My oldest nephew just turned 16, Cameron, Cam for short. Masculine cards can be hard but teenage masculine cards are the hardest. Cam is a great kid, plays baseball and does well in school. That didn’t make it any easier to create a card for him. I decided he deserved some cool stuff, like Chalkboard paper, and a cool looking card. My inspiration came from a card made by my friend and downline, Christine. She had a treat bag with balloons attached on a single piece of card stock tucked inside the treat bag. I used her basic design with a few twists.
Here is the treat bag with the card I created to tuck inside. The black is Chalkboard paper. This paper has a slick waxy texture to give that chalk board appearence especially when using the Chalk Box inks available. I choose the aquamarine color, very close to Coastal Cabana or Bermuda Bay. I stamped the banner from Birthday Bash and cut it out and attached with dimensionals.
The finished card is a note card size, 5 x 3 1/2 so it fits perfectly inside the treat bag. The balloons look like they are trying to fly away don’t they. I snipped them out using the Balloon Bash stamp set.
The outside is very cool and understated. I didn’t want to be too too over the top for Cam. Of course, the fact that I tucked in a Gas Gift Card inside, as he will be getting his drivers license here soon, I’m sure helps a lot.
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Lynn
