Okay, I told myself if I ever broke the Stamping 100 barrier I would do the blog candy thing. The counter is so close, just 2 away as I type this. So, I thought it would be fun to offer a little snacklet, now.... I ever break the top 50, it will more of a full course meal!
The card is part of the Featured Stamper Challenge hosted by Bethie every week over at SCS. The object is to use a card from the featured stamper as a jumping point for a card based on one of their designs. Change at least 2 things about the original card and give *props* to the artist of the week.
Let's just say this card meandered around quite a bit before ending up with what you see. It is very hard to stamp in the early morning after having a household full of teenagers celebrating Morgan's upcoming 14th birthday. And by household, I mean 18 (13 - 15 year olds) teens to be exact - lots of Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, pizza, snacks, and the like, make for lots of fun for the teens, and a need for ear plugs for me!
Without going into a lot of details, this card was made with SU! stamps, papers, inks, and accessories and is 4.25 x 4.25 in size. Exception to the SU! rule is the $1 stamp from Michaels and the caribbean grosgrain.
I will randomly pick someone on Morgan's true birthday, Wednesday, April 25th to receive this blog candy snacklet. The snacklet includes: The card, the 2 $1 stamps, and 3 rolls of that fun ribbon on the wooden spools. Okay, the requisite question is this -
What is your fondest memory of your first teen party? Or any teen party memory, I suppose!?
ETA - tired mom brain I tell ya! I'll share mine, too. I went a number of teen parties growing up, and had fun at so many of them. I have to say what I remember fondly was 7th grade and slow dancing in the living room of a friend's home to side 2 of The Best of Bread. LOL, just dated myself, eh?!
Thanks so much for stopping by and for all of your kind comments over the last few weeks!
Supplies: Stamps: Office Accoutrement, EFP (SU!), Time to Party (Michaels), Papers: Cool Caribbean, So Saffron, Regal Rose, Taken With Teal, Whisper White, Petals & Paisley Designer Paper, Inks: Cool Caribbean, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Old Olive, Accessories: Spiral Punch, Spring Bouquet Punch, Corner punch, Paperclip, Grosgrain ribbons, Clear Button, Dimensionals
67 comments:
AH....first teen party has to be spin the bottle for my first kiss! -blush-
My mom put out a chocolate fondue with fruit for dipping for all of my friends to share in the backyard.
My sweet aunt gave me a surprise 16th birthday party and invited all my friends - it was a special day! The only gift that I remember that I got was a Simon & Garfunkel album. (there were others - I just can't remember the rest)
Sandy Kay
My bday is in January so we used to either go ice skating or roller skating - fun memories of skating at the roller rink checking out the cute boys. My step father gave me a dozen red roses - my first on my 16th birthday. It was so special.
Britiney
I don't remember what birthday it was but our friends gave my twin sister and me a surprise birthday party! FUN!
Malissa
My first party was a Hallowe'en party...it was fun but a little nerdy! 18 kids at your house...that's crazy!
Hmmm, first teen party.... most have been the pool party at my friend Vicki's house. We were so nervous about having boys over and looking cool in our bathing suits...I don't even think we talked to the boys the whole time! Ha!
Oh Val...you crack me up!
My best memory was when my boyfriend (my husband now) and I got all dressed up in formals and went to a cast party of a show we were in. Tim wore the a tux (with tails) and a top hat. I wore a fabulous red satin dress that was my mom's back in the 50's! I love looking at the picture of us at that party!
AT the very 1st teen party I went to everyone wanted to play "spin the bottle". Well, I didn't know what it was... so I was the only one who DIDN'T play! So glad I didn't! I just watched everyone get grossed out at who they had to kiss. blaaahhaahaa
Hmmm My fondest memory of my first teen party would have to be the sleepover with my friends, acting silly, giggling over boys and the good old music. lol
I am not sure when my first teen party was. Must not have been to great. But When I turned 16, I had a luau at my house. It was a BLAST!
Congrats on your successful blog.
My first teen party was at my grandparents and we fixed up the garage.I had probably 10 girlfriends there and I can remember us dancing to the song "Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?".. Now talk about being dated! Thanks for the candy.
Cheryl
I think it was when my friends and I went to a New Kids on the Block party for my brithday - am I dating myself too much there! LOL! Congrats on breaking the top 100 Valerie!!!
Ha Ha Ha! I'd tell ya, but then you might not like me!! LOL!! My graduation party that my parents through for my brother and I was a blast though!! DJ in the garage...too loud for some folk...Snobby neighbors from across the street called the cops!!
I don't remember my first teen party (I'm not sure which party came first) but I do remember a particularly fun slumber party at my house. On my 16th b-day, my good friend rolled her BMW convertible down the hill to start it down the road so my parents wouldn't hear and we drove to my crush's house. So naughty, huh?
i always remember my 14th birthday... it wasn't anything extravagant, but i just remember feeling so loved by friend and family! :)
Oh boy, that's a tough question, Val...let's see...a memory of a teen party...I'm seeing big hair (it was the 80's for cripes sakes), Meatloaf playing, and innocent flirting...there, that's it!
Amy
Oh what a fun contest! My fondest memory ... I would have to say is sleepover at my friend Cheryl's house where her older sister taught us all the fun *disco* dance steps like the "bus stop" and the "hustle" - remember those? LOL!
When I turned 16, My Mom had a party for me at a nice restaurant with lots of my friends. Her best friend made me the most beautiful cake and my Mom got me a corsage.
She made it the most special day for me. We had had a really bad year the year before so she had to sacrafice a lot to do it for me. Thinking about it makes me realize how great my Mom is to me. Thanks for the memories!!!
I think it was when I had a few friends over & we decided to walk to a gal's house a few blocks away & TP her house. It was a first for a few of the gals & we didn't get caught!!
My memory was I invited about 20 of my school friends to come for a party. Little did I know one of my friend passed the info. to the whole school. Well needless to say it was crazy even the cops were called.
This is a really new memory. My daughter Sarah just turned 16 on April 13th. We had a great party planned with a Fifties theme and at the last minute decided to spring for a DJ. She ended up having about 35 kids show up. They had such a great time, most were dressed in 50s get-ups. They hula hooped and danced the night away. I hope she will remember this party always! I know I will.
My first teen party??? I can barely remember my surprise 30th party! The only details I can remember were that I made a new pink halter top to wear and I bought a bottle of Love's Lemon Spray to smell good.
Mine would have to be a chocolate fondue gathering outside on a summer night with a group of ten or so. Lots of laughs and lots of chocolate, fun!
I would have to say pool parties with the girls! Love the card by the way!
My favorite teen parties were pajama parties with the girls! Lots of giggling and placing 'stupid' phone calls...."Do you have Prince Albert in a can?...if so let him out"! I think Prince Albert was a pipe tobacco. But we thought we were sooooooooo funny.
Lynda
Congrats! I would have to say my first teen party was a boy/girl party and I went without telling my mom there would be boys there. Of course she found out and I got in huge trouble!
Oh definitely spin the bottle - but the best teen party was at our friend Steve's house - Todd and his friends were entrepreneurs back then. Steve's parents moved to SC and left him at the house with his college age sister. So the house was a party spot. Todd and Steve (his best friend) and Mark (another friend) bought a few kegs (which were easy to come by at Union Beverage) - and sold $5 tickets to the party - there were like 200 people there. INSIDE a 1900 sq foot colonial. The cops arrived and tried to come in - but Steve and Todd and Mark got everyone to be totally quiet. The cops ended up leaving because they couldn't hear a sound. I remember they were going around the back yard, the side yard. Everything was still in the house. The guys had the kegs inside and one would be in charge and slow pour the drinks and when the keg was gone - they would wait about 30 minutes to hook up the new keg. They made a ton of $ on the party!
My first teen party was in the living room of 2 junior high friends. I was asked to dance--my very first time--I was so nervous. I stepped all over his feet. We danced to the Boxtops song, "The Letter" WOW! Talk about a trip down memory lane.
Debbie
For my 13th birthday, I was able to invite as many girlfriends over for a slumber party as I wanted! I think there ended up being 9 or 10 girls at my house -- and it was SO FUN! We watched videos, played ATARI, and giggled ALL night long! My mom yelled at us SEVERAL times to shhhhhhhh, but we were 13, and giggly. =)
Fun contest! I remember watching "Pretty in Pink" and staying up all night giggling. Thanks!
