In The Moment – Heck, Yeah!

If I wasn’t creating this card today, heck, yeah!, I would definitely be cuddling up with a book.  I am in South Carolina and we rarely get any snowy weather in my little corner of the State.  Well, we certainly got it!

Snow Day!  A perfect time for hunkering down with my nose in a book!  Reading anything interesting?  Share with me what you are reading.  My current book?  The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet.

To create is card I started with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#455); adding the Cozy Layers theme from Double Trouble Challenge (#100) and the colors from the Card Concept Inspiration Photo Challenge (#166).  I chose to Watercolor my image for the Happy Little Stampers January Watercolor Challenge and added my card to the Bitten by The Bug Challenge (#2) for the Double Trouble collaboration.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Black cardstock.
• Panel: (3⅞” x 5⅛”) the Basic White, Gold, Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride and Basic Black patterned piece of paper from the Abstract Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper pack.
• Corner Shape – Focal Image: (3⅛” x 3⅛”) Basic White cardstock.
  • The image of the Girl Reading Book from the In the Moment stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and then again in Basic Gray ink and heat-set with Clear Embossing Powder.  
  • The image was water-colored with a variety of ink colors with the Fine-Tipped Water Painter.  Face and Hands – Petal Pink; Hair – Cinnamon Cider; Blanket and Coverlet – Blushing Bride; Dog and Socks – Smoky Slate; Jeans – Basic Black; and Book Cover – Soft Succulent.
  • Gilded Leafing was added to the Mug and the Pages of the Book.
  • A Smoky Slate water-color wash was added to the background with the Broad-Tipped Water Painter.
  • The image was die-cut with one of the dies from the retired Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies and trimmed square in the lower right-hand corner.  I thought the shape was interesting and created a nice frame for the image.
• Accent Mat: (3½” x 3½”) Basic Black cardstock die-cut with the next sized up Window Frame Die.
• Sentiment Label: (2” x ⅝”) Blushing Bride cardstock scrap.  The sentiment, Heck, Yeah!, from the Happy & Heartfelt stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The Flag end was hand-cut with Paper Snips.

All of the elements were adhered to match the sketch.  Three Gold Brushed Metallic Adhesive Dots were added for a little soft-toned bling.

What is your favorite thing to do on a Snow Day? Let me know…

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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