Football Circle Thinlit Birthday Card

Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for Ben to celebrate his 8th birthday. Basketball and football are his two sporting passions and lately he has been football mad. He also has a belief that pop-up cards are the best; whilst this isn't quite a pop-up, it does have a fun flip element with the Circle Thinlit card base - here's my card:

I used Soft Sky for my base and built my football out of a 2 1/2" circle punch and black and white hexagons and decorated my card with some grass cut with my fringe scissors and a bunting banner and greeting from Celebrate today, complete with personalisation using the Epic Alphabet set.

This card actually came together surprisingly quickly and Ben loved it - I'd forgotten quite how much fun a circle thinlit card could be! Here is a picture of the birthday boy blowing out the candles on his amazing birthday cake, made by one of my extended family, the super-talented Helen Vowles:

Ben declared his basketball cake the best ever and was mighty impressed. If you live in Northampton I would urge you to check out Helen's Facebook page here - she really does make the most amazing cakes! Here's another photograph of him in the garden trying out his new goalie gloves (don't look too closely at my lawn, it really doesn't appreciate being used as a football pitch!):

8 years old - my, where did those years go??!

That's all from me today; back tomorrow with another project - a Christmas card, no less! Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Circle Card Thinlits Dies	Magnetic Platform	Big Shot	Fringe Scissors	Hexagon Punch
2-1/2" Circle Punch	Soft Sky A4 Cardstock	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad	Pacific Point A4 Cardstock	Daffodil Delight A4 Cardstock
Basic Black A4 Cardstock	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Whisper White A4 Cardstock	Cucumber Crush A4 Cardstock	Epic Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set
Celebrate Today Photopolymer Stamp Set