My brother and his husband are not into the flowers and considering that they have recently completed a huge home remodel project I went with this architect design. The image is dry embossed brown cs with a Sizzix/Tim Holtz folder. Not sure of the exact name because it is not on the folder and it is very old. At first I smeared gold acrylic paint going for a pounded metal look but that looked washed out. So plan B was to tap versa mark then add gold embossing powder that got heat set. Trimmed into two pieces that fit on the dry embossed frame in black cs. Heat set sentiment with gold and added gold braid trim.
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Stunning! Love the embossing folder – have one similar and is called gears!
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I saw one on the internet that said gears but it was not the same. Thanks anyway.
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You nailed the pounded metal look! Awesome masculine card design.
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Thanks Lisa, sure was fun to play. Never know where I will end up.
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Fabulous masculine card. I like the heat embossing on the dry embossing. The braid is a perfect touch.
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Thanks Judy, I once made soft-goods for interior designers and this is leftover trim from that previous profession.
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Fabulous card the heat embossing on the folder looks fantastic,thank you for joining in at the challenge at MMM
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Always love to play along. Thanks for the encouragement.
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Oooh, love the distressed metal look you have here and the cogs and gears are a gorgeous mix to hold the eye. A perfect masculine card. Thanks for joining the fun at Let’s Squash It!! Hugz
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So glad I could get one to work for the challenge. Looking forward to future ways to use my 50+ em’s.
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Great metallic gold background for your card. Love that your separated the layers and added that gold trim.
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Thanks Gayle. I am always curious why I see designers keep adding layers to accomplish this same look. I guess that is why my favorite book as a child was Curious George.
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WOW!!! This is an amazing, perfect masculine card. Your brother and husband will love it.
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I hope they do. It did turn out good, but not what I was first going to layout.
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This is a fantastic masculine card! I’m with everyone else on how great your pieces look with the gold on top and the embossing. That frame is such a nice touch of depth, too. Great work on this.
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Thanks Golda, I love that ef to make a frame. Especially that it fits my new favorite size of 4x 5 3/4. Still fits in an ample size A2 envelope but a little elongated for layouts.
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Just look at all that glorious gold! Great card, Bonnie. So glad you’ve joined us at Let’s Squash It, Jo x
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Love the concept of this challenge and looking forward to all the new fun.
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A fantastic male card Bonnie!
Thanks for assisting in the hunt for the Vellum Adhesive. I might have actually got my hands on some here in the UK thanks to all you lovely bloggers who visit me! Have a great day!
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That would be great to get something that works with vellum. Can not wait to see what you do next…..
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Great masculine card! Love the metallic look for the gears. Thank you for playing with us at the MMM Challenge and hope you can come back soon.
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