It's What's Inside That Counts

Hidy ho, crafty peeps!

I'm here to celebrate Earth Day ... sort of.

Actually, I'm celebrating the day a wonderful man made his appearance on this EARTH -- my husband, Jonathan.

So yeah, I'm celebrating Jonathan's Earth-, er BIRTHday.

It turns out there are LOADS of things to celebrate today! I mean....WHO KNEW that on this day:

• The Blues Brothers made their world premier in 1978 on Saturday Night Live.
• Peter Frampton was born in 1950.
• Second Battle of Ypres began in 1912 (I didn't even know there was a first one)
• Jack Nicholson was born in 1937.
• Hitler admitted defeat in 1945.
• Babe Ruth made his pro pitching debut in 1914.
• The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970.
• Eddie Albert (Mr. Green Acres himself) was born in 1906.
• The Oklahoma Land Rush occurred in 1889 -- offering land on a first-come basis. Many people showed up late and missed out. I guess they should have gotten there SOONER. (hahahaha)
• Henry VIII ascended to the throne in England in 1509.
• Jonathan Moseley was born somewhere in Minnesota. 
• JanR's dd was born. :)

Now you know.

I made a card in honor of Henry VIII (just kidding). Here is the card I made for Jonathan. Doesn't look like much from the outside....oh, but wait.

This is a "what's-inside-that-counts" kind of card. I used the 3-D card base/circle label insert dies for the base.Then I hand cut various kite shapes from patterned paper and strung them on white wire strings. I inked the background to look like a cloudy sky and added punched grass along the bottom of the pop-out feature.

Ingredients:
Card base die w/ circle label insert - Sizzix
grass punch - Martha Stewart for EK Success
patterned papers
ribbon
buttons
cardstock
wire