Cure for the Monday Blues - You Are Beautiful

I thought this week I would FINALLY throw my hat in the ring for my friend Taheerah's Cure for the Monday Blues challenge.

I love the colors in the inspiration photo, and this is what I came up with:

This was so easy to create.  I used a tag shaped journaling card from Maggie Holmes' Styleboard collection as the base, although I did trim it down at the bottom just a tad so the printed heart at the bottom was more centered vertically.

Lots of inlaid die cutting here.  The hearts and words are both Paper Smooches.  I cut the hearts out and replaced them with hearts cut from pale gray cardstock that I colored with a Spectrum Noir marker.  It turned out a little too dark, so I went over with the colorless blender to lighten it a bit.  The words were cut from gold foil cardstock and inlaid also.  

Some Twinery twine added a little extra sparkle and texture.

I'm also going to link up with the current Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge since it's Anything Goes week.

Thanks for coming by!

Supplies Used

Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - Silver Fox cardstock; Recollections - Gold Foil Cardstock

Other:  Crate - Styleboard Journaling Card; Paper Smooches - Hearts and Kudos Words Dies; The Twinery - Gold Sparkle Twine; Spectrum Noir markers; Tombow - Mono Adhesive