Basketball Birthday

Monday, my oldest turns 13!!  Yikes, I am going to have a teenager; I'm so not old enough! LOL!  Basketball is her favorite sport and she really got into playing it this year, so I decided to make a box card full of basketballs for her.  A thirteenth birthday requires a pretty awesome card after all.

 The basketballs were die cut with two sizes of circle dies. I hand drew the lines and then placed them all in an embossing folder to give some basketball texture.  Then I sponged on a darker orange ink to bring out the texture a bit.  I die cut the numbers twice, once out of the glitter silvery paper and once out of white card stock and then adhered them together so they would be a bit sturdier.  The white 3 was actually already die cut in my bits and pieces stash.  Below is the back with the main sentiment and where I will write a little note.  The sentiment I wanted to use was too wide, so I turned it sideways.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Baker's Dozen" front sentiments and "Big Birthday Wishes" back sentiment; SU! basketball hoop (have had this stamp set for probably 15 years!); Sweet n' Sassy Stamps "Celebrating Milestones" small numbers
Dies: Spellbinders "Standard Circles, large"; PTI "By the Numbers" and "Baker's Dozen" banners

Challenges:
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #32--anything goes
Crafty Calendar--for a child
Penny Black--going round in circles
As You Like It--dies or stencils (definitely dies; because you can create fun dimension cards like this)
Time Out Challenge #131--hugs, kisses and a lot of birthday wishes
Hero Arts National Craft Month challenge--birthday
Make My Monday #92--going round in circles
Crafty Sentiments--shaped cards
Penny's Challenge #422--anything goes
Mod Squad--metal dies with NO digital elements