Theme Week | Masculine Cards: Day 1 – with Laurie

This card features products from the latest release as well as previously released stamps and dies!  My card, of course, uses the new Kobi the Birthday Bear stamps and dies.  I stamped, coloured and die cut Kobi, then built my scene around him.  I die cut a window in a panel of woodgrain cardstock using the middle die from the Stitched Nested Creative Square Dies.  I then used the rectangle die from the new Dotted Patterns Set 1 die set to create a lovely dotted panel.

To create an outdoor scene, I stamped and coloured the pine tree from the Origami Winter Stamp Set and fussy cut it out.  I used watercolour paper and a grassy border die to create two layers of grass.  I used Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks to blend colour on the grass pieces.  I also used Faded Jeans Distress Oxide to ink blend a sky background.

As you can see, I splattered some water on each of the blended pieces and didn’t notice the very weird splotch it left on the green grass.  Before I adhered all my pieces, I added some Vintage Photo ink to the woodgrain background as it is a VERY white cardstock.

For the sentiment I used the banner die from the Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frames Die Set and created the sentiment using the new Happy Stamp Set.