Dustin's 27th Birthday Card

This is a card I made for Dustin's 27th birthday, not the 27th card I made for Dustin's birthday. However, that kinda sounds like a cute idea. Maybe next year, if I get really creative, I'll make Dustin 28 cards for his 28th birthday. Or maybe I'll start with Brady since he'll only be one this year. Hehe.

Anyhow, I started with a tutorial for a two way open card. I thought the idea was really neat. You can see how the card opens in my second picture. I really wanted to do something special for Dustin's birthday and this met that requirement for me.

Then I took Dustin's favorite colors, blue and orange and kinda went wild with it. I added the yellow because there is some yellow in the patterned paper I used. I cut out the balloons and attached some real string to them for some texture. I paper pierced the icing on the cake so that it would use both of the colors I wanted. I stamped the sentiment, the presents, and the orange paper. I really did want to make a masculine card but it was just begging me for some more embellishment, so I added a brad that kinda looks like a flower. But I think overall, it's still pretty masculine.

Dustin told me it is the best card he's ever received. I thought that was pretty sweet of him to say. He even took it to work to display at his cubicle. I'm very proud and glad he likes it so much!