Encircled in Nature Birthday Card for the Alphabet Challenge

Hi, Stampers!

A new Alphabet Challenge starts today with the theme, “M is for Masculine.” So, you know the drill ~ I’m sure you have at least one guy, young or not-so-young, that you need to create a card for, right? We’d love to see what your guy would like! My card started with the Encircled In Nature bundle, so I paired it up with wonderful fall colors. I love making wreath cards and I think that using fall colors is great for masculine cards.

Once you finish here, I hope you visit our Alphabet Design Team gallery for some great inspiration and play along!

My Secrets!

Let’s start with the card base…

• Firstly, this A2 card started with Garden Green cardstock, cut to 11 x 4-1/4 and scored at 5-1/2.
• After that, I cut Copper Clay cardstock to 4 x 5-1/4, then I cut the Country Lace DSP with the Encircled In Nature die that created a window to the back layer. I decided to add some ink blending to the corners to give it a more rustic feel, so I used a Blending Brush with Basic Beige ink on all four corners.
• So, I cut a piece of the Splendid Autumn DSP that has a beautiful blue for sky, then added a piece of the dark green for grass. They were all adhered together then adhered to the Copper Clay cardstock and adhered to the card base.

And now, the fun part!

• Once that was done, I stamped the trees in Mossy Meadow ink and cut them out with the coordinating dies and tucked them under the “grass” and window.
• After that, I stamped the first wreath stamp in Copper Clay ink and cropped it out with the coordinating dies.
• Then, I cut the wreath pieces with more of the Splendid Autumn designer paper (LOVE this paper!). The wreath, leaves and branches were glued down around the window.
• After that, I cut the row of trees from the Encircled in Nature dies in both Copper Clay cardstock and Country Woods paper to give it some extra weight on the card.
• Once that was done, I was able to judge where to stamp the sentiment from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set since I wanted it to be placed onto the card base.
• Finally, a wreath needs a bow, right? Well, to keep the card masculine, I cut the ribbon and knotted it, then adhered it to the card with glue dots.

Then, on the inside…

• Onto the inside, I cut more Copper Clay cardstock and Country Lace designer paper and adhered it to the cardstock.
• Then, I stamped the sentiment from the Encircled In Nature stamp set in Copper Clay ink and the trees in Mossy Meadow ink.

I hope to share my card with these challenges:

1. 613 Avenue Create
2. A Place To Start
3. Crafty Catz  
4. NBUS (new stamp set and dies)
5. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges
6. The Paper Funday
7. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday

I love hearing from you! Please leave a comment if you have any questions or comments about my project today.

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Encircled In Nature Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163623] $24.00	Encircled In Nature Bundle (English) [163629] $54.00	Cheerful Daisies Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161290] $25.00	Country Lace 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163415] $12.50	Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163393] $12.50
Splendid Autumn 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164173] $12.50	Copper Clay 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161721] $11.50	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $11.50	Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad [161647] $9.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $9.00
Basic Beige Classic Stampin Pad [163806] $9.00	Encircled In Nature Dies [163628] $36.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $15.00	Basic Beige 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [163788] $7.50

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