YOUR DAY TO CELEBRATE

This card was another "reject" from my submissions to Paper Crafts magazine. 

Again, this was a very easy card, but I loved the way it turned out. Here's how I did it:

I smeared various colors of Distress Ink over the "debossed" side of my embossing folder and lightly spritzed it with water. Then, I placed a piece of white cardstock into the folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug. I love how it just colors the flat surfaces and keeps the raised embossed area white.

I adhered the embossed paper onto a slightly larger piece of kraft paper, and then adhered that onto a slightly larger piece of a slightly darker kraft paper. These layers were then adhered to my white card base.

I then stamped the sentiment - with black ink - onto a banner strip and adhered it to the card. 

Finally, I added pewter adhesive-backed metal embellishments on the sentiment and in random areas on the embossed image.

Here's my supplies:

Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Tim Holtz "Retro" Embossing Folder	Peacock Feathers Distress Ink	Broken China Distress Ink	Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Distress Ink "Frayed Burlap"	Cuttlebug Machine	Scotch ATG (tape glider)	Hero Arts Kraft cardstock	Hero Arts "MANY BIRTHDAY MESSAGES"
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	Glossy Accents	Hero Arts "Pewter" Metallic Decor

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