Faux Leather Birthday Card

This was a great technique and WAY easier than it looks. It's always hard to find a masculine birthday card idea since most birthday stuff is pretty girly. To do the Faux Leather you need a piece of fun foam cut to the desired size, your stamp you want, I chose the Stampin Up Motorcycle, and Stampin Up Chocolate Chip Ink Pad. Heat the foam with a embossing gun, get it very hot, you can see the foam melt a little. Once you get it melted you have your stamp inked and ready to go. You must press VERY HARD with the stamp in order to get the impression in the foam. I used the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz and a sponge with basic black on it to distress and emphasize the leather look. I used Stampin Up Very Vanilla Paper, the same distressing tools, and the Backgrounds 1 texture plate for the Sizzix from Stampin up. The card shell is Crumb Cake with a Chocolate Chip Mat. Thanks for checking in!