One more before ....

.... the end of the year!  Last night, Jed told me he was going to his friend's house today.  Some time later, he "happened" to mention that today is his friend's birthday.  WHAT?!! No lazy morning lie-in for me this morning so - I was up making a last-minute card for the poor birthday boy, who was this close to getting neither card nor present thanks to my ditzy son!!  Here's my rushed offering:

I'm entering the following challenges: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Creative Inspirations and C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ("Anything Goes") and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ("Party Time").

I used a similar design and layout to a card I made a few months ago, no time for innovations today! My original intention was to print a silhouette of a cat walking along the bottom of the card (as Patrick has a lovely cat in his house), but I was told in no uncertain terms that Patrick doesn't like cats that much, he mostly just likes football!  So I printed out a football, also a bunch of road signs, including one with his age on the front.  Here's a side-shot of the layered up signs.

Recipe:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Get Happy"

Stamp: IndigoBlu "Ink Splats"

Stencil: Tim Holtz "Bricked"

Font: "A Dripping Marker" dafont.com

Other: staples, thread, signs printed from internet

Thanks for looking!