Baby Boy Congrats

Here's a card I made for two special purposes! 

 First of all, it's for my son's best friend from childhood and his wife, they just had their first baby (wondering where all those years went, seems like it was just yesterday that those two young men were attending playschool together!)

This is also for today's Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoaststampers - this week it's Susie, aka paperpunchscissors - I'm delighted for Susie, who is such a character, with a kind encouraging heart, and loads of talent and creativity!  

HERE is the card I chose to CASE from Susie's gallery.

I chose this Darice embossing folder because the pattern reminds me of 

the patchwork fields on the hilly countryside here in Northern Ireland.  

The trees and house were snipped from die-cuts using the
Memory Box Modern Landscape Die.

The plane and banner were stamped and cut using
Papertrey Inks Fly Away set and dies.  

The clouds were created with die-cuts using Papertrey Ink cloud dies
and Stampin Up's Cool Caribbean ink.

Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by!