Accordion Tag Card

 One of the hardest cards I have to make are birthday cards for boys.  You would thing those would be the easiest for me since I raised 2 boys, my sisters all had boys, my brother had twin boys.  I was surrounded by boys.  But I am ALL GIRL!  I love making "PRETTY" things.  Flowers , Butterflies, Birds, Pinks, Purples and so on and so on and so on.  So of course it took me all day trying to figure out what to do for a 9 year olds card.  Now top it off with the fact that this 9 year old has Fragile X Syndrome.  An inherited chromosome disability.  Jack will probably just toss this card aside and never really look at it.  But his mom will and she cherishes the cards I have made for her other 3 children and I do not want to skimp on Jacks just because he won't care.  Though the card may be viewed by him for a brief second I do know that he loves yellow.  Sponge Bob being a favorite of his to see on TV.  I had already made a few Sponge Bob cards so no way I was doing that again but yellow I could stick with.  Bright colors are also a favorite of his so I went through some of the papers I put aside for my granddaughter to mess around with and found some really bright prints.

The only yellow cardstock I had was pretty thin cardstock.  I think I got it from Michaels in a small 12x12 pack that had primary colors.  This may have only been 65lb.  So I decided to make an accordion card so that I could beef up the thickness with layers and make it sturdier.  I also decided to make pockets on the inside to hold some tags.  I chose to hold only 2 but you could fill each pocket with a tag or maybe one of them with a gift card.  One of my tags was just for show the other I used to sign the back.  I then went ahead and used the scraps to decorate the envelope to match.

The finished size of this card measures 3" x 5.5".  I used a standard envelope that I bought from the Dollar Tree and just decorated it.  There is no glitter or sequins on this card so there is nothing that Jack could ingest that could harm him it is all only paper.  Although truth be told he will probably not even open it.  But his mother will love the fact that I have made him a special card just as I have made all her other kids special cards and that's what matters.

Now I can go back to "Girlie".  LOL  I need a card for a friends birthday next week.  Whewwww.  She loves frilly stuff.

Til next time.....................................