I was in need of a masculine birthday card for my SIL and thought these colors would be perfect. Here's what I came up with...
I started by cutting up different size widths of Boho Blue, Early Expresso, & Soft Suede cs (SU!) into strips and then adhered them to a panel. After cutting off the ends I ran the panel through with a SSS Birthday Sentiments ef. It showed up, but not as much as I wanted, so I ran a white pigment ink pad lightly over the raised words and they showed up much better!
I adhered my panel to a white card base and then added my sentiment using The Greetery's Everyday Labels and some foam tape for dimension. A bit of twine and a few gold pearls (PFS) finished off my card.
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15 comments:
I hope your SIL appreciated the creativity that went into his fabulous birthday card, Marcia! I sure do!
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Wow! Great masculine card and I agree, the white ink adds a lot! Love those colors too
Marcia clever, clever, clever lady. How smart were you to add some white pigment ink to the raised portion of your card. I'm sure the words definitely stand out more than they did without! Very lovely!
Talk about a masculine marvelous card! I'm smitten with the blue/brown strips that you've embossed/inked. An eye-catching combination of elements and colours. Love this!
hugs~carol
This is a wonderful masculine card, Marcia! The embossed background is amazing and the stamped label a perfect fit! The year is flying by!
Very creative and perfect for a masculine birthday, Marcia!
Fabulous card for your SIL, bet he loves it!
This is such a great masculine card, Marcia, and I love it with the white ink to show off the embossing.
You are so creative, Marcia! I am so in love with this card! WOW!
I always love what you do with the challenge colors, Marcia, and this is the perfect combo for the masculine birthday card you needed! Very cool with the strips, beautifully designed with the varying widths, and the embossing touched with white looks amazing!
What a great masculine card, such a great idea to hilight the raised areas with white, it gives the embossed lettering real dimension. :)
Wow, very creative card Marcia. Love the strips, then the embossing, and finally the white ink sure makes the letters pop. I just love the background. Fabulous card my friend. ((hugs))
Great job cutting all those strips and creating your beautiful background, Marcia! So pretty in the colors. The twine adds to the masculine feel behind that great sentiment die cut! Julia xx
Your attention to detail really shows through. Love the strips and the embossing. This is the perfect masculine card.
I'm not super fond of paper strip stripes on cards, but yours is an exception, Marcia! It is a wonderfully varied combination of those cardstock colors and the embossed words enhanced with white pigment ink is such a fantastic design element. Love this!
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