I needed a masculine birthday card and I wanted to try a technique I think I read about in a post from I'm in Haven blog of using clear embossing as a mask to make this card. I even found the inks I wanted to use that would go with the scraps of cardstock I wanted to use for the stamp shaped background for the little squares. I liked the colors and general layout but I wanted to also use the sentiment "Time to celebrate." I found my clock vellum diecuts I have had for many years and a gear stamp I have also had for many years and knew that was what I wanted to do. One other thing that influenced my design were some long envelopes I had purchased, yep, you guessed it, many years ago, and had not yet found a card to use them for. I thought this design would work perfectly.
So much for my plans. Here's my card:
As you can see I didn't do the masking. It turns out I had to use a special size card shape to fit the envelope. I couldn't just take 2/3's of the cardstock and fold it in half. It was too narrow for the envelope and would slide around. After figuring out the correct size I then had to figure out how to print the words I wanted on the card ... oh for a stamp that had the words on it. It would have made things so much easier! By the time I got to stamping the gear image I was so frustrated I used the ink I had planned to use over the mask instead of the embossing medium and embossing powder so decided to just leave it the way it was. I am pleased with the result even if it isn't exactly what I wanted.
Well, that's it. Hope you enjoy.
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