Autumn Toile, Simply Said, Masculine Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I took a break from Halloween cards to play with some new Designer Series Paper (DSP) that I bought. I saw a card on the internet that used this paper and I thought I'd give it a try. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. If I were to make this card again (and I just might) I would use Early Expresso instead. This card opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Very Vanilla and taped it to the inside.

Next I cut the DSP from the "Autumn Toile" 12" x 12" package. It measures 4" x 5-1/4".  I cut the piece on the short side at 1-1/2". This piece is flipped over and both were taped to the front of the card. SO simple!

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Early Espresso ink (see, this is why Early Espresso would be better for the card base). It was stamped on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla card stock and was cut using the "Labeled with Love" die or you can use the "Labeled with Love" punch. I bought the set of dies. I die cut a scrap piece of Early Expresso card stock at the same time. I cut the Early Espresso piece in half. I added tape to the top and bottom of the word piece. I lined up the Early Espresso pieces and affixed them to the word piece. Dimensionals were added to the back of the word piece and it was set in place on the front of the card about 1-1/2" from the top and about 7/8" from the sides.

I had some (retired) "Candy Dots" but they weren't dark enough so I colored them using my dark Basic Black Blends pen. I set them in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

I was going to make an "Autumn Wishes" card. I didn't have the stamps but I did have the "Words for the Season" dies. The words ended up being just too large for the orientation of this card. I put it in my stash to maybe use it sometime in the near future. I need to remember to write on the back of the piece the name of the dies so I don't forget because I know I will forget. UGH!

Anyway, this was a very fun card to make and I love the simplicity of it. It's a great masculine birthday card. Excellent DSP for that!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's masculine birthday card,
Wanda