Cash gift: Don't "blow it" all in one place!

When I gave my son's friend his last gift and he said "Aw, no bills?" I knew what I would be getting him for his birthday!  I came across this idea on Pinterest and thought that would be a fun way to give him the cash.  I taped together the bills, rolled them up and placed them in an empty tissue box.  They seemed to need something to keep the first bill from falling back down into the box though.  So, I created a top out of cardstock and taped the first bill to that.

The recipient likes alligators and crocodiles so much, he chose green as the first color for the bands on

 his braces!  This alligator is from Create a Critter.  I ran the brown background through my Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder.  The sentiment was printed on my computer.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog#157--3D project

Simon Says--Anything goes

Celebrate the Occasion # 109--Clean and Simple

Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes

CAS-ual Fridays--Clean and Simple Birthday

Tuesday Throwdown--Make your own background.  I took inspiration from some of their DT members and used my Cuttlebug for this.

Desert Island Crafts--The items I chose from their itinerary are:

• No flowers
• No markers
• Use a birthday sentiment (the embossing has a Happy Birthday sentiment)
• Make is square not rectangle