Colour Create #5 Blue & Brown & Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge

It's amazing how things seem to go in cycles. Here is yet another card in Blue and Brown. I seem to have had quite a run on this colour combo lately. This time it's for the Colour Create Challenge. I took inspiration from the sketch at Our Creative Corner, although it is jiggled around a little.
I often wonder how other people go about attempting a card either for a challenge or just for a new card.
I tend to think about colour... if it's prescribed, then I assemble all the papers I think might be useful. Then I look for an image that will co-ordinate with the papers. It's no use having a traditional image with trendy papers or vice versa. If I have a given sketch, I fiddle around with the papers until I'm happy with which one should be used where. I then fiddle around a whole lot more until the finished card emerges. Are other people more organised than me?
I never stick anything together until I think I've got it sussed, even then quite a few bits and bobs end up in the bin.
I'd love to hear how others arrive at their finished work!