Birthday 66 . . .

 I am back today with a male themed birthday card and here it is . . . 

I wish to enter these challenges . . .

Allsorts Challenge #787 Make it Grow or Anything Goes (1/3) 

Creative Fingers Challenge #281 Always Anything Goes (1/3)

Die Cut Diva's Challenge Your Favourite Die Cut Shapes: another nesting die creation and these stamps with matching dies create awesome male birthday cards  (3/4) 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  Anything Goes (3/5)  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #653/654 Anything Goes (7/10)   

I started by die cutting two large circles (15cm).  Onto one of them I stencilled using a Clarity Crafts stencil and stencil brushes with ink that was in the brush the last time I used it.  

I die cut Tonic Studio Plantastic images from smooth white card, hanging onto the scrap.  I positioned the die cuts into the scrap then stamped the plants with the matching pots, the foliage and extra plant pots with Memento Tuxedo ink pad.  I coloured the stamped and die cuts with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. 

I cut lengths of card which I coloured to create the fake wooden shelves onto which I positioned the plants, adhering some with glue and others with foam pads.

Onto the other circle I adhered patterned paper from my stash.  I created an easel card mechanism and hid as much of that as possible.  I added a Happy Birthday die cut (left over from a kit) with foam pads to work as an anchor.  I glued the front onto the easel and added a few Tonic Studios Nuvo Drops to finish.   Back soon x