The card was not belated, but the posting of it is. Yesterday was Adam's birthday, and although I had a text "conversation" with him, I didn't get a birthday post up. Recently I purchased a die from Reverse Confetti, "Stitched Rays." I was quite sure I could use it in a variety of ways, but doing a masculine birthday card wasn't my first thought. Until I pulled it out, though, I was struggling to come up with a card I liked.
It isn't actually a die, but embosses the design without the use of an embossing pad. Under the circle sentiment is a smaller circle that is embossed. I used two of my favorite grays, Simon Says "Smoke" and "Slate," embossing an image from Papertrey's "Initial Sentiments: Birthday" in silver on a stitched circle die. The smaller sentiment is also from the same set. A simple, but somewhat graphic design, and one I'll probably use again.
Once I settled on the "Stitched Rays" die the card came together very quickly. Sometimes the search is far longer than the actual execution of the card!