orange gratefulness

not my normal type of card

far too normal and classic for me lol

 i used the leaves from the kinda ecletic stamp set with the hardwood stamp and the sentiment from the apothecary accents set.

 lots of layering with dimensionals and punches and top note die

 inside the card i echoed the theme from the front

i added the small flower punches to give it some layering.

this is also for the august orange challenge over at splitcoast stampers creative crew

purple masculine card

let's face it

men's cards are quite tricky to get just right

not too girly

not too lame

and, for me, not too stereotypical.

i wanted a card that could be given to any man 

whether they are geeks, 

sports mad, 

retired or rev heads lol

easy....lol

not quite

but i think i may have got it with this one

 this card uses a new stamp set in the 2014/15 stampin up catalogue that goes live next month 

 a close up to see the layering on the card

cheers ears