Gray Granite: Botanical Glow Masculine Birthday Card

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Week 28 – Gray Granite

My card this week is a Masculine Birthday card to add to my stash that was running low.

I started with a Gray Granite card base. I cut a smaller piece and dry embossed it with the Timeless Herringbone Embossing Folder. As I hadn’t used the Botanical Glow Bundle yet, I took the Green Foil and the Hot Foiling System and added this to the card. I was chuffed with the result. As I went to add it to the card, I felt it needed something behind it, and I had a long strip of the Peaceful Pine Two-tone cardstock leftover from a previous project, so cut it to the height I required x 2 and flipped one piece over to get the dual tones.I think it gives the perfect lift!

The sentiment [Framed & Fabulous] was inked first with Versamark ink hen into the Peaceful Pine ink and stamped onto Gray Granite card. Clear Embossing Powder was added and melted with my Heat Tool. This is a great way to get a shiny sentiment in any colour to coordinate with your project. This was cur with one of the Framed & Fabulous dies. I used a 2¼” Circle Punch in Peaceful Pine cardstock to layer it, then added it to the card on Dimensionals.

On the inside, I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it, then stamped the Botanical Glow image with Gray Granite ink in 2nd generation, stamping it onto scrap card then onto my Basic White card for a lighter tone. To finish, I added some Copper Clay retired Dots to the front.

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