Water Lily

Dear Ones~
I sit here this evening, with my computer on my lap, trying to think of something interesting to write about. It appears that my life is rather predictable and somewhat boring. Having said that, let me just add that I like it just fine that way. Living in a small town (well, out in the country, really) in Northern Michigan is my version of paradise. I am a lucky woman.
And now to my card:

I have to admit that my Mojo was being elusive today, so this card is what came of that. The base is, as always, Gina K Designs Pure Luxury 120 lb card stock, this time in white. The red card stock is GKD Cranberry Tart. The image is from GKD A Year of Flowers. It is my attempt at trying to make a waterlily appear to be floating on water. The jury is still out on how well I achieved that, but I added a little Stickles for shimmer. I stamped the flower in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils and used odorless mineral spirits to shade. The background was distressed with Memento Blue Sky, and GKD Baby Blue and In the Navy. I used Spellbinders Classic Ovals and Floral Oval dies to cut out the image. The greeting is from the GKD Fanciful Tags stamp set. Patterned papers are from DCWV Summer Dream, and DCWV Bouquet deFleur.
This card will be entered in the challenge over at StampTV, and the Mod Squad Challenge.
Tomorrow Himself and I are going to Traverse City to celebrate Valentine's Day, even though it's a day early. The hope is that we will avoid all the crowds in the restaurants. Yep.....we have officially become Senior Citizens.

Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.