Hello all, I am excited to be guesting for the Seize the Birthday going live on 11/12/26. The topping this time is Masculine. I do not really design much thinking about Masculine or Feminine other than to not add pink, well at least not too much anyway. I hope I captured the essence of the challenge.
I used Primarily
Altenew Products. The design was inspired by a Video I saw from Yana Smakula, she used dark cardstock to foil and then emboss. Honestly, I forgot the technique and once I foiled my "Hooray" and it turned out perfectly I did not want to do it again.
Hooray and the paint swipes came from a press plate set from Spellbinders called Paint the Town. I foiled the sentiment in Opaque Black. Then pressed the paint swooshes in the back ground using Altenew Inks in the colors Valcano Lake, Lagoon, Minty Mint and Buttercream. Then later I added Blue Horizon for the Its Your Birthday and the Time to Celebrate cut out sentiments. I pressed the swooshes with the Better Press. I used Hammermill 100# Cardstock, I also pressed the 2 blue sentiments on a separate piece of Hammermill Cardstock. I cut those out using the die from the Paint the Town set. On the main panel I embossed the celebration banners from the Craft Your Life Project Kit from Altenew which includes a 3D embossing folder. Since I did not use dark cardstock the technique of using embossing ink to bring out the embossing from the folder did not work, so I pivoted and used some Platinum Pigment Ink from Altenew to drag across the embossing to bring out that embossing. I felt the Platinum Color was not too much for a Masculine feel. The fun part was the realize I can emboss a panel after I have foiled it and it does not ruin the foiling. I placed the two other sentiments on a thin foam to lift it just a little. The entire panel was cut to 5 1/4 x 4 and then mounted on a piece of Hunter Green Cardstock from Altenew, this piece was A2 size 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 with some thin mounting strips. The whole idea of this card is making it fairly flat and easy to mail but still giving it depth and dimension. I think I accomplished that.
Again, this post is a part of the Seize the Birthday Challenge that goes live on 11/12 at Noon EST. The topping is Masculine. Have Fun Everyone!!
