Just finished several alternative cards from Stampin' Up!'s May 2018 Manly Moments Paper Pumpkin Kit. This first one is the one closest to the original design - but I have added some extra stamping on the cut-outs using SU's Waterfront stamp set which coordinates so well with this kit. These are all A2 size cards.

This Happy Birthday card features the Waterfront stamp set by Stampin' Up!  I think found this to be a quick and easy masculine card. I used the stamps and sponge daubers to create the different sections of the card. Then I added a couple of small boats using the April 2018 You Are My Anchor stamp set which coordinates very well with this stamp set. This is an A2 size card.

Material List:

-Stamp Sets:  Waterfront, High Tide, PP-You Are My Anchor,
PP-Manly Moments
-Cardstock: Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
-Inks: Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Marina Mist, Crushed Curry,  Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
-Tools: Sponge Daubers
-Basics: Scissors, Paper Trimmer, Tombow Glue, Adhesive Tape Runner
- Card Base:  Sahara Sand A2 Card (Folded Size 5-1/2" x 4-1/4")
-Old Olive Bottom Base Mat:  (5-1/4" x 4")
-Whisper White Top Mat:  (5" x 3-3/4")

Directions:

--Cut the Card Base and Top and Bottom mats to size per list.
--Stamp the Sun in the upper right of the Whisper White Mat.  Cover with a circular removable Mask.
--Then use sponge daubers to lightly color and divide the four background sections onto the Whisper White Mat.
--SKY: Marina Mist
--FOREST FLOOR: Old Olive
--LAKE:  Pool Party
--BEACH:  Sahara Sand - use some extra shading here
--Stamp the designs:
--Trees in Old Olive - using 1st and 2nd generation stamping.
--Waves on the Water section using the "Z" shape stamp with Pool Party ink.
--Stamp the Beach area with the dotted pattern stamp in Sahara Sand, and then use the grass stamp from High Tide in Old Olive ink.
--The sentiment I used is from a combination of stamps found in the Manly Moments Paper Pumpkin kit - I used Old Olive ink.
--The tiny boats from the You Are My Anchor Paper Pumpkin Kit were stamped in Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler inks
--Glue the xx onto the white mat as indicated.
--Attach White Mat to the Old Olive Mat & then both to the Sahara Sand Card Base using tape runner.

This "Special Day" card features the new Stitched All Around stamp set by Stampin' Up!.   I love this saying as it could be used for  a birthday, an anniversary, or even elegant enough for a wedding.  I mounted it on a Elegant Eggplant mat and embellished with some die cut flowers, twine and a strip of DSP.  Any small flower stamp set could work to make a quick and easy card for any special occasion. This is an A2 size card. 

Material List:

-Stamp Set:  Stitched All Around, Beautiful Bouquet
-Dies: Stitched Label Framelits, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Eclectic Layers Thinlits 
-Cardstock:  Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Whisper White
-Inks: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum
-Embellishments:  Rhinestones, Twine
-Tools:  Layered Leaves Embossing Folder
-Basics: Scissors, Paper Trimmer, Dimensionals, Tombow Glue, Big Shot, Adhesive Tape Runner
-Card Base:  White A2 Card (Folded Size 5-1/2" x 4-1/4")
-Elegant Eggplant Top Mat:  (5-1/4" x 4")
-Scrap pieces of Purple Plum to cut the larger flowers
-Scrap piece of a coordinating DSP for the Tab Strip
-Scrap pieces of Whisper White to stamp the sentiment and flowers

Directions:

--Cut the top mat to size per list.

--Stamp the sentiment from Stitched All Around on a scrap of Whisper White & Die Cut the Sentiment using the coordinating die from Stitched Label Framelits.
--Stamp several small flowers from Beautiful Bouquet onto scraps of Whisper White CS in Perfect Plum ink and Die Cut them with the coordinating Bouquet Bunch Framelits.
--Die cut a couple of open style flowers from scraps of Perfect Plum CS using  the die from Eclectic Layers Thinlits Die.
--Emboss the Elegant Eggplant mat using the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder.
--cut a Tag strip of a coordinating DSP and attach to left center across the Elegant Eggplant CS mat using tape runner.
--Wrap some twine around the left-hand side of the Elegant Eggplant mat.
--Glue the flowers onto the mat as indicated with Tombow glue.
--Embellish the center of the small flowers with Rhinestones.
--I also glued some Vellum leaves onto the Mat using  leftovers from a Paper Pumpkin kit (optional - or you could use die cut leaves from any other die set that you may have).
--Attach the sentiment using dimensionals.
--Attach Elegant Eggplant Mat to the card Base using tape runner.