Cheryl KVD
Cute card Valerie! I honestly don't remember attending any teen parties, (mine was a sheltered life), but I made up for it when I hit college! ;D Oh my, and it was a Christian college!
I personally never had parties-but I do remember one I went to (the parents were not home and it was just 4 girls and 4 guys). I had a crush on Larry Fox-and everyone knew it but Larry, so the others decided to get us together somehow. One of the girls, who I thought was my best friend decided she also wanted Larry for her beau. So she decided to start a game of strip poker (we were 9th graders) and she had no problem getting him as she cheated to lose. I left shortly after the game started and never went to another party until I threw one for myself when I got married 3 years later(I had eloped so it was not right away) I didnt marry Larry-never kissed him either. I decided high school boys were not my style and waited and when I turned 18, got me a older already out of college guy-we have been together 35 years. But I still hate parties.Don't go to them , dont throw any either.!
Twas in 7th grade at my best friends house. I kissed a kid who was in high school & was our paperboy. I didn't have a clue how to kiss & was scared to death.
Linda SS
i have a lot of memories of teen parties during my hs years, but most of them i prolly shouldn't admit to! i went to a parochial school and remember the occasional dances in the gym, slow dancing to 'free bird'!
hmmmm - Best teenage party was on my sweet 16th birthday. It was the first boy and girl party I ever had. Everyone had a great time, played music, food (bbq), and stayed up to the wee hours of the morning. We even played some silly teen games (wink):)
Val love your blog - thanks.
grace
Oh my gosh...this brings back some memories. I remember when all the cool girls decided they should be "fahionably late" to the party. Well, at one party we were all sitting around waiting for them to arrive (we were in grade 7 at the time) when one of the boys suggested we just get started wtihout them. So, out went the lights, on went the music, and when the other girls arrived the party, much to their chagrin, was already in full swing!
I love this blog and these comments! One of my fondest party memories was a b-day party for my best friend's birthday. It was a sleep over at her house and we planned all the games etc. One game was one we made up and put little "fortunes" inside balloons. We put good ones in the ones for she and I and all the rest of the party goers got gross ones. For instance--we got the "eat a handful of M & M's" where the others got something like, "stick an M&M up your nose then eat it". Makes me laugh but be grossed out at the same time!
Kathy--stampkat
ok so I will let my age out here. My fondest memory was in the eighth grade my parents finally agreed to let me get a pair of bell bottoms and they were big bells and I loved those pants and I remember my friends thought i was spoiled cuz I got the pants but I used my money....lol
My 18th birthday was my golden birthday. We went to the French Quater and partied most of the night on Bourbon Street. You could get into a bar at 18 then.
My first official boy/girl party and I was so excited. Everyone was talking about this big party. I got my make up perfect, got the right outfit on and I was out the door. A bowl of pretzel and a 2 liter bottle of Coke and only about 15 people, it was so boring. The best part of the whole party was the music (The Cure and Depeche Mode era) even though there was no dancing!! I felt like such a nerd for showing up to a lame party!!!
My favorite was the bonfire fall birthday parites. We always had a good time by the fire.
It's a good life!
Terro
My mom took me shopping for a "party outfit" It was great! She helped me with my hair and my jewelry. The party was typical...girls on one side, boys on the other. LOL!
It sounds like we were all at that same teen party. But I also remember listening to the brand new "Woodstock" album along with the nerves of that possible first kiss...janet in nc
My parents and my great aunt and uncle gave me a square dance party in my uncle's barn's hayloft with live square dance music. It was for my friend', their parents, my extended family members and family friends. It was for my 15th birthday in 1952. What fun!!! A once in a lifetime event!
HMMM fondest would have to be .....at my friends 14 bday party A slow dance with a guy I had a crush on for yrs ....ANd after the boys all left we had an awsome pyjamma Party and talked ALOT about the boys!!!!
Hi Val -
My favorite teen party, not my first,was a long walk out in the dark woods, to a bonfire pit. We had one flashlight and over a dozen teenagers. Oh, wow, it was so fun. Good memories.
