So Grateful

What a great day to be inside making cards, as it's snowing in the Pacific Northwest. We now have about 3-4 inches of snow on the ground. I think snow is just magical and beautiful. My card today is a masculine card, which can be a challenge at time's. I do not have very many Cricut cartridges with masculine images, however I have raised two sons, so making masculine cards have always been a part of my card making creations. I was pretty excited to find on the Cricut Sampler, page 53 the trees using the bonus feature. Keeping in mind one of my resolutions for this year, use what I already have on hand, I found some wonderful plaid paper, wooden buttons and fibers to use for the card. I am entering this card in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, Challenge Me Monday, #93.

For this card cut as follows...

Base of card:

Green - 8" x 7" fold in half to make a 3-1/2" x 8" card

Plaid - 5-1/2" x 3-1/2"

Cricut cuts - cardstock:

Cricut Sampler - page 59 <Trees> - 2-1/2"

Bonus feature

Inside of card:

Wild Card - page 46 <AllInOne> - 2"

Phrase feature

Other cuts:

2-3/4" square cream CS

2" square cream CS for the inside of the card

1 3/4" x 1" cream CS for message "So Grateful" or other message of choice

3" square dark green CS

1" square vineyard berry CS - cut into 2 triangles for upper corner

3-1/2" x 1" vineyard berry CS        

To complete the card...

• Layer all pieces, working back to front as shown in the photo.
• I used staples to anchor the 3-1/2" x 1" vineyard CS to the card base.
• A fab element I like to use when creating masculine cards or layouts.
• After layering the 3 square pieces, wrap the fibers around the bottom portion before adhering to the card base.
• Adhere the message under the square pieces, just enough to have message peeking out.
• Adhere the 4You to the 2" square cream CS for the inside.
• Add fibers to the wooden tree and 3 round buttons.
• Place as shown in the photo.

Catch the Frenzy!