Touchdown!

A dear football-loving friend celebrated a birthday recently. I happened upon this pig-skin textured paper at Michael's on a recent visit and couldn't pass it up; it was too perfect. I masked and sponged on the white stripes with white pigment ink. Perhaps a bad choice, because they were still a bit gummy when I had to give him the card. In retrospect, I think I would've sealed it up by putting some clear embossing powder over the white.
I cut the open edge of the card into a football shape (traced an arc with a compass and trimmed with scissors), and lined the inside flap with some discontinued Wild Wasabi. The sentiment inside is from the Smarty Pants set, and it says "You're never too old to do goofy stuff".
A simple card, but very fitting for a football fan.
Thanks for popping by.