Interactive Birthday Card

I created this card for my brother-in-law's upcoming birthday. It's in a couple of weeks, so I'm happy to be ahead of the game.  The color scheme is an easy one to choose for him.  He's a Texas Tech Red Raider, so black and red are go-to colors for him.

This card fits the challenge this week at CAS-ual Fridays is to make a card that is anything but A2 size, and the Make It Monday Challenge at PTI to package cards with oversize embellishments. The card base is 4x5, and with the pull tab, it measures at 4x6. 

I made this an interactive card by adhering the top and bottom with scor-tape so that the middle of the card could be pulled out.  Here is the inside:

The back can easily hold a gift card to a favorite restaurant.  I already know where I need to go to get that for my brother-in-law.  He has a favorite and hardly gets to go there.

Because this card will not fit in the standard A2 envelope, I dressed up a 4x8 envelope with a label, a birthday sentiment and a cluster of stars!  That should make him happy when he gets it in the mail. 


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