Happy Birthday, it's your day

Yes, this is my second post today.  Click HERE to see the first one.
I squeezed in just enough time today, to make a second card.  Yay!  Actually, I should have been working outdoors instead of stamping.  We finally have some gorgeous COOL weather, and I love it!

Back to stamping, though...

I'm playing along with The Paper Players Challenge #62 - Birthdays

And, The Lawnscaping Challenge #17 - use heat or dry embossing

This card is sooooo different from the card in my earlier post.  I have to admit that this is a style that I'm much more comfortable with.  I'm really liking this card :)  It has a combination of several techniques I've been seeing on other blogs.

I knew that i wanted to do these angled layers, and I thought that a combination of neutrals would give me the soft look that I wanted.  I dry embossed the top layer, then gave the image a  light sanding to soften it.  This pleated ribbon effect is something I haven't tried before.  It turned out to be easier than I thought.  So glad that I gave it a try!  I think the rest is self explanatory.  So, that's it :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Card stock: soft suede, whisper white, basic gray, sahara sand (SU)

Ink: basic gray (SU)

Stamps: simple sentiments (PTI)

Other: textured impressions embossing folder (SU), basic gray satin ribbon (SU), sanding block, scor-tape, gray gems (Recollections)