FTL127 Birthday Surprise!

On Thursday afternoon my sister called me at work to tell me that my nephew would like me to make a gift card holder for him to bring to a birthday party and that (if I was willing) she would come by my office on Friday to pick it up.  Normally, this is the sort of thing I love to do, but I was afraid to say yes because I had a meeting after work and I knew I wouldn't be home until after 9:00 pm and the chances of me being creative at that hour are pretty slim!  But somehow I found myself saying yes!  I was pretty sure that I had one already that would be perfect, but then she told me that he would be giving two gift cards!  I don't have any kind of gift card holder that holds two!  I managed to convince her that I needed more time and she agreed to pick it up at my house on Saturday.  Whew!  That was close!

So, I cleverly decided to use the FTL sketch challenge layout this week to make a birthday card/gift card combo.  (The inside has spots to hold two gift cards).

Some weeks ago, the ColorLab challenge was to use Rose Red, Blushing Bride, and Soft Suede.  On Friday I came across the card I made for that challenge and rememberd how much I loved how the colors really made that card shine.  So I used those colors again here.

My sister told me this gift would be for a sweet 16 party and I regretfully told her that I didn't have any stamps that said "sweet 16" in any way, shape or form, so I would have to make a regular birthday card.  But when I sat down to make this card I remembered that I recently got the Billboard Sizzix decorative strip die and that combined with the numbers stamp from the Bring on the Cake stamp set, I could easily make my own sweet 16 sentiment!  I'm really pleased with how this came out!  I hope they both like it too!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!