Golly Gosh - What Nice JUGS!

 OK - get your mind out of the gutter!  :)  Of course I was referring to the Just Us Girls Challenge team...what did you think I was talking about?  This isn't *that* kind of blog...  ;)  This week they gave us an amazing sketch to get the mojo flowing:

For some additional inspiration, I clicked over to Splitcoast Stampers for the Saturday Inspiration Challenge.   This week's inspiration comes to us from Design Spirit Studio which "features the lovely creations of Spirit Lala, an artist in McDonough, Georgia. She creates whimsical clocks and fabulous jewelry from recycled windshield glass."  I was immediately drawn to this clock:

Isn't it BEYOOTIFUL??  The colors are soooo fabulous and the shiny, silver ringer-thingies on the top just make me smile.  I took inspiration from the colors, the bird, the flowers and the vines to create this:

Recipe - Stamps: Black Tie Birdies (Verve), Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)  Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Cameo Coral, Real Red  Ink: Bermuda Bay, Versafine Onyx Black  Accessories: Corner rounder punch, spiral punch, paper piercer, Copics, red gingham ribbon, button, silver cord, Hodgepodge Hardware, oval punch, clear embossing powder, vine embossing folder, adhesive pearls

What do you think?  I kinda *like* these colors together.  My picture makes the Bermuda Bay look more turquoise-y or teal-y but if you put the papers together yourself you'll see how nicely they work with a couple of neutrals thrown in.  I paper pieced the balloons and used my Copics to color the birdie.  I was going to make this a Valentine's card but my sentiment was too big to fit in my HPH and I *HAD* to use the Styled Silver to echo the bright & shiny alarm bell thingy... great use of the English language, eh?

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  Later!