George, a good friend of my husband's, turned 4-0 a few weeks ago. Bob asked if I would make him a card. I don't have large dies that cut numerals for me, but long before I even knew what a diecut machine could do, I created my own stencil by enlarging some numbers on the computer to fit on a standard 4.25" x 5.5" card base. Now THAT'S old school!
I traced these onto some Celebrations DSP and cut them out, embossed a Bashful Blue piece of card stock using the Square Lattice TI Folder, and used my Stars #2 die to quickly add some stars. After I adhered all that to a Whisper White base, the card was ready to go.
George is quite the smartypants, so Bob gave him a copy of Radioactive Boy Scout along with the card. He also treated the office to Birthday Cake Pops from Starbucks. I think George felt properly embarrassed, I mean celebrated. Glad I was able to have a small hand in the festivities.
2 comments:
FUN! I love the idea of making the numbers this big and will continue with the old school idea :D And those cake pops are the BEST! We celebrated a birthday during a Downline meeting with them last month.
LOVE this card! I live in a senior community and this is a great idea for 60, 70 and 80-year olds; thanks!
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