You've come a long way baby!!

Kristin Moore · 05-01-2009

**ALERT** THIS IS A CHALLENGE- CAN YOU HANDLE IT??

I challenge you to go find your FIRST UPLOAD to your gallery and, after you stop laughing or cringing or blushing, redo it! Bring it to your current standards, modernize it, show it what you've got! You know you've changed, your style has evolved, your tools and embellishments have increased, you have IMPROVED!

I challenge you to redo that card with the following simple rules:

Go find the first card you ever made, first card you ever posted in an on-line gallery or at least the oldest thing you can find.
Remake it- do something to bring it up to your current standards... You may change the stamps, colors, layout... whatever you want, but we want to see the resemblance to that orignal.
Tell us how you've updated your look!
Then post it in your gallery, use the keyword Redo101, and be sure to link your original in the comments so we can quickly find it and admire how far you've come!

You will thoroughly enjoy seeing how far you've come in your stampin' endeavors- I promise! And it will be fun to see everyone else's too!

On your mark, get set, GO!!

PS- If you need an example to motivate you (or to laugh at first so you can see the humor in this) you can see mine here.

Pandora Spocks · 05-01-2009

Can't wait to get home and answer this challenge!!

steubner · 05-01-2009

How fun!!! I'll have to give it a shot!

momis mama · 05-01-2009

i'm doing a stamp-a-stack this afternoon...

but i just might have to give this challenge a go when i get home!

what a great idea!

kdriesen · 05-01-2009

this sounds fun! great job on redoing your card!

Kristin Moore · 05-01-2009

Great, I hope you all play along! I'm watching the gallery...

jazzytobi · 05-01-2009

oh goody!!!! i can't wait to get home and re-do this baby.. .HEHEHE...

Kristin Moore · 05-01-2009

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Originally Posted by jazzytobi

oh goody!!!! i can't wait to get home and re-do this baby.. .HEHEHE...

That's pretty darn good for a first upload, I'd say!! Can't wait to see what you do with it!

rj77 · 05-01-2009

What a fun challenge! I can't wait to see what everyone does, and I'm going to give it a try myself this weekend. I know I can always find something fun going on here!!!

Lucy's MOM · 05-01-2009

This looks like a lot of fun..I am putting it on my to-do list..Thanks for posting this!

Kristin Moore · 05-01-2009

Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing what each of you do! This is like an extreme card makeover! LOL

LaLatty · 05-02-2009

What a great idea! I can't wait to see the 'new' cards. I kind of liked my very first upload, but I'm going to see what I can do to make it better. When I first started stamping there were a lot of techniques that I didn't know how to do.

Lucy's MOM · 05-02-2009

Here is my redo..had to actually do it twice (some issue with crookedness never go away!) It was a lot of fun..will be checking out the gallery..Thanks to Kristin!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...&ppuser=133151

LateBlossom · 05-02-2009

What a great challenge, Kristin! Ordinarily, I don't redo things (always looking forward!), but this was super fun and I love the made-over version so much more than the original!

I'm loving white and bling these days, and the make-over shows it!

Original Card

Redo 101 Card

Jill with a G · 05-02-2009

I think I will try this one too! I am now in my 2nd year of stamping! Wow! Have to check out my first card I posted! This will be fun! Great Idea!

Kristin Moore · 05-02-2009

oh boy, I'm glad to be seeing some uploads and how far we've all come! Thanks so much for playing along!

SCEmily · 05-02-2009

I kind of just did this the other day

. It wasn't my first card, but it was still one of my really early ones. I was actually embarrassed to upload the original because my coloring looked so bad, lol. Anyway, I liked the idea of the card, just not the actual card, so I made a lot of changes. HERE is the old and new version on my blog. The new one is in my gallery HERE too, but I never uploaded the old one here.

LaLatty · 05-02-2009

It was really fun to redo one of my cards, I might have to try it again! Here is my first uploaded card:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=74015

and here is my new do-over card:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=74015

Thanks for a great challenge!

lisahenke · 05-03-2009

yeah, I'm so glad to see everyone playing along. Kristin and I had some fun giggling about our first cards. Here's my re-do.

LaLatty · 05-03-2009

I just stopped in to bump the thread

This challenge is such a great idea!

I'm tempted to try it again with the second card that I uploaded into my gallery. I really liked that card, but I think I could have tweaked it better.

momis mama · 05-04-2009

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Originally Posted by LaLatty

I just stopped in to bump the thread

This challenge is such a great idea!

I'm tempted to try it again with the second card that I uploaded into my gallery. I really liked that card, but I think I could have tweaked it better.

i had to take a peek at the card you are talking about...

it is a great card! i'm interested to see what you will do to 'bump it up'

LaLatty · 05-04-2009

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Originally Posted by momis mama

i had to take a peek at the card you are talking about...

it is a great card! i'm interested to see what you will do to 'bump it up'

UGh! I've been working on this card since last night. I just can't figure it out, but it's finished now and I give up...LOL I'll upload it into my gallery as soon as I have time.

LaLatty · 05-04-2009

Okay, I'm finished...LOL I decided to try this challenge again by redoing the second card that I uploaded into my gallery.

Here's the second card that's in my gallery:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=74015

and here is my new do-over card:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=74015

This one was really tough for me, but I think I like my 'do over' card better (or least my husband does)!

fionna51 · 05-05-2009

Here's my redo...I like the new one lots better!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=44208

susie nelson · 05-06-2009

I took Kristin's challenge and redid my first upload. I really liked the first card I uploaded, but the colors were a little dark. So, I made it a little brighter and add a couple of things I didn't have back then. Very fun challenge, Kristin. Thank you for *making* me redo my first upload.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...00&ppuser=4048
and here's one of just the elements of the card:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...00&ppuser=4048

Thanks for looking.

rj77 · 05-08-2009

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Originally Posted by LaLatty

Okay, I'm finished...LOL I decided to try this challenge again by redoing the second card that I uploaded into my gallery.

Here's the second card that's in my gallery:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=74015

and here is my new do-over card:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=74015

This one was really tough for me, but I think I like my 'do over' card better (or least my husband does)!

I love your do-over card! That cuttlebug folder is perfect, and I like the dark frame around the whole card, and the colored image. It looks great! I haven't done the challenge yet, but it's still on my list of fun things to do!

LaLatty · 05-08-2009

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Originally Posted by rj77

I love your do-over card! That cuttlebug folder is perfect, and I like the dark frame around the whole card, and the colored image. It looks great! I haven't done the challenge yet, but it's still on my list of fun things to do!

Thanks so much for your compliments. I had a hard time redoing this card. I guess because there are so many colors in my main image, I just wasn't sure how to dress up the card and where to start with it.

Be sure to post back here once you've finished your do over card. We'd love to see it!

And a special thanks to Kristin, this is an awesome challenge! I have to make it a point to check out everyone elses do over cards. It's been hectic here at my house lately and I haven't had too much time to spend here lately.

Pandora Spocks · 05-09-2009

I loved this challenge, but it has taken me forever to get around to uploading my card. Here's the first card I ever uploaded: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=66461

Here's my redo. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=66461

I've changed everything but the layout. There wasn't a whole lot about that first card that I'd like to repeat! LOL.