A “Lovely” Masculine Birthday Card

Hello everyone! As I was making this card it struck me that I was making a masculine card with a stamp set that has the word “lovely” in its title. 🙂

This gorgeous stamp set is called “Lovely as a Tree”. It makes for some great masculine cards as well as beautiful Christmas Cards.

This tree stamp is my favorite image in this set. I absolutely love using markers to color the tree and trunk so the image looks more realistic.

I thought it would be a fun touch to stamp the envelope flap to match the card. The stamp I used for the card background and envelope flap is called “Hardwood” (more masucline, eh? 🙂 ) Be warned, it is a very large stamp. I recommend laying the stamp face up on your work surface, inking it up, and then laying the cardstock on the stamp. The last step is to lay a scrap piece of copy paper over the top so you can rub well over the entire cardstock to get an evenly inked image.

I hope you are inspired to create with the “Lovely as a Tree” & “Hardwood” stamp sets. I know you’ll create some awesome Masculine cards!

Joyful stamping!

~Stephanie

*Stamping supplies/info: Lovely as a Tree stamp set, Hardwood stamp set, Balloon Builders stamp set (sentiment), Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker, Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker, Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad, Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad, Mossy Meadow cardstock, Crumb Cake cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Circles Collection Framelits Dies (5th smallest for Mossy Meadow circle), 2 1/2″ Circle Punch (to punch out the tree), Snail Adhesive, Stampin’ Trimmer, Crumb Cake Medium Envelope.

*All supplies are available in my online store (see link in the menu bar to the right).