This is Part 9 of a 10 Part Series of Masculine Cards that I have just completed using various stamp sets. I will be posting cards using other stamp sets over the next several days.

Today's post features the In The Pines Stamp Set and the coordinating Pine Woods Dies from Stampin' Up!. 

-For this first card the standard size bottom mat and the trees were cut from Shaded Spruce CS.

-The standard size top mat was cut from Whisper White CS and embossed using the Evergreen Embossing Folder, then the raised trees were sponged with Shaded Spruce Ink and the flat areas were sponged with Balmy Blue Ink.

-I sprayed the top mat with Shimmer Spray and then attached the die cut trees to the top mat using Tape Runner.

-The sentiment is from the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set and was stamped with Shaded Spruce Ink.

-For this second card I did not us a standard top or bottom mat, instead I began by cutting a strip of Poinsettia Place DSP and used tape runner to attach it directly to the center of the card base.

-The bottom layer of the featured mat was cut from Garden Green CS, the top layer was cut from Whisper White CS.  

-I used the featured stamp set to stamp the tree grouping on a scrap piece of Whisper White CS using  Garden Green Ink , and the featured die to cut them out. It was popped up with Dimensionals.

-I used the dies alone to cut out the tall pine tree from Garden Green CS.

-The deer is from the Dashing Deer Stamp Set and was stamped with Early Espresso Ink, and cut out with the coordinating Detailed Deer Dies. It was popped up with Dimensionals.

-The sentiment is from the Free As A Bird stamp set, and stamped directly onto the layer with Garden Green Ink

-This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest but couldn't read the crafter's name. My apologies.

-For this third card the standard bottom mat was cut from Mossy Meadow CS that was embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder.

-The top mat was cut from a piece of Come Sail Away DSP.

-The trees are from the featured die set and were cut from Mossy Meadow CS.

-The moose is from the Merry Moose Stamp Set, it was stamped with Soft Suede Ink, onto Soft Suede CS and punched out with the Merry Moose Punch and popped up with Dimensionals.

-The sentiment is from the Climbing Rose Stamp Set and was stamped onto a scrap piece of Whisper White CS using Mossy Meadow Ink, cut out with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies, and popped up with Dimensionals.

-For this fourth card the standard size bottom mat was cut from Soft Suede CS.

-The standard size top mat was cut from Whisper White CS and embossed using the Pinewood Plank Embossing Folder.

-The moose was stamped and cut out and popped up as on the card above.

-The center tree was cut out using the featured dies from Granny Apple Green CS.

-The strip across the bottom was cut with the featured dies from Granny Apple Green CS and shaded with Old Olive Ink.

-The 2 other trees were stamped using the featured stamp set and Soft Suede ink on Crumb Cake CS and cut out with the coordinating dies.

-The sentiment is from the Floral Frames stamp set using Soft Suede Ink of a scrap piece of Granny Apple Green CS, cut out with one of the Stitched Label Dies and popped up with Dimensionals.

-This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest by Helen Read.

-For this fifth card the standard bottom mat was cut from Soft Suede CS.

-The top mat was cut from Crumb Cake CS and embossed using the Woodland Embossing folder.

-The circle was cut from Soft Suede CS using one of the Layering Circle Dies.

-The solid tree was cut from a scrap of Crumb Cake CS using the featured dies.

-The other trees were stamped on scraps of Whisper White CS, using Soft Suede Ink, cut out with the coordinating dies, and popped up with dimensionals.

-The sentiment is from Accented Bloom, was stamped with Soft Suede Ink, cut out using one of the Painted Layer Dies, and popped up with Dimensionals.

-This card was CASEd from one I saw on Pinterest by Connie Babbert.

-The standard size bottom mat for this last card was cut from Night of Navy CS.

-The DSP mat is from the True Gentleman DSP Set.

-The circle was cut from Very Vanilla CS using the Layering Circle Dies.

-The tree was cut from Garden Green CS.

-For this card I heat embossed the sentiment from the Fancy Phrases Stamp Set using Versamark Ink, White Embossing Powder and a Heat Gun, on a piece of Night of Navy CS, and cut it out using one of the Painted Layers Dies.  It was popped up with Dimensionals.