Quick Birthday Card

A quick birthday card for a young teenage boy.

It's obvious to me after making this one today,

I need a break from crafting ;) 

It's pretty "blah"except for the glitter on the 

candle flames, nothing like the thought I've put

into some of the cards I've made him before. 

I wanted to put a matching blue layer on the back,

but because I didn't trim the card down as I should have,

it isn't going to fit in the matching envelope I already made.

Using that darker blue as a final back piece would

have improved it, oh well. 

Also, I glued the front panels onto the back side of 

the card that I had preprinted on the inside !!!!

What a dork........ maybe he'll get a giggle out of it.

a kind of a trick or treat card since his birthday is 

so close to Halloween anyway ! Yeah, perfect excuse !

I chose the orange and pop of blue theme to sort of be

the colors of a University team that his bedroom

had been painted in. I've already made several football

themed cards for him over the years.

I don't know that he cares all that much anyway,

you know how teenagers can be:

they only care about what may be inside (money!).

The background was made with a Stampin' Around wheel

and Pumpkin Pie ink. I added orange glitter to the flames.

The word bubble is from Hero Arts,

stamped in two shades of blue ink from Stampin' Up!

then hand cut out, attached with a pop dot.

The paper layer behind is actually a piece 

that has pumpkins on it ! I had no intention

of having the pumpkin images show; 

it happened to look nice with the texture.

Because I have used primarily orange colors 

on this card (and the hidden pumpkin paper!),

I am entering my card in the current challenge at

Use Your Stuff - #284 Pumpkin Spice. 

Thanks for looking =)