Thursday, August 7, 2014

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

23 comments:

  1. Stunning tag! I'm a big fan of in-laid die-cuts. I'm loving the pop of gold. Thanks for the inspiration! :)

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  2. Beautiful! Love the mint and gold :)

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  3. I can't get enough of this color combo! Loooove the gold inlaid die cuts- perfect!

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  4. I am in love with those bright, golden words!! Yeah for them!! I love the cute inlaid hearts as well!! This is simply a beautiful tag!!

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  5. Wow...what a great color combination...the blue and gold is so very elegant...and the inlay looks only adds to the elegance. Wonderful creativity, Miriam!

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  6. so totally cute.. love the gold words.. so fun

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  7. love the gold sentiment soooo much!!!

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  8. This is GORGEOUS!!! Love the colors and that gold sentiment!

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  9. This is so simple yet so stunning. Love the colours, they are so soft and go beautifully with the gold lettering, which is perfection!!

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  10. Fabulous tag! The gold sentiment is perfect!

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  11. Those gold foil words are divine! Love them, Amy!

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  12. Oh awesome tag!! Love how you inlaid the die cuts!!! And the gold!!! Awesome!!

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  13. Gorgeous tag! You should link it up to the Tag You're It Challenge blog, Miriam -- it totally fits the current challenge!

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  14. This is stunning Miriam, love all the inlaid die cuts!

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  15. ..and I agree with Leigh about TYIC!!

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  16. This is SOOO pretty! The inlaid die cuts add so much pretty detail to this! And I totally need to get my hands on those Paper Smooches dies!

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  17. i thought what kind of embossing powder is that? and then read how you made it! clever

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  18. So very stylish and swooning over that colour combo too with the touch of gold :0)
    Thanks for playing along with the PS Sparks challenge last week and apologies for my late visit x

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  19. Oh my goodness me!! First of all - you made my heart *so* happy when I saw you played along! This tag is so totally amazing and gorgeous and pretty and wow! I just love the inlaid gold sentiment and the perfect choice of patterned papers to go with those hearts! Expertly created! Thanks so much for playing to find a Cure For The Monday Blues!

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  20. Love the gold embossed sentiment on here, Miriam!

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  21. I'm inspired! Thanks Miriam for sharing your delightful tag!

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