I will be busy today. I have a long grocery list, that means I will go to the base. That always takes a while. T
hen I have to finish swap cards that need to go out soon.
So I will show you a card I made about two weeks ago for one of Austin’s friends.
The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Blue Bayou folded in half, followed by a 4″ square of Chocolate Chip cardstock and a 3 3/4″ square of Spring Break Designer paper.
I am sorry I can’t give you the measurements for the vertical strip, but I would guess it was 1 1/2″ wide and I know it was 3 3/4″ long. It was distressed on one side and paper pierced.
The stamp is from the set So cool. It was inked with my Chocolate chip marker and Blue Bayou reinker and a bullet tip Fantastix and stamped on Soft Sky cardstock. I cut it out, layered it on Chocolate chip cardstock and cut it out again. Then I added Pewter brads in the D of dude.
It needed something else, so I used a big photo corner in Chocolate chip and topped it with more Pewter brads.
I was so excited to see the two sets geared towards older kids in this current Stampin’ Up! catalog.
When my sons go to birthdays now, they either take a gift card or cold hard cash.
It’s just too hard to buy for teenage boys. I don’t want to spend the money on a Wii or other game system game for a birthday party, but other then that….it’s hard to find the right gift.
So I added a little pocket on the inside of the card to hold the cash present.
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.32 Responses to “Fast Teenage boy birthday card”
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Great card Beate! I love these new sets too since my kids are at that same age! Love the way you made it a money holder, very cool!
I am off to grocery shop too, uggghhhh!!!
*STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
What a great card for the young men in our lives! 😀 What a great way to enclose some cash or gift card! Thank you Beate!
Dude, that is so cool! I love how you created a pocket in the card for the cash. It looks great! 🙂
DUDE, this is AWESOME! LOL Love it!
What a fabulous idea! You are so so creative! I am always on the look out for boy cards…THANKS! Happy shopping!!
This is a great card for a young teenager! I luv what you did with this card, the colors & stamps are awesome!
This is awesome as usual Beate!! I could’ve used the idea for a money pocket last week for my nephew’s birthday, it didn’t even cross my mind to do that! I love the colors and everything about this!! TFS!
What a great card! I think this would be perfect for teenagers!
Now you are going to make me get this set!
Great “boy” card!
I know it is hard to make the older boy cards. my DS is almost 9 and it does get harder…no more dinosaurs, trucks, or bugs!
Great card! I have a long time to go to the teenage years, but I struggle with masculine cards all the same. I love the colors.
This is really cool,m I agree, great boy set, love the cash option!! 😉
PS(did you get anything in the mail from me yet??)
Dude, that card rocks!!! Totally Narly~LOL!!!
HUGS
Cool dude card! Love the money pocket! Can’t go wrong with cash! Deb
Totally cool card, Beate! Great idea.
What a clever money holder!
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Great idea with the money holder inside. Sure beats just shoving some cash in a regular card.
This is fantastic !!! What a great idea….love it !!!
Hope you have a good day grocery shopping….that’s what I’m doing tomorrow…ughhhhh. For a family of 7 grocery shopping takes me from 9:00am – 3:00pm Oh well….at least I treat myself to lunch out 🙂
Dance On !!
Corinne
I love these cards, and who doesn’t love the gift of cash!!
This is so cute! I have been thinking that I needed this set! It’s adorable!…in a masculine sort of way! 😉 TFS and have a wonderful day! 🙂
Boys are hard to buy for! This is perfect. :)Julie
Beate, you are so very clever! Your day sounded like mine…I was busy grocery shopping and getting ready for more company. I would have rathered stamped again instead though!
This is a perfect gift card for a teenage boy! I’ll be CASEing for sure! 🙂
Great card. I love the little pocket inside too. Fantastic for masculine cards. TFS!
What a great card for teenagers – I agree – very happy with the new sets in catty for teenagers – love how you added the brads to the letter!
PERFECTION!!! TFS.
Beate I love both the new teenage sets, too. This is a perfect card!
What a great idea! Teenagers are so hard to buy for. Thanks for the inspiration, Beate. You are a gem.
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What a great card for a teen boy!! I love the colors and money pocket on the inside!!
This card is beyond awesome! Love that stamp with the polka dots and all the male “rivets”!! You’ve definitely made me realize I need to go take another look at this set!
Hi, What a fantastic card for a teenage boy…they are probably the hardest. Love how you added the money too. Jennie
Love this card, hope you dont mind copys being made