blog candy challenge winners!

Congratulations to Christine and Jess for winning my very first blog candy! I skipped out on the voting part because I only got three challenges, but since I'm still waiting to hear back from Heidi I figured I would just go ahead with the two challenges that I already completed :) Okay, I'll start with Christine's challenge first:

She asked me to use:
1. a sketch from Sketch Saturday
2. two different Cuttlebug folders
3. pink, yellow, and blue
4. flowers and buttons

The patterned paper is DCWV (Spring Stack), the brackets, "egg hunt" die-cut and green brad are Making Memories, ribbon and pink polka dot flowers are Doodlebug, and the other 2 flowers are Prima. I think there's a lot going on on this card, but I really like it! :) Thanks for the inspiration, Christine, and for introducing me to a new sketch blog!

Next up is Jess, who asked me to use:
1. card patterns sketch #5
2. polka dots and stripes
3. purple, pink, and white
4. flower, buttons, sheer ribbon, shaped brad
I sort of groaned when I saw that Jess wanted me to do sketch #5, since I already had trouble with it, but I figured this could be a good time to redeem myself (and I was right!) :) It's been a loooong time since I left a white border on my cards, but I think it looks nice here, especially since white was one of my colors. I used medium groovy grape cardstock by WorldWin and pink Making Memories paper. I can't remember who made the flower brads, but I thought they were so neat that I never wanted to use them, so cheers to me for breaking my hoarding habit! :D They come with slits so you can tie a ribbon through them, so that's where I sneaked in the sheer ribbon. ;) The image and white ric rac came in swaps, the striped ribbon is from Michael's, and I ran a white punched circle through my Cuttlebug for extra polka dots :) I don't know why I didn't have as much trouble with the sketch this time, but I'm glad Jess made me try again! Thanks for the inspiration! :)

Hope you enjoy my blog candy challenge-inspired Easter cards. Thanks again, ladies, for playing along, I truly appreciate the kicks in the butt you gave me! :D

-Suzanne

PS- Any interest for a challenge blog? I'm toying with the idea... let me know if you have thoughts!

***Blog Candy Challenge***

Hi everyone! Spring is quickly approaching, and so I thought I'd host a little give-away in honor of the gorgeous weather we've been having here in New York! I bought these stamp sets last year, and once I realized I ended up with extras, I knew I wanted to post them as blog candy.

I've been sort of Easter-ed out already since that has been my main focus for making cards lately, so I'm looking to you for inspiration to help me finish the last few! :) You will have until midnight on Friday to post a comment containing the following information:

• 1 sketch (you may create your own or post a link to someone else's)
• 2 patterns and/or textures
  
• 3 colors (they may or may not look good together, but feel free to challenge me!)
• 4 embellishments (it can be 4 of the same embellishment or 4 different embellishments)

I'm not expecting an overwhelming response, so I will make a card for each comment. On Saturday, I will post all of my cards and let the voting start. You (and anyone else who peruses my blog) will have until midnight on Sunday to vote for their favorite card. I will announce the top two winners on my blog Monday morning!

It sounds like a lot for a little prize, but I thought it'd be a fun way to get me amped up again! I hope you'll play along and let me know if you have any questions!

-Suzanne :O )