Sunday Morning Four-in-One

Hello chickies!

I was up kind of early this morning. . . why is it when you {can} sleep in, your body says you {can't}?  I took it as an opportunity to put a Berry Crisp in the oven for breakfast and then peruse the blogs to see if I could conjure up a quick card.

What did I find?? I found four amazing challenges that seemed to be perfect for each other.  First of all, Embellish Magazine has another pretty combination this week - not colors I'd normally put together or even use:

I popped over to Paper Sundaes and discovered that their challenge this week is a Recipe Challenge: Use 4 flowers, 3 buttons, and 2 designer papers on your card.  As soon as I read that I KNEW which sketch I was going to use because it was a-match-made-in-heaven-perfect for this recipe!  Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch is a beauty (as usual):

After I had those three challenges put together in my brain, I needed an image or sentiment so I clicked over to Sentimental Sundays to check out the freebie digi images for this week and discovered the most perfect one - along with the challenge to use ribbon on your card.  Ummm....hello?  Ribbon's what I {do}!  LOL  So, off I went to create - - - wanna see?

Stamp: Digi image from Sentimental Sundays  Paper: Very Vanilla, Sage Shadow, peach-y Bazzill, SU! DSP, unknown polka dot paper  Accessories: Various ribbons, CutUps Flowers Die (TCP), hemp twine, buttons, paper piercer, scor-tape

I'm not sure if this card qualifies for the second part of the Embellish Challenge for a quirky-cutesy-clean style but it's the best I could do!  I actually love the soft color combination and the sketch was so perfect, how could I not use it?  I did have to squish the flowers together a bit to make the sentiment fit properly but I think the basic gist of the sketch is still there...right?

Thanks for stopping by - I love to have visitors and appreciate the time it takes for you to stop and take a peek.  See you tomorrow with another two cards and three more challenges!

Mojo Monday and Embellish Magazine Color Challenge

One more quick card from me today - I had a bit of time after I got home from work since my DS decided that he would take care of dinner... gotta love a helpful teenager.  :)

I have seen many people take part in the Embellish Magazine challenges before but have never participated.  These colors were PERFECT for some paper I've had FOREVAH' but haven't been {inspired} to use... until now.  In addition to using the inspiration colors, we also had to use birds somewhere on our card.

I used Julee's {as usual} fabulous Mojo Monday sketch but had to lower the top panel a bit in order for the card to look right so some of the bottom panel peeks through at the top:

Stamps: {Swirls}, {Tweet Wishes Lucy} Little Paper Shop  Ink: Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, Kiwi Kiss  Paper: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Brown Bazzill, Kiwi Kiss, imaginisce DSP, My Mind's Eye DSP  Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, adhesive pearls, paper piercer, sponge dauber, Nestabilities, Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon

Thanks for stopping by for a peek - I had fun making this one and FINALLY being able to use this funky Argyle pattern DSP. Have a great week!