Inspiration challenge 276

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. Wow, what a weather day we had here in Pittsburgh.

Severe thunderstorms, hail and a tornado warning darkened our skies right around 5:00.

The tornado touched down in an area east of the city causing damage but no serious injuries. Now tonight we are expected to have snow showers after 60 degree temps today. Erratic spring weather for sure!!

Tonight we went to a  marriage seminar at church. It's a video series called "love and respect".  I love the approach that this series takes.  Women are motivated by love and respect most powerfully motivates a man. These two ingredients are the key to a successful marriage. It's a 5 week series and well worth the 90 minutes of your evening. So if it ever comes to your church don't hesitate to go.

My husband and I consider our marriage to be a good one. So why are we taking this course? Because we believe it's an enrichment to our marriage. You have to keep working at what's important to you.

So onto my card for today. This one I made for several challenges:

1.  The inspiration challenge on splitcoaststampers this week took us to the Kirkland's site for our inspiration. I love to shop in this store. I knew I wouldn't have any trouble finding something to create a card.

This lamara spice pillow caught my eye right away. I thought the fabric looked just like some patterned paper from Stampin-Up's "elegant soiree" collection.
The sentiment is from Verve's "dream big" set. I used the Stampin-Up decorative label punch and added some daffodil delight seam binding. I added the offray ribbon flower to complete this card.

2.  The for fun challenges blog wants us to make something with flowers and a sentiment as our focal point.
3.  The freshly brewed blog wanted us to use 2 or more embellishments.
4.  Lexi's creations challenge wants us to use ribbon but no bows.

Before I close this post, I wanted to thank Lisa Echerd from Lisa E's design blog for this awesome blog candy that I won several weeks ago. I made today's card for her as my way of saying thanks. If you have never visited, drop by her blog. She does some great work with cards & layouts.

Until next time.........