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Grunge Birthday
Featured at Stamp Camp 2010
Designed by Elvira Coscia Schawel


Materials                                                                       

  • Grunge board
  • Brad
  • A2 Card (4.25 x 5.5 inches)
  • Cream card stock
  • Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap, Old Paper
  • Distress Embossing Powders: Aged Mahogany, Faded Jeans
  • Copper Embossing Powder
  • Embossing Ink
  • Ten Second Celtic Knot embossing board
  • Big Shot
  • Sissix key, and gelly frames die
  • Copper Krylon pen
  • Canson Orange paper

 

Instructions

    1. Cut puzzle pieces, key and gelly frame from Grunge Board.
    2. Emboss puzzle pieces by running through Big Shot with the Celtic Knot embossing board.
    3. Distress each puzzle piece using the Distress Inks.
    4. Distress cream cardstock by apply old paper ink directly to paper, wrinkle up and apply a few more strokes of old paper to highlight the wrinkles.
    5. Apply embossing in to key and ring apply Distress embossing powders and some copper embossing powder.  Reapply until you get the desired look.
    6. Print Happy Birthday out distress
    7. Adhere distressed paper to card.
    8. Arrange pieces as shown, glue Happy Birthday to card front then place Gelly frame over and attach with colored brad.