The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Mossy Meadow card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.
I cut two pieces of card stock measuring 4" x 5-1/4". I taped one to the inside and the other I textured using the "Lovely Stripes" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card base.
Next I die cut the leaves from the "Greenery Lane" dies. I cut two of them. I didn't have the dies used on the original card but I used what I had and I think it worked.
The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them out using the third die in the "Spotlight on Nature" dies. Dimensionals were added to the back.
I laid the word piece on the front of the card and then I set the leaf branches under it. I moved them around until it was where I thought it looked best. I removed the word piece and marked the end of the stems with a pencil on the textured piece so I knew where to put them when I was ready to glue them down.
Once the leaf branches were glued down I removed the backing of the Dimensionals were removed and the circle was set in place on the front of the card.
I glued on some (retired) "Itty Bitty Bokeh" mix. I didn't want to use pearls because I wanted this to be more masculine. The background needed something but pearls wouldn't cut it. I thought these dots did the trick. And that was it, the card was done.
This is a very quick and easy card to make.
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's masculine birthday card,
Wanda













