Masculine Birthday Card
For the card front: Turn the card with the fold at the top and cover with Textured tan leather paper. Ink the edges. Cut a 6½"x¾" Textured brown cork paper and ink the edges. Mat the long sides on Heritage brown cardstock with 1/16" borders. Cut a 3½" brown grosgrain ribbon and set aside. Thread the small ribbon slide onto the remaining ribbon. Glue the ribbon across the cork border and glue the ends on the back. Glue the border 1" from the lower card edge. Glue gold screw heads on the ribbon ends.
Position the ribbon slide 2¼" from the right edge, then tie a 1" wide brown twine bow on it. Cut the Nature tree to 2 3/8"x2 7/8" and mat on Heritage ivory cardstock with 1/16" borders. Mat again on brown cardstock with ¼" borders, then foam tape to the front, ½" from the left edge. Punch out a gold embossed hinge and cut in half. Glue to the tree as shown. Punch out the embossed oval label and stamp “it's your day” on it. Glue as shown.
For the inside: Cut a 6½"x1¼" Heritage brown cardstock and glue across the center. Cut a 4¼"x3" Textured brown cork paper and ink the edges. Tuck one end of the 3½" ribbon under the upper right edge, then glue the remainder across the cork paper. Glue to the inside. Cut out Word Garden “do what you love” and ink the edges. Mat on Heritage brown cardstock with 1/32" borders, then glue near the lower right corner of the cork paper.
Cut out the 1 7/8" Nature tree and glue over the upper left corner. Cut out a 1 1/8" Nature leaf, ink the edges, and glue the stem near the tree as shown. Tie a bow with the remaining twine and glue over the stem. Cut out the 1½" embossed copper tag and stamp “Happy Birthday” on it. Insert a copper brad, then glue the tag at the lower right.
Position the ribbon slide 2¼" from the right edge, then tie a 1" wide brown twine bow on it. Cut the Nature tree to 2 3/8"x2 7/8" and mat on Heritage ivory cardstock with 1/16" borders. Mat again on brown cardstock with ¼" borders, then foam tape to the front, ½" from the left edge. Punch out a gold embossed hinge and cut in half. Glue to the tree as shown. Punch out the embossed oval label and stamp “it's your day” on it. Glue as shown.
For the inside: Cut a 6½"x1¼" Heritage brown cardstock and glue across the center. Cut a 4¼"x3" Textured brown cork paper and ink the edges. Tuck one end of the 3½" ribbon under the upper right edge, then glue the remainder across the cork paper. Glue to the inside. Cut out Word Garden “do what you love” and ink the edges. Mat on Heritage brown cardstock with 1/32" borders, then glue near the lower right corner of the cork paper.
Cut out the 1 7/8" Nature tree and glue over the upper left corner. Cut out a 1 1/8" Nature leaf, ink the edges, and glue the stem near the tree as shown. Tie a bow with the remaining twine and glue over the stem. Cut out the 1½" embossed copper tag and stamp “Happy Birthday” on it. Insert a copper brad, then glue the tag at the lower right.