Masculine Card Challenge

This card was made for a challenge.  It had to meet 5 criteria:

1. Masculine
2. Ribbon
3. Foil Element
4. No Patterned Paper
5. Orange

Looks pretty simple, right?  It was a pain to make this card!  The foiled element is what got to me.  I decided to use some black foil that was supposed to be applied by using glue.  I decided to try stamping with glue.  It MIGHT have worked out if I had let the glue dry some before applying the foil, but the instructions with the glue pad said to apply it right away. So . . . It was such a mess I had to cut a smaller square to cover it & stamp the focal in black VersaMark instead. 

I still needed a foiled element, so I used a glue pen to go around the scalloped edges of the focal, let it dry a bit, then applied the foil.  That worked better, but not great.  No wonder hot foil has become so popular!

Anyway, next I had to add ribbon - I wanted it to help form a border along the edges of the embossed paper & yet not hide too much of it.  I also wanted the ends folded over so there would be no raw edges.  I guess that worked reasonably well. 

Oh yes, the stamp I used was from the set "Birthday Cheer" by HOTP.  The scalloped die was a Spellbinder's one.  The embossing was done with an embossing folder from Darice called "Woodgrain A2".  The curlicues were a small punch from my stash.