2 Challenges....2 Cards

Happy Monday! I got up early this morning, started some coffee and got to work on creating another card and well...I made 2! I used the color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise and the sketch challenge from Mojo Monday. I used the same colors/sketch for both cards, but just threw a bit of a different twist on each one...hope you like them!

Here's what the wonderful ladies at Scrapmaster's Paradise had for me to use:


And Julee, once again, posted a very cool sketch...you could do either circular or square or BOTH! I did square for now - maybe I'll make a round one tonight :o) We'll see....
And here is Card #1 with the 2 challenges:

And here is Card #2 using both challenges:

Let me know what you think of them! I think they turned out really well...in between home schooling and crafting, today has gone very well!! My daughter helped me put the butterflies on the 2nd card. I said it needed "something" and she said "How about some butterflies here Mom?" so...there ya have it :)

Hope you all have a fantastic day today...happy stamping!!

Color Dare and a Challenge to Tamie....

I challenged my amazingly crafty friend, Tamie, to a card-making challenge tonight. I didn't *think* I felt like crafting since being back from my holiday, but once we decided to challenge each other and I clicked on over to The Color Dare site, I got excited as the minutes went on!! Here is the color challenge they have posted:

And...I also wanted to give these new Easel cards a whirl...sooooo...I hopped on over to Splitcoaststampers and found the tutorial and THEN....I hopped on over to Melissa's blog and *sort of* copied a card of hers *wink, wink* (click HERE to view card). This is what I came up with:

So, there ya have it....my creation!!! I am not going to put the recipe on tonight as my DS wants me to go and watch a movie with him. I will try to come back and edit later....have a super night - don't forget to hop on over to Tamie's blog and check out her creation....HAPPY STAMPIN'