adventure of confluence

I don't enjoy making decisions.  I don't like deciding on favorites, which we've discussed before, but really I just don't like making decisions.  When I'm faced with many options, I always like several, and I'm often tempted to choose more than necessary.  At a dessert table, for example, I'm likely to want a taste of each!  It seems easier to decide on a card if my options are limited - I think that's why I enjoy combining challenges - use this layout, and these colors, and this theme, and try to work in a specific shape or technique.  I would have passed right by the Tic-tac-toe challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week, but a confluence of events convinced me to play, and I chose the center column:

stamp sets - Vintage Leaves, Gorgeous Grunge, A Dozen Thoughts; ink - Sahara Sand, Hello Honey, Early Espresso; card stock - Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Tip Top Taupe;  Big Shot with Leaflet framelits and Woodgrain embossing folder; button & thread

When three of the challenge sites I follow posted tic-tac-toe challenges this week, it occurred to me that it could be a conspiracy.  Meanwhile, I saw a man who is a friend of my husband and who is undergoing chemo treatments.  I thought of him again when I was filing a Get Well card I had made and noticed that all of the Get Well cards in my box are flowery.  Also while putting things away, I noticed that leftover single threaded button, which reminded me of the current Watercooler sketch. Masculine and button played right into that tic-tac-toe board, all I needed was a die cut.  If I simplified the greeting it could be used as a Get Well card if needed, but would work for any other friendly hello, as well as qualifying at Pile It On, Tuesday Throwdown, and Simply Papercraft!  So, not a conspiracy, but a helpful confluence of events.