Silly Saturday.....

....After taking a day off I am happy to be back in my craft room today and have some new cards to share.  I had a good/bad day yesterday and did not have any time to create.   I spent most of the day with my Mom and two cousins who came up for a visit for the day.  We all went out to lunch and had a really nice time.   The bad part of my day, happened when I first left my house -- my car made some awful sound as soon as I went to back out of the driveway, and after only making it a 1/4 mile up to the local gas station, I knew something was wrong and called Hubby.  He said to leave it at the garage and ask them the look at it for us.  Luckily, we know the owners and that's where we do have work done, if needed.  DH does most of the easy things at home (oil changes, brakes and tune-ups), but anything else, pretty much is done at the garage.  Of course, it's not like we had an appointment, so I know it will be a few days before they can even begin to work on it.  I guess they think it's likely the Spring/Strut or something to do with the front suspension...I'm sure with my luck this week, it will be something expensive.  But then again, when has anyone had an inexpensive car repair.   Grrrrr!!   Wish me luck!! 

 
     Today, I've decided to not even think about the car and try and focus on happy things.  For me, that means spending the day being creative and that's pretty much what I have done.  I am happy to have four new cards to share and they were ALL inspired by new challenges.   I started by working on a card for a new challenge over at 'CraftsByDesign' and knew I would LOVE it because it was a color challenge and was based on one of my favorite color combos, which is Light Pink, Dark Pink, Grey and Black.   This is a copy of the color inspiration image/swatch:

  I have to admit the my Fibro Fog did get the better of me today and I was totally confused about the other two challenge themes, but in the end, it worked out fine and I just had to laugh at myself for being so confused over something that should have been very easy!!   LMBO...just one of those days!!

  This is the first card I created and I think it ended up being my favorite today!     It went together really fast and it was another card that was created almost exclusively with scraps:

    In addition to the challenge at CBD, I also wanted to create a card with embossing, so that I could submit it to the new 'Blogger's Embossing Challenge' over at the Splendiferious Creations!   I used my Cuttlebug and one of my favorite Sizzix folders to embossed the bright pink cardstock sections on the card.  I love how embossing add so much texture and dimension and think it's a fun an easy way to quickly change a card. 

    My next card was created for the Triple Challenge and the idea was meant to use at least 3 elements on my card, which luckily I did, but I also thought I needed to keep with the color combo and also make this one CAS too -- which did work out.   This is the second card and it was also submitted to a challenge at CraftsByDesign.

    And while still in my whole Pink/Grey/Black mode, I decided to make a third card and this one was primarily made for fun, after I realized I had already made the correct card for the challenges at CBD. 

    And finally, I have my last card for the day and this one was inspired by two different Copic Coloring Challenges.  One over at CBD, and the second being hosted over at The Outlawz Challenge Group.   My card was created with a fun digi image from Bugaboo Stamps and this one is from the Watering Can series, which you'll find HERE!   I have a few of the images from this series, but I think this one (with the tulips) is one of my favorites and I think it's also the one that I have colored most often.  It's also fun and easy to color and you can use a variety of colors and backgrounds to make a new card every time.

  In addition to the Copic inspired challenges, I am also submitting this card to these two challenges --

• Mami Doodles - Challenge # 31 - Flowers
• Paper Play Challenges - Week 30 - In the Garden 

   And I think that will likely be it for me today!!   I feeling better about my card-making today and glad that my MOJO seems to be back.  I will be looking forward to tomorrow's new challenges, which are some of my favorites!    Sunday is Sketch Day over at the Stars & Stamps Blog and there will also be a new CAS challenge at 'The Outlawz'.  Yippee!!