In the West

...a cute little card for a couple of challenges today. :)

This is for the Hero Arts birthday challenge, CAS-ual Fridays #129, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday pearl challenge, and my friend Virgina's new Virginia View challenge!

This card was inspired by THIS pin - I tell ya, there is SO much inspiration to be found on Pinterest!
I was originally thinking I would watercolor the smoke and then stamp the sentiment in white, but I like dimension, so I decided to cut out the smoke instead.

However, I did use some watercoloring! I didn't try to get super fancy with it here - just a grey and black watercolor pencil, and then a black Distress Marker for the really dark areas, topped off with a silver pearl!

Not gonna lie, this sentiment from THIS Hero Arts stamp set may be my favorite stamp sentiment yet. It's just such a sweet sentiment, plus, the font looks a lot like my handwriting, so I can get the feel that I "wrote" the sentiment on the card, with the ease of a stamp. :)
And obviously, the paper the sentiments are on are definitely a different shade of grey than the train - I didn't notice till I had taken the pictures, and I had gone too far then to try to get a better match. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping in today and God bless!

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Cardstock: Strathamore, Bazzill
Stamps: Hero Arts "Miss You So Much" and "Past Times"
Ink: Versamark, Distress Marker
Patterned paper: Crate Paper "Story Teller"
Other: pearl (Michaels), watercolor pencils, embossing powder (Martha Stewart)

Tools: heat gun