MY WIDGET DUE TO HIS SERVER OVERLOAD ISSUES - SO PLEASE DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY AND INCLUDE YOUR LINK IN THE COMMENTS! THANKS!!)




And now... at looooong last... my favorite from Week 41, which was three weeks ago!! It was tough, all the cards were adorable, I debated for a while - but my favorite was this cutie from Katie Autore! It just made me smile when I looked at it, I just love that little monkey stuffing his face with that cupcake!! And since both "Cupcake" and "Little Monkey" are among the many, many nicknames I have for Courtney, I loved that too. And - the cherries that Katie punched out herself, such a cute addition to the card. Katie is a long-time FCCC player, and I'm always so thrilled when she joins! Her and mama Anita are the coolest mother-daughter blogging team I know, I sure hope Courtney and I are like that someday! :-) Katie send me an email if you want the "featured" badge and I'll send it to you asap! And thanks everyone for playing last time!

31 comments:

  1. I'm confused...what am I guessing in the second contest? Which pictures have been used for an FCCC?

    Adorable little book you are creating! I love it!

    ReplyDelete
  2. what a cutie pie. My faves- month 3, month 4, month 5, month 9, month 11. OK, that is too many, but they are all so cute!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Congrats Libby on Celebrating One year!! WOO-HOO!! And what a great display of all the months using Melanie's awesome wee-tees!!! That is so rockin!!!

    Can't wait to play along!!! Hard to pick a month - they are all so darlin!!!

    Hugs!!!
    Sankari :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love seeing the subtle changes over the months! What a doll.

    ReplyDelete
  5. What a fantastic idea! It will be hard to choose one outfit!

    ReplyDelete
  6. AWW!! These are ALL adorable Libby!! Each outfit is perfectly matched, but the cutie is in the photos!! :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Libby, this is so inspiring! Mow I want to dig up my kids photos and do an album too! Absolutely awesome!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Oh wow Libby...one of your best creations ever! I love this idea (I just wish I had taken some similar pics of Avery with fun shirts like this!).

    ReplyDelete
  9. What fun...you always do beautiful work. Keep on rockin'.

    ReplyDelete
  10. O m goodness thes are all too cute!!! i screamed and scared my son when I saw the teddy bear perched atop the block, bwahhhhhhhhhhhh, it's so adorable I love it!!!!!!!!!!
    i ill link up your chalenge fo sho!

    ReplyDelete
  11. PS your drawings are adorable!!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Oh Libby! You've completely outdone yourself this time! Awesome job!

    Many Blessings,
    M.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Oh my goodness...this is just the cutest idea, and you've pulled it off perfectly, Libby!! Total cuteness!!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Absolutely adorable, but we never expect anything less from you! I am so behind in my challenges, I want to play....gonna try! I am lovin' that little punkin!

    ReplyDelete
  15. I made my card, so excited! Good choice on the little monkey ice-cream card- adorable! I am doing a challenge of my own if you wanna play, come check me out...tempting isn't it? ;)

    ReplyDelete
  16. Libby,
    Thanks for inviting me to play along again. I was able to create two cards based on two different outfits (well, actually three outfits, but I explain that in my post), but I put them both in the same blog entry, so I only put one link. I hope I can still be entered twice. ;)

    I am so glad I stumbled across your blog and this challenge because it is totally right up my alley! Thanks again for the inspiration, Libby (and Courtney)!

    HUGS!
    Kelly

    ReplyDelete
  17. What a great little book you are putting together! Such a great way to remember such a memorable year. Hopefully this week I'll get my act together enough to play! ~chris

    ReplyDelete
  18. darling! can't believe it's been a year already! i am inspired by the monkey t...hope i find time this week to share:)

    ReplyDelete
  19. Happy Anniversary Libby & Courtney!

    http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com/2009/05/sock-monkey-sfytt-fccc.html

    ReplyDelete
  20. Wahoo!! I played :) I didn't see Mr. Linky so I'm leaving the link here
    http://scrapsbym.blogspot.com/2009/05/from-courtneys-closet-anniversary.html

    ReplyDelete
  21. I don't see Mr. Linky.
    Here is another entry.
    http://cardsandcoffee.blogspot.com/2009/05/studio-g-birthday-cards-courtneys.html

    ReplyDelete
  22. What an aodrable little book this will make, Libby! I've always loved your Courtney's Closet idea - very clever! :o) (love that weetee, too! sweet!!)

    ReplyDelete
  23. Here is me resubmitting my entry (too bad about Mr. Linky- booo)

    http://kbstamps.blogspot.com/2009/05/from-courtneys-closet-anniversary.html

    Thanks again for the great challenges and all the inspiring cards you make!

    ReplyDelete
  24. It just occurred to me that if Mr. Linky is not working, I should post the link to my entries here in the comments (I had posted on Mr. Linky before he broke).

    Please check out my cards here: http://sweetwishesinallyourcreations.blogspot.com/2009/05/baby-clothes-rock-n-roll.html.

    Thanks & HUGS!
    Kelly

    ReplyDelete
  25. ...and skating in at the very last minute!!! :) Huge congrats on the 1 year anniversary! It's hard to believe how fast they grow. So glad I could help you celebrate!

    http://www.instampingmode.com/2009/06/from-courtneys-closet-anniversary.html

    ReplyDelete
  26. I managed to make a card so am here to play. I wish I had more time on my hands but what are you gonna do. Just have to make the most of what you have. You know where to find me.LOL.

    Hugs
    Nic

    ReplyDelete
  27. I love this idea for the first 12 months!

    ReplyDelete
  28. I hope I made it in time. I'm sorry I'm such a slacker but it was tough to decide which cute picture to pick!

    Here's mine, can't wait to check everyone else's out tonight. I tried not to peek beforehand ;-)

    http://basementstamper.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-courtneys-closet-challenge.html

    ReplyDelete
  29. Oh linky disappeared, thought I was covered. The link to my card is Here

    ReplyDelete
  30. I didn't finish in time but thought I'd share anyway.....Here's mine:
    http://stampsnstitches.blogspot.com/2009/06/bug-me-anytime.html

    ReplyDelete
  31. ...please where can I buy a unicorn?

    ReplyDelete

I always enjoy your comments - thanks so much for taking the time to leave one!

Tutorials

Get Inspired

 
Pin It button on image hover