I had a request from a friend for some masculine cards with a fishing theme.  These 5 cards feature one or more of the following stamp sets from Stampin' Up!: High Tide, Best Catch, Waterfront,  and Lovely As A Tree.

For this first card I starting by using the Waterfront stamp set to stamp the mountains using Soft Suede  and Crumb Cake Inks and 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation stamping on a top mat cut from Whisper White CS.

Then I stamped the water stamp from the Waterfront Stamp using Soft Sea Spray Ink and shaded the area using the same ink and a Blending Brush. 

The sky was shaded using Balmy Blue Ink and a Blending Brush.

The birds are from the High Tide stamp set and stamped using Balmy Blue Ink.

The fisherman is from the Best Catch Stamp Set and was stamped using Early Espresso Ink.

The finished mat was mounted on a bottom mat cut from Soft Suede CS.

For this 2nd card I started by using the water stamp  from the Waterfront Stamp Set with Balmy Blue Ink and then shading the water area using a Blending Brush with the same ink on a top mat cut from Whisper White CS.
The fish was stamped on Whisper White CS using Memento Ink and the Best Catch stamp set, cut out using the coordinating Catch of the Day Die. It was colored using Flirty Flaming and Gray Granite Stampin' Blend Sets. The fish was popped up with Dimensionals.

The grass pieces were cut from Basic GrayCS and colored with Mossy Meadow and Soft Suede Stampin' Blend Sets.

This finished mat was mounted on a bottom mat cut from Basic Gray CS.

For this 3rd card I started by cutting a top mat from Sahara Sand CS and then embossed the piece using the Painted Texture Embossing Folder., which I sponged with a light coating of Sahara Sand Ink.

The fish were cut from Soft Suede and So Saffron Ink and strung on a piece of beige Twine.

The hat and tackle box were stamped on scraps of Whisper White CS with Memento Ink,  Thery were colored using So Saffron and Soft Suede Stampin' Blend Sets and cut out using the Catch of the Day Dies.

This finished mat was mounted on a bottom mat cut from So Saffron CS.

For this 4th card I started by cutting the top mat from a piece of Whisper White CS and colored the piece with Blending Brushes using Balmy Blue and Garden Green Inks.

The Fisherman is from the Best Catch Stamp set and stamped using Memento Black Ink.

The Grass piece was cut from Garden Green CS and the cattails colored using the Soft Suede Stampin' Blend.

I also stamped some grass using Garden Green Ink and grass stamps from the High Tide Stamp Set.

This finished mat was mounted on a bottom mat cut from Garden Green CS.

For this last card I started by cutting a top mat from Whipser White CS.  

The mat was colored from top to bottom using Blending Brushes and Seaside  Spray, Garden Green and Marina Mist Inks.

The Birds are from the High Tide Stamp Set and were stamped with Memento Black Ink.

The fisherman is from the Best Catch Stamp Set and was stamped on a scrap piece of Whisper White CS andcut out using the coordinating Catch of the Day Die.

The trees are from the Lovely As A Tree Stamp Set and were stamped using Soft Suede Ink.

The finished piece was mounted on a bottom mat cut from Garden Green CS.