I had planned a little get together for my 16th bday.Everyone that I had invited told me that they couldn't make it.I was devastated!Then my Best Freind's mom picked me up for bowling. SHe said she had to run downtown to the Chatt CHoo Choo (hotel) to drop something off to a client. When we got to the hotel room, the door opened and there were all my firends. They had thrown me a suprise Sweet 16 Party! I cried bc it was so sweet! That was the best surprise ever!
Wow, this is going to date me horribly! Okay, my best friend Kim decorated her garage and we set up her record player and 8 track tape player.(yikes) It was Kim's bday and we made pizzas, danced, and listened to Alice Cooper, The Cars and Fleetwood Mac. There were a few boys that came but I don't think we even acknowledged thier existance. :)
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Angie Warren
Mine was also in 7th grade. I played spin the bottle and had to kiss the cutest most popular boy in our class. It was dreamy. Probably not what he was thinkin.
Hehe.
Dawn B.
My fondest memory is probably the seance (sp?) at my best friend's Halloween party in 9th grade. The boy sitting next to me kept holding my hand even after it was over. 8 years later we got married :-)
Teen party.. HA! I skipped those.. sadly. Ended up going to my bf's college parties. What a dork for dating a college guy when I was 15 going on 16!
Ooooh, my first teen party...that's been a day or two ago!! But, we always remember these big events! Probably what I remember most is being so nervous and scared that the really neat guys wouldn't ask me to dance and I would be sitting all alone. But, I had a great time and some of the neat guys did dance with me!!!
My fondest memory has to be my 16 birthday party. All my friends came and our house overflowed. Lots of presents also lots of fun. My mom made my favorite cake, lemon chiffon. Great day.
Well, I'm going to date myself but my favorite teen party was my first and believe it or not I wore fishnet tights, we drank pop from glass bottles and danced to "Windy".
Claudia F.
Hmm. I just remember once when I told my parents that I was going to hang out with my girlfriends, but it ended up being a big party. Fun times...
My friends had a surprise party for me and one present was a Michael Jackson stick-on game (remember those?)! I don't remember what I did with that! I used to love dancing to his music.
Is there a chance my mom will read this? LOL! I remember having a huge slumber party at the house for like my 17 or 18 b-day. Parents were out of town and one of my friend's brothers brought some guys to try and "crash" it! They thought they could scare us all! But we turned the tables on them! :)Wasn't my first party but it sure sticks in my memory! Great Candy!
~Angie
I vividly remember lots of cast parties following our school musicals. My best friend Anne and I were inseparable (and unbearable, I'm sure!) and we decided to surprise everyone by showing up in matching T-shirts. We got the kind with the iron-on letters... mine said "Margarine" and hers said "Parkay!" Our favorite TV commercial at the time. How silly is that?!
It has to be a sleepover with all my girlfriends. We watched a movie, ate junk food, and stayed up all night talking about boys. Those were good times!
I really only remember one party that I attended. Well, one that sticks out in my mind so vividly that I still (at my old age) remember it..LOL!
I received my first kiss during a spin the bottle game. Do kids still play that game these days???
Who knows.... like they'd tell us or anyways!
Can I give my least favorite memory? My first party, we played Spin the Bottle, and when it landed on me, my "partner" said...eeww, I'm not kissing HER!!
Hmmm....Well, I don't remember my first teen party, but one I do remember is my graduation party. We had a huge BBQ in the back yard with lots of family and a ton of my friends. And the best part was that my crush showed up. It was really fun! Then after the party I went and got my belly button pierced! It was my graduation rebelious thing to do!
Val, I have to leave a comment just because your question just cracks me up! I remember my 16th birthday party very well. I invited a couple of friends and some boys who were a year or two older and we went to a roller skating place. Little did they know I had a crush on one of them and what better way to get to hold someones hand than a couples skate?! Oh the days of old...thanks for the walk down memory lane!!
Cool card! Ok, fondest memory from a teen party?? I'm thinking I was deprived because I don't recall going to one! I do remember having fun at my friend, Steph's, sleepover, watching scary movies.
Love your blog, and your awesome creations!! The memory that stands out was a surprise 16th birthday party that my best friend gave for me...it was a wonderful event. It was 36 years ago, so I don't remember too much else, just that I was so happy!
my favorite birthday memroy was any when my Granmother was still living! She always made me homemade strawberry shortcake. Happy Birthday to Morgan! My birthday was yesterday on the 24th!!!
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