Retirement Steampunk Gears/Cogs Card

Created this Clean & Simple CAS style Retirement Card for a guy friend. Used Tim Holtz Steampunk embossing folder. Sanded & inked the embossing. Used a Spellbinder die for sentiment tag that complements the Gears/Cogs of the embossing. Used a Stampin' Up sentiment "Happy Retirement." Inked the edges of the sentiment tag.

ink: MementoTuxedo Black
paper:
Kraft cardstock - Base & Sentiment Tag
Stampin' Up: Teeny Tiny Wishes - sentiment "Happy Retirement"
Tim Holtz: Distress Ink pumice stone
Tim Holtz core'dinations Pine Needles cardstock
  
Entering this into the following challenges:

Amusing Ch Anything Goes lim2 1st 10/28-11/3
DLART Thankful Thurs Anything Goes unlim 10/4-31
Paper Pretties Wed PWC229 Masculine Card unlim 10/24-30
Robyns Fetish Ch131 Use an Embossing Folder 10/28-11/3
Simon Says Stamp & Show Insp by Wendy Vecchi Steampunk Theme Ch unlim 10/22-28