Could the Week Get any Better???

I WON MOJO MADNESS!!!!  O-M-G!!!  Well, I wasn't the only one - 4 other lovely ladies won too but... One of the cards I submitted last week for Julee's monthly Mojo Madness earned me the privilege of choosing a FREE Verve stamp set.  Can you believe it??  I was totally excited.  THEN - the very same morning I discovered that I had won BLOG CANDY from the Pals Paper Arts Challenge I participated in earlier this week.  I must have been kicked in the butt by the lucky bug because I haven't won anything in a VERY LONG TIME.  :)

I have had a very busy week so not much time for crafting but tonight, while my husband is out with 2 of the kids at their Christmas Concert, I am at home and FREE to craft 'til my heart's content.  My friend Lori and I challenged each other to complete the same challenges to see what we would come up with.  We chose the Diva Coffee Break Designs Color Challenge and this week's sketch challenge over at Splitcoast:

Recipe: Stamp - Thoughts and Prayers (Stampin' Up)  Ink: Rose Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Rose Red DP, Razzleberry Textured  Accessories: Finial Press embossing Folder, Swiss Dots, Old Olive marker, paper flowers, brads, Nestabilities (Curved Rectangles), rub-on (sentiment), satin ribbon

I love these colors together but, like Lori, I wasn't sure I could make them work.  I thought if I put a bit of white in there that it would help to get the creative juices flowing.  Can you believe we did these cards without talking to each other while we were making them???  We both used Olive satin ribbon, both used congratulations as the sentiment, both cuttlebugged with Swiss Dots and used a fair bit of white.

The weather has warmed up IMMENSELY here so it's actually not such a production to leave the house.  I still have to finish my shopping... are you done?