Birthday card

We have tons of birthdays in our family this week. One last Friday and then Sunday, two on Monday, one on Wednesday and last one on Thursday. Craziness. Glad I sent their cards out last week. Here's a birthday card I made over the weekend. It will be perfect for a niece or step mom in March.

 I guess I could give it to a dude but I think a chick would like it more. For this card I stamped the background of the top diecut, heat embossed it and then instead of inking it I colored it with Copic markers. Then I went back and inked the edges with a blending tool. It gives it a different look. Almost metallic looking. One thing that irritates me is that gold glitter embossing powder is hit or miss. This time was a miss and it just didn't set well when I used the heat gun on it. The closer I got to the image the paper started to turn colors. I used it on a layout earlier in the day and it worked perfectly. I loved the way that image turned out but this sentiment could have been better. Oh well, what's done is done.
A few supplies the patterned paper is by Scenic Route (so miss that company), Die cuts by Spellbinders, the background stamp is by Hero Arts, sentiment stamp by The Paper Co, brad by Making Memories, ink by Versa Mark and Ranger and both embossing powders by Stampendous.
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Little Claire (SAT)-Anything Goes
One stop craft challenge (SAT)-Birthday card
Card Making Mamas (FRI)-Birthday card
Mami Doodles (FRI)- Flower card
Guylou's challenge (FRI)-Anything goes
If the shoe fits (FRI)-Birthday
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