Heat Embossed and Distress Ink Happy Birthday

Another birthday card for the busy family birthday season.

The background stamp is a Hero Arts/Basic Grey Diamond. I used Versamark Ink and then white embossing powder, finished with my heat gun. Then, using the Tim Holtz mini blending tool, color was added to the background over the heat embossing.

Using Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans, the color was laid down at an angle to the cardstock for interest.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts Year Round Sentiments set. It, too, was stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The heart was die cut using Simon Says Stamps Mini Hearts die using Stampin' Up cardstock in Night of Navy. I then covered it with Ranger Glossy Accents for depth and shine.

The sentiment and the background mat are both Stampin' Up cardstock, Old Olive.

I really like the way the background came out!  I'm going to try this again using different color combinations.

happy Birthday

One of the things I have been playing with is embossing paste. I used the same pattern to make two cards, one happy birthday and one i love you. Happy Birthday is from the Hero Arts Find Joy set.

The background stamp is from the set Background Builders by There She Goes. The ink colors are Stampin' Up Marine Mist, Night of Navy and Pacific Point. The mat cardstock is also Stampin' Up Night of Navy.

On the second card, I used Distress Inks  in bundled sage, crushed olive and peeled paint. 

The mat cardstock is Stampin' up  in  Always Artichoke. The sentiment stamp is from There She Goes from the Sentimental Set.

The stencil Concentric Circles  from My Favorite Things using Ranger Ink Texture Paste adds the finishing touching. It makes for a very interesting effect!!