Cattail frame on a masculine card...

I needed to place an order for envelopes from Amazon, so while I was at it, I added this cattail frame die to the order. I thought it would work well to create some masculine cards.

I started by blending some pink, yellow and orange inks onto a white piece of cardstock to create the background. When that was done, I die-cut the frame and glued it to the slightly larger piece of inked background. 

To keep the proper shape of the frame, I left it in the die as I applied some liquid glue to all parts of the backside. Then I laid it glue-side down onto the background and used a piercing tool to poke through the holes to dislodge the die-cut and adhere it to the background.

After the glue had a couple of minutes to dry, I trimmed off any excess background that extended beyond the frame. I also added two tiny flying insect die cuts (from another die set).

I added foam tape to the background to pop it up on the kraft cardbase.

Finally, a stamped sentiment on the inside finished the card.

I plan to make more cards like this and try some other color combos for the sky, like yellow, purple and dark blue. What colors do you like to use? 

Speaking of skies, we had some stormy ones here last night. They produced a hard rain for a short period of time. More storms are predicted for tonight, but then we can look forward to some cooler weather. It has felt like a sauna outside lately, so temps in the low 80s will be a nice change.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl