Evergreen Birthday - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens

 It's always nice when a seasonal stamp set can also be used for all year round cards so when I wanted to make a masculine card for the Addicted to CAS challenge  I thought the trees in the Peaceful Evergreen stamp set would be perfect even though it's shown as more of a Christmas/winter stamp set.  Not a snowflake or Christmas ornament in sight for this design!

  For those nature loving guys on your birthday card list this is a great classic design.  I started with a Crumb Cake base, then embossed a Crumb Cake panel with the Birch Wood embossing folder for some "woodsy" texture.  

  Since this is a clean and simple card I wanted to add interest to the tree panel without having to add a lot more layers.  I used Very Vanilla and cut it with the Countryside Corners dies for a "more than a rectangle" look.

  I stamped the large evergreen in Mossy Meadow ink and then to make the tree look more full I stamped the next largest evergreen on top.  

  The sentiment from Simply Said is stamped in Versamark on Misty Moonlight cardstock and then embossed in gold.  A bit of Gold Trim is added to the back before the strip is popped on dimensionals.  2 gold sequins finish off the understated details of the card.

  I can already think of a few guys that this card might be going to!  I should have made multiples I guess.

Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Simply Said

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Versamark

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Misty Moonlight

Accessories: Birch Wood embossing folder, Countryside Corners dies, dimensionals, gold embossing powder, Gold Trim, Neutrals Adhesive-backed Sequins