Card Swap - Guy Birthday

This category was the hardest for me to come up with an idea for. None of my carts had any images on them that screamed "guy"....until I saw the star burst. It made me think comic books and super heroes. I'm still growing my stamp collection so don't yet have a lot to choose from, but I thought the simple "celebrate" stamp would do the trick.

Sticking with the superhero type colors I chose this teal blue card stock. I didn't have enough to make the card base from it x6, so I used white card bases I had on hand, and cut the blue card stock to fit the front. Not overly thrilled with how it turned out, as I don't like the bit of a gap on the top of the card where the fold is. Most people probably wouldn't notice, but I do and it bugs me. :)

Before attaching the card front to the base, I inked the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink in frayed burlap. I next cut the star bursts on the Cricut, using red for the bottom layer and yellow for the top. I stamped the sentiment on the yellow and again used the distress ink on this layer before attaching to the red. I used foam squares to adhere the star burst to the base to give it a little dimension.

For the inside, I re-used 6 pennants (that I decided not to use on the kid cards) that were the same color as the card front. I inked them, and used my tape runner to adhere them to the inside. I decided not to stamp any sentiments inside, because I like to give the option of having a blank card to personalize. (And technically, since "celebrate" is pretty generic, this card could technically be used for something other than a birthday.) I did use the distress ink on the flap of the envelopes to jazz them up a little.