Gears & Texture, Banner Sayings, Friendly Foliage, Masculine Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a masculine birthday card to share with you.  I found one on Pinterest that I thought was a great masculine card so I thought I'd give it a try with what I had. There was no link to the original card but you can see a pic of it on Pinterest by clicking here. Please read on to see how I made the card.

The base of the 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 Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Beautiful Pattern" embossing folder.  I taped it to the front of the card base.

Next I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Nature Walk" 12" x 12" package.  I cut it at 2-3/4" x 4-1/2".  I cut a strip from another piece of DSP in the same package to measure 1-1/2" x 4-1/2".  I tore the left side of that strip and taped it to the other piece of DSP.  I set it on my cutter and cut it to measure 3-1/4" x 4-1/2". It's roughly 3-1/4" because the torn edge is difficult to measure easily.  Mine was a bit larger so I cut off a bit from the right side. Problem solved!

Next I die cut the gears, chain and Phillips head tops using the "Gears & Texture" dies. I only had shiny silver foil card stock and I'm just trying to use what I have.

I taped the chain piece down along the edge where the DSP meet. I was able to get the chain straight because I lined up the green color on the inside edge of the chain.  I used tape to add it and then I had to clear out the openings in the chain because the glue made a webbing in it.  Once I got it cleaned out I set it in place.  

Dimensionals were added to the large gear and it was set in place on the front of the card.  It's about 1/2" from the fold and 7/8" up from the bottom. Next the open gear was set in place, it's about 1/4" from the fold and 1" up from the bottom.  I added pieces of Dimensionals to it. The last gear is about 1/2" from the fold and 1/4" from the bottom edge. Pieces of Dimensional were added to the back of the gear. 

I had cut a round circle and I added one of the pieces that looks like the top of a Phillips head screw. I taped that to the round circle (again I had to clean out the webbing of tape from the center) and then the circle was taped to the center of the large gear. 

I cut two leafy pieces using the die from the "Friendly Foliage" bundle.  I cut them out using "Secret Sea" card stock.  I snipped the ends off, added a little bit of glue and slid them under the gears.

The "Happy Birthday" is from the "Banner Sayings" bundle using Versa Mark ink and I embossed the words using silver embossing powder.  I cut them out using one of the die shapes in the bundle.  I added tape to the left side and a Dimensional to the right. 

I had two Phillips head pieces left so I taped them to the right side of the card (after cleaning out the webbing of tape from the centers - I just use a toothpick to do that).   And the card was done.

This was a very fun card to make and I can see myself making another one in the near future. If I can find some more foil card stock in my stash. 

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