Everyday Arches, Autumn Toile, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a masculine friendship card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock for the large layer.

The Early Espresso layer was cut at 3-1/2" x 4-3/4".  On top of that I cut some Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Autumn Toile" 12" x 12" package.  The top pieces are cut 1" x 2-1/2" and the bottom piece was cut at 2" x 3-1/4".  I taped the bottom piece on first leaving about 1/8" on the bottom and each side. The strips were taped down next. I taped two outside piece first and then the center piece. They butted up to the bottom piece. 

I took some linen thread and wrapped it four times around the area where the pieces of DSP meet. I taped the ends to the back with scotch tape.  Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the Mossy Meadow piece. Then that was taped to the front of the card.

The "hello" is from the "Everyday Arches" bundle and was stamped using Early Espresso ink. It was cut out using the "Labeled With Love" punch. Dimensionals were added to the upper and lower part of the piece so it could straddle the linen thread. And that was it. I kept it simple because it is a masculine card and there's not a lot of masculine embellishments that would go with it!  So it is kept clean and simple, just the way I like it.  

This card turned out exactly what I had in my head. How often does that happen?  I mean exactly! A lucky day for me! LOL

Now off to write inside and get it ready for tomorrow's mail and then back to my bracelets. I just need to add the clasps and I'll share them with you tomorrow! They still need to be tumbled to remove any rough spots and to polish it up so it sparkles! So stay tuned!

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