Card for a friend

A coworker's son made it to the collegiate level playoffs with his soccer team.  In honor of the occasion, she asked if I could make him an inspirational card.  So here it is...

The front of the card was a harlequin background stamped with embossing ink and clear embossing powder.   Various diamonds were hand cut with a scalpel.

 The top half of the inside consists of a handmade banner using Tim Holtz' glassine paper.  I used a distress ink on them to darken the original color of the glassine paper.  I also stamped the individual letters on each pennant and used distress embossing powder as a finish.  I felt it made the pennant appear very vintage.  You can see a close-up in the next picture. 

The bottom half of the inside consists of some stamped messages (main message constructed from alphabet stamps, message at bottom is from a set via The Greeting Farm).  I incorporated his number using a 'bingo chip' I found at my local scrap booking store - The Scrapbooking Studio.  I did add a bit of color to the inside so the blonde wood didn't stand out as much.  You can see a close-up in the last picture. 

 

In case you are curious they were bumped in the first round of the playoffs.  It was a tough loss for the team as they had played very hard all year.  If you view the loss by the humility you gain you realize you came out the winner in the long run!  

Slainte!