A Masculine Birthday with Country Road for As You See It Challenge

Hi, stampers! I'm still on a roll with the Country Road stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. This time I created a masculine themed birthday card using fall colours and a rustic look with lots of wood grain. And since it's Friday, I'm using our latest As You See It Challenge sketch for my layout. Here's the sketch from Amanda:

For obvious reasons, this challenge is called "Flag Me Down", but I didn't want the flags to be such a huge factor in my design, so I did a bit of camouflage:

• I made good use of the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack for this card, including the background panel, one of the flags and I stamped the weather vane on one and fussy cut it out, then used it for the top flag in the sketch.
• I stamped the grass, the wagon wheel and the weather vane from the Country Road stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The grass and the wheel were stamped on Sahara Sand cardstock and the weather vane on a small piece of the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack.
• The other two flags are a piece of the 5/8" Burlap Ribbon and the Merry Merlot & Copper 5/8" Reversible Ribbon. The stitching at the top of the sketch, I used some Braided Linen Trim, knotted on the right of the horse in the weather vane.

That's about it. Now I just have to figure out which lucky male in our family is going to be the recipient of this creation! Hmmm!

Don't forget that you only have until Sunday to place your orders to take advantage of the savings for the World Card Making Day promotion. It's a great way to stock up on some basics or some kits and save a little money! I'll place my order on Sunday, so let me know before then.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Country Road Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147469] $26.00	Country Road Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147466] $37.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $15.00	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119684] $11.50	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043] $11.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487] $9.50	Merry Merlot & Copper 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Reversible Ribbon [147818] $10.25	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $13.50
Banner Triple Punch [138292] $31.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.00	Fast Fuse Adhesive Refill [129027] $10.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50