This month, our theme for Stampin’ Fancy Friday is Earth Tones. Now that’s something fun and different. I was pretty excited about this for a couple reasons. First, I think neutrals are seriously underrated, because I’ve see some gorgeous projects lately. Second, I have LOTS of guy birthday cards to make for September, so the timing is perfect!
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I designed this birthday card for my husband using the In The Grove Bundle. I love a good nature set, and this one is beautiful. It reminds me of backpacking trips my husband and I took all over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I know he’ll love it! I particularly love the aspen tree window die-cut.
I used an oversized card base from the Memories & More Cards & Envelopes. That way, I had a little more room in the background for the strips of Country Woods Designer Series Paper. I also used the new Birch 3D Embossing Folder from the September-December Mini Catalog.
To create the landscape background, I started by lightly watercoloring the sky with Pool Party ink on Basic White Cardstock. After die-cutting a couple of the mountain pieces (so I could stretch them across the entire horizon), I stamped the mountains with Jet Black Stazon ink and watercolored them with both Gray Granite and just a touch of Pool Party ink.
For the trees, I pre-painted some Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with Mossy Meadow and Pecan Pie ink, although you can’t see much of the Pecan Pie. I spliced the die-cut so I could cut a longer piece. This is pretty easy. Just cut, then align the die with one side and cut again.
For the meadow, I inked up the bottom half of the stamp with Basic Beige ink and the top with Wild Wheat ink. Then, I took a Sponge Dauber and applied Wild Wheat ink to the center of the red rubber to soften the transition from one color to the other. Afterwards, I gave the stamp a huff and stamped on Basic White Cardstock.
To really make the birch tree window stand out, I backed the edges with Foam Adhesive Strips.
The sentiment is from the Everyday Greetings Stamp Set (an Online Exclusive.) This is a great all-occasion stamp set! What’s even better is there is a coordinating Greetings Of The Season Bundle with holiday sentiments and dies that coordinated with BOTH stamp sets! I used one of the dies to cut out the BIRTHDAY and fussy cut Wishes from Pecan Pie Cardstock.
For the bow, I used the Natural Tones Linen Thread available in the new Mini Catalog.
The inside is rather simple for right now. I’m still thinking about whether I might add something. What do you think?
Have a wonderful and creative day!
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Thanks so much Ursina!
Absolutly beautiful!