Flashback Friday 17.0!!!

Hello Hello!

Welcome to the latest Flashback Friday Challenge!  This is number 17.0...and I couldn't be more thrilled....it all started when one Friday back in 2010, I didn't have a card to post on my blog....more deets on that in a smidge.

First up I wanted to introduce my Super Sponsor!!!!

Mary Dawn 

a muse studio consultant

Here's a bit about a muse studio:

Over a decade has passed since the very first A Muse catalog was mailed from the front steps of Linda's Seattle home. Since then, A Muse has grown from the 31 stamps in that first catalog to the complete creative solution you see today.

As we look ahead (and look forward!) to the future, the creative women behind A Muse Studio remain dedicated to bringing you the same quality products and unparalleled customer service we've always been known for.

Mary Dawn has picked these wonderful a muse studio goodies for the Flashback Friday 17.0 Prize:

Harvest Blessings

French Roast Pearls

EXcellent!  For more information about a muse studios check out Mary Dawn's site HERE.  Make sure you also pop over to her personal blog, My Pink Mexico....that girl can craft up a storm!

Thanks so much for being my Spectacular Sponsor Mary Dawn!!!

Next we have my Guest Designer for Flashback Friday 17.0

Sylvia Nelson

Here's a bit about Sylvia:

I have been a crafter for at least 45 years. I love all crafts but started card making about 6 years ago. I try to make at least one card a day. I love the interaction with other bloggers who share the love of craft. I started making die cut banners in 2008 when I got my Big Shot and dies. It opened a whole new world for me. Hope you enjoy the challenge.

Yup, you guessed it...our challenge for Flashback Friday 17.0 is 

your first banner

can be on a card or a hanging banner for the holiday

Check out that glorious banner of Sylvia's....it was posted in 2008...2008 people....WOW!!!!  Be sure to check out Sylvia's blog for more deets about her Flashback project:

Sylvia's Stamps

Ooohhh....so I know there are going to be a TON of you that can link up...banners are all the rage....personally, I adore them.

I went back into my bloggie archives and found this bannerific card:

It originally posted in September 2009 and was for a 365 Cards challenge {hi girls!!!}.  Even back then, I loved to combine colors and patterns...like I do today.  Do you see something missing that I ordinarily do on my cards today?  STITCHING...there is no stitching around the card...there is a smidge of stitching for the banner...but good grief, that card just looks nakey to me...LOL.

Okay, so here's the dealio...I tend to blog 7 days a week and when I didn't have something new to blog about, I'd do a Flashback...that's how this whole challenge site was started.

Flashback Friday 1.0 was to show your first blog post.....well, how appropriate is that for this particular challenge because my first blog post was on November 6, 2007....Yuppers...on Sunday I will be celebrating my 4th Blogaversary!!!!

Seriously, I can't believe that it has been 4 years since I started blogging...in reality it seems that I've been blogging my whole adult life:)  I mean that in a good way....I can't imagine what things would be like if I hadn't discovered this crazy hobby...I absolutely enjoy it....the paper crafting community is wonderful, don't you agree?

So in celebration of my upcoming Blogaversary, I will draw a random person that links up their first Banner project by Sunday, November 6th @ 11:59 pm PST and send them a box 'o goodies...this is of course open to my international buddies too:)

So whatcha waiting for?

Link up!

Flashback Friday 17.0 runs until November 25, 2011, 11:59 pm