Happy Birthday, Matt!

Today is my son’s birthday, and I had a lot of fun creating his card this year. He’s a fan of graphic designs so I’m pretty sure he’ll enjoy this card. Although I’ve been an incredibly lucky winner with Pinkfresh Studio in the last several months, this is a hot foil plate I purchased along with the coloring stencil knowing I’d get a lot of mileage from it.

I used gold to hot foil this fabulous “Geo Blocks” design on white paper. I gave a bit of thought to leaving it as is, but am very happy I changed my mind and used the stencil to add two shades of gray to the blocks.

I die cut the stenciled pattern and a gold border with the Gina K Designs “Master Layout #1). That die set has turned out to be a staple for me. Then I added both to a dark gray card base.

I wanted a sentiment with a simple font and chose this one from My Favorite Things “Greetings Galore.” I used one of Pinkfresh Studio “Basic Label Frames” and embossed the greeting in gold, adding three matte gold pearls for some embellishment.

I’ll be posting this in Just Add Ink where the challenge is to use two of three items on a list. I chose texture and layers. It’s also going to the Time Out Challenge where they are celebrating their 8th birthday. And, finally, it’s off to Darnell’s NBUS challenge since this is the first time I’ve used that wonderful hot foil plate.