A Garden Impressions Birthday

Here's a pretty, simple and SO effective card for any occasion (I made mine for a birthday):

Combining Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper with the Happy Birthday Thinlits dies makes  celebrating a cinch!  And it's a perfect "masculine" card, which is always a challenge for me.

This card also has a pretty embossed detail:

Can you see the embossing of the Night of Navy strip?

Let's break it down:

1.  Card base is Night of Navy.
2.  I cut the Garden Impressions DSP into two pieces and mounted it on a skinny layer of Very Vanilla.

3.  Using the Big Shot Embossing Mats and the Stained Glass Thinlits, I embossed (instead of cutting - how cool!) the center of the Navy card base.  Then I mounted the layered DSP strips around the embossed area.
4.  "Happy Birthday" was cut twice - once in Very Vanilla and again in Night of Navy.  Using the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets made it easy to mount them together, slightly off-set to create a "shadow" behind the vanilla letters.
5.  The sentiment was mounted to the card using pieces of Mini Dimensionals.

I love the embossing technique using the Embossing Mats; it's the perfect way to stretch your dies, being able to cut OR emboss them.

And the Garden Impressions DSP is simply beautiful.  If you haven't purchased this yet, you really should add it to your stash!

Product List

Garden Impressions 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[146289]

$11.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100867]

$8.50

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.75

Happy Birthday Thinlits Die

[143700]

$20.00

Stained Glass Thinlits Dies

[146347]

$29.00

Big Shot Embossing Mats

[146327]

$15.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

[144106]

$10.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00