M asculine card using Stampin' Up! products.
Project Recipe
Cut cardstock, designer paper, and Adhesive Sheets pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer:
- card from Old Olive Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 4" x 5-1/4" of blue watercolor sky with clouds design from Beauty Of The Earth 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, cut so the clouds are horizontal on the vertical rectangle
- 2" x 4-1/4" of watercolor evergreen trees on green background design from Beauty Of The Earth 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, cut so the lines of the trees are horizontal on the horizontal rectangle
- 3" x 4-1/2" of brown woodgrain on brown background design from Beauty Of The Earth 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, cut so the lines are horizontal on the vertical rectangle
- 3-1/4" x 4" of watercolor evergreen trees on green background design from Beauty Of The Earth 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, cut so the lines of the trees are horizontal on the horizontal rectangle
- 3" x 3-1/2" of watercolor yellow and green trees with brown trunks of white background of watercolor evergreen trees on green background design from Beauty Of The Earth 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, cut so the trunks of the trees are vertical on the horizontal rectangle
- 2-7/8" x 3-3/8" from Adhesive Sheets
- 1-1/2" square from Night Of Navy Cardstock
Pick out the long, skinny, curved with dots along the edges die from the Curvy Dies. Put it on top of the 2" x 4-1/4" rectangle of evergreen trees on green background piece of Beauty Of The Earth Designer Paper on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so you will cut off one long edge as close to the edge as possible. Make sure the dots are on the top edge of the die. Run through the machine. Use the Take Your Pick and Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip to remove all the little bits from the die and designer paper..
Pick out the large bare tree trunk and branches die from the Beautiful Trees Dies. Put it on top of the rectangle of woodgrain Beauty Of The Earth Designer Paper on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Run through the machine. Use the Take Your Pick and Take Your Piece Die Brush Tip to remove the pieces.
Pick out the large open tree top die from the Beautiful Trees Dies. Put it on top of the 3-1/4" x 4" rectangle of evergreen trees on green background Beauty Of The Earth Designer Paper on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Run through the machine.
WITHOUT ADHERING, lay the bare tree trunk and branches cut out on the vertical rectangle of blue sky with clouds Beauty Of The Earth Designer Paper so the top of the branches almost touches the top of the sky designer paper. WITHOUT ADHERING, lay the green tree top cut out on top of the branches. Shift the tree trunk to the right if needed so the left edge of the tree top is even with the left edge of the sky designer paper. WITHOUT ADHERING, lay the curved piece of green designer paper cut out on the bottom of the sky designer paper so you cover the bottom of the tree trunk and leave about 1-1/4" between the bottom right side of the tree top cut out and the upper edge of the curve on the right side.
Mount the "It's Your Day!" sentiment from the A Good Man Set on Block A. Ink it up with the Night Of Navy Ink Pad. Stamp the sentiment on the sky rectangle in the space between the bottom right side of the tree top cut out and the top of the curve of grass.
Remove all the pieces of designer paper.
Use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Fine-Tip Glue Pen on the back of the trunk of the bare tree with branches cut out and adhere it in the same place as before.
Adhere the green tree top cut out in the same place as before.
Adhere the curved green grass designer paper piece in the same place as before. Use Paper Snips Scissors to cut off excess designer paper on the left, right, and bottom edges as needed.
Adhere the stamped sky rectangle with other designer paper pieces attached to the front of the Old Olive card.
Peel the protective backing off of the Adhesive Sheets rectangle. Adhere the Adhesive Sheets rectangle to the back of the 3" x 3-1/2" watercolor yellow and green trees Beauty Of The Earth Designer Paper rectangle. Be sure to leave the other protective backing in place for now.
Pick out the large, more detailed tree top die from the Beautiful Trees Dies. Put it on top of the rectangle of Beauty Of The Earth Designer Paper on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so the green and yellow mottled side of the paper is up. Run through the machine. Use the Take Your Pick Die Brush Tip and Take Your Pick to remove the pieces.
Carefully remove the protective backing from the detailed tree top cut out. Adhere it to the center of the solid green tree top cut out on the card front.
Pick out the set of two birds die from the Beautiful Trees Dies. Put it on top of the Night Of Navy square on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Run through the machine. Use the paper-piercing tool on the Take Your Pick to remove the pieces if needed.
Use Mini Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the bird cut outs to the front of the card so the birds are in the tree top as shown.
Cut a 16" piece of the Night Of Navy Twine from the Well Suited Twine Combo Pack.
Fold the twine in half. Tie a small bow in the center of the folded twine. Trim the ends.
Use a Mini Glue Dot to adhere the twine bow to the front of the card near the top of the tree trunk.