Make The Cards Challenge - Masculine

It's Monday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Make The Cards Challenge.  This week we have a theme for you of Masculine. 

if you are like me, you don't have near enough masculine cards in your stash. 

I hope you will play along with us. 

To create this card, I started with a white top folding card base, a black panel and a panel of white Heavystock. Ever since I took Jenn's distress techniques class I am hooked on distress backgrounds. 

I embossed the images from the Gear Up set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps with Hickory Smoke Embossing Glaze and then created the  background  using Twisted Citron, Hickory Smoke and Ground Espresso in distress oxides. 

I adhered the panel to the black panel and to finish the card I embossed the Happy Birthday in white on a black strip and added to the front. 

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Thank you!