Birthday cards

I was commisioned by my parents to come up with something clever so they can present my brother with something concrete for his birthday. They got him flying lessons and wanted something that resembled a Willy Wonka Golden ticket to reflect it. So I scooted on down to the craft store and picked up a piece of gold foil cardstock ($1.99) and an oil-based marker ($3.99).

I can't tell you how glad I am that I was gifted with a crafting scissor bouquet. Those are kind of expensive! After staring wistfully at the edging punches, I managed to swipe a cute floral stamp set on clearance ($2.99!!).

Once I got home, I was a crafting hurricane, Lemme show you Lovelies what I made:

So to the Left here is the certicate I created with the gold cardstock and pen. Nifty right?

And here to the Right, is the card nestled safely in it's deceptively simple envelope.

On a side note, here is my not-so-fancy but still kinda-clever card from me to my little bro, who is very into Minecraft (copyright Minecraft). After some totally not-suspicious research, I found out that Emeralds are the rarest element in the game right now. It helps that I also know what my little brother's favorite fastfood place is (Taco Bell) and I picked up a gift card to put inside. I know my camera blurred a bit so let me tell you that the outside of the card says "Happy Birthday to My Brother..." and inside of the card says "... a "rare" find". hee hee.

That's all for today my Lovelies. Hope this inspired you to make inexpensive but fun cards for your own loved ones!
-LL