Waterside Retreat, Fabulous Sayings, Masculine Birthday Card, Father's Day Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am continuing on with the masculine theme and Terri Gaines' fun video of how to use all the images on one of the beautiful sheets of Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the "Waterside Retreat" 12" x 12" package. You can see that video by clicking here. I was thrilled that she made it because I struggled with some of the images on that sheet and now they won't just sit in the bottom of the bag! Terri is a fabulous stamper and demonstrator. She's got a lot of fun ideas and ways to use products that you might not think of. Check out her videos, you won't regret it. So, onto the card I made today from her video.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Early Espresso card stock. It 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.

On the front a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pecan Pie card stock was cut and textured with the "Forever Plaid" embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card base. I set the card under my stamping mat to keep it flat while the glue set up. I'm not sure if I really need to do that but it's such a habit that I continue to do it. Plus I know where the card is and it's not getting dirty/inky!

Next the layers were cut out using the (retiring) dies from the "Branching Out" set. I used the 3 smallest ones. With the smallest one I cut a piece of Very Vanilla and I also cut the fish image at the top and sides. The other two dies were used to cut the Early Espresso pieces.

I taped the fish image to the cut Very Vanilla image and then stamped the words from the "Fabulous Sayings" set using Early Espresso ink. I wrapped some linen thread around the piece and taped the ends on the backside. Dimensionals were added to the piece and it was set in place on the next larger Early Espresso piece. Then Dimensionals were added to the back of that piece and it was set in place on the largest Early Espresso die cut piece. Glue was added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. 

I thought I'd take my blending brush and lightly scrub on some Early Espresso ink over the embossed piece. I went around the die cut pieces. It kind of gives it a lighter glow behind it. Kind of! LOL 

This was a fun card to make and once again I was able to use a piece of the DSP that I really thought would just sit in the bottom of bag of DSP. This was such a quick and easy card to make too! I think it would also make a great Father's Day card.

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