Going buggy

Check me out! Today I managed to combine 3 different card challenges in one project!! Haha. "Is that even legal?" my sister asks. I tell her "I don't know, but I did it anyway!" (FYI: This not necessarily my stance on everything. lol.)

Before today, I would've thought that a project using 3 combined challenges would turn out to be a hideous monster of a card, but surprisingly, it turned out to be a pretty simple design!

The first challenge (and probably the most obvious) is from 365 Cards: Make a ladybug-inspired card.

The second is from 2 Sketches 4 You which seemed to fit just perfectly with the other challenges!

Lastly, I joined the challenge from Use It! which was to use:

Scraps of any kind. Well, I've got scraps everywhere. The black and red paper and the thick black ribbon are little pieces that I had leftover from other projects.
Punches and/or die cuts. I love me some craft punches :-D The ladybug is all circle punches, and the flower is two layered flower punches.
Two or more different ribbons. In addition to the black grosgrain ribbon, I used the small black ribbon with the white stitches- one of my favorites :-)
One or more embellishments that you once loved and used a lot, but haven't used for a long time. For this one I used a silver brad. I used to use brads a lot. My sister likes to use them when she sits down to make something with me which is probably why I didn't realize how long it's really been since I used one.

And so, without further ado, here's my creation for today:

Just for fun, here's a card I made the other day for a friend's birthday. She loves shoes and purses, so I figure I can't go wrong with this...I'm especially proud of the purse, which I created from little circle punches and the bottom half of an apple punch :-)