Birthday Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

I'm having a day off from packing today as I'm taking Kathryn to see my Mom & Dad. It took me a day and a half to pack my craft room! You wouldn't believe the number of full boxes that came out of my little room.

Anyway, here's today's card -

I cut the largest of the Spellbinders Grand Stately Circles out of Coconut White Card and inked through the die with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink.

I dusted a piece of Coconut White Card with my anti-static bag and cut the second largest Grand Stately Circle. I did not emboss it. I placed it cutting edge down on my tan mat which was on my base plate. I inked up the Fretwork Mask with Perfect Medium and placed it ink side down onto the card/die, placed my pink plate on top and ran it through the machine. The Perfect Medium transferred to the debossed pattern. I removed the card from the die, added Cosmic Shimmer Lava Black Embossing Powder (from the Metallics & Darks Set) and heat set. I placed the card back in the die and inked through the die with Aged Mahogany.

I stamped the Perfect Poppy using Perfect Medium and embossed with Lava Black. I cut it out using Spellbinders Labels 30 and inked through the die with Aged Mahogany. I cut an A2 Curved Matting Basics A out of Coconut White Card. At the emboss stage I added the the Couture Creations Nuevo Embossing Folder and then inked through the die with Aged Mahogany.

I stamped the sentiment that comes with the Perfect Poppy Stamp, again using Perfect Medium and embossed with Lava Black. I cut it out using Spellbinders Ornamental Tags 1 Die D-Lite and inked through the die with Aged Mahogany. I added a White Pearl.

I tied a bow using 2 lengths of White Silky Crush Ribbon. I pressed a Fancy Pearl Embellishment into the Perfect Medium Pad, added Lava Black Embossing Powder, tapped off the excess and heat set.

I assembled the card as shown. When I demoed this on Monday, I used Steel Blue Embossing Powder (from the same set as the Lava Black) and Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. That looked lovely too. Lots of colour combos would work with this one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.