Go Bananas . . . It's Your Day

Slow but sure, I am getting my mojo back!!!  It felt so good to get back to my craft room and to start creating.  My son, who is 4, was more than glad to help me peel off my Cricut cuts from the mat and glue them all together.  Thanks Buddy!  He really liked the monkey and the bananas.  I knew this would be a hit.  It is always a delight to come up with a masculine card that is enjoyable in the eyes of my son.  I don't have much trouble with "girlie" creations because....well, I'm a girl!!!  But when it comes to boiling up some creative juices for boy stuff, I get a bit lost.

I went to some challenge blogs to see what I have been missing out on and decided I would create using the inspiration from the challenges....sorta my thing, I guess.  I know I say this a lot, but ever since I found blogging and this wonderful community of artists, the inspiration is never ending!  I also want to give Linda of Linda's Creativity a giant THANK YOU SHOUT OUT for offering the Preserves Cartridge as a prize back in June.....Hey, Linda....I finally got to use it....LOL!

So, without further ado, here are the challenges that inspired me:
Fantabulous Cricut ~ #74 Birthday Bash
Paper Playtime ~ #53 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion ~ #72 Snarky, sarcastic and/or funny sentiment
Scrapbookaholic by Abby ~ #12 Anything Goes
This will be Abby's last challenge....won't you consider joining her in wishing her well!!!
Celebrate the Occasion ~ #27  Circle Card
Cricut Cardz Challenges ~ #89 It's a Jungle Out There
Your Next Stamp ~ #49 Fruit Inspiration

RECIPE:

Cartridge

Preserves for circles+layer and for banana+layers

Cardstock  

Brown circle (blueberry lid shift feature cut at 6 1/4")

Brown scallop circle (blueberry lid feature cut at 6 1/4")

Lime Green circle (blueberry lid shift feature cut at 6 1/4")

Yellow~textured banana(banana shift feature cut at 4 3/4")

Lime Green banana shadow (banana feature cut at 4 3/4")

Brown stem (banana layer feature cut at 4 3/4")

Embossing folders by Darice

used on scallop layer, green circle, and on banana stem

Embellishments and Stamps

Stickers and Felt Monkey by Darice

Go Bananas (stamped using $1 alphabet block stamps)

It's your day (stamped using My Pink Stamper ~ Birthday Crazy)

Fibers and Brads from stash

Gel Roll Pen

My gel pen decided to spit up on the inside of the card when I was making my stitch marks, but other than that, I am pleased with the results!

Thanks for joining me today!!!!